GGUK Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Hi, My name is Grant and I thought it was about time that I introduced myself, as I have been a member since 2012! Always wanted a two seater sports car since I was a lad, fell in love with the 350z and picked mine up with 22000 on the clock in 2012. Im now up to 35000 and have enjoyed every second. Made a few changes including BC coilovers, new alloys and k1 (I know but I think it sounds great with the bungs in) had to weld them as the bolts looked ugly! Viewing the site has become part of my daily routine and I really enjoy the various builds, currently extending the house and kids are at university … so I figure I have a year before I can throw some money at her and realise the FI dream … here’s hoping! Quote
GMballistic Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Welcome aboard Grant. Few of us have gone the FI route in the past and some still currently so any questions just ask. Quote
edenc Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Hey Grant. I have found the whole 'extension' thing a mixed blessing...from a zed owners perspective, of course. We recently finished phase 1 of our extension and are about to embark on phase 2. I don't know about you, but I have found the advantages are; one, generally while the work commences, the kids are at school or elsewhere. Two, it's great to have the carefree enthusiasm to pop and get that box of gauge 10, 3 inch screws you forgot for the third time this week rather than what would be the more normal self analysis of memory, age and alchohol abuse and three, you likely to be by far the most conversation worthy car outside Screwfix today. Disavantage; if it's more than the box of screws and a teabag needed you'll be cursing having to take the other car! May lots of zed induced grins be coming your way! Edited October 27, 2015 by edenc 1 Quote
HiddenWomble Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Hi, My name is Grant and I thought it was about time that I introduced myself, as I have been a member since 2012! Always wanted a two seater sports car since I was a lad, fell in love with the 350z and picked mine up with 22000 on the clock in 2012. Im now up to 35000 and have enjoyed every second. Made a few changes including BC coilovers, new alloys and k1 (I know but I think it sounds great with the bungs in) had to weld them as the bolts looked ugly! Viewing the site has become part of my daily routine and I really enjoy the various builds, currently extending the house and kids are at university … so I figure I have a year before I can throw some money at her and realise the FI dream … here’s hoping! mmm, FI dream, at this point in time the metal alone would about double the cost of my zed. maybe one day... Quote
GGUK Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 Hey Grant. I have found the whole 'extension' thing a mixed blessing...from a zed owners perspective, of course. We recently finished phase 1 of our extension and are about to embark on phase 2. I don't know about you, but I have found the advantages are; one, generally while the work commences, the kids are at school or elsewhere. Two, it's great to have the carefree enthusiasm to pop and get that box of gauge 10, 3 inch screws you forgot for the third time this week rather than what would be the more normal self analysis of memory, age and alchohol abuse and three, you likely to be by far the most conversation worthy car outside Screwfix today. Disavantage; if it's more than the box of screws and a teabag needed you'll be cursing having to take the other car! May lots of zed induced grins be coming your way! It’s always the unforeseen issues when building, every time something is missed – this time it was layllandi, which meant rather than a standard footing we had to dig 2.5mtr deep footings! This also meant around 110 tonne of material to leave site and of the obvious extra cost to dispose of but he-ho that’s building for you! We are out of the ground now so the rest should be relatively straight forward. One of the benefits of a convertible is you can precariously stack many things whilst those inside screwfix nod disapprovingly, this coupled with a spin of the wheels and a look of carless abandon really helps you to ingratiate yourself with staff and customers alike Quote
GGUK Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the warm welcome, I’ve purchased a couple of items off members recently - silenced decats (fitted) and plenum spacer (which I am just about to go and fit) this will be followed by a trip to get the obligatory remap. When fitting the decats I was expecting a little rasp, I went for the silenced variety as I thought it would reduce the overall raspiness … not a word I know! The effect I have ended up with can only be described as the devil playing a kazoo! I have standard headers, Japspeed silenced decats - I know, standard Y pipe and a japspeed k1 rear … again I can only apologise! My question is if I were to replace the y pipe would it help to reduce problem by replacing the 2.5 pipe to one that graduates from 2.5 – 3? Edited October 31, 2015 by GGUK Quote
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