linkster Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 1538€ on a Nismo exhaustand some nickels and pennies on a stubby areal and cargo net There is one mod which keeps costing me money however. I try increasing the weight of the car by filling it up with petrol. But no matter how much I put in at some point all of it is gone and I have to start all over again Most expensive mod so far yes, trying to ignore that one. Each mod = 1 tank of petro to test so add £70 per mod It costs £70 to fill up...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmJak Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 It costs £70 to fill up...? It costs me at least £60 - £70 and I never leave it till nearly empty. Can't risk running out. . . But then again it does cost about £1.05 per litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkster Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 It costs £70 to fill up...? It costs me at least £60 - £70 and I never leave it till nearly empty. Can't risk running out. . . But then again it does cost about £1.05 per litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So if it does 25mpg that's 500 miles a tank..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmJak Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 i'd love to achieve 25 mpg. . . usually end up with about 300 miles per tank before red light comes on and seem to average about 18 - 21 mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Just spent £60 on petrol this weekend....mods are great but theres nothing better than a been on a quite country road on a sunny Sunday morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 12.7K (sold at a loss but worth it ) bet it was well worth it, why did you sell, you plan on getting another? I've always held to the view (and it's probably my age ) that this is a Z forum and talk of other cars is inappropriate and misplaced (albeit that I could do) I enjoyed the Z tremendously, took it as far as I wanted, lost 15k in the process (what the heck ) and still continue to post on the basis that I might be able to (and sometimes do) contribute positively - whilst recognising that some people will say 'you don't have a Z so shut the f*ck up' You're always a help Dorian. Some very specific knowledge you have is invaluable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Agreed Dorian. Some members are worth keeping on a consultancy level! Not really though about it. Don't really care! When I get the car into the bodyshop (ie when I'm home long enough!) it'll be worth it. You can't put a price on walking out a breaking into a smile evey time you see your car and beeming with pride..... For everything else theres mastercard! Dorian can I ask what the list of mods were that you had done to your Z to get to 12.7 k? Pretty much all included from what I can recall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice list dorian Was the ARC oil pan nesessary for the Vortech kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice list dorian Was the ARC oil pan nesessary for the Vortech kit? Desirable, not essential I would say - increased capacity by 1litre I think (I forget exactly) and since oil is fairly essential to blower operation it was a sensible move. Also the ARC baffle arrangement was reckoned to be superior to stock in the event of oil movement in the pan during hard cornering although not as good as APS oil pan in this respect IIRC Another item which could justifiably be added to the list is a laptop I bought purely for datalogging from the zeitronix** ** i did like the install of the zeitronix, in the sunglasses holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice list dorian Was the ARC oil pan nesessary for the Vortech kit? Desirable, not essential I would say - increased capacity by 1litre I think (I forget exactly) and since oil is fairly essential to blower operation it was a sensible move. Also the ARC baffle arrangement was reckoned to be superior to stock in the event of oil movement in the pan during hard cornering although not as good as APS oil pan in this respect IIRC Wow you had it down to a T, How accurate was the Zeitronics air/fuel gage? Would you recommend it, it certainly looks the part as well as the Walbro fuel pump Excuse my ignorance but did you have the ECu remapped? as cant find it on the list, if so which one did you go for... UTEC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 It was a wideband, so quite accurate for datalogging to a laptop as noted above- although it looked nice installed in the s/g holder, if I had my time over maybe I would go bespoke gauges all the way The Vortech comes with its own EMS from SplitSec as part of the supplied kit, which is a piggy-back and quite good enough for the job although not as sophisticated as the UTEC which in turn is not as sophisticated as the V-Pro – but as I say, good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tere Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I haven't added up all the nickels and dimes, but I'd guess about the same as the Z originally cost. And it's not over yet. My Pi-Thon hose locks were just delivered today. They work like a compression fitting -- look like no other hose clamps you've ever seen. Pretty trick. http://www.pi-thon.com/products1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P15UL T Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I haven't added up all the nickels and dimes, but I'd guess about the same as the Z originally cost. And it's not over yet. My Pi-Thon hose locks were just delivered today. They work like a compression fitting -- look like no other hose clamps you've ever seen. Pretty trick. http://www.pi-thon.com/products1.htm those look very nice Tere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tere Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'll take some photos when I get them installed -- hopefully, this coming weekend will be a good work on cars weekend (winter time weather is a mite unpredictable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 They look nice Tere, a cross between cable glands and Parkers A lok fitting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam@Z1auto.com Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 just a point of correction, the ARC oil pan has no baffling to it...and quite honestly, doesn't need any, as the stock windage tray, and lower pan assembly is quite robust. I have the ARC pan on my car as well (came with the donor motor!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 just a point of correction, the ARC oil pan has no baffling to it...and quite honestly, doesn't need any, as the stock windage tray, and lower pan assembly is quite robust. I have the ARC pan on my car as well (came with the donor motor!) and why did you need a donar motor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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