Oversteer

Small head it seems

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/96135-rad-cap/page__fromsearch__1

Big head or small head for radiator cap?

Received, good man ðŸ‘

Congrats on your purchase!

I have B6's with Tein S springs on my car at the moment, very good quality, maybe a little bumpier at under 30mph but above that far, far superior.

Do a search if you want.

And it's just a washer, ebay one (maybe George could measure and tell).

 

Good man, I don't want to increase crashiness at low speed - is it harsher bumpier or just a bit firmer?

 

I bought Bodyboarder81's 350 Z, along with a full set of Ohlins suspension. I had the Ohlins fitted almost straight away. Having never driven a 350 with standard suspension I couldn't tell you how they compare, but I think there are lots of reviews on here.

 

I certainly didn't have any complaints about the ride on the tein / bilstein setup, but having read about the ohlins, and them being available from bodyboarder81 with loads of other planned mods to the car I couldn't resist!

 

That's a sweet Z you got there! With Ohlins too

 

Will have a think and do a bit of research

These shocks have done about 4000 - 5000 miles, and are less than 2 years old. Just had them removed from my 2008 350Z HR.

 

The large washer (?) is missing from the top of the second shock from the right.

 

How come you're selling? Does the ride become much stiffer? Guessing the washer can be bought separately?

 

 

Great bit of kit for the zed and paired with the tein springs , a genuinely great road set up .... So good I had them on my zed ! ........ Oh wait a minute

 

Did you sell these to GeorgeB?!

As per title, in vgc

A slightly more entertaining video from the skid pan

 

https://youtu.be/_zzU7f6OL78

Welcome Max; lovely looking motor

Looks great! Hard to evaluate the wheels with the one pic, but from that perspective I think they look quite good.

 

Mine has a Cobra catback, Berks HFC & Motordyne Y-pipe and sounds amazing! Your Cobra will defo be an improvement on stock for sounds, looks and longevity

Congrats Lee! Looks like a great motor; impressed with the no hesitation once the green light was given

Pedal available from here: http://www.torqen.uk...8016-ab000.html

Fitted mine today! I also found getting the plastic securing piece off the original pedal to be a bit of a mind-boggle, but realised that the whole plastic section is one piece - the clip that one prizes off with the screwdriver is a very small part of a much larger plastic 'block' - I couldn't get perspective so took a load of pictures, these may be useful to someone fitting in the future:

 

Top bit, clips around the square section of the pedal (clip is part of the whole plastic structure!)

 

View from looking up at the outside half of the plastic clipping over the metal square bit at the top ('wiggle it')

 

Bottom half of the plastic piece; this clips out easily once the more tricky 'wedge' clips at the top are released

 

New pedal clipped in at the top - it clips in very easily (took this to convince myself it was actually clipped in properly!)

 

Bottom section - just squeeze and hear/feel 2 slight clicks as bottom half clicks in to place

 

Looking forward to the commute tomorrow

Welcome to the madhouse!!!

 

Haha! Thanks Darkside

 

First mod done today, the 380RS 'throttle' pedal:

 

 

 

Available from here: http://www.torqen.uk...8016-ab000.html

 

 

How to fit here: http://www.350z-uk.c...elerator-pedal/

Cheers for the guide! Feel more confident doing this, knowing what to do

I had envisaged something more like this

but I'm a novice, it's a half-hour session and had managed a few better slides earlier on!

Thanks for all the welcomes few locals too; look forward to a meet soon!

Try to get some pics or better yet some video of the skid pan day in your Zed if you can.

The skid pan session at Thruxton was great fun, the instructor started by telling me the surface was, "like a frozen lake"It's all quite slow and getting used to it - don't want to bin it & got some good slides going, a short video is here: (but not many of the deep angle prolonged skids I'm afraid) https://youtu.be/nELvy6qFgZo (it's no Tokyo Drift, the far section was a small hill / negative camber and the surface was not uniform in water coverage / grip etc - as the instructor said, "it's all about practice")

Welcome back! Quite a difference in colour depending on lighting! Looks are spot on

Nice! I have spent the weekend driving around Dorset, some decent roads

 

Thank you! Pm me some of those decent road locations

Weighted gear knob improves the shift dramatically! Much more than I expected; feels a lot smoother

 

Cleaned her up and here's some photos!

Great stuff GMballistic

Reading a guide on here

 

http://www.350z-uk.c...fter#entry12805

 

renewing the radiator cap at 30,000 miles and coolant hoses at 60,000 miles is suggested; is that accurate?

 

 

Are there any benefits to having Samco hoses over standard, other than looks or if original hoses have deteriorated?

 

 

Quite a few radiator cap options - there are different bar ratings (0.9 - 1.3) as well as small and big headed ones.

 

​Higher bar cost a little bit more, so guessing they're better; are there any downsides to uprating these?

Thanks for all the welcomes

 

 

welcome aboard

Another member from Poole sounds like we need a meet Buster.

Welcome to the forum Lee!

 

A meet in Poole area sounds good at some point, may be an early exploration of some local tarmac jewels? Only one I'm aware of so far is the Studland road!

From what I can make out, there doesn't seem to be any negatives with engine dampers, save for the outlay! I wonder whether those who've fitted them have noticed a difference?

My old Zed fyi was supercharged (436Bhp@fly) and although I did buy a Stillen engine damper I never ended up getting it fitted, ...honestly it'll be a waste of money imo for you to buy one Oversteer. I never needed it and just let my Zed run on it's OEM engine mounts which was fine even with it being FI.

 

Personally if you want to improve the drive for the gearbox maybe think about having the oil changed if it hasn't been done already by the previous owner and maybe even the diff oil as well.

I noticed an improvement just with this alone on my Zed, ...used to be difficult going from 1st-2nd and from 5th-6th but after the gearbox oil change with added Molyslip there were no more gear change issues.

 

Thanks GMballistic, thought it looked like a good idea but sounds like I'm better off putting the funds towards tyres! Gear & diff oil were done recently, was just thinking it might just be an added bonus (and seemed like a sweet add-on!)

 

 

A so called engine damper will do nothing but transmit more vibration and noise through the bodywork, most consist of a shaft with a lump of hard rubber either side of a nut, which is held within a tube, if you must fit one then at least find a genuine oil or gas filled damper and fabricate some mounts, the only cars I have know to have this type of damper fitted are older BMWs.

 

Thanks Tricky-Ricky, I saw one fitted to an Integra and it looked very cool and believed the marketing bumpf on the Stillen website! I'd assumed it would be gas or oil filled but it did mention it was a 'long-lasting' solution, suggesting it may not be. More money for the things that are needed!