I think there’s a bug going around regarding enthusiasm and the Z’s.

I’ve been push and pushing to get my project off the ground and collecting spares as and when I can but right now I have no motivation to get in with it or make the time for it.

 

Whether it’s because I’m getting overworked and exhausted at work due to staff shortages and too much to do. Joys of being an engineer I guess.

 

I’m torn between stepping away from the car for a few months and then going back to it to see if I can reignite the passion. Or completely selling everything I have. Which I am sure will make a few of you rather happy given what I’ve collected in the last year or so.

 

Maybe you guys can give me some inspiration or advice.

 

 

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That is a push in the keep it direction I guess Joel

 

 

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Just keep at it Edd as even small steps are steps in the right direction.

I’ve stepped back from mine a couple of times to catch my breath, it’s hard shelling out money for parts and seeing little improvement in the actual car, it’s when you have all the parts and you complete the jigsaw that you realize what you’ve got. I bought loads of parts when I got my Z in ‘05, was collecting parts ‘06, car got engine damage, kept collecting parts, car got fixed and running over ‘07-‘09 and I knackered it driving through a puddle. Lost all love for the thing from ‘09-‘15. Then got out some of my parts and reignited the love, have been tipping away at it ever since (still haven’t driven it on a road since ‘09). I’ve taken a few months away from it here and there over the last year and a half, but the end is in sight, car is painted, upgrades have been done, engine is being forged as we speak, all the parts of the jigsaw are starting to pull together, interior, turbos, intercoolers and exhaust bills for both cars is being chipped away at, the end is in sight for the blue Z, while I’m only at the starting line with the red one. All in all, when I eventually do sit into my fresh upholstered interior and start up my freshly built and run in / mapped engine, hear the burble from the exhausts and take her for a drive, it’ll be definitely worth it:yes:

All the heartbreak of poor mechanics doing poor work, the cursing, the stress, the letdowns, the costs, will be a distant memory :thumbup:

You have to treat these cars as your hobby, spend money and time sourcing everything to put it together in the best possible way to save you these heartbreak moments down the road. I thought I’d have my car running in 2015, then said summer 2016, ‘17 and so on. I figured she’d be up and running for ‘18, but hey!, it’s not the end of the world if it takes another year, it’s the people you meet, experiences you get, the camaraderie along the way of your Z journey, from start (broke down on the side of the road), rusty sills etc. to having a machine like the two Simons, Joel’s, Ian’s, Andrew’s etc etc.

That’s when you realize it was all worth it:punk:

This is why I have two. Yes its the double the money, double the trouble, double the skinned knuckles and broken wrists trying to do anything in the engine bay, double the fuel bill, strangely not double the insurance. However it means I can work on one and when I jump in the other it makes me grin and remember why I have them and to keep my spirits up when the bank balance is £0, blood pouring from my fingers and the bolt is still rusted stuck... We all have ups and downs in relationships, but we make them work. Stepping away for a few months might help you re-kindle some love and when its all done and you use that right pedal, the roar sounds and the boost makes all the C3s, iGos and the occasional ST driver go backwards, then you will grin and remember why you bought it, why you suffer the pain. I know it does for me...

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Yes, there's quite a few of these breaking threads popping up, here's another i've noticed.......

 

https://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?189353-Losing-the-love-with-the-Z&p=1977052#post1977052