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i have made a decision on filter, just waiting on a supplier to contact me to confirm supply. as for testing i'll look at sending one down for testing once i have some in.

i can MiG and Arc weld, and have the gear at work, but TiG is somewhat of a skilled process, you can MiG weld stainless but the weld will rot out after an extended period. see if there is a course at your local college, sign up and learn it properly. i'm sure as well with stainless welding you need breathing apparatus as stainless gives off nasty fumes? might be way off the mark though?

I have q link to a story that also says insurers are clamping down on fraudulent policies. I.e. not declaring accidents and "fronting" where parents insurer as the main driver on their kids cars, and insurer the kid as a named driver. They are also clamping down on those that insurer there car at their parents address but live else where. University for example. They are using new systems that now check details across insurers to check details and also linking with the police. If you get caught for any of these it will void your insurance, and they can also prosecute for fraud. And if found guilty, you'll find it impossible to get any insurance in the future. This also includes claiming to park in a garage at night, they are sending investigators out. Ant if your house doesn't have one, they'll void the policy as well.

wheelie genie in beds

I like to think I have finesse with pedal feathering.... Maybe I don't? Would have thought the IAM would have picked up on it though! sorry mean joke, you may well be smooth with the pedal, but the TCS will only kick in if you give it more beans than it thinks is required. i found in the zed if you do it from standstill it doesnt like it, but if you get rolling first then its much happier and won;t kick in on lift off.

thats becuase they don't have accelerator pedals, they have the new on/off switch upgrade

thats their way of saying; sod off! they obviously don't want the performance cars.

from what i remember the K sport is a copy of the AP racing caliper, so it should be pretty good

agreed, i love driving in the snow, if you can control a sliding car in the snow, its easier to control it in the wet

i agree driving with no TCS makes for a better driver, i know on the S2k it had nothing, so you made sure you were always on the ball when driving it in the wet and snow. i would say i'm far more observant of road and weather conditions more than most. i'm hoping to do the IAM this year as well

no pictures, i think my mate mark has them on his computer, or they may even be in the MR@ROC back room somewhere. i learnt the hard way, doing a 360 off a wet roundabout across 2 bollards, 2 signposts and stopping 3 inches from the central reservation. my first RWD car and i was 23 i thought i was invincible and a driving God; i learnt otherwise, and thats where i gained respect for how to drive RWD properly. the problem with the MR2 being mid engined and RWD which most on here won't have experienced in the zed is that when the car starts to let go there is a very small correction window beofre it snaps and spins. i had a good grasp and ability in the car, but the one wet day home from work when i wasn;t paying attention and tired. it bit my arm off. the crash wasn't that bad, and more an issue of pride. the car was repaired and all was good but i then i had the increase in insurance premiums etc. you end up paying for it long after the crash. I have since then done driving days airfield days, track days etc, and just general 8 years of driving RWD. most people i find accelerate to early out of corners or go to fast in. they don't balance the throttle well with the weight of the turn. they use the throttle like an on/off switch. the biggest thing with RWD is being smooth, thats the throttle repsonse, steering and braking, etc even on the limit, with the car breaking traction; if your ham footed you'll spin, thats not to say you can't drive aggressivly; but you need to be smooth while doing it. i qualified for the Nissan Free race last year, and out of 500 entrants i got down to the top 50; i saw alot of very cocky and confident drivers down there, and alot coming from FWD who had not been in RWD before, and it was very funny to see the difference in their attitude coming out of the car compared to going in. any fool can go fast in a straight line, but it takes skill to go fast round a corner. and if you're breaking traction while doing it (unless you intend to drift) the car is no longer in control and going to lose speed in the corner. just becuase tyres are screaming doesn;t make it fast.

Both my MR2 roadster and the S2000 had no TCS or driver aids; and i drove both through the winter, the MR2 was intersting as well as it was mid engined. and it was the car i learnt the hard way with driving limits etc. nothing wrong with no TCS you just need to make sure you know how to drive it. as i and husky have said nefore, leave it on in the wet, turn it off in the dry. or if your not confident or inexperienced in RWD then leave it on all the time.

wow some of you need to get some tyres that fit better

cheers Protegimus, good info; i have now made a filter decision; just waiting on some suppliers to get back to me on price and then i'll post up on here.

funny on someone elses car, but not on mine

i would say the BMC would be a good option, but i'm not sure people would want to pay that much for a filter. The Do-luck stuff is well respected, and offers a good option. i could probably get pipercross at the cheapest price, and as said before they used to make stuff for nismo, so nissan obviously liked what they were doing. but people don't seem to go for it and i'm not sure why. i've tried to pick brands that other traders on here aren;t doing so as not to step on toes etc. i know you can't please everybody, but there must be a happy medium etc.

thats why i also like the BMC panel filters as they are a dry filter. although on the K&N website they acutally state that there is no link between oiled filters and MAF failure http://www.knfilters.com/faq.htm#27

Its a black Z oh well ND i believe is newcastle area for original plate supply

if its silver with black wheels it sounds like my old zed; didn't know she's now in sheffield is the last letter on the number plate "R" ? if so its definetly my old one

i'm getting it at work on IE7 thats the only version that we use, but at home its ok on FF4

on a side note; i was chatting to pipercross yesterday and apparnetly they used to make the filters for nismo, learn something new every day,

This is the edition of jap performance if anyone has it at home? http://www.japaneseperformancemagazine. ... em_id=2509

i regualrly have to do this to clear my browser, if i leave the forum on, it slams all my other tabs, as if it crashes the browser and i have to shut down the browser and restart all the tabs.

meh! crack on i just want to try and get the best possible filter for the club members at the best price i can to make the biggest difference possible to their performance of their cars. if it requires a bit of club debate but at the end everyone is happy with the choice then fair enough. at the end of the day i'm not a big trader, i'm just trying to help members get what they want. best bang for your buck scenario etc.