HiddenWomble

well none of the cheapest guys will quote with a mod, so i'll say £1.5K as i've seen some obscene numbers already

August 20th/21st sounds good to me, haven't checked other dates but at this stage it looks like this is the main choice anyway. May do a vanishing trick at one point as we have friends in the area that would be good to see but I want to get in on the main drive so we'll fit it round that

luggage net + postage for me please how much would that come to?

welcome and i hope i can flesh out a bit more info for you the zed doesn't like standard petrol because it can backfire at higher revs which can cause damage (there is a very scary pic floating about the forum of a cracked piston). so you can drive on normal petrol, just keep the revs below 4K, don't fill the tank and get some decent go juice in her asap. the difference between the petrol ratings is how much compression they can take before they explode due to the compression. this explosion happens before the spark which causes the backfire and stresses on the engine that it's just not expecting standard DE's seem to be just fine. rev up can be oil drinkers. HR can lose oil internally (oil level is fine when standing, oil pressure is low while driving). personally i have an HR and know what pressures are normal so as soon as i see her start to drop i can just get her booked in to have the offending part replaced. other than those issues the zed engines are very solid and designed to do 200K miles. the clutch however isn't, that can need swapping between 40K and 80K so bonus points if a zed you're looking at has just had that done. though some sufferers of zeditus take a worn clutch to be a good thing as it's an excuse for an upgrade the engine revisions all come with a higher rev limit, peaking at 7.5K for the HR DE's of both types are cheaper to mod. the HR doesn't need breathing mods though as they fixed that weakness with the dual air intakes. as already mentioned nismo over here just means a body kit. though it looks like a new forum member has a JDM nismo and if he doesn't start posting more details soon i think some of the forum members are gonna hunt him down and take their own pics also i got my zed in wales, and i'm based in kent. i've seen plenty of people driving between england and scotland to get their zeds too (drives going both ways). well worth the long drive!

i've only had my 2008 since august but the stock cd player has been just fine for me, so you might get lucky. i read that they were prone to skipping too, but maybe that's something that like a lot of teething problems would have been sorted out years ago? as for the power, i went from a 130bhp FWD car to the zed, the compare sites had plenty of offerings at very good prices, the only catch is none of the ones quoting that low will touch modifications. not even cosmetic ones. talking to one guy he said it's to avoid the "max power crowd". so maybe pick a nice stock zed, enjoy her for a year as is. then next year you can go with a specialist insurer that's happy to do you a deal because you've proven you can handle the car. ahh, to be insured on my own merits not what ever stereotype i've been bucketed with, next year is gonna feel nice! my old company wanted to double my premium because of the power increase, the ones quoting didn't care what my last car was. p.s. the m20 is still nice late at night when it's just you and the trucks, and having the base speaker pointed right at your back... tis a good car to cruise in

after you do the pedal dance does it need a certain drive cycle to calibrate? or would it be fine on just town driving or just motorway driving?

and just to add to the confusion, rev up is an engine version, up rev is some tuning/mapping software

So taking rich's link and filling out the rest of the data we get this rev | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th 7500 | 44.9 | 73.3 | 105.0 | 134.0 | 170.2 no idea how much that will compare to reality given the frictional forces at higher speeds but if you spun the wheels in air that's how fast they would be going. also you can poke about in the manual, nissan give some figures of the max speed you can shift down in. i think they say don't drop into 2nd above 66mph, so that gives us an indication that 2nd can get close to 70mph edit: aaaand it killed the carefully lined up spacing in the code block. rabble rabble rabble! there, let's see if the bars make it a bit clearer

i don't, imagine being stuck 20mph under the speed limit as you wade through rush hour traffic on a road like that, it would be torture!

don't forget the pics as soon as you can

yup, here is his new thread http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/103306-i-did-it-just-put-deposit-on-a-hr/

gratz on the zed

Gratz on the zed As for where to gey bits from just take a poke about the site. There are several traders for all sorts of stuff and also a wanted and for sale section. If you can't find what you want then make a thread and chances are someone will know where to find the part you're after

Or get them to snap a pic of the engine? Fingers crossed for you

Noooooooo! So close yet so far!

Parked up next to you

I may have been taken aside by my manager to ask me not to call my colleague a c*** when everyone in the office could hear...I think he almost broke down in tears when I told him how much a new one will be if I can't repair it. He also damaged my last car by deciding to stand on the bonnet and I told him if it ever happened again I'd castrate him...guess I better keep my word most people get fluffy dice to hang from the mirror, i guess you're just going to have something a little different dangling from your mirror...

about the dipstick, the DE has a weird dipstick that is fiddly to use, the HRs is kinda normal and as you'd expect. HR's will cost more to mod due to the dual air intake and i expect just generally lower numbers of cars sold so smaller market to cater for. the HR revs higher than the DE edit: and don't forget the HR started in 2007 so there will be some cross over between the DE and HR in that year. bonnet bulge is the first indicator but some people like getting that as a cosmetic upgrade for the DE. so be sure to check for the dual air intakes too once you're decided on which to go for.

Didn't last as long as I'd hoped, put the 3rd shot in but haven't been able to find a few days for her to sit yet so that didn't really help. Might look into a more permanent fix but it was great to get the fuel gauge working properly even for a while so I could learn how far I can get on one tank. Now I don't panic as much when the fuel gauge goes mad for the last quarter.

Gave you a flash from the coast bound side

gratz on the upgrade i went from the mx-3 to the zed, fun little car but it just cant compare to this beast

well you could for example use A for how far you've got one one tank and B for how far since the last service. they don't have any official meaning, just 2 readings for you to make use of how you like.

Both zeds I test drove said 9mpg on the ave readout. Got 32 on the trip home from wales to kent and am getting high 20s through mostly motorway miles. Was getting distance till empty of 280 and then got 380 out of her after the redex. Cost a lot more to fill the tank too as it was actually empty. If it cost you 50 to max the tank from empty then that was way too little fuel.

Drive more than one. Even if that means a test drive in one without the right specs. HR will cost more to mod due to the engine changes. Performance mods that is. So keep that in mind if you want to change a lot of stuff. That said 7.5k red line at stock is a very nice thing Check tyre make, you might need to put new rubber on even if there is tread left. Mine can with a make so cheap it's not even a known budget brand and the arse end loses grip in the wet before a town car does! Good practice mind you as I managed to pull her back into line today before the traction control kicked in

Are you sure the tank is actually empty or could it be the fuel gauge? Mine has a habit or losing the top quarter and the bottom quarter of the gauge. 2 doses of redex with the car sat still on a full tank got it working for a few months. It's since started acting up again so I've got another shot of redex in there now. There is a guide on how to clean the contacts up or just get new or pre loved ones for a more permanent fix