Finally I have time and the videos required to accompany this thank you thread :yes:.

 

A brief history, I purchased my Z in Nov 2009, throughout 2010 I accumulated new turbos, uprated rad, injectors, intercoolers, clutch, etc.

 

I drove in the summer of 2011 to Lee Dents in Shrewsbury and all this was fit along with the deletes.

 

In June of 2013 my car was bespoke mapped by Noz and I had 504BHP at the wheels with 580BHP engine power, all with stock internals.

 

Brings me to the summer of 2014 where i had some engine bling work done, powder coated parts, etc, again taken to Lee to fit. It was at this point my engine was smoking quite excessively although it still ran without any other issues.

 

Compression testing was carried out in Sept 2014 and the results were aaahhhhermmm.........poor :thumbdown:.

 

Throughout the winter '14/'15 I purchased 87mm Wossner pistons, eagle rods, bearings, etc, and in April 2015 because of the smoking I drove in the very small hours to Shrewsbury, I worked with Lee over 3 days ripping the old engine out, cleaning, deleting and stripping it back, Lee in the previous weeks/months had painstakingly found me a sound block to use that just neede honing, it was a case of migrating over.

 

The idea was to refurb my GSP600 Godspeed churbos but they were way way beyond refurbishment, a result of them never being balanced, the were probably on my garage shelf since May 2010. I hurriedly therefore bought the exact same, they came and I dispatched to Lee, as 5 years have now passed since my initial purchase they now it seems balance them in China on a Turbo Technics machine, feel much better even just in the hand/bench from the first turbos I bought all those years ago.

 

Lee had my car 12 weeks and I excitedly got the call to collect, it has been perfect ever since, covering the recent 229 miles round trip to JAE without issue, no smoke, boosts well and I'm only playing about on low setting doing no more than 13.7psi, car is an absolute rocket ;).

 

So here's a vid of where I am today with a perfect lovingly put together forged engine, first part taken at Denty's garage showing the underneath, then a cold start and then the compulsory walk around.

 

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First time i noticed the front indicator illumination is in the shape of a Z :thumbup:

That's looking and sounding well Andy;) it's a credit to you lots of hard work and money to get it where it is(as I know first hand),Lee is a top bloke when it comes to zeds;)

some vids of the car in action would be nice

What an awesome car, it's amazing in person too

Great work Andy :thumbup1: It looks great it sounds great and goes great.:)

Well done. Good luck wit the new churbos. Out of interest what was causing the low compression?

some vids of the car in action would be nice

 

Im sure I can help Andy do this

that would be nice theres always pic of people car on here but hardy ever do you see them in action for some reason

You got to love the gsp 600 tubs a.

Out of interest what was causing the low compression?

 

This can only be down to me 100%, the powder coating parts put on mainly the plenum was not flushed out and all the grit, etc, washed through the engine.

 

When asked by Lee did I clean it through I told a porky, naively thinking what would be inside would harmlessly burn off !!

 

Forging the engine was a natural progression for me anyway, just that 'things' forced my hand somewhat and all in all I am pleased now it did as this engine is sweet :thumbup1:.

First time i noticed the front indicator illumination is in the shape of a Z :thumbup:

 

They are new Graham, did them a week before JAE and showed them off there, people don't really notice until you tell me them to stand back and specifically look.

 

As you know all my 8 indicators use the same smd yellow strips to match perfectly in every chamber and they're very bright.

 

Because previously I had the clear crystal units in the front corners I had to 'hide' the strips, so I wrapped just 3 around the base of the white bulb I had in there. I then acquired the ones you see with a more forgiving diffuser lens, so I fiddled around with regard placement and decided what the hell I'll see if a Z will work.

 

Done as a quick bit of fun really but I like them and I think they're well executed and for the time being are staying, they switchback with the white cree sidelight bulb I have in there but you expected that they would do that :wink:.