wmr1980

Cheers Will sounds good to me.

I've seen a lot of people suggest the Peugeot 207 net and I've seen a lot of generic nets which by measurements would fit the zed nicely. So what's the difference between them? Most of the ones I've seen are single layer is it the same for the 'genuine' one? Cheers.

Now all you need to fill it with is an arsenal of anti Zombie weaponary.

It's not ideal, but it doesn't half work! Especially on old transit vans...

I'm going to get a carbon fibre one myself

Can't see the vid - would be good to see it! Yeah the 350z is torquey enough to get it sideways, but as you say a clutch dip can help break the traction too - as you say it's not all about power, heck I used to do 20mph drifts in my mx5!

haha - no not clever, or an expert. I'm just really interested in this sort of stuff. I have done a few track days and so on, and learnt from experimenting different things, but I'm far from from being an expert! So it's a mixture of experience and being a bookworm. Thank you for the kind words. I spent a lot of time driving old RWD cars with no driver aids too so I guess you sort of learn through the scares you get as you learn!

Received - perfect! Thanks mate!

You could do it that way too! However the way he did it was weight transfer and momentum - dabbing the brakes shifts the weight forward, the back lightens up, and if you have enough steering lock on the back will want to catch up and over take you, you then "catch" it with the throttle to control it.

You can indeed. That's how the designers created the handling. In fact here's a good test - the whole video is pretty cool http://youtu.be/pMYgaezbZbk?t=16m35s

I've had it two weeks now. For the price I think it's great - plenty of features etc. It is a little slow though considering how fast even cheap smart phones are now. Unfortunately I don't have an android phone so I haven't been able to try mirror link. I also noticed the "telenav" app isn't on the home screen, maybe it's not available in Europe? Which is disappointing. How are you finding it? Not had it fitted yet, but a friend has it in his car, and I tried the mirror link feature, and to be honest that's what sold it to me, and the fact it has a front USB port! I was able to run my sat nav on my phone, and there it was on screen! Basically using my phone via the head unit. The interaction with the music lists/folders seemed really good to me - and the quality of the sound (to me) was a definite upgrade. I think there may be a firmware upgrade as my friend's seemed fairly slick.

I tend to keep cars. I had to sell them owing to moving, and also getting company cars and not being able to keep them all running or off the road. I regret selling some of them, however, I'm in a very fortunate position to be able to afford frivolities like this. However, I shan't be going mad - I've maxed my budget at around £2.5k - which is more than enough!

I'm in south east London near Greenwich. But hope in due course to turn up to more meets/track days etc... I did it before with my turbo charged hair dryer (mx5) so I plan on doing it again! At the moment I have to settle for London traffic!

Oh yes, of course, I'm not in a position to be exploiting the inadequacies of a viscous diff, unlike your rather awesome build thread, for a mere enthusiast like me, I'll be sticking to the standard diff and just enjoy it as is as it'll be more than good enough for me. However it is interesting to see that it has been thought of, and whislt I wouldn't worry about doing anything like that, I just thought I'd 'put it out there'.

Drifting is a lot harsher mechanically, which is why the viscous diff starts to heat up, and the oil becomes more viscous itself, leading to less performance from the diff as it won't lock as much. To be honest I'm sure this doesn't apply to most of us, nor does it apply to me, however, my curiosity still felt like being tickled. Have you ever driven a fully locked diff as a day to day driver? It's not that pleasant and you'll wear your tyres out much more quickly! However you get good fast launches and lots of tyre smoke if you want it!

Dammit, that's what I've been doing wrong! Right London, watch out, I'm out to make some money!

Oh I'm not a drift king, and for day to day driving and on the roads, especially when it gets wet a locked diff is just not fun, though it does make it interesting! I've had many goes on and off a track with a 200sx which has a viscous diff, and after a bit of hard driving do start to give up a little - Which isn't a problem, but having owned a few cars with mechanical LSDs I was just curious. I haven't thrashed the zed enough to even warrant it, and am not considering it - but was just curious if anyone had done it

I've got the same head unit. How do you find it? Have you used the mirror link unit? Your zed looks great, love that front lip colour mod!

Do you need a hug? If that hug comes with a few thousand pounds of cash, then I'd frickin love a hug! Hmmm business plan, have a hug and give money, I reckon that'll take off!

Just curious to know if anyone here has moved from a viscous diff which I believe the Zed comes with, to a mechanical diff? The efficiency and performance of a mechanical diff is obviously better, but was wondering whether the viscous diff suits the zed better? Obviously I'm sure lots of our drift members probably have welded diffs however has anybody ever upgraded their diffs? Tried to have a hunt around but couldn't spot anything. It's not on my list of "to dos" but just interested.

Do you need a hug?

Oh I love the Renault 5 turbo! As a kid seeing them tearing up the streets of Paris always made me happy!

The spreadsheet could have gone two ways... Make me not want to spend any money and just keep it as it is... Or, as I feared, (and planned) allowed me to plan my spending to get all the things I want! It's a mix of performance (standard zed performance stuff, I'm not going the FI route... I really am not!), and personalisation. The problem is I have a thing for carbon bits... And they cost lots! Ah well, I caught zeditis before I even bought the car. I think I've had moditis from birth, it's a congenital thing, and I don't want to be cured.

I've had it for a good dozen+ years and they get more expensive over time! ;D

I've already created a shopping list (on excel ) of the things I want to do for my zed... I know it won't add value to my car, I know it's just personal tweaking (apart from the few performance ones) and I know the car is already good enough but I can't help it. When I had my mx5, I put a turbo in there with full breathing mods, brake and suspension upgrades (236bhp with a weight over just over 1,000Kg made it for a fun drive! ). My list now has nearly 20 items... What is it about this forum, this car, or cars I own in general that makes me want to spend money like it's going out of fashion?!