Stutopia

Looking forward to following this restoration.

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1. Stutopia x2

Hi Everybody!

You may have seen me touting for your lovely Z shots here and that means I'm also looking to see who is interested in purchasing a calendar this year.

I expect prices to be the same as last year's calendar, about £24 each (£34 for two), shipped to your address. The proceeds from the Calendar go towards the cost of paying for insurance to cover any meets organised via the forum and help keep the place free to members.

Please can you do the old copy paste and add you username and quantity to the list.

Thanks from The Team.

It's that time of year again gang, when I'm hoping you all have some cracking photos of your Z and you want to get them in the club calendar. As you can see from the youtube of the 2023 cal, we have some stunning Zs in the club, well worth showing off, not to mention some choice backdrops too.

The requirements are pretty simple, please can you

• Send in up to 3 photos to admin@350z-uk.com
• Submit high resolution images, to look sharp when printed 
• Ideally send at least one image in landscape format
• Pop your username in the subject line of the email

If you are looking for the thread to order one - it is here

@PlanGT did this recently and results looked very good, can't recall the product but I'm sure he'll throw in his two cents.

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Pretty impressive set of results and the car still in one piece - cracking season mate.

16 hours ago, Ekona said:

😉

 

 

(I’m still not over it 🤣)

I did the maths, this is the first one. After last year's budget cheating.

To be fair, he’s really deserved it.

26 minutes ago, andy james said:

I have the iCarsoft unit which works very well.

Ooooh which model? I keep eying these up.

If ever there was a reason to get a switchable screamer pipe fitted...

Messed about with DALL-E not been blown away by the finer detail, but obviously the underlying tech is impressive.

A red nissan 350z in a blade runner style manga cartoon

A photograph of a red Nissan 370z Nismo in front of the eiffel tower

As you can see, it's hit and miss!

Sold - thread locked

Bloody hell Glen, you’re a busy bloke, I can’t keep up!

Rare sight in amber round here.

I love the Mustang, but for 300k, I hope they spent something on the interior!

Great to see you're still alive.

On 10/08/2023 at 00:29, HEADPHONES said:

It still amazes me what a bargain 350z/370Z OEM forged Rays wheels are on the used market.

They probably cost Rays MORE to make than the TE37 due to their relatively small runs in comparison to the TEs

 

 

It amazes me even more when people take them off and put on cast lead Wolfrace and Rotas

Gorgeous motor this, GLWTS.

Hiya Gang

The Team are delighted to welcome Link Engine Management to the forum as a new Pro Trader. So far we have @Paul - Link ECU signed up and soon enough there will be a couple more of this team on here sharing their products and service.

3 hours ago, G1en said:

Possibly me too, would be great having a mini forum Spa trip.

With Andy, BBK and now you - this is turning into a 2024 adventure 😊🏎️

6 hours ago, Ekona said:

This thread made me dig up some old photos from my first time there, didn’t get many but these two demonstrate it nicely:

 

 

That was the view from the hotel on the morning of the trackday itself, so definitely a snow day!

 

 

…and by the track itself, I’m on the left but handily you can see the snow still falling against the black of my friend’s suit  this was taken whilst we waiting for the temps to come above freezing so they’d actually open the track! 
 

Happy times. 
 

 

#hijackover

#sorrystu

No need to apologise, cracking photos, nice that your Dad let you borrow his race suit!

1 hour ago, The Bounty Bar Kid said:

Looks like a lot of fun. How much did the whole trip cost? I've been looking into doing something like this. I don't normally do holidays as it's just me, but I could be tempted by something like this.

It was amazing and the Cayman would be perfect there. I have been thinking seriously about it since before Covid (which blocked two trips to Spa I had booked) and eventually @docwra just said stop being a fanny and get it booked - wise words.

Well, as it happens, I have the numbers to hand. This was based on sharing an Airbnb with a mate, but if you went on your own, there were hotels nearby at the £90 mark.

I didn’t pay any French motorway tolls on my route.

Also we booked tuition and split a garage, which is £90 you could shave off. The garage was handy, but not that special. The tuition with Calum Lockie is second to none, done two on track sessions with him now and I can’t recommend highly enough - real racing driver, not “just” an instructor. So I would spend that money again in a heartbeat.

I drove from north England and stayed in Folkestone the night before the Le Shuttle, if you cut that hotel out and drove all the way in one day, plus the other savings, you could do it for ~£867.

Above does not include petrol and food, but petrol and food don’t count, as they are life essentials! It was roughly €1.65 a litre for V Power everywhere Euro side, except for Total Super at the track which was €1.98 a litre - you will need at least one circuit top up at 4 miles a lap! You might find a cheaper track day provider, but I wouldn’t bother, Gold Track are superb and you wont save a fortune by picking one of the others. Plus you get to see all the GT3s, GT4s, Radicals, etc instead of battered Hondas and Clios (sorry Andy!  ) plus the expensive motors are much more scared of the idiot in the MX5, than I was of them!

The lunch buffet wasn’t cheap at €30, but easily the best meal I’ve had at a track (better than some restaurants) with incredible views, but you could save monies with a picnic. Defo bring lots of supermarket water!

It is a wedge for a single track day, with no real “holiday” time to relax, but for a major personal life goal - a total bargain. You only get one ride and you cant take your savings with you into the afterlife!

If I went again, I’d ideally stay longer and fold it into a full road trip to Germany for visits to Porsche & Mercedes and The Ring.

The elephant in the room is Track Day Insurance, I didn’t take cover for the MX5, but would have done for the Cayman and that adds significant expense for your peace of mind on damage to the car, the track and also recovery to the UK.

10 hours ago, andy james said:

Looks awesome.

You have reignited my track day mojo Stu.

Ive tramped around most of the UK circuits and the Ring in the Z but Spa is something I haven’t experienced yet.
 

If you get serious about it next year, let me know, I’d be keen.

12 hours ago, Ekona said:

I’d rather do five laps of Spa than a whole day at the Ring, it’s that good. I’d love to go back. 
 

My first time there was in the snow!  

I do want to do the Ring, at some point, but I’d go back to Spa again before doing the Ring for the first time. I just loved it.

I don’t want to go in the snow though