Toon Chris

until they open their mouths... Depends what you put in them.... ...I'll get me coat!

Why need a new ECU? If the Mod is modest then surely the stock ECU has enough leeway in it's tolerance to cope with a small improvement? Are the ECU's already at their upper limit on the UK cars? :confused: It all seems a bit bizarre. As I have a stock GT and am planning some simple mods, I think I will be a guinea pig and find out

Speak quietly. Hmm, haven't tried that, been too busy shouting at it

If you increase air into the engine, the maf and lambda combo should detect this and the ecu add more fuel. That is how it works on most modern cars, so why shoudl the 350Z be any different? The only possibility I can think of is if the ecu is set to only allow a certain power output and is feathering the throttle butterfly to let in less air, basically not opening as much as you are telling it too. Why would nissan go to the trouble of designing such a thing into the ecu, it doesn`t make any obvious sense, unless its something to do with environmental restrictions or maybe the injectors have an upper safe limit of operation? Mods that artificially increase fuel delivery are bound to fail as the ecu will detect overfuelling via the lambda and will drop the fuel delivery down to give the right mixture. Mods that increase air delivery into the cylinder can only increase power or your car will run lean and the ecu can`t let that happen. I have heard tales of scooby owners resetting the ecu and driving up hills like nutters with tons of weight in the car in order to get the ecu to learn a high fuel load and then when they drive it normally it overfuels and gives them a little more oomph, but of course the ecu immediately starts to learn again and soon drops the fuelling back to normal.

Oh what a dream encounter! Back when I first had my 260Z I had not long been split from a long-time girlfriend. She had hooked up with a guy with a souped-up Ford - the best in the area - and was lording it about town in his passenger seat, much to my disgruntlement. I met her in the street and told her about my beautiful new sports car and how fast and sleek it was and she was a bit sceptical to say the least. Next day she drove slowly past my house with her fella, just in time to see me get into my horrid old ford capri (1.3!) as I drove it off to the scrappers yard for it's final ever drive. Needless to say the 260Z was hidden away behind the old capri and the last I ever saw of her was her disappearing up the road with them both laughing their heads off. That really stung and it still pees me off now. I much prefer your story to mine!

Ok, I`ve tried again. I can now get it to recognise me without saying error all the time, but it insists that everything I try to enter already exists. There is one item in the phonebook 'Melanie' and it seems to think that 'Home', 'Newcastle', 'Testing' 'Fishcakes' is actually all the same word and that teh 'name is already stored'. If I say 'dial name: fishcake' it calls Melanie !! I`m starting to wonder if I am doing something very wrong somewhere!

speak to a AA man. He will be able to get it off without having to drill it True, but I still want to keep them and so need a new 'key'. If Phil doesn`t come through then I guess I`ll have to try my breakdown people, although they aren`t the AA so it may be awkward (again). Darn, it always happens when you are in a hurry. N/S/R tyre is at 1.6mm.

Just had this same problem. I looked at everything you shoudl look at when buying a car - except the locking wheel nuts I only twigged when at the tyre fitters. They said they wouldn't touch it (don't want to damage the alloys, sir) and take it to the dealership. After fighting through traffic, the dealer says they have to be drilled off and there is no such thing as 'spare' or 'master' keys in the building and they can't find the part number for replacing them anyway. Called Phil at ESR who thinks he can get me a replacement key for about £35, next day. Fingers crossed I await his call back...

Newcastle has a very good and secure car park not far from me. You could easily fit a floor of Zeds into it

until they open their mouths...

Why, Newcastle of course!

It`s neck and neck between 1 & 3 !

That's sad. Best wishes to his family. Hope you aren't too upset as well.

Ok, so it's a youtube link, but four funny ads in one go and they are pretty good. http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=PRiYkwtBK34

Shiny :teeth:

Badges are cheap and easy to fit. It's probably the owner that has changed it, just like a lot of UK people do on their JDM.

hey you get yer finger oot, someones waiting on that PM sent to H5

Stop worrying me, I couldn't bear the thought of damaging my car - I`ve only just got it and the weather is sh*te out there

Not bad !

FIRST DEGREE A married couple were asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning. The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a moment and said, "How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!" and hung up. The husband said, "Who was that?" The wife said, "I don't know, some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear." `*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,-:*`*:-. SECOND DEGREE Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and says, "Hmm, this person looks familiar." The second blonde says, "Here, let me see!" So the first blonde hands her the compact. The second one looks in the mirror and says, "You dummy, it's me!" `*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-,_,-:*`*:- THIRD DEGREE A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and buys a gun. She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the door she finds him in the arms of a redhead. Well, the blonde is really angry. She opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does so, she is overcome with grief. She takes the gun and puts it to her head. The boyfriend yells, "No, honey, don't do it!!!" The blonde replies, "Shut up, you're next!" *:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:! *`*:-,_,-:*`*:-.,_,-:*`*:- FOURTH DEGREE A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of state capitals. She proudly says, "Go ahead, ask me, I know all of them." A friend says, "OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin?" The blonde replies, "Oh, that's easy: W." *:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,-:*`*:-., FIFTH DEGREE What did the blonde ask her doctor when he told her she was pregnant? "Is it mine?" *:-.,_,.-:*`*:-,_,.-:*`*:-.,_,.-:*`*:-,_,-:*`*:-.,_,.- SIXTH DEGREE Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby was the first to respond. As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, "I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for help, and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman."

Tsk.

I've got the manual, it seems pretty straight-forward

I`d be happy to help if necessary. I travel from Newcastle (home) to Liverpool, Leeds and sometimes Cromer and Woking and Hull. Soon to be doing a bit more travelling to the Edinburgh area (roughly) and possibly Rotherham. I can't guarantee speed, but if people can drop of and collect local to them then I can do the rest.

+1

My Alfa V6 got started and within one minute of starting was driven onto a motorway at 3-4K revs for an hour. Twice a day, 4-5 days a week. I recently sold it with 236K on the clock and it didn`t use oil, still pulled really well. I know Alfa V6 engines are built like tanks but it still shows that so long as you don`t thrash, you will be ok.