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When I dyno'd my car it was the same kind of setup with the bonnet down, and due to the way the 350z intake works, its not a fair test with a popcharger. I had heat soak and temps were higher than standard, but I still got 240WHP (280BHP). So while heat soak is an issue, you still should have hit good numbers. Think about all the guys in the US, their intake temps on a normal day are as high as ours on a really really hot day over here, so it must be able to make those numbers in the heat too.

This is the only link you really need, and it comes up as the first line when I type 350z into Firefox - search.php?search_id=unread Even if you are lazy, all you have to type is "350z" and it comes up straight away if its the most visited link (ie use it all the time and it will always be at the top)

Sorry to hear this Statistically, your route to work is where you are most likely to crash. As Rich said, you know the road so you dont always pay full attention. All it takes is 5MPH too quick as Stew points out to cause this in damp conditions. Not saying you didnt pay attention but its how it happens most of the time. Sounds like there may have been something on the road to stop the TC kicking in and saving it as you were unlikely to stab the throttle in the wet if you knew the rounderbout.

Think Tere had one on her Zed, but not seen her post on here in aaaaaages!

35psi all round will be fine for most driving. Only time you will need to change them is on the track. You can experiment with it if you want though. Spot the difference between need and want

Just go to http://www.350z-uk.com/forum and get straight to the important bit

Excellent. You are just a bit closer at a ~1hr trip vs ~4hrs to get to Leeds! Look forward to seeing what you have to offer, maybe you can team up with RS Tuning and both of you share some secrets of Zed tuning

I cant imagine how minging your wheels must get guys. Mine have a few coats of PB Wheel Sealant on and I never need to use anything more than wash suds and an old wash mitt! Havent used wheel cleaner since I discovered wheel sealant, dirt just washes off no bother. As the others have said, always start of with the least abrasive stuff you need. Wash suds and mitt first, if that doesnt shift it then use more powerful stuff. I think this is an important lesson for everyone

Its bolt on and be mated with the MREV 2 for max benefits Thought the MREV2 was only applicable for the Revup engine?

Excellent mate, make sure you take notes for the way home

Gutting mate, such a shame

Wouldnt expect anything less

Its 4 figures And yet you still get hose pipe for the catch can rather than a nice silicon tube I did tell the others if you have to ask the price you wouldnt like it!

Compared to doing the LED swap, this one will be dead easy

Your torque curve looks good up til about 5k RPM where it seems to drop off a little quicker than I would expect. Peak torque is spot on for a standard car, just it tails off quickly at higher RPMs which means your BHP has suffered. Not sure what the cause of it is though. Perhaps heat soak, more likely something else. Dont know what though

Welcome to the forum You mention you are an Up Rev dealer, does that mean you will be offering reflashing of the OEM ECU and mapping? If so how much would this be?

Thats mean I have a spare Recaro sticker if you want it Just one? I'll need a pair... Obviously these seats are different, and will be an improvement over oem. The point i am making is that the colour scheme and material, from the pictures, looks like my seats. If i was forking out for new seats, i'd want them to look a bit more exciting, like the red bride seats perhaps. But as you said Ian, you wanted to keep them understated. Now that makes more sense I only have one Recaro sticker as the other one was folded in the box with the seats and the backing came away from part of it and black fluff stuck to it

Stonechips from my 70 mile a day journey killed the painted finish. But agree if done properly wet painting should be pretty hard wearing. Powdercoating will always be harder wearing though

I'm afraid if you need to ask, it will probably be too expensive! Try http://www.z1auto.com for some pricing on the Arc stuff

Thats mean I have a spare Recaro sticker if you want it

Might be worth PM'ing the last lot as a bulk PM if you havent already mate, they obviously arent paying attention

Right, lets go back to the begining, how many layers of wax do you have on there? I agree it could have reacted with the wax, so a quick was with simple water and Fairy washing up liquid should strip it off. When you have done that, try claying it. IF that makes no difference then next up would be to try some very unabrasive polish/cleanser like Dodo Lime Prime, PB SSR1 or AG SRP or even some AG Bug and Tar remover. If that doesnt shift it then you know you are into the laquer in some way. Try something more abrasive list PB SSR2 or one of the megs proper polishes. Although this is getting into a teritory where you are more likely to want to call in a pro as if you do too much you may take off the laquer (very unlikely but dont blame me if you do!) Incidentally, do you not have a local wheel refub place near you? They will be able to say pretty much instantly what is wrong with them just by having them in front of them

Looking good Ian. I was expecting you to have the Bride graduated material though You need some CF and Alcantara/flocking now They are massively different. Have you sat in some Bride/Recaro/other racing seats? The pictures dont do it justice! They are sooo much tighter and bolsters are simply massive in comparison to the std Zed seats.

Powdercoat, the coating is far harder wearing as I found out when my rims were originally refished with wet paint and it flaked away within a few weeks, had them powerder coated and its lasted much longer