Finished a night shift ealry saturday morning, promtly after 3 hours sleep I awoke and jumped in the shower. Freshened up and 3 Pro-Plus later I loaded up my car and set off to Corley services to meet Mr. Andy Duff and his Scandic Ms. Lynsey Duff, Both really nice people, we all got on well.

 

Arrived at the Quality Inn at 12:30pm and found the bar and spent the next couple of hours knocking back a few (7 or 8, not sure) then checked into our rooms.

 

We all went down the the pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, used all the facilities there and I thought I'd have some fun by jumping into the pool with a chair (was sitting on it at the time!) I was laughing under water......so sad aren't I.

 

Tony and Harve Turned up at about 5:30pm with there better halves and we all watched the match (GET IN THERE!! 5-1 to the kings of the footballing world) consumed more beer and headed off for some food after the match had finished.

 

Went to a beefeater type pub (no idea what it was called!) had steak dinners and more beer (had to have a water too, lightweight!) whilst waiting for the meal to turn up and Harve's mushroom starter the lads had a colouring competition, which I think I won

 

Then it was back to the hotel for some well earned kip as I was too knackered (working nights and suffering from sleep deprevation)

 

Awoke at 6:33am, Andy Duff on phone..."cya down stairs in 30 minutes"

 

Met Mr. & Ms. Duff downstairs 45 minutes later chaecked out and left for Silverstone a little worse for wear......

 

Got on the road and quickly got into the que for the circuit, 1 and half hours later we got to the entrance (nightmare traffic) timed it to perfection tho' as the rest of the 300 crew had arrived at the same time and Andy flashed them all in, great to see so many Z's in one place.

 

Parked up and wondered about, got some food and a cup of tea from the 'Paddock Cafe' went to the Paddock stand with Harve Tony and there other halves and watched a few races, some nutters on the track!!

 

About 1:30pm went to sort my licence problem with the Trax officials in the Jimmy Brown center, I had already called the DVLA and told them what day I would be at Silverstone and they put permission on my licence and told me to get them to call the DVLA on the day, load of cobblers, I was told by the Trax officials that I would not be racing as they did not have a contact number for a sunday!! now if the women at the other end of the phone had told me this at the time I could have got them to fax the details to Trax but she never mentioned it and told me to get them to call them on the day....

 

Not a happy bunny after that......

 

I watched our lads go round with the stupid supra guys, you know the ones that try to force people into walls and the ones and if you were sitting in the main stand would have seen one of the 'Numptys' trying to drive the wrong way round the track...LMFAO he has chased by marshalls and promptly stopped before he crossed the service road, muppet.

 

Sat in the stand with harve getting depressed as we should have both been out there on the track tearing it up with the rest of the Z's, Nevermind Harve there's always next year (I am still telling myself this now, to try and make myself feel better, I could almost touch it but so so near yet so far)

 

I was one of the last to leave, after looking at the loss of petrol down the side of Andy Duff's car.....

 

travelled back and had some races of my own on the M6.....got home, had shower, went to bed at 10pm, woke up at 9:30 and am now placing this post.

 

Great day even tho' I never got onto the track, great people, lots of fun and when is the next one?

 

And all the people that didn't make it, take a tip out of the Tooley handbook;

 

What ever it takes, get yourself there!!

 

Matty.

 

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Doubt they'd have let you on the track even with a fax... cause they told me that under 'no' circumstances would anyone be let on without the original document. (I had a clear photocopy as the pigs still have my original for penalty-point placement, yet they still refused me).

 

As for the track time itself. How quick were you boy's actually going!?? Cause Cause practically every one of them Supra boy's (no not just the 600bhp jobby) left you all in their dust, looking like old ditherers on their way out for a picnic. Even the old bangers that went up earlier gave the crowd some entertainment ! It certainly wasn't the display of 'Z-promotion' I was expecting... all I could hear from those around me were comments like.. 'what are those ones then? No idea.. just some old motors thrown on the track to fill numbers' and ''never seen one of those before.. don't go very fast do they'.

 

I thought we were in for a real treat when the grey Z came out with 2 people in (who was that by the way?) and zipped round the track only moments after the pace car had deliverd the rest of you... but after that... (most of the z's departed first)... and just after a minuite of waiting... supra... supra... supra... supra... z...supra...Z...Z... supra...supra (hmmm may be one too many Z's in there.. can't remember).. and as for the second time... the only Supra's behind you boy's were the 2 that were lapping ya !

Did you all have yer slippers on.. or is all the hype I've been hearing about the pace of the TT a pile of toss? ..cause after that performance I'm 'seriously' beginning to wonder if my project Z is going to be worth the time, effort and money.

 

What broad figure does it cost to bump a TT up to 400bhp?

 

I'm pleased everyone had fun though - which is what counts

 

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They would have let me on with a faxed copy from DVLA, as long as it was done a few days before but I didn't know that!

 

And as for the Z's being slower, maybe so but they were not all modded like the Supra's, there were 8 (I counted) Z's on the circuit.

 

After speaking to Andy Duff after the 'Race' he told me he was doing 60-70mph round the paddock and managed to get upto 120mph on the staights, when all said and done nobody was a proffesional racing driver out there from the Z club (Don't know about the supra's) and by the time they started to get used to the track and go that little bit quicker it was time to leave the track!

 

At the end of the Day, it wasn't a race and it was for fun and people drove how they felt comfortable, fast or not so fast.

 

If I had managed to get onto the track I would have drove round how I wanted if that meant not on the 'Edge' then so be it, let everyone else past I would have been there to enjoy it and not crash it.

 

And the people that said "Don't go fast do they?"

 

Have they ever been in a Z? didn't think so.

 

If you feel that strongly about your project give it up now and buy a Supra!!

 

 

Matty.

 

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It has to be remembered the mkiv Supra is a newer generation to the 300zx, and the 300zx is never than the mkiii Supra so naturally the mkiv supras would be faster. It was also built as a race spec car with double wishbone suspension all round and a bullet proof engine.

 

Most of the mkiv supras out there would be between 350 and 400bhp, the real 600 bhp one couldnt make it as he blew an oil seal on Saturday, but there were a couple out there with an un-proved 500bhp.

 

JB

www.mkivsupra.net

Branners,

 

Thanks for that!!

 

Jayen,

 

I rest my case!

 

Matty.

 

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and the reason most of them are 350 to 400bhp is that they are so easily tuned. Just removing the cats and fitting a Blitz or HKS exhaust can bring them up to near 350bhp or possibly more, we then tend to fit a front mount intercooler or water injection and that gives a bit more safety margin to push the boost higher.

 

I run a 13.08 at 109mph 1/4 mile with mine and thats without the front mount intercooler. Easy to tune and fast on the road or a track. The mkiv can even be bought for about £10k now so its even reasonably priced.

 

JB

www.mkivsupra.net

BTW the chap in the Grey zed (John) had a passenger, as this was a track official.

 

He has hand controls on his zed and so his pace was respectable I very much think.

 

Big up for yorself!

 

Simon

 

 

>>What broad figure does it cost to bump a TT up to 400bhp?

 

JWT Ecu Upgrade

Boost Jets

Cat back hi flo exhaust

Air Intake upgrade.

 

Mind get change from £2000!

 

Simon

Well jaen or whatever , you had a good excuse to miss trax, (pwaaak pwaak pwaak)or whatever a chikcen sounds like, before you judge how it was go on the circuit and do it yourself, if you could have done better then so be it m8t. this was not a race, and we were there to entertain ouselves and not you or the crowd.

 

the supras were a bunch of tossers in my opinion, they did everything the briefing told us we shouldent do.

 

 

Thank you for resting your case Matty... must have been heavy for that strained hand of yours (no references to anything in particular honet)

 

I know it wasn't a race... I was not saying it should be.. it's just that..well.. you all 'appeared' to be moving at the pace the Skoda truck was (which was rather nippy for it's design). I wasn't expecting wheel spins,smoke or anything like that (as I'm not one for such lark) but it would have been nice to see/hear a few more spurts on the ol gas pedal at least. The drive from pits was more entertaining in that respect.

Might have been a nicer experience (once the Supras had blown passed) to go round in formation or something... but then.. it was aimed at fun to be had by drivers, so in that respect is was a winner.

 

As for the Supra idea...I wouldn't get one of those either... cause to me they look a little bulky. The Z is definately the car that's made me happiest in all respects... but I don't think I'm 'enthusiastic' enough to spend 8 - 10k customising one...which was the plan. Can't think what else might be more suitable though... so this 400bhp might be worth looking into.

 

umm...ok 300zx. Wasn't meaning to flare tempers here. SO sorry I posted and expressed what I made clear to be 'my opinion'.

And chickened out? If you call 'not being allowed on cause the fuzz has my licence' chickening out.. then I was pecking the ground you all walked on.. and am in abvious need of having my neck broken. Perhaps you'd do the honours.

 

I guess I was just out to ruin the day for you all... so me staying to watch you all have a good time.. and at least 'try' to show my support for the Z group and it's members was a pretense.

 

I was under the impression that being part of a club means that you are there to offer something for everyone as well as welcome views and idea's to be expressed no matter how conflicting....rather than just say..'hey I have the same car and that's where my contribution ends'. Why bother having a club area if it's filled with people being more interested in themselves than other people? (and no... I'm not referring to you by that).

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lol oh so your idea of support is to say well you all looked like you were slower than skodas!! hmmmmmmm that is interesting

ok thanks for all the moral support.

 

No offence but as i said in a post way back, you could have made a plan with regards to a licence, when we got to the area where you signed in they looked at my licence for two seconds (i could have been cornel gadaffi and he wouldent have notcied the difference)

 

Stained hand of mine? LMAO

 

Only time I strained my hand was lifting my 12th pint from the bar on Saturday night! (still feeling the effects now!)

 

And as for me being a wanker, your probably right!!

 

"but then it's takes one to spot one" (no references to anything in particular honest)

 

LMFAO.........

 

Matty.

 

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Pants!!!!

 

Dodgy typo error there!! (points)

 

Was doing my Jonathon Woss impwession and dwoppin my www''rr'ss.....

 

Fwydiant slip.

 

Makes fow good weading tho wouldn't you agwee?

 

Matty.

 

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Matty boy, I think you missed out the Nah na na na Nah!!!LOL

Hi Guys

 

Well I really enjoyed myself, met a few of you and it was nice to see so many zeds together.

 

My track experience was cool but this was the first time I had done anything like this and I wanted to take things quite slowly. I also didn't manage to sort insurance out as they would only take cash and I didn't have any so I could not afford to crash etc.

 

I reconised a car from Bournemouth (Black Supra reg B11AVE (BEHAVE - Nice Plate) and had a chat with the owner. He spent 20k on the car and 20k on mods, so I thought our 300 guys did alright considering the power and braking he must have had.

 

Anyway cool day and look forward to other meets etc.

 

Martin

Nah, Na, Na, Na, Naaaa-aaaaaaa

 

Now I feel better....

 

Matty.

 

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Man that porshe that crashed only 5000 coverage, so he lost a grand total of 85000

OWWWWW!!!! i felt really sorry for him,.

 

What did you guys think of Club corner(well the ones brave enough to go on the circuit)(tooly, topsquads,jeff you all had decent excuses so your excused lol)

 

that corner is sooo scary if you get it wrong

ahh well, you're all right. I made no plans at all.. could have gone on the track without my licence, or with a forged one (speak nothing about the trouble it'd have caused anyone who might have needed to make a claim) and been as friendly as you all are to everyone that see's the club in the way you do.

 

In all honesty though.. I don't mind being so wrong. In fact I like it. To me... if you don't want the 'audience' to be a factor.. then you shouldn't pay money to take part in a 'show' that supports it. You'd be far better off hiring a track for the day without any spectators... that way you could revel in your own enjoyment as much as you desire.

 

I know there'll be cheers all round when I say this... but to attack someone in such a mannor for speaking their 'opinion' is not something I wish to be part of. I've met some really nice people over the forum while owning a Z... but can't say that this kind of resistance to 'well-spirited'and 'widely varied' enjoyment is for me.

It's amazing how the youngest members on the forum aren't the ones with the least maturity.

 

This will be my last post, so you can respond, comment, insult all you wish. Be my guest... rip at the remains those vultures amoung you....

 

I know you'll all enjoy yourselves on many more gatherings... so I sincerely do wish 300zx.co.uk the very best.

 

Jayen

 

oh and for the record.. I meant strained from all the pints you lift... not cause I was calling you a wanker. Still... does go to show what way some things people say can be misinterpreted.

 

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Oh well fuck it, man your car looked crap, it was a non turbo, had turbo guages lol, and a boost guage, you had this nice front bumper, which looked crap cause you had anumber plate covering your entire radiater you could see your hooters there were gaps all over the place,.......oh and why odnt you just go buy a supra (although i suspect they are too expensive for you) so then go get a nova or a skoda (oh i forgot you odnt have a licence so what the f*&k were you doing there with your car in th efirst place?)

 

nice when soemone insults you huh?

 

dickhead

 

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enough already

 

this is not what we are about

 

i'm closing this post now