Aashenfox

Well I put in the cataclean in the fuel tank when it was 1/4 full. Didn't 'hoof' it at all, driving sensibly. Didn't really go over 4.5k revs over the first week. This was couple weeks ago, still hasn't come back on and car seems to be running fine so far....

Thanks for reporting, good to have the info on both sides.

To break traction, every kilo off the rims counts.

 

Not unless youve got 55 lb/ft, arguably you dont want to be breaking traction either. The correct answer is the cheapest rims you can find that will fit on your car - sadly standard 200SX rims are a bit small at 16 inch, but standard anything else will do the job handsomely, there are usually some cheapo 17/18's for sale on www.driftworks.com/forum

 

You could hire rims from the tyre guys but Id recommend getting some yourself, they are pretty handy to have around generally

Thanks for putting the OP straight, lighter is always better though. Since they say (anecdotally) that a kilo of rotating unsprung weight is worth 10kg above the springs, I'd think it would be significant even with drifting, still, you're right a few kilos isn't going to make a difference to whether or not a 3.5 can break traction, that was kind of a silly assertion on my part, despite being accurate, I'm sure the difference would be less than negligible, thanks for pointing it out.

That is a high quote, but who cares if its under warranty?

If they won't honour it, then ebay is your friend. I just picked up a stock original exedy organic disc, pressure plate and bearing AND a lightweight flywheel all done for 367 squids. All brand new. I hope the flywheel is ok for 132 quid, looks just like all the others so I don't see why it wouldn't be.

Stock Rays. Because of the weight and cheap cost of replacement. To break traction, every kilo off the rims counts. So I hear you thinking you should get some ultra light wedssports or something, and I'd say 'sure, but this is your first drift day, aren't you worried about drifting up onto a curb with a 2 grand+ set of wheels', if you've got the money to burn go for the lightest rim you can afford, but stock 18 Rays will also be great, they are light wheels, and you won't cry if you bend or otherwise hurt them.

Disclaimer, I'm not a drifter, though it is in my future plans, this recommendation is simply based on my own assumptions which are based on my extensive experience with fast cars and decent understanding of physics as it applies to cars, though not necessarily drifting. I will certainly be using my stock rays for drifting when I do get around to it.

By the way, Scorpion is spelled incorrectly in your sig. (I'm sorry I can't help it )

Good luck on your drift day, and remember....

VID OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!

I was looking at a Caterham at the second hand car showroom where I saw the first Z that interested me. I've never driven one or anything like it, but what surprised me was how big they are in reality (they always look so dinky on the track). I would love one one day, but to be honest, if I had that kind of money, I'd be looking for a nice TVR.

I've been through a LOT of cars, but I haven't been through every post in this thread, I scanned the first half of the first page then posted (shame on me), so if I missed that you already stated what your basic criteria are for your next car, my apologies. Tell me what they are and I'll try to come up with some interesting ideas.

If I ever felt the need to grow up a bit more, I'd be going back to an e92 335i (had one, got stolen ). Unless you take it down the track, it's every bit as handy as an M3 with just a few bolt ons, but much cheaper insurance, much less '****er' factor.

I've driven a 3 litre SLK, my mum had one a couple of years back, nothing special to drive, but sure, if you want a Mercedes, it fits the bill.

Unlucky, but let me tell you that by rushing I've also picked up a couple of lemons in my time, you never know, you may have dodged a bullet. As you say, hopefully new owner will turn up here and tell us all about it.

The problem with ebay or any other system which is available to use by any random arsehole, is that it is used by random arseholes. I was once properly screwed by a US soldier no less. This was back in a time, over ten years ago, when your right to dispute expired after 30 days. Being in Greece, things sometimes take more than 30 days to get here, so that was a problem on its own, but that wasn't the specific issue here, this soldier spun me a tale about his deployment and things being difficult, and he would send it but I needed to be patient. I was super patient and understanding. After 40 days he still hadn't sent the item, stopped answering any attempts at communication and disabled all his accounts. Ebay and paypal both told me I had no right to dispute after 30 days, period. That was $400 on a radio control car that I doubt the fker ever had, I also doubt he was a US soldier, though it would be an unusual and unnecessary lie, maybe he thought it gave him more credibility. Anyway, that's life, if you do enough ebay business, you are going to come across some really awful people, it's simply inevitable. As a seller it's a total nightmare, much worse than it is for buyers. The buyers can come up with any crap excuse why they want a refund and it's HEAVILY biased toward the buyer. If you sell on ebay, no matter if you're the offspring of a union between Mother Teresa and Ghandi, you're going to get negative feedback and lose some money sooner or later. This is partly why some sellers come across bitter and unhelpful, they're tired of people's crap and who can blame them.

What puts me off somewhat is you just know with all the mods it's been ragged to hell and back.

 

Careful...most of the owners on here have modified their cars, and would strongly disagree that they've been ragged to hell and back!

and they'd be, at best, in denial. lol, I'm kidding, but it is very subjective, one person's normal use is another's 'ragged to hell and back'.

You don't mod a car and not drive it hard. However, as is stated time and time again, no sports car wants to be driven like miss daisy, that causes its own problems (coking, etc). A certain amount of thrashing keeps things running smooth, blatant abuse like burnouts and street drifting on poor surfaces are what you don't want, but pretty much anything else goes.

Basically on a modded car, pull the dipstick and look at the oil, if it's black and old, walk away, as it's likely thrashed and not looked after. If it seems relatively recently changed, rock on, you can take a car to the rev limiter in every gear if you want, that's what the limiter is for. As long as there have been regular oil changes and maintenance, it's not a problem. Try to ask what fuel the previous owner was using, if they can't tell you and are unwilling to contact the previous owner, buyer beware. The Z wants high octane fuel and long term usage of cheap fuel has been documented to cause premature piston wear, it's one of the most important questions I would ask about a Z, and something I learned after I'd purchased mine.

By the way, I also have a mystery switch, mine is near the Traction control button. No clue what it does (yet). Probably activates 'ludicrous speed'.

How many more sci fi references can we get in this thread???

Thanks lads, the bold Z was what I was looking for, I knew about the others. Subtle!

Wahey, coventry had at least three visitors today! lol

(I can rib coventry, I was born there )

Hi guys, I've noticed on quite a few forums, there is a marker against a thread in which the logged in user has posted (a green icon or something in the left or right margin of the subject). This is really useful for quickly running through a forum and seeing which threads in which you have ever contributed (I contributed+bold text= I got something to read!). Cheers for considering it...

I would most definitely be replacing both batteries after seeing smoke. Batteries (especially damaged ones) are a serious fire concern.

Best of luck bruv, let's hope you haven't melted any wiring.

Hm...

http://www.motoringa...cataclean-work/

http://www.asrcrevie...-fuel-additive/

Standards organisations say cataclean is snake oil too, beyond the fact that it's main benefit is designed for diesel engines...Plus, the testing evidence was submitted confidentially. Not illegal, but also pretty shady. It's like an athlete refusing a non-mandatory drug test, on it's own it's not an indication of guilt, but it certainly looks really bad...

I have not conducted any independent tests personally so cannot speak on the validity of the above content. Take it at face value and draw your own conclusions. It obviously did something for Holfy (unless Holfy, you hoofed it when you wouldn't normally have, in which case, you know what I'm goinna say, that the act of hoofing it is what cleared your problem, not so much the additive. Tell me I'm wrong by all means, I'm always a bit cynical about additives.)

Vid or it didn't happen. lol

Edit: I just figured that could come off as in bad taste, not intended, just thinking of what an epic video it would have been. I'm very glad you're ok and back in a Z, of course.

Well, we're talking a lot of variables here...

I don't put much 'stock' (pun intended) into stock nurburgring times, as many cars have much higher potential, the s2000 being a prime example. It's a short geared ragtop with crap brakes and poor suspension straight out of the box, it's not supposed to compete on any track with a laptime higher than 1m30s or a straight longer than 1km.

You need a really big set of giant brass balls to drive the S on the limit, many people just don't have the ability (or the cahones) to compete with a serious driver in a car that is 'easier' to drive fast. I put myself in this category (balls just not big enough), I knew I wasn't good enough to get the best out of an S2000, and that an Audi S3 driver would be able to drive faster than me with zero effort, but that doesn't mean the S isn't capable of much more in the right hands.

Now that I think about it, given that difficulty to drive well, perhaps it wouldn't be the best choice after all, but the potential is there.

Val-ett-ing is the correct pronunciation, however, val-ay-ing is acceptable in common usage. The source is indeed a French word pronounced val-ay and spelled the same as our English word. Some therefore might argue that the majority are incorrect and to honor the origin of the word, it should probably be pronounced as the French do.

The reason we don't do that is because the word has officially been Anglicised over the years of mispronunciation and is now an English word pronounced differently to the French, not a French word in common usage (e.g. chic, a french word we use unchanged in spelling, meaning or pronunciation).

Source: I'm a grammar and spelling nazi first class, call it a hobby. lol.

Megane RS is 2.5 innit? Nothing will beat a well driven S2000 in that class under those rules I reckon.

Same deal here, you have to be a true car lover to justify the cost of anything 2.0 or above. Tell him I feel him.

Nah, it's not terrible, similar to uk, but don't forget...I take home 1/3rd as much money as the guy doing my job in my firm's london office.

 

Rent, taxis, food, cigarettes, are all cheap here, the basics of life, but almost anything that is not an essential of life is pretty dear. For example, we pay more than you guys do for electronics of all kinds. The problem is volume, the total population of Greece is less than the total population of London, so we don't move enough units of anything, so prices are high.

 

But you got lovely sunshine and pretty women..

You couldn't be more right.

OMG. That is shocking! Lol.

I know right, have you ever seen a more epic waffle?

Nah, it's not terrible, similar to uk, but don't forget...I take home 1/3rd as much money as the guy doing my job in my firm's london office.

Rent, taxis, food, cigarettes, are all cheap here, the basics of life, but almost anything that is not an essential of life is pretty dear. For example, we pay more than you guys do for electronics of all kinds. The problem is volume, the total population of Greece is less than the total population of London, so we don't move enough units of anything, so prices are high.

I put 100 ron in mine, it's available at every petrol station. About 96 true octane, it's good fuel actually.

 

Is fuel expensive as well. ?

I can't remember what it is currently (truth is I do very few miles a year, about 2000 at the most in my sports cars, so I don't really pay much attention), the 100 ron stuff is about 15% more expensive than the 95, which is about the same as your prices I believe. I'll update later if I see a petrol station when I'm out and confirm.

Try buying one in Denmark!

 

http://www.bilbasen....5-sport/2994258 = £25k

According to Google that's closer to 32k in sterling! That's shocking, even if it does only have 40k miles.

To be fair though, aren't wages in Denmark one of the highest in Europe and everything is that expensive? I remember my mum was working in Copenhagen some 20 years ago and said she'd never paid so much for a glass of wine and a slice of cheese, she said it was something like 25 quid.