SMW1

I'm away for most of July but August would be good with me.

I'm jealous, I was stuck in Taikoo Shing in Hong Kong for a year. The food was ok, but the smog always left this strange taste of sewage in your mouth :nelson:

I will be posting up an engine lifter and an engine stand in the for sale section soon.

I try my best to speak English Used to be fairly fluent in Cantoneese (but that was almost 10 years ago now) Can get by in Italian Now learning Macedonian (at a very slow pace)

1, Neil (Darkside TT) - March, Cambridgeshire - Jap Auto TT LWB - Anywhere in the South east! 2, Joel (Joely P) - nr Stansted, Essex - Jap Manual TT LWB - Anywhere on earth! 3, Steve (cybernet) - Croydon, Surrey - UK Manual TT LWB - anywhere in the SE* 4, John (TBA) - London / Kent - JDM N/A Manwell LWB - anywhere in SE 5, Habee (Twincam) - Nr Heathrow - Black NA manual LWB - Anywhere my wallet allows 6, Darrell (Coopers-SWB) - Great Offley, Hertfordshire - Jap manual SWB TT - Anywhere in the universe as they they have beer and food 7, Steve (Steve666) - Catford SE London - Jap Manual LWB TT - Any where in SE! 8, Chris (Cav584) - Farnborough - Jap Manual LWB TT - Depends whats on!! 9, Chris (Deve8uk) - Southend - Jap SWBTT (aboout to change) - If its awsome, anywhere 10, James (James Funge) - Streatham - Jap SWB TT MAN - 20 miles more if cool 11, Andy - (AndyP) - Nr Dunmow - Jap Man TT LWB - Depends whether I'm here and time etc 12, Wayne (spongey) - Milton Keynes/Bedford - UK TT LWB - Anywhere as long as theres food! 13, Paul (300_zedx) - Rochester Kent - Jap Auto TT LWB - Anywhere in South East 14, Lee (Executor) - Gillingham Kent - Jap Manual TT LWB - Anywhere 15, Rob (Robz) - Basildon Essex - Jap Z32 LWB - will travel Anywhere 16, Carl (carls got a zed) - UK Manual LWB - Travel S.E & surrounding area's 17, Chris (Chrissy P) - North London - Jap Auto N/A - I'm there..... 18. Vince (viniboy) Bedford - Jap auto TT - work allowing I will travel to where my wallet allows. 19. Nick (nickc) -surbiton, surrey - jap manual TT - anywhere interesting 20. John (john-boy) - Maidstone, Kent - UK Manual TT - Anywhere circumstances allowing 21. Si (SiFocusUK) - Southend, Essex - Met Grey Jap Auto TT - SE ! 22. Rob (nizmorob)-Sudbury-Suffolk-met black jap swb TT-anywhere S.E 23. Alan,alanw2blue, Horton Kirby Kent, UK auto TT,LWB - just about anywhere where fun can be had 24. Stu, SMW1, Romford Essex, Jap Manual TT 2+2 - As long as I got my car I'll be there. Added in Alan at #23 as he seemed to have been missed off the list.

Where's the pictures ?. We want pictures :)

Cant remember where I bought it, but a company does make a custom car cover for the Z, you can specify stock, SWB, LWB, high level spoiler etc. Think it cost me £105 about 3 years ago. Can't remember the company name though. A few other on here have one I'm sure.

Ah the memories... Can anyone remember these events by the title ? "Beef Cake / Cup Cake" - Billing 2003. "Turners short's" Billing 2003. "When hippies attack" Billing 2004. "The Lake list" Billing 2002 - 2005. "Jonny Crew v Kash Clan" , Billing 2004. Still makes me smile everytime I think about it.

Nice one Steve, congrats to you and Sarah

All the best steve, I'll be going through the same thing in October. Good luck to both of you, wishing Sarah a short and painless labour.

What's the location of the dents. If the shock mounts go you would get a nice little nipple looking dent above them, but then it's rare that they would go at the same time. Even more rare they would be so fooked that they would leave a dent. However you probably wouldn't notice they were fooked while stationary, it's only when you go over a speed ranp or bump in the road that they will hit the underside of the bonnet.

R.I.P Jay, you will be sadly missed :(

Steve, I understand your point, but I know there have been some difficulties that could not be helped. He has been very over worked and had other problems all out of his control. I can imagine that a one man garage will be quite time consuming and especially as I know Martyn will do every job 100%, so it's kinda understandable for me. I'd rather not turn this into a sl4gging off thread. I simply just wanted to hear form anyone who had heard from Martyn.

Well I took the engine out myself with help form a few guys on the forum, stripped it down myself, had it rebored to fit the new pistons. Balanced and blueprinted. The engine went to Zen Garage in bits to be put back together, so it was a basic engine rebuild with new Weisco pistons, new GD manifolds, new GD down pipes and flexi pipes, nismo 555cc injectors, jtw530bb turbo's. All pretty much bolt on bits along with HKS actuators. The car then went there for the engine bay to be put back together and the engine dropped back in. I know Martyn had far too much work on to meet estimates and has also had some personal problems so I'm not bothered too much about how long it has taken, just a little worried that no one had heard form him recently.

Thanks for the info mate, Getting a little stressed as it's just been going on and on, oringinal quote was 3 months, then was told that I will definately have it back by August (2006) then it dragged on and was then told March (2007) then Arpil then first week in May, then not heard anything or no calls have been returned for a while now. Makes me feel a little better knowing that my car has been with Zen garage since Feb 2006 but thee is progress, the end is nigh hopefully.

You fitted some targa tops ?

You are better off going with the Samsung PS42Q97HD 42". This is HD ready and has much better res. Dixons have it for around £799, but if you knwo someone who has a trade membership to costco, you should be able to pick one up for £620. Not the best 42" you can get but it's the best value for money one out there at the moment.

For those of you with cars at the Zen Garage, can anyone let me know if you have heard from Martyn, has he changed his number. My car was supposed to be ready last week, but I haven't been able to get in touch with him. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck. Can those of you that have his number chuck me a pm, just in case I'm phoning the wrong number or something. Thanks

Try his rides section I think he has some more in there.

Think mine was just short of 100k miles, going by the mot's. It was reset to MPH from KM 3 years ago so only reads 1,200 miles now. But I have all the paper work to show the true milage when i come to sell it.

Hi Harve, How you been mate ?.

heheh, yeah I think we are definately safe form a repeat of that !!!. No need to get your bulldog mates rounded up yet Andy ;)

lbs is a weight like kg, £ or GBP is a currency. don't worry though, you'll get the hang of it. Some of us have spend a fair few £'s on our motors. I think there are at least 4 - 5 of us that are over the £50,000 mark now. So we're just as crazy as your friends think you are, you'll fit in well here :)

Hi Daniel and welcome, Very Tasty Spec list you have there :). Forged Wiseco Pistons 88mm Forged Eagle Rods Toga Racing Bearings Cosmetic Metal Head Gaskets Toga High Flow Oil Pump JWT 700BB Turbos Disco Platos .86 housing Power Enterprises 850 fuel injection kit TurboXS Blow Off Values Greg Dupree Split Downpipes Greg Dupree Oil Lines for the turbos JWT Duel Air Filters Ashspec doolz pop charger Ashspec Zemulator(SAEMS) Ashspec MASSIVE Intercoolers 2.5 piping Ashspec Couplers 2.5to 2.0 reducers Unorthodox Racing Pulley Set Greddy Timing Belt Koyo Radiator Clutchmasters 10lb flywheel Clutchmasters 6 puck racing clutch Greddy Evo2 exhaust EGR emmissions stuff removed MaxBillet solid motor mounts New Nissan Oxyegen Sensors O2 (pair) New Nissan PTU New Nissan Knock DET Sensor New Nissan Temp Sensor New Nissan Temp Switch New Nissan Pulleys and tensioner pulley for timing belt New Nissan Water Pump New Nissan Wiring harness New Nissan Oil Dipstick New Water Lines Hoses New Greddy Timing Belt Rebuilt PS Pump Rebuilt Alternator Rebuilt Starter Micro polished and ported upper and lower plenum Micro polished upper and lower radiator tubes Samco Black Boost Hoses with T Bolt Clamps Nismo Oil Cap Nismo Radiator Cap Tranny/Powertrain Z1 Motorsport 1pc Lighten Driveshaft New Switches on tranny (backup - Nuetral - Speed) New Clutch Slave Cylinder Suspension KYB AGk adjustable Struts Eibach Lower Racing Springs Upper Strut Bar front Lower Strut Bar front Upper Strut Bar rear Lower Strut Bar rear Cross drilled and sloted upgraded rotors Carbon Fiber Disk Pads SS Brake Lines Tension rods front and back Upgraded bushing kit front and rear Exterior J-spec Clear Tails from Japan AT Italia Riva Wheels 18' Dunlops 265 35 18 tires PIAA Duel Horns Interior Greddy Auto Timer Greddy E-01 Boost Controller Nismo Key LED Custom Light Kit for dash Carbon Fiber Dash Kit Carbon Fiber Dash Bezel Carbon Fiber Shift Boot Apline Headunit Apline DVC Type R subs (pair) Kicker 250ZR Amp Boston Acoustics components front Boston Acoustics rear Cobra Radar detector Chrome stuff for the car so far! Power Steering Reservoir Upper Plenum Upper and Lower Radiator Tubes Unorthodox Pulleys Wiesco Pistons

Yup been trying him for 2 weeks now as he still has my car as well. My thoughts go out to his dad who I know has been very ill recently. If anyone does hear form Martyn, please post here, I'll do the same.