Puffmac

'twas me! Clocked you at the last second, but I did return the wave!

 

It's days like yesterday where I really wish I had the roadster, you should've had the roof down enjoying it - that could've been our 1 day of summer!!

I would have but the roof is brand new, the guy advised to keep it up for a while to let it stretch and shrink.

It's sorted now, hopefully have another nice day sometime soon.

Are you in Dumbarton?

There's a black one up the road from me, I've never clocked the reg on it,I usually see it when i'm working.

I stay up in Garshake, I've seen yours about in Dumbarton a few times. We should get out for a drive when the good weather comes!

'twas me! Clocked you at the last second, but I did return the wave!

It's days like yesterday where I really wish I had the roadster, you should've had the roof down enjoying it - that could've been our 1 day of summer!!

This kind of tech is superb! I work in a ship yard where we use this technology to scan the units of the ship in as they are built in the fabrication shed, after which they can be directly compared to the CAD model which we have created to ensure it is within the build tolerances.

What kind of tolerance in the model do you achieve with your scans? It'd be interesting to see if a scan of the engine bay and/or underside for example could be exported into a format readable by solid works or inventor. It would give you near OEM ability (given the right skills, of course) to design, optimise and integrate parts such as exhausts and manifolds.

Sorry mate, neither of those dates work for me

No worries! If anything changes you'll be welcome to join us.

Just a thought:

 

https://www.google.c...27!2d57.4319012

I was up that road last year when I was working in Kyle of Lochalsh for a week (unfortunately as a passenger in a Citroen Picasso, mind) and it was spectacular! I would be interested in something like that definitely - depends on what sort of mileage everyone else wants to do mind.

Hi Guys,

I've sparked interest on the Central Scotland forum to get a few of us together and go a nice drive down some decent roads. Being central, we have the benefit of deciding whether we go up the way or doon the way! I'm not sure how far North a lot of you guys are actually located, or how far our squad will be willing to travel for that matter - but it could be an idea to meet up with some of you lot for a drive, or even just a chat if we're nearby?

Original thread is here.

What's your thoughts?

Good lads!

What about the first or second week in April? Gives us a chance to get as many people on board as we can and for folk to try and get the day off work if they need to.

I was thinking if we headed North we could maybe try and sort something with the North of Scotland guys as well?

Nobody else?

G Man,

Not sure when it'll be - maybe the end of march or the start of April depending on when people are available and also to give me time to organise it. I'm sure you'd be more than welcome to come in whatever you have at that point anyway!

As for the route, this is the route we done with Pistonheads:

1. https://goo.gl/maps/8g6omu481kG2

2. https://goo.gl/maps/sByFXHikfhu

3. https://goo.gl/maps/ror6xfkdu952

It covered a lot of good roads in the central lowlands, but personally I felt it was perhaps a bit long and most people didn't actually make it to the finish (myself included), with most people disbanding after Selkirk. There was some cracking roads in that route so it would be good to include at least some of them if we go towards the borders.

Obviously we could go North as well, but I don't really know much in the way of good roads up there bar the A85 which I drove at the weekend of course... If anyone knows any then feel free to suggest potential roads/routes!

Hi Guys,

With the nice weather this weekend, I managed to get out a drive this weekend to Oban along the A85 and had a blast! Now I'm itching to go on and do it again, but why do it alone?!

I took part in a Pistonheads Scotland run a couple of years ago and it was brilliant with all sorts of cars coming along and traversing some spectacular roads in the lowlands, which I'd maybe like to revisit. I actually posted in the PH Scotland forum at the weekend but nobody has since replied - hoping to have better luck here! Does anyone fancy a good run out, either north or south, whatever the crowd fancies? I know there's a weekend thing planned in May but I can't make that, so was hoping to maybe arrange a day of driving either on a Saturday/Sunday, starting earlyish and finishing in the afternoon, with a couple of rest stops to break it up?

If you'd be interested let me know, if you have any roads you'd like to take, feel free to suggest away!

Cheers!

Update

I'll set the provisional date for either Saturday 2nd of April or Sunday 3rd of April for now. We can agree amongst ourselves a date if this weekend doesn't suit but it at least gives us a baseline.

Interested so far:

1. Puffmac
    
   
2. Irn Bru
    
   
3. Shaun RS
    
   
4. The G Man
    
   
5. evilscorp (maybe)
    
   
6. Bigjimg
    
   
7. gstraw
    
   
8. martybhoy (maybe)
   

I never thought the sticker on the boot lid would come in handy, as a non-golfer

Don't think my eyesight is that good!!

Got a wave off the driver of an orange 350 cab on my way home from work around 12.15, anyone on here?

Is there anyone near Glasgow that has a solid flywheel fitted that I could meet so I could hear it?

There are a few in your area, however if you are ever up in Perth, then swing by and I will take you out in the 666bhp 350. which has a twin plate ATS Carbonetic fitted.

I may have to find an excuse to come to Perth soon...

Lads (and Ladies),

It's time for the flywheel debate once again. I'm due to replace the clutch at some point this year so I am going to start buying the bits soon just so I have them ready for when I need them. The question is: which flywheel?

I know it's been debated to no end on here. However, I want to hear from people who have actually got a solid flywheel fitted. I've spent countless hours looking up videos of solid flywheels on cars that originally had a DMF, as well as reading the numerous threads on here. There are good arguments for and against both. I'm very keen on the benefits of a solid flywheel over the more complex DMF but I'm not going to lie: it's the potential noise from the gear backlash that scares me. I realise that it's a nuisance more than anything but I'm worried I'll get fed up with it as I've never been in a car that's been converted. From the few videos I could find with one on a 350Z the noise does seem quite loud. Is it really? Does it differ from car to car?

The trade-off seems to be a heavier solid flywheel equivalent to the original flywheel rather than the lightened one - which Torqen does offer. It weighs in at 26lbs vs the factory 23lb flywheel. However, I still can't help but feel that without the springs on the flywheel to help absorb the pulses from the engine, the clutch springs still won't dampen the backlash entirely. Or will they? Does anybody have this (or a similar) flywheel fitted?

Is there anyone near Glasgow that has a solid flywheel fitted that I could meet so I could hear it?

Am I over thinking this? Someone get me a beer...

Cheers!

PMd!

There's a guy in my work who also has a black HR 350Z. I only spoke to him once very briefly on the way in one morning, but I've went out to the car at night and found him parked next to me on a few occasions! Mine's always cleaner mind

Bought it when I was 20, now 21

Think I paid £1.15 for it last week when I filled up.

It annoys me though - last year when fuel was £1.35, vpower was always about 5p more per litre, but now that regular unleaded is down to £1.05 or less it seems to be around 10p or more per litre.

Cheers!

Is matte black the one I'm looking for? Going to order it the now and can't find any satin black plastidip, but matte comes up so assuming matte/satin is the same thing!

Forgive me if this is a daft question!

Cheers guys! Did you have to spray the whole thing or just the damaged bit?

try some shoe poilsh? trouble is its matt so you dont want to use anything shiny or glossy. ??? Maybe someone will come along who's done it before will know?

I tried shoe polish but it didn't seem to take. Maybe I was using the wrong brand/technique

Hi Guys,

I was cleaning my interior the other week and noticed the "paint" has come off of the gear surround revealing the grey plastic:

I think I was a bit too vigorous with the cloth and I was dusting everything , but hey ho. What would be the best way to go about repairing it? It's a facelift, if that helps, not sure if the plastics on the pre-facelift gear surround were any different.

The JDM satnav is useless in the UK and you'd need to swap it with a UK one to get it working. As for the seals, try AutoGlass?

The RevUp was only sold for a year, then the HR engine was released, so Nissan didn't really have any time to "fix" it.

I believe the HR was the "fix", and was probably never intended for the 350Z. This is evident the fact the original 350Zs had grooved bonnets as well as the replacement 370Z - yet the HR 350Zs had a bulged bonnet (bare with me here while I attempt to explain my absurd reasoning!).

The RevUp was introduced for the 2006 model year with the facelifted model, and was probably intended to last the remaining 3 years of the car's life cycle. However, there was a lot of noise from the USA about the oil consumption issue, with Nissan attempting engine replacements under warranty (sometimes more than once) to solve the problem. I think when they realised they couldn't solve the issue (at least in a short period of time) and that legal action in the States was imminent, they panicked. It was then decided that as a quick and easy fix for the last couple of years and to save their reputation, they would take the freshly engineered VQ35HR, developed for the brand new 2007 model G35, and integrated into the 350Z in a hurry for the 2007 model year. The bulged bonnet was designed in order to "fit" the taller HR into the existing space the DE occupied without carrying out the more detailed and more expensive modifications to the chassis/engine required to have the engine sit lower to retain the original styling. It would appear that this compromise in styling was deemed acceptable in order to get the new car ready as quickly and cheaply as possible. The replacement 370Z (only a couple of years later) then revived the original intended Z car design with a grooved bonnet.

Of course, this is speculation based on my own research. Feel free to discuss and/or rip my theory to bits!