I'll give it a couple more coats of satin black on Tuesday, then it'll be ready for decals (anyone a photoshop guru?)

 

 

 

it's getting there :thumbup1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest pic of the Drift Slag

 

 

 

Just a quick one,,,, Im not sure if youve noticed but someone has had off with one of your back tyres buddy

 

:) :) :) :)

Just a quick one,,,, Im not sure if youve noticed but someone has had off with one of your back tyres buddy

 

:) :) :) :)

 

 

dammmit! I was wondering what that scraping noise was....

Great project mate and when it comes to help the hero's you have my full support:thumbup1:

Wilson 24482741:tank: if you need anything just ask.

That's looking a beast mate, great work :punk:

Great project mate and when it comes to help the hero's you have my full support:thumbup1:

Wilson 24482741:tank: if you need anything just ask.

 

Rgr, cheers mate

 

I'm working on the photoshop'd decal layout proposal right now, and we now have a local garage on board to help out with maintenance

Bloody hell Gaz that's an old regt number lol

She looks dirty :cool3:

Sorry Pez, its looking great mate. Proper aggressive.

Bloody hell Gaz that's an old regt number lol

 

Joined when I was 18 lol Had 16 years of active service and thats 24 hours a day every day!

Rgr, cheers mate

 

I'm working on the photoshop'd decal layout proposal right now, and we now have a local garage on board to help out with maintenance

 

Pitty you are so far away as I could of given some hands on help, keep it up mate.

Well the couriers have been working over time today

 

first of all they delivered my new custom fmic pipes (ACL Engineering, Rotherwas), so it seemed rude not to fit them straight away

 

 

 

 

 

and then DHL turned up with a couple of boxes from a secret source :ph34r:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carbonetic triple plate clutch

 

 

 

 

 

which will marry up nicely with this awesome carbon bad boy (cheers Bob)

 

 

 

 

 

 

HKS elbows/downpipes

 

 

 

 

 

ported heads and some aggressive cams and AMS pulleys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and some other bits mani's, pulleys etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it's taken me a few weeks and a shed load of e-mails, PMs and tinterwebz' but the forged bottom end is finally back together. Still got a way to go but I'm enjoying this build so far

Edited February 17, 201213 yr by jap.slapper

You soigné it all outside mate?

You soigné it all outside mate?

 

Soigne'??

What an amazing Z, gonna be a right stonker when its done! you'll have to put up some before and after pics!

looking good mate, but i would def move that oil cooler, for track stuff its in a bad bad place, if you spin off and hit it its game over also not to sure how well it would go down in scrutineering due to how easy it could get damaged and spill oil on the track

looking good mate, but i would def move that oil cooler, for track stuff its in a bad bad place, if you spin off and hit it its game over also not to sure how well it would go down in scrutineering due to how easy it could get damaged and spill oil on the track

 

I might aswell start a proper build thread now as it's nearly finished, as you say Baz, with some before and after pics

 

That's a fair point reagrding the oil cooler, I might turn it around and fit it inside the bumper. I'm looking for some quick release self sealing connectors currently, I think Aeroquip do them for fuel hoses. That way if the bumper gets ripped off in an off/bump etc.

Edited February 18, 201213 yr by jap.slapper

Satin black is defo a good look on a zed ;-)

Sorry, I meant to ask if you'd sprayed the car outdoors

Sorry, I meant to ask if you'd sprayed the car outdoors

 

Yes mate, all sprayed outdoors, as always the prep took the longest but I'm happy with the finish.

Is the spray job good or did you get little bugs landing on it and stuff?

Is the spray job good or did you get little bugs landing on it and stuff?

 

 

Not a single corpse on the paintwork mate, satin black is surprisingly quick drying aswell. The thing is, most of this will be covered with decals anyway so even if there were an odd blemish it'd be covered up

 

I'm aiming off for a lot of the panels to get trashed on track so have opted for relatively cheap bolt on/cable tie on FRP parts that are easily replaceable

 

I think the best looking satin black car that I've seen so far has to be the carbon bodied SunLine Racing R34 GTR from a few years back....

 

 

 

 

 

but I think you'd be pretty gutted if you owned that and it got trashed on track, whereas this little zed will no doubt take a battering but such is life