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Just another thought...!! Have a look in the logbook and see if there are any service receipts in there, they normaly have the number of the old owner on them and give them a call and see if they still have it!

Have a good look under the poly whatsit in the boot, thats where mine was... Stealer didnt give it to me in my hand and there was no jack in the car either... They asked me if I had taken it elsewhere, I said yes, so they told me they must have taken it!! Yeh tuners like to use your jack when they have 3 ramps to use!!!! If you cant get it off with the dynomec get a socket about a mm or 2 smaller and bash it on to the locking nut and then untighten.. Not sure how good for the car it is but it gets it off!

Not sure, if anyone has read an article on it I would appricite an update. One thing I did realise whilst fitting it though was its a great little anti theft thing!! Simply unplug the drive by wire plug, tuck the plug away somewhere in amid all the cables... Plug back in on return to your car! No way someone would know how to find that even if they had your keys or tried to hotwire it!!

I beleive it can with a fly by wire throttle if it wanted. Even if you are giving it more air, the FBW throttle can close a bit, to give the "normal" airflow. This is what I would guess it does when you install a popcharger. With the plenum, as it is balancing the air to the cylinders rather than letting in more, it gives better fuel/air mixes across all cylinders, which means better burn which gives more power Usual disclaimer applies, I could be talking cack Hummmm FBW throttle.... Another argument / discussion point. I am currently trialing a "Sprint Booster" for another forum. Results and Install to be posted soon. Its basicaly a block that plugs in to the loud pedal and then the FBW plugs into that. In a nutshell it tells the engine to do exactly what you want it to do and when. If you floor the pedal in a Zed the ECU still has control over what you are telling it too do. ie delays and control to the engine... Again fitting this seems to have done something to the car as it feels and reacts differently, its a more balanced surge of power depending on how you put your foot down. From the manufacturers website... "What is Sprint Booster? Most cars in the 21st century have replaced the more conventional throttle cable for an ECM (Electronic Control Module) that translates how hard the pedal is pushed into electronic signals in order to provide power to the wheels. The ETC (Electronic Throttle Control), which is also known as Drive-By-Wire, has the unfortunate downside of delayed response and subdued acceleration, which can create problems in certain situations such as up-hill starts, quick gearchanges and overtaking. The Sprint Booster aims to overcome this throttle response delay for ETC equipped vehicles, by providing crisp, on-tap acceleration for whenever the driver demands it. Results At low revs, the engine responds at approximately half the time in comparison to before. The delay time whilst accelerating in 3rd and 4th gear and the engine in the mid-range, is almost zero. Big differences in the higher rev range. Improved response for downshifts and safer overtaking. Overall safety and more fun on the road!" Trialing this over the past few months, I belive this to be correct as it does what it says... Before anyone says its an Ebay chip, its not. It dosnt claim to be in anyway shape or form. If any of you are in the Surrey area wish to have a go, its a plug and play device so takes 30 secs to fit. I would welcome anyones opinions as you all know your cars from driving them and I just want to make sure that others think it works too...

Don, not relying on anything! Its more about the noise and the feel to me than stated figures, and it definitely does both of those. The Plenum (i belive) is one of the only Mods that has stood the test of time re BHP and Torque gains. No forum post I have found says different. It may also be down to the way it works as the ECU may not be able to do much about it cause of where it sits in the engine... The place where I get my car dyno'd is not supplying the items either so no reason for it to give false figuers, I just use it purly as a benchmark to see if its a + or a - against what I have had done. After all, I can always go back to OEM if things done seem to work.. Dyno'd about a 2 months after initial fitting of Plenum and K&N and figs were better than stock (yes I know you cant belive the nissan stock fig cause it dosnt matter which dyno you put a new one on it never gives you the Nissan fig... New mods have been on 2 months so am keeping up a "constant". Will then review 2 months down the line again with current setup, thus seeing if the figs are still the same. If not then I will look at an ECU setup to ensure that I am getting what I had because of the ECU dialing them out over time. I would add at this point that i feel that if the ECU did dial out the upgrades it would do it over a 10 miles or so rather than 100. Unfortunatly you dont have an actual figure to start with (unless you dyno stock) so by doing it this way at the same location and similer conditions you at least have a + or - figure to bench mark against. This way at least you can say it was better than before and next time it will (fingers crossed) be better than it was last time. It may be that the figs are out anyway as I am running 19's now not 18's, who knows. Others will also say that brakes and suspension is the other upgrade route to upgrade to get more out of the Zed, something else that I can confirm has worked for me. The ability to get more of the power down on the floor and then stop it in a very controlled way is worth more than getting an extra 50bph out of the engine.. Anyway, just my opinion!

I replaced the Air Filter to a K&N typhoon and a Motordyne Plenum 5/16th then had it dyno'd, showed and felt improvment over stock, have now fitted a 5Zigen Pro-Racer zorst with a 5Zigen Y-pipe, not Dyno'd yet but I can feel improvements. Due to have a pair of Kenitix hiflow cats fitted soon so I am going to have it dyno'd to see what has changed with the zorst and then once the the Hi-Flows are fitted will run it on the Dyno again so I should be able to note what has improved or not... All the dynos will be done on the same equipment. As another test I have a group dyno booked in at another garage so will be able to see the differences between the 2 dyno settings. All I do know is that my Zed is now improved in both sound and feel so thats good enough for me!! Looking at Piggybacks just so I can make full use of the mods that I have made but its not top of the list at the moment!

You buying brand spankers new Andy?

There is no such thing as a decent car wash There is if hes a detailer.... I did say car washed, not car wash...

Wouldnt that be like sticking a turbo or supercharger on a non turbo or supercharger car.....

Or if you have washed your car on the weekend you may have some soap on your wheels... Happened to me the other day after having the car washed whilst I shopped in Croydon (at a decent car wash...!!). Only thing was I wasnt in a village, I was going through an underpass on a busy dual carridgeway.... Managed to catch it in time as it tank trapped but I was waiting for me to bounce off either the side of the underpass or the car next to me!! No harm done though, just crawled away in a very shy manor...!

You have a PM Shire.

Something not Nismo, with a nismo badge, connected into your electric system, wouldnt be supprised if you may end up with a car like this.... Grounding kit for £80ish is your best bet....[/img]

I spotted 2 Zeds in wokingham a few months back, posted on another 350z site... Think one was a blade, the other a GM. One in the carpark of an IT training company based in the area..... Anyone on here?

Just had a good search round the web as I am looking for a Brushed Aluminium version of this... Like the carbon but as I have a silver car I wanted it to look like the outside was coming into the car. And for it to match with the brushed aluminium inside.. Any ideas?