Hi my name's Pez, I've been a forum member for a while, though have been really busy with work so not been able to post much unfortunately.

 

I bought my 'Z' off Matt (Exeter) back in '07; for those that knew it back then it was a tidy example of a '91 TT manual, relatively stock apart from a HKS Super Dragger exhaust, Apexi induction kit, KYB shocks and a 99 spec rear spoiler.

 

(I actually stumbled on an old thread of his; would have been about the time he sold it to me, he then went off and bought himself a big old American fuel gussler van)

It was decent enough but eventually I tired of the lardy arseness of a stock 'Z' and decided that it was nowhere near enough for me.

After a PAX compensation payout, I looked to import something a bit different.

After toying with the idea of importing a Skyline GTR R33 & R34, and deciding that I couldn't justify (in my wifes eyes at least) spending £34k on a car,

I kept looking, eventually I stumbled on a nice looking example of a fully re-built immaculate 1995 600bhp Wide body Mazda RX7, which after speaking to the UK based importer directly, I decided that it was the car for me.

I paid up and imported the car from Japan (and God do I wish now that I hadn't).

1995, fully rebuilt and immaculate it certainly wasn't!

After paying out in excess of £20,000+ and getting shafted by a 'now exposed con man on the DRIFTWORKS forum' I resided to the fact that I would never see my money again or the RX7 that I had paid for, so rather than mope on the issue I focused my efforts else where.

Where to go from here?

Well it just so happend that I'd kept my 'Z' with the intention of selling it on once the RX7 arrived; obviously that never happened so after a bit of pondering I ploughed all of my efforts (and money) into making my 'Z' the car that I wanted it to be all those years before.

 

 

 

This is how my 'Z' used to look on completion of Phase 2:

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/220.jpg

 

 

 

**Note: I won't touch on Phase 1 'cos it was pretty nasty! not fibreglass shite but just wrong**

 

 

 

however, despite spending a substantial sum of money, I figured that the lardy arseness was still a major issue.

I made the decision that in order for the car to be realistically 'driftable' on the track the car needed to lose a considerable amount of excess weight and so began the 'diet!'

 

 

The car was stripped to a bare shell, where I proceeded to relieve it of anything and everything that served no purpose.

 

(I'll take this opportunity to highlight that fact, 'drift!', from the outset the focus of 'Phase 3' was to prepare the car for the track, if you're a 300zx pureist, you may want to steer clear of this thread)

 

Most people say that the Z32 isn't a particularly good car for competative drifting......I say that's bo**ocks! Cooling issues aside, the Z32 is a tidy cr to get side ways.

 

The drift scene is severely lacking in 'Z's to fly our flag. This will change I'm sure.

 

There are a few 'Z' drift builds on going, so I thought I'd share mine and get some feed back.

 

 

Every single aspect of the car was stripped:

 

-all carpets, trim, sound deadening was removed

-the dash, heater etc were ripped out and replaced with a custom carbon fibre/military grade aluminium mesh half dash

-All glass was removed (bar front windscreen) and is to be replaced with Lexan

-cabon fibre blanks are being made to replace the rear quarter windows

-the bonnet, boot, targa panels, front panel, overfenders, skirts, fog lights, front fenders are in the process of being switched for carbon fibre parts

-full 6 point roll cage, with side bars has just arrived from the US

-70" carbon fibre GT wing is ready to replace the old 'small' 60" wing

-carbon fibre rear diffuser has been fitted

-custom straight through decat exhaust on Labree down pipes have been fitted and a custom side exit twin exhaust is currently being manufactured

-all doors have been stripped of any excess weight

-all steering/supension has been replaced with upgraded after market parts from TEIN/STILLEN/WHITELINE/DRIFTWORKS

-18" Volk Racing CV PRO (3 piece) split rims, have been replaced with much lighter and wider 18" Volk Racing CV PRO (1 piece)

-Fuel system is currently being replaced with a 22 gallon US imported FUAL SAFE fuel cell with built in cut off & fire extinguisher system

-complete fuel system rebuild, twin 044 Bosch pumps utilising AEM EMS/fuel components, upgrading the NISMO 740's for larger injectors

-AEM electronic ignition fuel sytem

-RACE TECHNOLOGY DASH 2/DL1 (data logger) system/VIDEO 4 (on board EMS compatable video)

-full brake upgrade 12 pot (380mm) & 6 pot (356mm)

 

-Takata 6 point harnesses

-cooling is provided by AEM water/methanol injection, upgraded PACE side mounted intercoolers, Koyo rad, HEL oil cooler, carbon vented nose panel, carbon vented bonnet, carbon venturi ducts

 

-the current carbon fibre seats unfortunately aren't FIA approved so will shortly have to be replaced

 

 

 

 

 

Full engine spec will be posted tomorrow: Carrillo rods, Arias pistons, NISMO 740cc injectors (upgraing shortly to larger 1000cc injectors), twin GT675RS roller bearing turbos etc.

 

I'll get the full spec up and welcome any advise.

 

99% of the car's component have had to be imported from the US or Japan (or brought back by me from my many trips to the US) UK customs have been very good to be fair and have turned a blind eye on all occassions! bless 'em.

 

 

 

 

 

Carbon fibre/Mil.spec aluminium half dash, NISMO GT shift knob, C's JAPAN short shifter kit, the Personal 'OZ RACING' limited edition steering wheel (1 of only 500)was a Christmas present fro my wife.

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/007-1.jpg

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/018.jpg

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/016.jpg

 

 

 

Loads of DRIFTWORKS goodies, TEIN TYPE FLEX coilovers (with EDFC), STILLEN anti roll bars, CZP & WHITELINE droplinks

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/017.jpg

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/012.jpg

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/013.jpg

 

 

 

Full weld in roll cage imported from the US (primered just to stop the surface rust in the mean time)

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/003.jpg

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/004.jpg

 

 

 

Twin JWT pop chargers and Z1 Doolz kit, HEL 19 row oil cooler, twin Bailey BOV's (some tatty looking SAMCO hose in there at the mo that'll need replacing shortly)

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/009.jpg

 

 

 

Some of the AEM parts that made it through the 'volcanic ash cloud' (hopefully more to follow over the next few days), TEIN and BLITZ parts = loads of wires = Japanese insruction manual = loads of smacking head off garage door in frustration!!!! can't wait.....

 

 

 

Z32 balancing on 2 x space saver wheels....not really.... obviously just extra safety measure if 4 tonne axle stands don't surfice.

 

Carbon fibre overfender just tacked on to cut and prepare mould for custom carbon kit.

 

Quite lucky with the Volks offset, as they are a perfect fit for stock arches, the brakes (not fitted in the pic) push them out a bit but I need to play with the geometry and possibly add spacers on the rear.

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/006.jpg

 

 

 

Carbon fibe rear diffuser (I should have all of the front and rear lower arms replaced with the DRIFTWORKS parts within the week)

 

 

 

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a430/azineakinadan79/037.jpg

 

 

 

I'm preparing a full build portfolio (sifting through about 800 pics) to add to the thread, I'll post some decent pics of the build over the next few days.

 

 

 

Loving the forum fellas by the way........

How much you want for it :)

My daughter needs a new lid for your bike :scooter:

 

Go buy her a new one from Halfords you tight arse :tt2:

dude, was gonna post some pics of the gtr but realised dont have them on photobucket, so until i can be a*sed to put them on yr gonna have to wait for the pink tiger striped liner lol - soon bud :cool2:

There's nothing wrong with your GTR being PINK mate, loads of Pro's are running with it....

 

 

 

 

It's your choice of footwear that's letting you down chief.....

 

 

don't give away my secret weapon chief, those new style race boots are worth a second a lap :thumbup:

Apart from Silverstone which I know of what other tracks do you guys have over there? Do you have like a Supersprint series or open track days? How many fo you guys go to the track, as in circuit or also the drags?

Apart from Silverstone which I know of what other tracks do you guys have over there? Do you have like a Supersprint series or open track days? How many fo you guys go to the track, as in circuit or also the drags?

 

 

 

 

We're quite lucky over here as far as tracks go

 

 

 

http://www.trackdays.co.uk/tracks/

We're quite lucky over here as far as tracks go

 

 

 

http://www.trackdays.co.uk/tracks/

 

That is heaps. How many in England though, or is there a link I missed?

Got a pic of these Strut braces ?

surely if the parts are advertised as NISSAN MOTORSPORTS parts, the customer is going to assume that the parts are genuine NISMO parts, so as you say, it's mis leading and surely isn't right.

Especially when you consider that the NISSAN MOTORSPORTS products are actually the most expensive that they offer at:

 

Though I can see your confusion, does it really matter? Genuine NISMO braces would set you back a damned site more than those prices I'm fairly certain. If it doesn't say NISMO on the page they wont be held accountable either, no matter how similar the labelling appears or refers to the genuine company. But more to the point, if it's a genuine motorsport branch which tunes NISSANS soley, be it third party or whatever, you're going to be getting a good product :yes: and the prices you're listing aren't that expensive for good parts.. try them out and see what you reckon before sending em back bro :thumbup:

I won't be sending them back mate (I imported them from the US way back in September '08 after all), it's just taken fookin' years and a shed load of cash to get my 'Z' back on track and be able to start work on it again.

This is just one of many costly f**k up's as far as the last 2 cars have been concerned.

I'm just a bit pissed off that they aren't what I thought I'd paid for.

To be honest in the wider scheme of things, this strut brace issue isn't really even an issue and they're probably the cheapest part of the whole build; just a kick in the swingers that I could have done without that's all.

Though I'm sure that they are well up to the job as they are still genuine Nissan parts

 

 

Here's a couple of pics of the braces:

 

 

 

 

 

 

On a happier note, I took the family down to Devon yesterday for a day at the beach and met up with Barry from UK-RALLY-SPORT and took ownership of my ATL carbon/kevlar fuel cell.

Barry had just removed it from his company Cosworth rally car and included some useful little extras in the sale.

Really nice bloke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple plug and play

 

All I need to do now is source a new one way valve, a second FACET pump and fit a BOSCH 044 fuel pump....job done!

Nice fuel tank, wondering why it has cheap mild steel? barb fittings though?

nice bit of kit! :thumbup:

Looking at the strut braces - They are definatly more "Show" rather than "Go". Mainly becuase they use hinged bolts, which act as a pivot point.

 

They certainly look a lot sturdier than the majority of ebay and cheaper braces though, but inferior to a proper 1-piece solid Brace.

doesn't matter once it's caged up anyway as that will add more rigidity than any strut brace.

 

Pez, gonna find some pics of the liner bud

Nice one bud, let's get a bit of GTR action on my thread

 

and by the time I've finished the 'Z' build, I'll be just about ready to change it for a new Godzilla project (best not let the wife see this eh!)

 

 

Ref the strut braces, even though when the cage is all welded in it shouldn't really matter, I'm gonna drop the company in the States an e-mail and whether I can get a decent discount on my next order (Carbing or similar maybe)

 

 

and with regards to the connectors etc on the fuel tank, anything that needs changing will naturally be changed, though the guy who ran it in his Rally car didn't report any problems.

 

I'll see what the guys in work have got on the shelf that can be adapted (at the end of the day if the hoses and connectors that they fit can survive an IED blast I'm sure it can handle a bit of fuel pressure and rough track time)

 

I'll keep you all posted

here ya go bud, would apologise for hijacking ya thread but you wanted to see the zeds replacement!! Doesn't really look like this anymore but not got any pics since suspension on - on the floor, floor cut and seats in, and engine bay tidied right up with batt relocate inside etc - but gives you an idea. Fully built engine and hks 2540s etc so should be lively. One pic shows the swirl pot and pumps etc going in boot, another the nitrons and APs on etc.

 

missed out the under bonnet altho looks lots different now

 

That is looking special mate.....and I ain't talking 'forum arse crumpet special needs' by the way!

 

a worthy replacement, though for some weird reason I pictured it as being grey?????

 

 

Fook' knows why I thought that :wacko:

 

I do like that a lot though (but you ain't gonna' get any of that :bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow: shit off me though bud)

 

I see a magic number of...................................700 brake in my crystal ball!

 

 

Stroker kit, 2.8, wild cams and a nice big fat fmic (no Fisher Price kit though)

 

 

and I'll give you £2.76 for your rims, oh no hang on......the budgies just fallen off it's perch......I'll have to sack it..........(5 mins later) would you take £1.87?

 

 

 

We gonna' have fuuuuuuuuuuun on 'dat track dawg!

Thankyou sir! no crumpet implications taken! :rockon:

 

Nah not grey fella, it's actually imperial blue which is the Escort Cossie colour - bit different but still going with the skyline and blue theme.:cool2:

 

Ha, well we'll find out soon enough as I'm hoping to map her next week altho when i can get it on the rollers will be a different matter. Am going to map it myself so will def get it on the rollers and see what she's doing, altho as it will be all track and race stuff i'm not chasing figures, going for reliable and safe. Could be tempted for a little max out on the rollers tho :gunsmilie:

 

Yeah ok mate, pick them up when the budgies better :lol:

and yeah - looking forward to getting on the track with yr zed pal - muchos funos methinks

Edit......... gimme a min

Apart from Silverstone which I know of what other tracks do you guys have over there? Do you have like a Supersprint series or open track days? How many fo you guys go to the track, as in circuit or also the drags?

 

Hi unique zed, i have replyed to your thread on the aus forum, I have been reading alot bout your slot car and it has inspired me in many ways. :)

 

 

 

 

 

japslapper i have all these DW arms, I have to tell you something bout this lower arm, where the ball joint meets the hub you have to retain the little cone from your old arms ball joint you can press it off or just hammer it off. You fit it back in the hub, the cone on the dw arm must be turned the other way round so the flat surface is flush with the hub now that it has the oem cone in it. This way its a secure fit. The same goes with the front arms whatever you do dont go driving it with it the wrong way round as the ball joint will not have enough room to swing and you will damage the arm or maybe crash.

 

see pic below of front arm same applys with rear (couldtn find pic of rear):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway i cant believe i have not spotted this thread yet, very impressive and costly project here :) we should all meet on the track soon :) im looking to book another trackday at bedford autodrome soon if your interested let me know, same goes with you monster :) you can bring the skyline alone for testing.

Edited August 11, 201015 yr by j1mmytt

^^^^^Nice top tip there bud, cheers

 

I test fitted these basically using trial and error, as all of my DW kit didn't come with instructions

 

 

Not that it would usually be a problem but as the DW parts look very different to OEM and with the parts also being generic to other models (GTS-t etc), it took me a while to find the little plastic bags of 'extras' tucked away at the bottom of the boxes (for the Z32 specific fitment)

 

 

Looking forward to eventually getting the Z on track for a run out so will definately give you a shout beforehand

 

 

Obviously going to be tight to get it ready for the end of this summer but I'm confident so fingers crossed, the Z will be firing very soon

 

 

 

I know that 'Monster' will be well up for a blast on track, he's just got a few jobs to get stuck into on the Skyline

Not much to report in the way of progress other than, the 99 spec rear lights that were kindly supplied by ZEE a few weeks back, will be fitted very shortly.

 

These will replace the ZCENTRE lights currently fitted

 

 

 

 

 

 

and I've been working my way through the mass of seemingly endless pipework in the engine bay.

 

 

A lot of it either isn't connected to anything or has simply been plugged with a bolt?

 

 

 

any suggestions on what's what?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yes i got suggestion disconnect and delete it all mate !!