Gavin Balmer, just received the Z-Club mag and read his obituary, I can't quite beleive it, never met the guy but was one I definately wanted to!

My sincere condolencies to friends and family. :(

i got my mag tonight and saw this ,i didnt know the guy but some off you did,sorry to his family ,,,,,,,but on a brighter note i did see chunk in there

Never met him either but he was a bit of an inspiration.

Sad loss :cry:

Was he the chap with the 11 second V8 Zed?

 

Doesn't really matter now - a sad loss. RIP.

Was he the chap with the 11 second V8 Zed?

 

Doesn't really matter now - a sad loss. RIP.

 

 

RIP bud

Was just reading that too :( R.I.P

RIP Gavin!!

 

You will be sorely missed at the pod! :(

Yes, very sad. He was only in his early thirties . Was he a member on here? RIP and condolences to his family.

I have a 300ZX engine that Gavin was hand-building up for me. American Forged Pistons, IHI Turbos, larger coolers, Greddy-Emanage, Controllers, Paddle Racing Clutch, Lightened Flywheel, Propshaft, racing straight through exhaust... the list could go on & on.

 

A phone call a couple of weeks ago revealed that Gavin is now gone. Very, very sad day. People often say these things when friends pass... but Gavin was one of the nicest, most genuine guys I've met in my many years spent in many places.. People who knew him will know what I'm talking about.

 

 

His fairlady was earth shaking. He was running a £28,000 NASCAR engine in it. I think he said it had 680 ... or was it 860 Horsepower at the flywheel. When it ran the 11... it wasn hardly tuned and the transmission wasn't geared right ( it was his first outing ) Once he put the Nitro on and tuned it properly he was planning under 9 Seconds. as he said with what I found to be a trademark quiet smile.

 

http://www.john-sleath.com has it now.. is getting it ready for another pass. check the site and then you might start to believe the sub 9 secs.. as Gavin did a lot of work on the audi..

 

pics to be posted soon... Not the cleanest of engine bays... but the muscle is all there..

I have a 300ZX that Gavin was hand-building up for me. American Forged Pistons, IHI Turbos, larger coolers, Greddy-Emanage, Controllers, Paddle Racing Clutch, Lightened Flywheel, Propshaft, racing straight through exhaust... the list could go on & on.

 

Last summer I ran in the engine for 2500 Miles and it was ready to start boosting up.

 

A phone call a couple of weeks ago revealed that Gavin is now gone. Very, very sad day. People often say these things when friends pass... but Gaving was one of the nicest, most genuine guys I've met in my many years spent in many places.. People who knew him will know what I'm talking about.

 

I didn't know anyone in his network, so don't know where to go now. I live in Berkshire and he used to come down or I would ship it up to him. I want to get it ready for the tribute day Santa Pod as he was saying I should safely be able to run 550 BHP + in the set-up he put in.

 

I've got around £12K invested and want to finish it off. But don't really want to take it just anywhere.. want to keep it close to home, if you know what I mean.

 

Can anyone help?

 

And you have bought the beast on Ebay as well, you are going to have a nice collection.

Yes, This one is a SWB. I will do it justice. Taking it to Z-Tech on Thurs.

Here are a couple of Pics I found..... pretty crazy to have all this power with standard seats & belts??