vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Hi all! I just bought myself a 2004 Z. It's done about 74,000 miles. My plan is to use it everyday but make it focused for the monthly track day. There's a number of things to fix though! First the emergency stuff: Rusted W brace Cracked and worn drive belts Clutch pedal feels weird and is hard to find bite point Gear knob is hard to get into 5th and 6th 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/121231-road-and-race-350z-youtube-channel/ We already know this car lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 Here's the rusty W brace off the car. It was in a bad state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 And here's the engine belt. Looking very worn. Needs to come off immediately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, LRF4N said: https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/121231-road-and-race-350z-youtube-channel/ We already know this car lol Nice. Must have missed that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 Here's a video from my Youtube channel. It shows an overview of the car and what I plan to do with it. Took me about 15 hours to make so please let me know your thoughts! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 Here's the new Ultra Racing brace I purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 And here it is fitted to the car. Much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) Dude, I shared your 350z ep1 vlog and been a Sub since the Boxster S days!! Stick around and come to a few meets!! For the clutch pedal, swap out the slave cylinder and rubber hose as these play up after time. Updated clutch fluid is also a good shout. #fanboy Edited July 4, 2018 by davey_83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosch Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, vroom811 said: Here's a video from my Youtube channel. It shows an overview of the car and what I plan to do with it. Took me about 15 hours to make so please let me know your thoughts! Enjoyed that! Subscribed and looking forward to watching your progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1CE Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Brilliant video! Subscribed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, 1CE said: Brilliant video! Subscribed Thanks mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Bosch said: Enjoyed that! Subscribed and looking forward to watching your progress. Thanks for the sub mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 11 hours ago, davey_83 said: Dude, I shared your 350z ep1 vlog and been a Sub since the Boxster S days!! Stick around and come to a few meets!! For the clutch pedal, swap out the slave cylinder and rubber hose as these play up after time. Updated clutch fluid is also a good shout. #fanboy Big thanks for that, really appreciate you sharing the link and being a sub for so long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Trouser Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Brilliant video As a fellow owner of a 14yr old Zed - colour me interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 On 07/07/2018 at 16:02, The Trouser said: Brilliant video As a fellow owner of a 14yr old Zed - colour me interested Thanks mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Just went out for a drive to bed in the new EBC BSD discs and BlueStuff pads. All brake judder now gone and, dear lord, do they stop you quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hiss Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Liked the video and the direction you're going with this. But I had to dislike the video because I despise clickbait titles. It was nowhere near the cheapest in the country and probably not even the cheapest in your postcode, and you know it! You have good content, don't ruin it. I also disagree with you on the comment about the seats not being supportive. I find them very supportive! Maybe you need some more meat on your bones to appreciate them. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 oof, did you watch till the end as Neil address the title....... Plus no semi serious track 350z ends up keeping the OE leather seats, so either you're wrong about the what the owner wants from them or every track prep Zed owner is wrong...... If there's one thing Neil doesn't do is click bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hiss Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Oof, I think you'll find most people don't watch the end of videos. "Pleeeeease subscribe, donate, like, share, comment, check out my facebook, instagram." No mate, I close it as soon as I feel like the end of the video is remotely nearing. Neil clearly does do clickbait because he knew the title was deliberately misleading but would pull in more views for being more edgy and shocking than 'I bought a fairly decent car and I'm going to modify it'. As for the seats comment. Neil said "they're not very good on the road and on the track they're terrible". He's wrong. Just wrong. They're great road seats. I agree that for track use a bucket seat is way better, but I was never contesting that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPod Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Glad I found this thread really enjoyed your video. Subscribed and look forward to seeing the next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panoz33 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 That should be interesting. I was a subscriber already and really liked the down to earth approach on your videos. I was happy when I've seen that you bought a 350z. Keep it up man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 16 hours ago, davey_83 said: Plus no semi serious track 350z ends up keeping the OE leather seats, so either you're wrong about the what the owner wants from them or every track prep Zed owner is wrong..... Andy James used his leather seats in one of the most focused and competitively used Zed on the forum up until recently, so thats a pretty sweeping statement, as dear old Ekona says, seats are very dependent on size and shape of owner, i had no issues with support with mine, but i guess the op does. Good luck op, some good info on here, i havent watched the video but before i went near anything else i would get into some adjustable arb's, transforms the car imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 15/07/2018 at 22:52, davey_83 said: oof, did you watch till the end as Neil address the title....... Plus no semi serious track 350z ends up keeping the OE leather seats, so either you're wrong about the what the owner wants from them or every track prep Zed owner is wrong...... If there's one thing Neil doesn't do is click bait. Thanks mate for defending me. I appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 16/07/2018 at 01:16, PPod said: Glad I found this thread really enjoyed your video. Subscribed and look forward to seeing the next Thanks mate. New video is out now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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