Hello the Forum, time to get excited and plan big things.

 

I've been building my car in my head for years, sometimes I do it in real life too, but now it's time to plan the next step.

 

I have bought a house! With a bloody enormous garage 5.23m x 5.26m.

 

 

I am going to compliment my house with 1x fridge, 1x sofa, 1x bed, 1x broadband router and an engine hoist :biggrin:

 

I think it was Joely P who referenced an American tuning study that showed how good a zed can be with stock turbos and better pipework. That is basically where my car is now. I want the fittest 500bhp in the country. From 3000rpm to the red line. My car is a bit like that now but with 400 and something. Those who have been in it it's a great road car.

 

So, the plan is engine out, gearbox away for rebuild or a new 98 spec. I have the full compliment of shifter bits and pieces from Z1

 

I am going to put a new friction disc in, because my clutch has done about 25'000 miles of enthusiasm and torque (very bloody well i may add)

Awesome product, and it feels like a normal clutch :lol: It is not as grabby as radio presenter from the 80s like people think they are.

 

I will then pull the engine and finish my EGR delete which I couldn't physically remove. Clean it, and re-hose and re-loom it (again) as required. Clean up the engine bay and fit some of these...

 

OPINIONS PLEASE :)

 

And some divorced downpipes, again, opinions please.

 

I expect I'll keep my hard working little auto turbos, 88'000 miles on them, 35'000 at 16psi and a few at 22psi! #boost jet mistakes

 

I just want it to be the best version of itself that it can be.

 

Chat to me forum, lets get my zed to the next level of awesome :biggrin:

Looking at your box of old spark plugs and parts has got me thinking Tom. :hammer:

 

I had to have car parts in the living room Gary :)

I understand there are many benefits to a stand alone, I reckon I will fit one at some point, as the plan is to keep car till roughly 2070. I spose there will probably be a rebuild in that time too :lol:

 

I am kind of at the power levels I want. My build has been an ethos of efficiency and "is that the best way, or best part to do that task."

 

I will get some power in this next run of upgrades, but it's not stressy boosty lots of fuel power, it's free breathing power.

 

I don't want bigger turbos or anything, I like the car how it is now, this next step is just like my car after 3 months of avocados and gym, the same but a bit leaner, fitter and healthier :biggrin:

 

It's time to reveal my glovebox of fantabulous wonderment...

 

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Look at that work of art, made with coat hangers hot glue and a bucket, just made really well by me :)

 

So the reason I bring it up, is that is my protection system. The gauges are Water temp, Oil temp and Oil Pressure. They go blue when low and red when high. They flash when they are very low or high and when all is well they go white. Low oil px is orange not blue. But even better, they link into the two LEDs that some soldering ninja has put in there!

 

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One is blue, the other is red and when all is in limits they are both out. They are my master caution system, to make me open the engineer's panel ! I mean glove box :biggrin:

 

And the other two? Fuel pressure against boost. And no, they are not pissed, they are rotated so that at full throttle both needles go straight up and down like a little white 11 to glance at.

 

The switch between them is the gauge backlight. I love my car :):biggrin::)

 

Looks like you have it all sorted now, however there's a very rare HKS glovebox insert on ebay. Overpriced, but if you're into ubber-rare-JDM-shyt, then you might like it.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300ZX-60mm-HKS-Guage-Controller-Glove-Box-Holder-Defi/272977526296?hash=item3f8eba7e18:g:wiUAAOSwRoZZfkjT

Haha, I win HKS :biggrin: I managed to fit 3 gauges in there! It is not an easy thing to do though. The base of the glove box is quite intrusive for the lock mechanism.

 

If I were to do it again, perhaps filling it with dense foam and then sculpting would be easier. More like that HKS unit.

 

Good find Si :thumbup1:

Looks like you have it all sorted now, however there's a very rare HKS glovebox insert on ebay. Overpriced, but if you're into ubber-rare-JDM-shyt, then you might like it.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300ZX-60mm-HKS-Guage-Controller-Glove-Box-Holder-Defi/272977526296?hash=item3f8eba7e18:g:wiUAAOSwRoZZfkjT

 

I love rare JDM stuff but that one would not interest me :biggrin:

I love rare JDM stuff but that one would not interest me :biggrin:

 

At the backend of the JDM FAST section listings are a bunch of accessories and options listed (all in Japanese of course). One

of these days I'll go through them and make a listing of them for here.

May have had a slight re-shuffle of my hobby priorities, sorry, the car is fine the garage is coming next, but I have done some work to my guitar room and living room :D

 

 

 

It took me and Dad a hard 3 days, but my guitar room is now soundproofed by 7mm wallpaper, less Dynamat and more wetsuit! With that wooden wall, that was great fun to do.

 

We built that amp table and painted and assembled furniture everywhere.

 

What a cool place this will be. I'll take a couple more...

Some of my pictures I have up :)

 

 

 

With an emmergency exit card by the back door :lol: Possibly one of only 2 in existence, me and a mate nabbed a pair at the end :)

 

p.s. The wall is a bit greener than that in real life, certainly a bit warmer.

I have this on the wall in my office. :)

 

I have this on the wall in my office. :)

 

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Can I get a high res pic of this please Si :)

Can I get a high res pic of this please Si :)

 

Sure, PM me your email address.

House is looking great Tom its full of "man" things and no sign of a woman's interference :thumbup:

Some of my pictures I have up :)

 

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Do you happen to know the magazine and date that advert appeared in?

House is looking great Tom its full of "man" things and no sign of a woman's interference :thumbup:

 

Happily/sadly that is totally right Gary :)

Do you happen to know the magazine and date that advert appeared in?

 

Sorry, nothing gives it away, a British one in a year when the car cost £32'775.