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how about posting this in the suggestions section :)

Sorry guys I think I've mislead you a little. £2.2 was the total price for the new heads and the labour to replace them. The rest of the the money that made up the £4 was things like polished plenum, clutch, rad, rose jointed tension rods etc. Nelson, I appreciate that your garage may be a little cheaper, but to be honest I have been to many garages since I've had my Zed. All have worked on Z's before and not one of them did a good job, even minor things, some were cheap and some were not so cheap. But I am more than happy with the money I spent and what I got for it and the fact that SE kept to their word about the time it took and the work they did. Was very sceptical about going there because of some stories I had heard, but I'm very glad I did :D.

Hi Jaz, these are the only picture I got to take. Will take some more later if you actually wash the thing :D :dance:

I've used lacquer on my calipers and it's fine, so I'd imagine it will be ok.

Mike, I'm not sure about chroming both of them I think that may look a little too shiny ;) LMAO !!! Pete, I didn't actually take the sticker off. It was red so I decided to smooth it now and paint over it. I may just get a vinyl sticker made up quoting the BHP or something but then I may just leave it alone :D. Steve, Polishing the CAS, sounds like a good idea, anyone had that done or got any pictures ?.

Pete, Sanded down with 400 grade wet and dry, washed with hairy lips quid to remove grease. Primed in 2 coats of grey leaving 15 mins between coats. Leave to dry for 24 hours and then lightly sand with 1200 grade wet and dry. Apply main coat in three stages leaving 20 mins to dry between each stage. Leave for 24 hours, then lightly sand down with 1200. Apply lacquer in three stages leaving 15 mins between coats to dry. I used a Metalic/perl paint on mine and although the photo doesn’t show it up very well, it's changes colour slightly when the sun hits it.

Fas, The water pipes I'm refering to are the hard pipes that the radiator SS pipes connect to. So anyone got an ideas for the rest of the engine bay ?. I've already put mirror film on the underside of the bonnet. Also has anyone got the same front strut bar as me ?. Did you need to modify the bonet at all. Mine closes ok but there does seem to be a little more resistnace than before. I'm not sure if this is due to the bonnet bulge or not.

Well the alarm and battery were changed a while back after the first picture was taken, but as for the shiny and blue stuff it is as follows: Polished Plenum and Water Pipes - Done by SE a few weeks ago. Added today Braided Fuel lines - Smithy SS rad pipes (top and Bottom) - Smithy SS Hard Pipes - Smithy SS slam Panel - Smithy Insane Oil Cap - Kris Chrome Brake, Clutch, PAS, Rad, resovoir, dip[ stick , battery tie down - GZA Sprayed Stut bases and fitted Strut Bar Sprayed Large Fuse box cover Sprayed Small Fuse box cover Sprayed Rad clamps Sprayed Balance Bar Sprayed Thottle cover Replaced a few vaccum hoses (4mm) with Blue Silicone Samco

I was supposed to fit my boost controller today but I sprayed a few bits last night and thought that I'd fit them first. However I got a little excited and went into one !! So I didn't get round to fitting my boost controller in the end. Before After Not sure what I want to do with the fan shroud or belt covers yet. I'm thinking of having the belt covers chrome dripped, but not sure about the fan shroud, may hold out for an SE custom made jobby :D.

it it really rounded or just a little ?. Crows foot spanner may help ? And no I still haven;t fitted my boost controller :D. Still tarting the engine bay up LMAO !!!

I love it this :hyper: much

:eek: Where has his slam bar gone ? :confused:

Well I decided to spray some of my engine bits :eek:

Oh no it isn't :D

Yep also have new fast road clutch. Skimmed flywheel, new engine mounts, new connectors for coil pack and injectors, new Radiator and polished water pipes. Oh and they did some extra little bits for free, like connecting my boost gauge up and sorting out a few other connectors.

Tut Tut Paul, now go and tell yourself off :D

Or in the links section at the very top of this page :D. SE are split into different sections, Body shop, General maintainance, Engine repairs, Engine Upgrades, Brakes/exhausts etc. Best thing to do is phone them tomorrow and speak to Bob about a price.

I spent £4k in total, but the Engine work itself was £2.2k

LOL I sure did mate :D. But I've sorted it now ;)

And how many people you can wake up at 4am when you are shitfaced and phone them :D.

I'd say about £20 per annum. Because why would anyone want something "different". Surely everyone knows that we should all have the same taste and designing only really means creating, changing, improving or enhancing something. Don't do it Peter your life wil never be the same :p

Diagnosed inlet valves as fault. After Speaking to Peter and Bob (both from SE) at Billing, they said the job could be done in two weeks from drop off. So I booked her in for 13th September 2003. I was very sceptical as I had heard nightmare storied about the time they took to do the work. The rule was if they say two weeks it’s going to take 2 months. Anyway the car went in on the 13th Sept for new heads which would mean skimming the heads and reseating the zorst and inlet valves. I thought to myself there is no way they are going to do that in two weeks so I thought I’d test them. Can I also have my plenum and water pipes polished?. “OK” said BOB we can do that for you. “Ok” then can I have rose jointed tension rods as well then please (really starting to take the piss now LOL) . Sure said BOB we’ll sort that as well. So on the 2nd Saturday I went down there to check on the progress actually expecting the car to still be in the same position I left it. I was wrong, as soon as I got there the wheel arches were sitting about 6 inches above the wheels, hence no engine. They were on Schedule, so I thought I’d push my luck some more, I held up injector connectors, coil pack connectors and smithy stainless steel rad pipes and said can you fit these for me please. Then I asked to see my clutch as BOB was showing me my engine with new heads already in place. I suspected a problem with y clutch as it was starting to get a bit sticky when warm. The edge was starting to ware quite badly, so I asked BOB about a new clutch. I ordered an SE fast road clutch good for about 550BHP. I also asked fro my flywheel to be skimmed as there were a few heat cracks on the surface. LMAO, how much of a piss take am I ? Anyway, I was about to call Bob to see if my car was ready when Bob called me. “Not good news” he said, “can you come down and speak to Peter ?”. so I headed down to SE, when I got there my car had the engine in it with polished plenum & water pipes, new clutch, new connectors all round, new radiator, engine mounts, & SS smithy hoses. I looked the part for sure. Peter then told me that the inlet valves were hiding a bigger problem. Once the engine was back in and the inlet valves were all sorted he took it for a test drive and something wasn’t right. He checked everything again and it turns out that cylinder 4 piston was not right, either broken rings or a fractured piston. He knew the bore was ok as they checked this when the engine was out. So it looks like I’m going to have to get the piston done, so that’s another £800 labour plus piston. I was a little sad as you can imagine. Peter told me to take it for a test drive, so I took it for a spin and notice that yep there was still something very wrong. Well, when you’ve been running on 6 cylinder of 60% compression due to inlet valves, you don’t really notice a difference. However I was now running on 5 cylinders at 100% and 1 at 70% and it was very noticeable. When I came back from the test drive Bob notice a water leak. So we got the car back on the ramps expecting it to be a hose from the rad. Peter made sure they were tight and topped it up. This time he took it out but there was still a leak. Back up the ramps she went. Peter looked for a while and then turned to me and said “Well there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that you won’t be taking her away tonight, but the good news is that it’s our fault as once of the heads is causing the leak”. “How is that Good news I said ?” “Well it means it’s under warranty and we have to take the engine out again and it just so happens that the head that is leaking is on the right bank, where number 4 piston sits, so you just saved yourself £800 labour and moved yourself into the priority build queue”. So I didn’t get my car back that day, but all the work that was supposed to be done was done, so I can’t complain there. It also means that that extra £1000 I would have had to spend changing one piston over means in now going to cost me next to nothing to get sorted. Also I didn't have to wait another 2 months for the rebuild. Only 2 weeks And now the two weeks is up I got my car back and I'm all :hyper: again, was smiling all the way home even though I'm not allowed to go above 4 - 5k rpm :(. I really want to thank Peter and Bob. Not only did they fit everythink in that I asked within the two weeks, they then took the engine out and stripped it once again to replace the dodgy piston. So not only have they kept to their word and timescale Once but twice :D. SE Nissan 10/10. I am very, very happy with their work that they have done and also very happy with their customer service. >From now on I won’t be using anyone else. Thanks Peter for taking time out today to teach myself and James a little more about the way the engine works and upgrade hints and tips in the tutorial lesson. Was very interesting and useful info. Thanks to PaulC for helping with the original diagnostics. Thanks to Jaffa who picked me up and drove me there. Was good fun and I really appreciate your help today. Also thanks to the 8 people that also offered to take me up there. It's amazing how many of you were so willing to help, I really appeciate that. Thanks all :D. Thanks Simon and Mac for introducing me to SE in the first place and putting in a good word or two ;).

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Hi Chris, Didn't race macca as he's not down till next weekend :D. Got the car back :dance: :hyper: I'm well chuffed. it really feels like it wants to give it some large, but becuase of the new piston. Peter has limited me to 4k rpm for 200 miles. But then it's time to party :D Will be fitting my boost controller on Sunday so it's time to play :D Will post a I love SE thread a little later :smw: :p