So after 21 years of ownership the next stage of my journey with the Z has have finally started when the car was stripped

down and shipped off for complete glass out re-spray at the Club's favourite bodyshop. The garage feels *very* empty!

 

Later in the year the car will undergo the final stage of significant development in my ownership with the "bolt-on" engine

upgrades I have been collecting together over time. More about that later on.

 

My goal is for the car is to be OEM+ in the sense that the modifications and enhancements made to the car have always

been carried out with the overriding aim of preserving as much as possible of the original character and identity of one of the

best sports cars to come out of Japan. I like to think that the car will look and drive the way the engineers at Nissan given free

rein could have built the car without production constraints getting in the way.

 

Built in November '93, 1547 was the penultimate RHD car built for the UK market out of a total of 1548 cars recorded in Nissan's

FAST database. It may well be the last as so far I have found no record of 1548 being imported and registered in the UK.

 

I bought the car back in March '98 from Howards Nissan in Weston-super-Mare. The car was first registered in May '94

and owned by Nissan UK. My journey with 1547 started with this advert in Auto Trader and I became the second owner.

 

 

Fast-forwarding to the present, I took this picture as a memento when I last took her out for a blast back on a sunny day back in

February this year. The photo is deceptive as to the condition close up. Unfortunately after 25 years there are numerous chips,

scratches, shopping trolley dings and poor re-sprays (most of which happened before I bought the car from Nissan). I know how

the car will end up looking as the bodyshop has also repainted several other well know cars in the Club to an exceptionally high

standard. Can't wait!

 

 

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I plan to update this journal with the details of the modifications I have made over the years to 1547 with pictures, descriptions

and my personal observations of the results of making those changes. I will also include references to the resources and companies

I have used to help me make decisions on what to do with the "bolt-on" engine upgrades planned for later on this year.

 

Edited January 19, 20214 yr by AndrewG

1 hour ago, JaiKai said:

Very Jealous

Yup - me too.....

....As I have said on more than one occasion, Andrew's car is not just my favourite Zed in the club, but probably the best in the UK - and it's only going to improve with these lovely additions😍

All top quality parts! A long time coming for these works, very excited to see the results 😃.

How are you going about tuning? SZ chip to suit the mods?

Finally!! I look forward to seeing the finished product!!

What a collection! What turbos are those?

14 hours ago, Raja93 said:

All top quality parts! A long time coming for these works, very excited to see the results 😃.

How are you going about tuning? SZ chip to suit the mods?

Thanks Raj - I've got a SZ chip to go in a spare ECU. I gave them a list of mods, so we'll see how we get on.

Edited May 7May 7 by AndrewG

5 minutes ago, Peage said:

What a collection! What turbos are those?

They are JWT 530BB's. They will be fitted with new CHRA's from Turbos Direct. Basically this kit:

https://conceptzperformance.com/czp-zero-g5-garrett-billet-ball-bearing-twin-turbo-kit-550hp-nissan-300zx-z32-00-14411-g5-kt_p_37568.php

7 hours ago, AndrewG said:

They are JWT 530BB's. They will be fitted with new CHRA's from Turbos Direct. Basically this kit:

https://conceptzperformance.com/czp-zero-g5-garrett-billet-ball-bearing-twin-turbo-kit-550hp-nissan-300zx-z32-00-14411-g5-kt_p_37568.php

Nice! I have the Z1 535 kit, so same turbo but no fancy billet wheel. Interested to see what yours makes (if you dyno run it once complete) and how it spools! Your mods are very similar to mine and I am also on an SZ chip... I think the only differences are I don't have a Selin or the throttle bodies.

Do you happen to have a link to the CHRAs you ordered?

2 hours ago, Peage said:

Do you happen to have a link to the CHRAs you ordered?

Sure:

https://conceptzperformance.com/garrett-chra-center-housing-rotating-assembly-gt2554r-replacement-for-jwt-530bb-czp-vanilla-zero-g5-835995-5001s_p_10912.php

The machined billet compressors really are a work of art.

21 hours ago, AndrewG said:

They are JWT 530BB's. They will be fitted with new CHRA's from Turbos Direct. Basically this kit:

https://conceptzperformance.com/czp-zero-g5-garrett-billet-ball-bearing-twin-turbo-kit-550hp-nissan-300zx-z32-00-14411-g5-kt_p_37568.php

I've got these CZP G5 turbos - very very responsive and perfect for UK road use.