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That, basically. The MOT says you have to have the push type, but as long as you haven't got the world's strictest MOT'er then you'll pass. Same principle as with aftermarket HID conversions.

Unless you get the push to open style (as opposed to the twist to open style) you'll have to leave the seatbelts in anyway, else you won't pass an MOT.

I used to use one in my MR2, but got proper harnesses for the VXR220. After experiencing just what a proper harness can do, I wouldn't go back to a CG Lock as there's simply not that much difference over a normal seatbelt. Plus (as lotuscc meantions) the sharp edges soon screw up your interior and seats when you take the belt off and it pings out of your hand. How I never broke the glass in my MR2 I'll never know!

It's the equivalent of a Nismo bumper or a Nismo-copy bumper. Mods done good

My brother had the exact same symptoms in his MY07, turned out it was the dodgy clutch slave cylinder problem that Nissan have done the recall for. He's had his done, and had no issues since.

Wouldn't bother, as soon as LPG starts getting popular the Government will throw so much tax on it that it'll be cheaper to stick with unleaded

I'd be amazed if ti didn't, it's by how much. Elephant took me for an extra £80, which is very reasonable considering it includes the inital 'OMFG your car is modded!!!11' premium increase. Everything else I've added hasn't touched the premium at all.

Why bother changing the exhaust manifolds at all? You'll only have to ditch them when you do the turbo conversion in a few months. Be wary about Youtube videos when choosing exhausts, as they never tell you the whole story. They can tell you tone, but never the actual volume of the exhaust: My own vid of the ESR exhaust will back that up. Any monkey with a spanner can fit an exhaust, so I would simply find the nearest garage you trust to do it. I certainly wouldn't bother going to an exhaust specialist for it.

Ring them and ask them? Each insurer will be different: Some won't care and add nothing, some will hate you and add £200, and some will rape your face and refuse to insure you at all.

Nothing to do with the MOT at all, as there's no noise test involved. At least, not for cars.

I have to say that I'm really not a fan of those touring car-style shift knobs in the Zed. I know they're the official items and all, but they just seem so odd when you look at them fitted. They can't be anywhere near as comfortable as the rounded stock item either.

No. No no no no no. Not in a million years. Even 5th @ 30mph will rumble more enough to make people turn and look. And that's why I love it.

You sure? I know you can reset the CEL, but have yet to meet an OBDII car where you can reset the ECU as well from the diagnostics port. I've had my Gendan reader + laptop connected to my brother's MY07 Zed and didn't see anything remotely like an ECU reset button/option.

Just say you've never had it on a dyno so you don't know if it improves or not

Basically (and even EBC themselves have admitted as much lately, hence them giving out a load of freebies to various different car club members across all performance marques) they've chronically mis-sold what the various pads are. The EBC line-up should look like this: Greenstuff: Cheap and worse than OEM. Redstuff: The equivalent to OEM. Yellowstuff: Fast road (not track) pads. This is why a lot of people are very happy with the Red and Yellow pads, as they actually will try and stop you, but the Green is simply a very budget pad that should never have been sold with a performance tag on at all. Personally I'm using the Performance Friction pads on mine as I wanted a pad that will funtion well on track, yet not squeal like a pig on the road (as sadly the excellent RS14s do). So far they've hit the nail on the head perfectly.

Excellent stuff Phil, be good to put a face to the name. Right, I'm just leaving now, let's bring the noise

Right, I'm leaving tomorrow as part of a two-week trip to France taking in the LeMans 24 Hour race next weekend, so it was only fair and just to plaster the car in not-so-subtle vinyl Having just finished washing the car (barring some tyre shine which I didn't have on yet for these pics), I think she's just about ready... Yes, they're horribly over the top but that's kinda the point. I did want to get some specially designed vinyl for the car, but I soon discovered I'd left it a bit late and it was going to cost me about £200, which I wasn't prepared to spend on something that will only last the week, so I got the sunstrip from eBay for a tenner, and the main stripes and manufacturer logos from Viper Grafix for about £50. In the flesh they actually make the car look a lot smaller, which I really like. I've still got the big LeMans stickers themselves to go on the doors and the bonnet, but that doesn't happen until tomorrow so sadly I've got no photos of them. I'm almost fully packed, got everything I wanted to get, car is filled up and washed, so bring it on! Also big thanks to Phil for the obligatory ESR logos, they were exactly what I was after, cheers matey!

The Zed is known as Slagathor which is blatantly pinched from Srcubs, yet it seems to suit the car so very well. My VXR220 was affectionally known as The Canoe, given that it's slab-sided and made of plastic

Very nice And thanks for the info too, that's my curiosity satisfied now

S Club 7 *runs*

It's certainly *ahem* different...!

They're awesome at smaller shows and festivals, but their stadium gigs are shockingly bad: Just ask the crowd at Hyde Park a few years ago, they got booed off stage and I've never seen that in the 14 times I've seen them live. They were also a bit poor at Earl's Court as well, which was really disappointing for me. That said, if you're a fan and have never seen them before you'll love it, promise.

Like I said, it's all down to the style. A supercar has to look good both inside and out, and that's why it remains: They've also got more than enough power to make any slight delay in shift time redundant. Bear in mind that the link you found is for the older, more clunky 348 rather than a more modern Ferrari, so it could well have made for a more positive shift action as older supercar gearboxes are akin to stirring a bucket full of bricks when trying to change gear

Mass Air Flow meter, the sensor that sits just after the airbox on a stock car. It's show in batch 2 under pic title 'tight fit', and seeing as you say the BOV is near the headlights then I'm guessing it must be what I'm looking at, as that's right behind it! BOV shouldn't whistle really though, rather you should be hearing a gush of air every time you lift off after you hit boost. Still, I've known BOVs that more or less bark upon release (the VW/Porsche one to be precise), so a whistle isn't impossible, especially if it's one with variable inserts. Anyone know what the BOV in the APS kit is?

On the pipe from the I/C to the throttle body, there's a take off just before the MAF: What is it? I was expecting a BOV, but it doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before...