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Theres lots of mine, people on here dont seem to like it much though.

Ouch. Thats about as catastrophic as engine failure gets, Ive only managed tops or bottoms on their own, never both at the same time. Congrats Fair play, thats definitely a new engine then mate, not even worth bothering trying to fix one thats had a smashed top and bottom end. I would check out the links I posted though as I think £3K is steep for a new engine, you could buy an LS* V8 for that

Thats silver paint I think youll find

Cough. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3922910.htm No more, I promise.

Chrome wheels are unusual, not unheard of but unusual. The main reason they are unusual is that they are almost impossible to repair or refurb without rechroming them, which is expensive. Are you sure they arent polished?

Older Saabs > Volvos Newer Saabs < Volvos IMO, at least The Octavia is a very good car though, AMG Merc or biggish BMW not tickle your fancy though?

Thanks mate, thought I was invisible or something. OP seems to be good at asking for help but not great at reading the answers ......

Dont own a 335 but have driven one hard on a fair few occasions, and personally thought it was a little soft for my taste, certainly more so than my Zed is/was. Lovely car, very fast in a straight line (when it got traction ) but less involving than a 350 for me in the coreners - the one I used to drive was bone stock though.

What the hell caused that? Its written off two pistons, I cant see how one valve can jump from cylinder to cylinder Are the bores scored or did they come out OK? If they are in decent nick then you might get away with just replacing the head, if they are lightly scored you could possibly get them rehoned and use an oversixed ring, maye even an oversized piston if they are really bad, anyone know if VQ's have bore liners? Polo used to have a spare VQ kicking about, dont know if he still has, and a quick ebay scan shows this for £2K fitted (17K miles) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-350Z-V ... 1e6e016420 This for £1K without ancilleries (that youve already got, 33K): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-350Z-2 ... 2ebe5c0d56 ........ £3K sounds a lot. A new head is going to be a lot less to buy than a new engine and a lot less to fit as well, might be worth considering. TBH Im surprised your man at Japex hasnt been able to help more, not heard of them myself but all that up there ^^ is pretty standard.

That was Reverend Black Grape I think youll find

Ahhh, think Ive figured it - you had an engine light on that was caused by the flywheel, and another error code that was a loose wire in your traction control? Glad you got it sorted

Chuffed for you, but what was the original problem?? Just searched and can see lots of requests for sensors, not much "Ive got a problem" though

Dude, things dont tend to break on 350's, itsz more clutches, brakes and tyres and you wont get a warranty to cover them. Just buy the car and enjoy it, worry about fixing it when it breaks. Hell, Ive got 10 cars, if I worried about them breaking Id never get anything else done. Or of course you could buy something cheaper and more reliable - Ive heard good things about those Hyundai Coupes, cant remember where though

Few more Ive discovered recently: The JDM fuel consumption thingy wont show less than 3.1 km/l (thats 7.2 mpg) It is actually possible to hit cats eyes with the front bumper if you run low enough Trying to use the emergency boot release when the gas strut things arent working is painful.

Its a flat tab, about 25mm long on the underside of the strut brace about in the middle

Are you trying to wear your keyboard out or something?

Not today, but my all time favourite was one of these: Was in a smallish town on a Saturday morning, heard it coming for about 2 minutes before I saw it and then just stood there with my jaw on the floor. I happened to be about when the guy came back to it and asked him if it was real - he said it was, and he drove it every day to pick up his morning paper. I stood with my jaw on the ground again as he cruised off at 130dB

If its only braking one wheel thats a VDC/yaw sensor issue Id say. When I went with 19's on the back and 18's on the front mine started doing this in any kind of aggressive driving round corners. If yours is on right size tyres and wheels a penny to a pound its this would probably explain why the ABS got stuck "on" as well. Id still put it through CONSULT as Id imagine the ABS/wheel sensors would probabyl be included, just drive soemwhere other than Warwick

If you drive a 200SX, maybe, as they dont handle or stop very well. Doesnt work for anything though, a MkIII MR2 for instance - why would you want to do the handling and brakes first on one of them, they are perfectly good already. Theres also the noise aspect that you get from exhaust, induction, decats - its a good thing but doesnt fit in any of the above categories. Oh, and Abbey dont hold the fastest jap car in Europe at all, dont know where you got that one from. and the foreign language, and the bedroom cowboys, what actually are you on about?

Coldel - bang on the money. Im not saying the brakes dont need doing, but theres better places to spend the money to start with IMO. Id also add that while Ive got the utmost respect for Abbey, things like the thorttle controller, plenum spacer and induction kit can be bought and fitted a lot cheaper elsewhere. As a guy on another forum said to me once, you can ask a garage/trader for advice but bear in mind why they are there in the first place

Still dont understand why people say to upgrade the brakes first, they are decent as standard Id say plenum spacer, induction, exhaust decats, throttle controller, suspension and uprev in that order. The uprev is only really worth doing once youve got the other stuff fitted, everything else is effectively a standalone mod A decent set of wheels really makes them look amazing though, Id keep half an eye out for a good set too.

1M's are never going to lose any money though, likewise CSL's. Lots to buy though, agreed and an M5 is a bit of a barge for caning about in.

My brothers one is a pretty even match for my 370hp 200SX over about 110mph despite weighing more and having 4WD, the 500+ ones are about as fast as anything gets. OK, its 900bhp, but

Dude, you could run an Evo for 4 years on what a Maserati will cost you for one. My brother has an MR FQ340, it costs him £700 odd a year in servicing and a set of tyres every so often.

Tried a lot of the cars mentioned on this thread, Id be looking at the M3, 996 Turbo and the Cayman in that order for what you are after. If you want other suggestions look at the XFR and the IS-F, both as good as the M3 IMO and you should really add the C63 to that as well. Im struggling to think of any 2 seaters that fit the bill, maybe SL/SLK AMG mercs ........... or an Evora? The Maser would scare me that its going to break, I didnt like the 997, the Z4, 370 and S5 arent going to be much quicker than the 350, likewise a Monaro, a 928 will be a money pit and Exiges are just too focused. XK-R and CL Mercs are quite soft but fast, CL running costs are high though. If it was me just looking for something to cane, Id go Integrale or possibly a TVR, if I wanted a roadcar I would (will ) buy a 1 series M, if you cant stretch to that an M3 CSL or NSX comes very highly recommended.