JV-Z Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hi all I bought my Z in april this year. Since that I have read this well organized forum and learnt a lot about this car. Thanks for that. Here I Finland we have one good Nissan club and i'm ofcourse the member of it but the problem is that here is mainly SX:s, ZX and Skylines but very rare 350Z:s. I think that these have here under 100 pcs and only few owners are interested to know the car they drive. Before this I owned many Hondas. The latest was 03 Civic Type-R which I bought brand new and had 5 years. That time I built it to be a good track racer. About 250 hp (still NA) and quarter mile (et) time was under 14 (so this is the refence to the Z ). This Z that I have now is year 04 and when i bought it it was driven only 35 tkm. In the summer i made some modifications. Engine: Nismo CAI Nismo Radiator Cap, Oil filler Cap, Floor mats Blox 5/8" plenum spacer Hondata termal intake manifold gasget Engine grounding kit Skunk2 true dual exhaust Chassis D2 Coilovers Cusco front strunt bar Exterior Seibon carbon VS front lip Seibon carbon TT rear lip (not in the pictures yet) Painted engine cover (silver / black) Carbon radiator cooling plate S2000 antenna Wheels: Rota torque sport bronze 18". 8,5" wide front and 9,5" rear. Falken 452 tires. 245/40 front and 275/40 rear. Buddy club bronze lightweight nuts. Original Work wheels on wintertyres. Brakes: Original Brembo with Ferodo pads. I also had short shifter but it was some china cheap crap, it was noisy and shifts were worse than without that, so i throw it away. I had been very happy for the Z. It's not fast but it definitely sporty, good looking and fantastic to drive. Gears are not as good as honda make, but ok. Engine could also give 100 hp/l, what is minimum for my opinion and more revable. Still i love this and these minor thinks can always change. In future I keep on reading here and the Z is going to have more force. There is two questions that i haven't find the answer 1) What is the good way to remap the ECU. a) Is it possible to straight remap (in some nissans is ?). Does someone have used a programmable chip. c) Is piggybag good way. d) Or is there any good aftermarket replaceable ECU:s that suits to Z. In Civic I used Hondata K-Pro and that was awesome. 2) Have anyone changed original seats to seats that don't have airbags. How the airbag control unit thinks about it. Does that fails the whole airbag system. So do I need some sort of airbag simulator for that and who sells those. And finally pictures for you. These are few months old but it looks now quite same. Thanks for the pictures to my friend Freddy. And one artistic one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 to the forum. A nice looking zed you have there Seats can be changed, and iirc a resistor (2-2.2 ohm) is used across the seat connector to reset the airbag system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetZed Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 to the club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Welcome bud. Really like the bronze rims on that colour, is very different, but good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Welcome to the forum. Stunning Sunset you have there. Nice list of mods too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 SUNSET ISNT MY FAVOURITE BUT THAT IS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmmackfc Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Awesome looking Z... welcome aboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotuscc Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 to the forum. A nice looking zed you have there Seats can be changed, and iirc a resistor (2-2.2 ohm) is used across the seat connector to reset the airbag system. This is good advice. Disconnect the battery first remove seats fit resistor fit new seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotuscc Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 The bronze alloys really suit your orange 350Z - great choice! For the ECU you need to fit a piggy back (something like an XSturbo Utec) then get someone to set it up on a rolling road. Expect 10% gains in power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu2 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 nice looking car - that bottom picture should definately be on the next calendar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Hi and welcome to our new Finnish pal! I have to say you're Zed is looking sweet and your English is a lot better than our Finnish. This thread may give you some ideas re ECU... http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... ht=haltech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 to the forum. Always good to hear from owners in other countries. Brings a new aspect & experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Nice looking Zed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Hi and welcome to the forum. As has been said those wheels really suit you car. I am also impressed at your English Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 to the club nice lookin Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Welcome - the Zed looks Looking at these pictures, it seems that you were having some fun before you took them - doing some do'nuts, were you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Lovely looking car. Welcome to the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV-Z Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Thanks for the comments. Here in Finland our main language is finnish and actually also swedish as well (two language country), but to be honest many of us can't speak swedish as well than english. Thanks to EU and Internet Pictures have taken in place where usually people do some donuts, so i might also do some wheelspin but those marks are no mine. My fotographer thought that those marks would suit to the picture with Z. Thanks also for the answers to the questions. I have thought also the Utec but that Haltech sounds even better. Here we have several resellers who can tune it. It's a little bit pricy but in my experience ECU is wrong place to save money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Hello & Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Luke Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Hello & Welcome Nice looking Z you have there - good pics too. With regards to the comments on your English - my experience of Scandinavia (Sweden mainly) is that the English spoken there is of a higher standard than the English spoken in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuck Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Awesome looking car there, you have been busy with the upgrades! With regards to the comments on your English - my experience of Scandinavia (Sweden mainly) is that the English spoken there is of a higher standard than the English spoken in the UK +1 its as if they speak a 'pure' version of English uncontaminated by accents and slang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bronzee Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Icepick you're a bit late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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