Adam@Z1auto.com

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Alcohol...lot's and lot's of alcohol (generally does the trick) Should be no problem on that side of the pond, since drinking seems to rank right up there with football as a national past time Other tricks that might work: always answer your cellphone "Dr. Stuey speaking"; be overheard saying "If the villa in Gstaad is not done this Friday, you're fired"; taking a puppy for a walk in the park; also referring to yourself in the third person seems to work for some (ie, refer to yourself as "The Stu" Though that does not explain how I not only found mine, or have managed to keep her (she has never had a drink save for a sip of wine once..which she hated lol), despite us living 1500 miles apart (now). Perhaps it's because I've managed to memorize the # to 1800Flowers, or that I don't mind vacuuming once in a while You know how it goes Stu...you meet the good ones often in the unlikliest of places, when you least expect it

there really is no way to know, since there are so many variables involved. It's not the type of thing that you would do on it's own, without other mods to compliment it, such as ecu, cams, full headwork, fuel system, etc etc etc

I personally would love to see something sleeker wing wise on the car...along the lines of the Blitz...I should pass the word on to Mike, though I know he loves the NISMO

eh...a simple flight cross Atlantic and you're there...no biggie

I get the same thing....everyone always assumes we are in Manhattan, meanwhile, we're nearly 2 hours east with traffic

it's a top secret front lip + front diffuser...very rare piece, but really nice

65 mph was the limit...so we were ever so slightly over

right you are there...I've met some that I could not understand for the life of me...and they always seem to speak ultra fast too, which makes it harder lolol My girlfriend does a great British accent (a proper London one), so I guess that will have to do lolol

I'd love a British bird for myself The accent is fantastic !

166 mph on the way back from a track day according to the speedo...It was 100 rpm shy of the rev limiter (7200) in 6th, though I have a 3.9 final drive in my car. Funny story actually - was with a few friends driving back from a day at the track. Me in my Z, a good friend in his supercharged Corrado VR6, another in a Gokf R32 and finally one other friend in his Jetta 1.8T (K04, etc). We begin inching up and up in speed, then slowing back down as traffic builds. We then see some lights behind us..and all of us slow down to a coast of around 80 mph. The car turns out to be a black Crown Victoria, which here in the states is usually driven by detectives, FBI, etc. He pulls next to me, beeps, motions be to keep the speed down (just motioning his hands downward) and takes off I thought for sure we were in for it, and we immediately all called each other to say how scared we all were. That was the fastest I've ever gone on road, and in retrospect, as fun as it was, I never will go that fast again...my heard literally sunk into my stomach when I saw the lights

this is one of the funniest threads I've ever seen...cheers guys!!!! Good entertainment on my day off

I'll drop him a call tomorrow and ask him to register

amazing how the cars make it to forums around the world That belong to our good customer and friend Mike L. from Massachussets - one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, and, as you can see, completely passionate about his car The car is a bit different now, as its currently sporting twin turbos (GReddy kit), and wearing some new bits we recently shipped to him (steering wheel, quick disconnect) Cheers Mike...you're now worldwide!

awesome Paul!!! The Hulk will surely make a great showing!

youve got some strange girlfriends Stuey I'm on the floor after that one...you should take the act on the road lolololol

easy....different piston dome

I think you guys are starting to see what I am saying remember too, the factory does some things very well....but there is often room left for improvement

true to a point yes but in the case of the VX220, it's narrow track and very light weight also contribute immensely to how tossable it is (think Miata, etc). A Z weighs far more, and as such, can deal with far more tire, and still be quite tossable....and have loads of grip. In the case of the Porsche, it's also a rear engine car...which contributes tons to how it behaves given the wide stagger between front and rear tires.

Val - remember, we don't just make recommendations blindly - we ask ALL the questions of our customers before recommending parts. We realize that wheels and tires are not a zero sum game....lots of things affect how they behave, which is why we make sure to go through the full range of planned mods with a customer before recommending something.

pistons, rods, crank, bearings, also doing fully built heads, ti valves/springs, big tomei cams (280 duration), larger throttle body, lots of plenum work, custom long tube headers, etc etc Compression is 11.5:1 (we want to run it on pump gas), and as far as rpm, not really sure what it will rev to yet...we'll let our machinist advise us on that front It's a long way off, but all is currently undergoing assembly...though the car is far from done (we are building it from the ground up)

No point in making our own stroker really - easily done quite honestly, as it's all a matter of math formulas, but I have no interest in offering built motor packages as there simply are too many variables involved that we can't control We have actually badges for it as a 415z...though not sure if the owner will ever put them on or not lolol (not sure I want them on either to be hones - I prefer the stealth approach) the picture quality stinks, but the badge was custom done in the style of the OEM one - sorry for the horrid pic though

you just love to argue don't you First, you cant say what % different is in from stock, as there is no one stock setup. Z's have come from the factory with 17, 18, 19, and a variety of rolling diameter and stagger front to back based on model. For example, my Z came fitted with 235/50/17 tires on the rear as std. And now I have 285/30/19 - difference in rolling diameter of 1.7 inches. If had a 35 series, the difference would be 1.9 inches..... Compare my front to the new 2007 GT model, which runs a 245/40/18 up front and a 265/35/19 out back. My setup has a difference of 1.4 inches rolling diameter up front (1.79%) and 1.3 inches out back (2.17%). See that's the thing..it's not a solid concept of "ideal" - it's a range of specs that works and what Nissan considers ideal is always changing. The most important thing is keeping the ratio of front to rear within a given % difference of one another. Up front, yes a 255/35 series would be a slightly more "ideal" size spec wise, but having done it to customer cars, I wanted to enjoy maximum tire grip up front. Also, the front has no bearing on the miles that the car accumulates, or the speedometer "error"...it's all about grip. So, I chose the 265 as it maximized grip. It also looks fantastic with the 285 out back Again, I am not saying a 245 on a 9 inch wheel does not work...of course it works, and works well. It's just a very conservative setup, that is all. That's not to say a 265 is aggressive on a 9.5 inch wheel - it's not at all (in fact if you look at the Toyo spec sheet, a 9.5 inch wheel is smack dab in the middle of what they recommend for a 265/30/19). But again, these are not 9 inch wheels on Paul's car up front, they are 9.5 and in my experience, a 245/35 T1R does not look, or feel "proper" on a 19x9.5 inch wheel IMHO. It creates a stretched situation, which can lead to increased propensity to blow out, increased road harshness, decreased sidewall height. What I am saying is this ALSO works...has works very very well in fact, without any inherent drawbacks. I would not have chosen it for myself, let alone my customers, if there were any issues with doing it. There is no "right" or "wrong" with these setups - there is a range that works and a range that does not. On a 9.5 inch wheel, such as Paul has, that range, as far as what we use here and recommend, is from a 255 to a 285 generally speaking. For Paul, we went with a bit bigger rear tire, since the rear offset he has is a bit conservative (+32 as I recall), so to fill the arch a bit better on the green machine, we chose the 285/30, which is a very nice, substantial looking tire. However, as mentioned, that range is tied closely to the specific tire in question. The specific size that gets done is all about the specific tire...not about the # on the sidewall, which is a completely meaningless figure. I am in a unique position in that rather than guess as to what "could" happen, I get to try things out first hand and see what does happen. As a result, I've netted myself a car that is daily driven (in non winter months!), passes my test for being liveable day to day, yet is completely trackable (quite well too...lapping within .5 seconds on average, the speed our E36 race car does at our "home" roadcourse)...and you should see my road race tire setup (think NISMO RS Concept specs - talk about our of spec with the factory setup...but wonder why they do it then?)

stock Y pipe has a resonator, the aftermarket ones don't, so will sound better Many aftermarket Y pipes (though not all) also will give a nice boost in torque too (I've seen up to 9 ft lbs at the wheels). Don't be fooled though, many of the ebay ones are ill fitting replicas of great pieces, but with corners cut. These corners though are often what makes the part work (and fit!)