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I guess the only question remaining then is can these spacers make any of the cylinders run lean? Surely if all cylinders are getting equal (enough) air flow, and the various sensors are working correctly, the ECU will set the AF ratio correctly and you shouldnt get any cylinders running lean?

The iGo nav software is quality. I have it on my CarPC after seeing the demo of this on the forum. Cracking bit of kit. Did you get it to auto turn on with the ignition? I think that was the only thing it was missing when you first made it

Powers in the numbers! If both of us get there we can take both ramps and he'll have to wait

Ta for the info Fletch. The car is pretty high mileage, at just above 62k, so I think a new Y to centre section gasket would be a good idea. Dan is doing me one for a tenna, so I'd rather replace it and be happy. Hopefully the Nismo centre section and back box connection will be fine and wont need any new bits

2k in a year is nice. My Zed lost about 3k probably in 2 - 2 1/2 years and about 6k in the last 6 months. Yup. When I got mine, they were holding value really well. 3yr old with 30k miles were about £18k. Now you can get a new one for that! Thats in 2 years, most of it in the last 6-8 months Still bodes well for when I want a nearly new 370z, if there will be any around. Reckon everyone will want a nearly new one just so they dont take the biggest hit on it!

Doesnt sound good mate! I got half way to Reading on the A33 to find it was closed both ways so headed home. Kept an eye on the BBC traffic site for it to clear, gave it half an hour and headed to work. Traffic was slow but the ice had gone thankfully. Sounds like you had a right mare!

It doesn't increase the flow, it evens the flow out. You get the same total air going through, just more equitably delivered. And if my logic serves right, if its providing more flow to the front 2 cylinders, then the rear ones will be getting less air, and will be running richer.

Certainly looks like it from the pictures I've seen!

I do know this but there definately is a difference so must have been due to my old standard exhaust being so coked up with crap inside. It doesn't adjust instantly so there may be some initial gains which ebb away. +1 - from what I've heard on the US forums, the ECU will give some gains when you first fit breathing mods, but eventually dials it out as it re-learns how much of each parameter it needs to keep it to the target HP/torque. This is why so many dynos show gains if they are done the instant the parts are fitted but show no gain over time

As the others have said, its how you drive it. Be nice with the throttle and they last as long as any other car, mash it about and they wont! 20k is easily doable. I do a lot of motorway driving and my tyres have loads of tread left after 15k miles with them. Use them on the track or Wales runs and they'll soon disappear!

Yeah havent seen on that looks like that for the Zed! Get a decent quality one from a trader if you want one. Many say its not worth it though as the throw is already quite short on the Zed. Quite a lot (myself included) have gotten Nismo gear knobs as they are lower profile and effectively reduce the throw by a nice amount

Anyone know when the demostrators will hit the dealers? Will be popping down Dan Perkins (Slough) when they get one

I have to agree with Sarnie (fook I'm getting bad at that!). The Op needs to decide on what he wants from the car. When I was looking into getting mine, an Elise or VX220 would never come into my mind as I need a boot and for it to be a good daily driver! No car like the Zed is going to compare to them in handling or wow factor. What the Zed does offer is a good pace and comfort to boot. Remember it is a GT car more than an out and out sports car. But that doesnt mean it ait quick as fook. I regularly put my mates Evo VIII to shame, which is prob more down to the driver, but his car feels a lot faster than mine because of the turbo thrust. The Zed is very deceptive with its very linea power delivery. But it does mean you have power all the time and can drive it lazily if you dont fancy ragging it everywhere. I'd say decide on what you want from the car and then testdrive the ones that offer you what you want

Dont see why these things need to be soo expensive, but isnt that always the way Was looking to change out the HDD in my Foxsat HDR the other day and looking at the inside pics, there doesnt look to be £300 of kit in there, the box is about 2/3 empty!

Good man Dan. PM me how much you want for them so I can bring the cash

Good stuff. How do we know its the right one though? Adrian did say you'd be there on Saturday

TBH, if you want to venture in to CarPCs, you cant get a better car than the Zed for it. The cubby already has the perfect hole for the screen and the rear glove box is perfectly placed for the PC itself. Its also a doddle to run the wires from the battery to the glove box and also from the glovebox to the screen. Now is the time if you want to give it a go. Plenty on here have done it

Doh We need whatever should be replaced when moving the exhaust from one car to the other. I'm keeping my OEM Y-pipe, so I would guess really I only need the gasket between the Y and mid pipe?

I would be happy for people to use mine, except the wires are burried under the car flooring I have another USB cable, but dont have another OBDII cable for the other end.

Chaps (and Chapettes), As you know I have taken the plunge and bought Adrians Nismo exhaust. We were thinking that I should probably get some new gaskets for it. Are these things universal or what? Any traders got some? Ta

+1 Thats what i was thinking. Thanks chaps. Thought it would be a wet sand and polish. Surely they can do that in a day

Thanks guys I'm really anal about stuff like this and didnt know if I was just being too picky as the colour match is good. As you can imagine it looks much worse in person, camera is always hard to get a good representation of what it looks like. I will ring them in the morning and tell them something needs doing. Will it need a repray? Just worried that I wont get a hire car again for this so want it sorting ASAP without me having to be without a car. Could they feasibly prep and paint it in a day?

** All resolved now - see page 2 for pics ** As you guys know, I got reversed into and the lady damanged the rear bumper. I got it all sorted now, but having finally had the weather and light to inspect the job, the colour match looks good but the orange peel to me looks terrible. Not sure what I can do about it? Beavis suggested I may be able to get it buffed out, but from what I've seen on DW it might need a wet sand or even a respray. Anyway, heres the damage (excuse the pun), what do you think, should I accept it or demand it be put right? Also seems to be what I can best describe as grazing on the right hand part? Obviously the bumper is the newly painted bit, wheel arch is original. You can see the distinct difference in the reflection of the neighbours car between the 2 panels.

Cant the body shop help in buffing that out. Mine looked superb but even so they are going to polish it up for me to get rid of any imperfections. Just hope that i am happy when i mate it up to the car. Going to get in contact with them and see what they say. According to DetailersWorld, Jap cars normally have orange peel paint anway, so the fact that this is worse than Nissans attemp means I'm not happy. At home now so will upload the pics and start a thread

Glad it looks good Just about to post up about my rear bumper repair I had done. Looks very orange-peely (yes thats the technical term!). I have 50/50 shots of the original paint vs new paint and I think the amount of orange-peel on it deserves a re-spreay Colour match is good though.