wmr1980

The mini! Actually I'd rather like the cayman, less full on than the rest and a proper gear box.

A lot of these v6/v8 diesels and even the modern 4pot turbo diesels are pretty torquey and pull well from 40 onwards, but a zed on full chat, whilst not a hugely fast car, will still not be "left for dead" unless the Zed driver is not bothered and isn't actively racing. I think a lot of people end up racing themselves rather than anyone else.

That looks awesome, but the only thing that puts me off such bumpers is the lack of headlight washer jets.

I did the velocity stack mod and added an HKS filter as supplied by Alex. RDX stubby aerial. Added Redline Styling carbon intake pipe. Ripped out Bluetooth adapter from centre console. To do: Carbon slam panel Wasso's plenum spacer Fit mobile phone holder Mount power adapters for phones and devices neatly.

Nuts! But I like it.

They look brilliant. That's another thing on the list....

Generally I wouldn't worry about it, it's shouldn't cause you any issues.

All the best Neil.

I don't understand why when you're offered to have things bought from you you ignore it and just put it on eBay instead? Not very nice.

As much as it's your pride and joy, and it is a cool purchase, I've always had a soft spot for those older German wagons... There is no chance that that person was racing you in the 350... The pure maths/physics of it doesn't add up. Still, enjoy it, and glad you like it...

Shame about your experience, but it sounds as though you've got yourself over that hurdle, now just enjoy the car and welcome to the land of Zed!

Go and see flyboy for his velocity stack in the member trader area. Worth it, and agreed with Billy. Pop chargers make nice noise but won't necessarily bring you any more. The plenum is definitely worth it as first step in the performance improvement route. Wasso has a range of high quality anodised plenums available in many colours.

It lets more air get in to the engine (as mentioned a couple of the cylinders are a little restricted), but the plenum alone without a remap you won't get the full benefits. However, it's worth doing as a 1st step to getting a bit more out of the DE engine. You may get a bit more of an induction noise, certainly if you change the air intake. Changing the air intake doesn't do much in terms of power (you may lose some) but you benefit from hearing the V6 a lot more clearly. That with a plenum and a new exhaust system and a remap and you'll have a pretty decent (modest) gains, with a more driveability and torque and perhaps 8-10% hike in power.

What a fantastic project! Loving this.

Well the zed drives beautifully and was well looked after and definitely a good bunch of people. However a lot of extras were discovered and suggested but were far too expensive to fix at the moment but At least I know what to look forin future. I'm glad to have met the team I can understand why people like to come here.

yay!

Been to Abbey, nice guys, but also not that local to me, but you pay for what you get. Kaizer is my closest and seeing them next week, I'm fact they Sly comes highly recommended if you're in the SE or in London.

The wheels came out lovely! Love your car!

The only track days I've done were on 2 wheels, and the nurburgring in a hire car Really need to get back into doing them... Once this wedding thing is done with and I have spare cash!

Thought as much! Ok thanks for your help. I'm not in a position to buy new comp arms yet - but I've heard nothing but good things about you

And why is this so cheap when it's around £250 elsewhere per arm? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-350-Z-350-Z-FRONT-LOWER-REAR-CONTROL-WISHBONE-ARM-LEFT-HAND-SIDE-N-S-/331048085029?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4d1400e625

I know this has probably been answered before and I've read a few thread on the subject. After a recent service advice was given that the compression arms were rattling and needed replacing. From what I've read it seems the ball joint is integral to the banana arm and so a whole new banana arm is needed? Is that correct? If I'm going to change that I might as well do the polybush upgrade too, but before I go any further I'd appreciate your take on that feedback. Cheers

Wow that must have been scary, even more considering it wasn't your car. I've had a few close calls, and "hmm why is this happening I haven't done anything to warrant the car getting all out of shape?" Fortunately I got away with it, though I've been knocked off my motorbike and had one big off on my bike in the past. Good of you to share your experience, it's a sobering thought to all of us, even those of us with dozens of years of experience driving cars, it can happen to anyone. These things happen, and irrespective of blame or fault, sometimes accidents do happen, even if they were avoidable,and it sounds as though you weren't being over the top in your driving, it sounds as though it's one of those poor conditions, powerful car and not catching it quickly enough, of course not driving within the conditions... Lastly I don't think anyone should be in be in a position to judge as we've all faltered before, despite not everyone willing to share the experience as eruditely as you have. At least you're okay and your friend is still talking too you! What did the police say?

They're not expensive, and are a good basic "performance" mod to be added, but other than helping get more oxygen into the engine, you won't really feel much of a difference, it's subtle. With a remap and exhaust will help to get the most out of it.

Congrats. Always good to hear people succeeding.