ph 7 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Last night as I reversed onto my drive, she ticked over Happy 200kday to my Zed...i will buy her a cake and possibly give her good wash to celebrate What a car... 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strudul Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) Gratz, What's that "A"? Edited January 21, 2017 by Strudul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph 7 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 That A is for Awesome! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopedmark Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Well done old blue Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave6188 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Gratz, What's that "A"? Trip A Trip B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 That A is for Awesome! Yes it is, yes it is. Congrats Ph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbad Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 wow congrats this is a testimony that these engines are bullet proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph 7 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 The good news is that now I can stop watching the mileage as I drive. The West Midlands will be safer now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Trouser Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Congratulations! I'm hoping to do the same in mine - currently at 121K Any words of wisdom you'd care to pass on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-G- Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 That's very, very impressive - it's been regularly touted how strong the VQ family of engines are when they are well looked after but it's rare to see them make it to the grandest of milestones (no pun intended) Have you noticed any issues with the car on its journey to 200k? I assume its not as spritely as it once was? Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science_GT Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 This is great news. I'm on 67,000 with my 04 so a long way to go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph 7 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Issues have been relatively minor for me. Couple of wheel bearings replacements but nothing you would claim of being as high mileage related. Just normal wear. My drivers seat is probably the biggest giveaway Of course there is an increase of oil consumption and so I have increased viscosity to compensate for it a little after a recommendation from Opie Oils. I would say my consumption is around 1l pe thousand miles. The I like to think of it as that i'm always running clean oil! As they always say, you can never over maintain a car. With regards to performance, I have never had a problem keeping up with other zeds at the meets. I still can do an in gear 4th test of 20 mph intervals in 4.4 seconds. No idea what that would relate to in terms of horses lost. If anyone wants to give me free dyno time to find out, shout out! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Nice one! I hope still going strong, I'm looking forward to 100K just so I can say I've had a car with that mileage Only at 87K just now though.. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGT4 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 getting 1L oil usage per 1K miles at 95K 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Hopefully the mrs Zed can keep going for another 70k and she'll have saved enough for a replacement car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spatt Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aashenfox Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Congratulations, to me, that's 322,000 kilometers!! Amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph 7 Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Back in 2012 I made the following post originally here http://www.350z-uk.c...ine-power-test/ Now when I got my 350 in with all the history and handbooks I had reprints of magazine articles from Japanese Performance and Autocar. The Autocar roadtest had figures for acceleration in gears which you probably all know ( ) but I'll write them anyway mph 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 20-40 9.4 6.6 4.6 3.6 2.4 30-50 8.6 6.0 4.4 3.4 2.4 40-60 8.4 58 4.4 3.2 2.4 50-70 8.2 5.6 4.4 3.2 60-80 8.4 5.8 4.4 3.4 70-90 9.0 6.2 4.6 80-100 9.6 6.4 5.0 90-110 6.6 After clearing my CEL and reading the thread about the Rolling Road day and how dissapointed you can be on actual hp, I took the car out for a spin and thought I'd test my time in 4th from 40-60. 4th gear seemed the best choice given how uniform the 4th gear times are and would balance out any inacuracy in my speedo as it wouldn't matter if I was going 38-58 as it should still be 4.4 I used the onboard stopwatch to take readings as it is only 2 presses. I did 6 runs in total, 3 first were with my windows down and 3 with them up 4.65 4.63 4.67 4.42 4.44 4.45 Now I appreciate that there is alot of scope for tenths to be innacurate due to reaction times/road levels but that is what I got watching the speedo go up in a 20 mile per hour increment. Now, I'm really pleased with that result given the 174K miles my 04 has done and it is due its service...I was imagining far worse figures given that the figures would've come from a brand spanking new car. I was wondering what you guys get especially those of you who have dyno results. EDIT: Improve table layout The autocar test is a nice an easy way to test as you take wheelspin out of the equation for the most part and is (fairly) safe to do on a straight road without taking your eyes off the road and you don't have to change gear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science_GT Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 What mileage are people's wheel bearings going as you said you've replaced yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph 7 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 I had them fail quite close together, something like 185k and 192k. You never know if me adding spacers to the car had an adverse effect. Or that I swap between summer and winter wheels. But no problems since replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizza2000 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 200k that is a great achievement Im on 107k and it still feels great, hope mine makes it that high, sure it will with regular services and care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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