cyberfella

Just thought I'd give a little update on this since I've "lived with it" for a few weeks now. I have to say, I absolutely love it. SP4 is where it's at. Makes the throttle response lovely and sharp but not undriveably so - that said you wouldn't let yer mum borrow the car with it left in SP4 like but for fast road driving and on the track I imagine it'd be superb if not essential. Fuel economy remains the same as far as i can tell although I've seen improved fuel economy since having my alignment done with zero toe front and rear - I've jumped from 27 to 30 mpg average on the same tyres, same route but with even more aggressive driving, so its a genuine hike in economy of at least 3mpg - nothing to do with the throttle controller though but worth noting if you're not straight and true in the wheel dept. The ec5 mode is superb for use while the car is warming up and for reversing into tight spaces and garages as it calms things right down, but I'd not use it to try to achieve better economy. I had a little fun on the way to santa pod last weekend with an Aston Martin DB9. OK, he had longer legs than me and all that, but without the throttle controller set to SP7, I'd not have stood a chance keeping with him. As it was I got a thumbs up from the guy in the passenger seat after taking it in turns a couple times to overtake one another at high RPM. I can imagine the driver saying "thats not standard" when in actual fact, it pretty much is but for a £120 gadget sat between the loud pedal and ecu making a big difference that a foot could not make on its own (i've tried).

I got fantastic service from these folks last week when I got my adjustable rear camber arms fitted, followed by an excellent alignment service at the nearby tyresgalore.co.uk tyre shop (managed to get within one minute of a degree accuracy). Will definitely use again. Highly recommended.

Terrible. My condolences to their families who've lost them.

I'm not, if you meant me.

Nice car. Although the slider in me has a weakness for that PS13 you had. Oooh. And thanks for the initial write up by the way. Really interesting, and a good effort mate. One word of warning about parking your zed or turning in to go through tight gaps -they're longer at the front than you think. I'm forever bumping mine (350Z mind you, not a 370Z) - a silly issue I've never had in any car I've ever had before. New front bumper soon I think.

Hey, thanks for the tip matey. I'll come up, deffo.

I have some megan adjustable rear camber arms on back order via mad motors. it's been weeks now. Given that I'm on eibach lowering springs, would it be worth me cancelling the order and sourcing the eibach kit including toe bolts instead? rapid replies appreciated....

Not my choice, they're what came on the car. The thruxtons actually look quite nice on the lowered car so they can stop on the car for now, but will be getting replaced at some point as they need a refurb anyway and I'm not paying to refurb TSW's. I'm more into the looks of track/drift style rims rather than the more showy/ornate styles. I'd prefer to go JDM too, something proper from Rays ideally, but its difficult to justify when Rota produce some practically identical looking rims for a lot less and our roads are gash anyway. it'd break my heart to damage a polished rays, whereas i'd just shrug and replace a rota. I4N also has TSW's fitted to his 04 Zed... Full range of Rota wheels available, so when the time comes, do let us know... OK, cool, I will do. I figured I'd keep the TSW's and existing tyres as a spare set for drift days and have a nice, new mint set with brand new rubber on for the rest of the time, not that this is my daily driver. I aready got a stack of new tyres in my garage ready to go on em. Some people buy engine bay dressup parts and take photos of their cars, I buy tyres. What does that tell you?

This is where I found it. It's amazing what folk throw away these days.

Not my choice, they're what came on the car. The thruxtons actually look quite nice on the lowered car so they can stop on the car for now, but will be getting replaced at some point as they need a refurb anyway and I'm not paying to refurb TSW's. I'm more into the looks of track/drift style rims rather than the more showy/ornate styles. I'd prefer to go JDM too, something proper from Rays ideally, but its difficult to justify when Rota produce some practically identical looking rims for a lot less and our roads are gash anyway. it'd break my heart to damage a polished rays, whereas i'd just shrug and replace a rota.

Jez at Horsham Developments is where I got mine. I ended up replacing the OBD2 plug on mine for one thats not quite so tight around the OBD2 socket on the car (it was an absolute t--t to get off once I'd pushed it on). The wiring loom and general install was fine, but be aware that the two grey plugs that go together have to be fitted together in what looks like an "upside down" manner in order to be correct, otherwise it wont work, wont light up the display and your engine will stall when you start the car. The reason the plugs look upside down when you fit them together, is so that you can thread a zip tie all the way around the two plugs to hold them securely together. I also had to remove the white plastic insert in the plug between the pins. This would all make much more sense if you had one in your hand to look at while I describe my (and many others) woes. Hugely recommended upgrade though. Despite being called a 7 step throttle controller on the outside, it has 7 economy modes (ec4 or ec5 is lovely for normal driving and especially reversing) and 9 sport modes up to SP9. Just make sure there's no one about if you switch to SP7 and up because it's pretty mad, but great if its just you and the tarmac. you'll also need to google "350z CEL reset" too if you're check engine light comes on after faffing around with it and turning your ignition on and off a few times (inevitable).

Good day to you all. I'm a new member on the forum having recently bought my project managers 04 350Z recently. I live in Derbyshire currently, but hail from the Westcountry originally. Freelance work means I move about a little. May I thank you for the very useful, well moderated and easy to find information that I have used to help me understand and overcome some minor issues with my D1 Spec Throttle Controller and rear camber.I'll endeavour to link an image of the car, but essentially it's an 04 GT in Grey Metallic, sat 40mm lower on Eibach Pro Kit springs with 19" TSW Thruxtons (8.5 front, 9.5 rear) on Avon ZZ5 rubber with a K&N typhoon kit up front and a milltek stainless out back with the afore mentioned D1 Spec throttle controller to dial in however much fun I feel like having today. Soon it'll have some Megan Racing adjustable rear camber arms to pull the rear camber back into zero at the back. It's had new engine and transmission oil change at Nissan and runs very well. Coming from a highly modified subaru, I love the low height, tall gears and NA's more linear torque curve and RWD. It's a real pleasure to drive - like a luxury go-kart or something I guess. I'm a mahoosive fan of drifting, although I keep it to GT5 on the PS3, not on real roads. If anyone wants to drift online with me in their virtual Z, then my PSN name is also cyberfella. Laters!

Hi, I'm a new forum member from Derby too. Enjoy your car! Be safe!