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a small cricket? there is a cog assembly on the shaft of the CV joint, my guess is something to do with that. and the lack of grease, what ever is menat ot touch on it, instead of being kept quiet by grease is now audible due to no grease.

N normally stands for copies, V is normally for original gear. as for the 1's and 2's, i don't know? chilli red might be able to shed light on it

its like the euro referendum. your irish so you can;t vote on the uk issue you'll have to do your own referendum on biscuit ban, and it will mean i'm only banned in ireland

yeah headers tend to make a mssive difference to an engine noise. they did on my old mr2 roadster. completely transformed the engine noise. made it alot more aggressive and louder. but that was a different car.

i didn't think there was one thought they even used the same side skirts. though the only major changes were when they went to V3 nismo

i've learnt alot from the zed, my days of bodykits are over. the most i'll do at some point will be an exhaust, filter and wheels. wheels would be a long way off, its got goodyear eagle F1's all round at the mo with about 8mm on the front and about 5mm on the rear. rears will need doing in the next 12 months, but most likely will just get another set of eagle f1's as they are good tyres and in that size, not hugely expensive. exhaust wise, again i'll wait probably 6-12 months to see what i like, at the m oment stock is actually very aggressive, with the roof down its already very good. and same with stock in take. honda already use a cone filter in the stock airbox. so messing around with that seems a little pointless. there are some alternatives for more noise, but i need to drive it for a while to see if its really needed. having a modding brak for now actually feels really good.

agree with Ian, avoid the japspeed header unless you plan to get something like the motordyne xyz pipe instead of usual y pipe. reason being that they have built in decats, and come mot time you'll either need an understanding mot centre or an alternative way of putting a cat back in like the xyz pipe. personally i'd go with well know brands. if the welds go its a good 12 hours of labour to swap them over. if not more. and at a minimum of 35 quid an hour your looking at minimum of about 420 quid fitting cost. budget that ontop of the header as well. with some your looking at nearly a grands worth of outlay for a possible 6 - 10 bhp at most thats about 100 pound per bhp. not massivly cost effective.

lack of grease

somthing like that AFAIK the HR tunes up a lil better than the DE due to reving higher so should give you the kinda power the Z deserves. thought it was the other way round, the DE gets more gains from its starting point, but the HR ends up higher just because it starts higher up in the first place.

Glad I'm not the only one then. I always say the motorway is where the Zed really comes into it's own, it's very comfortable at 70 the zed does cruise beautifully, its what it was designed for

most likely the CV joints. if you have the passenger window down and drivers side up can you still hear it. if you only hear it with drivers side down and passenger up then its the drivers rear side. is it only on pull away at low speeds if so its rear cv joints. if its on braking i think its the drop links. cheap fix is a re grease and rotate parts for one side are about 50 squid i think. complete new cv joint is over 200. thats one side only. if its both sides, unlikely though then double those costs.

i like the setup, looks very stealth. only thing i would say is its almost screaming for 2 snorkles right in front of them for direct flow, shame that would spoil the look of the front of the car. they do seem well sheltered in there. am i right in remembering that you have exhaust plans at some point? think the combination between the 2 will be very nice

you tube might give you a good starting point. i had a true dual but it wasn't uber loud. mine was the invidia dc sports is mean to be good. decats might help although i found it starts to get more raspy, HFC's are a better compromise.

if i get banned for stook owner ship, what happens to digsy for mx5 ownership? or sarnie for non zed ownership? are they getting banned as well? or is this just an antistookist movement. is it cos its black?

rear arch is double skinned, but from what nixy said its still a fixable dent. just check on the person doing it. not all use the same techniques. also check for clicky axles, wind both windows down, and pull away, if you hear any clciking it will need the CV joints sorting. its not a critical problem, and can be driven for ages like that. it may just be something you want to sort at some point

which pads did you go for in the end ?

i'm still here buddy, have spent alot of time on the s2ki forum on the UK section but things move alot slower on there. so much more going on here. so i shall be sticking around for alot longer. will bounce between the 2

i think i did do some for paul nice job mate thanks i try my hardest

i think i did do some for paul

shouldn't that be thumbing rabbits ? if thats what floats your boat then thumb away hugh; thumb away

must admit, i'm impressed with the club help on the forum, and i feel i just learnt alot about plumbing from reading all that. not an area that i've dabbled with yet in my house, but its good to know that there are lots of helpfuls on hand.

stop splitting hares

can't wait to see the new rims fitted

True but that was long ago .... I'm talking about these days lol thats only because you build there schools for them

thumbing wrong with thumbing; i don't think so