craig

just catching up, so many recent birthdays ! belated best wishes!

Another great show over and done with for this year. Many thanks to the volunteer exhibitors for their time and toil, meeting and greeting, talking about the club and the cars to everyone who showed an interest. A very special thanks to Ian and his crew, who yet again made our stand the most impressive among our peers and neighbours, and the easiest stand to identify in Hall 8 ?, even if there was a tense nervous moment on setup day while waiting for the structural engineer to visit and give us the OK. The show organiser for clubs even commented on how fantastic our stand looked when she visited. For those members who managed to visit over the weekend, thank you, and i hope you enjoyed the show. More tweaks and ideas noted for next year...

there were some colour versions posted onto a thread a few weeks ago, either on electrical or ICE related thread

what happens in Brooklands, stays in Brooklands ;) must confess, didnt take many

thanks Paul :thumbup1:

arrived. who’s next :)

on our way :)

looks like a complete leap of faith on Paul and myself, whether we meet anyone else or not down there then.

i agree Ian, especially for those of us 2 or more hours away. as much as i would like to see Brooklands and spend some social time with other members, it doesnt really work properly with 2 or 3 (usual) people

ok, modified list of attendees, any more to add or remove? 5: RichardS 6: ianl 7. Andyb 8. Kgonzokia (paul) 9. Bigh 10. andy300zx 11. wayne 12. Craig

there was a 2 year subscription payment (£35) made in September 2019 direct into the bank account rather then by paypal. i have the name/reference with the payment, but unless you have notified Gary or Lee, your profile would not have been changed to Premium member automatically. if this was you, please let one of the committee know so that we can fix it for you.

presume bank, as have just checked and seen a payment today :thumbup1:

that's the purpose of these vents, NLA from Silvia Engineering

people keep buying the OEM ones and modifying them so they cant be used anymore.... :p

last one was the green one Tony, but the discussion was to cover all 3 as 89, 93, 95, due August, September and October.

the normal threaded ones are just like some of the old HDD or CD drive mounting screws you used to get on the PC, but i have found a couple of the recent units i have installed in ours and daughters cars, have had either those coarse screws, or the original type, and both the same manufacturer!

thanks Mike, it was one of those links that i followed before, and that's what i couldn't remember. :thumbup1: the PDF with the FAST photos. although, MOT all done now, as i had enough with the link from Andrew. :)

imo, ducting will always be better, even if it is stock ducting and doesnt cover the full intercooler area, as long as the ducting does cover the area closest to the entry and exit pipes of the intercooler, e.g. the area which would be flowing air with the path of least resistance. The non ducted part will be slightly warmer, therefore the air will be slightly warmer, so the actual exit temperature will be an average value based on temperature and volume of air passed through the colder fins, and volume/temperature through the warmer fins.

having been chasing some electrical issues myself recently, the diagrams in the service manual are pretty rubbish for identifying colours, and you generally have to revert to the pages where the connectors are shown, rather than the diagram itself, and go back and forward between them. i am not sure i have ever seen a full colour electrical diagram for the car, tbh

That's the one Andrew. I also found it in the official government manual. Of the 3 import cars i have, 2 of them have first registered as the same date as when first registered in the uk. The other has a date similar to the manufactured date. So for imports, that field is fairly arbitrary. If you can use the VIN to check manufacture date, then he is happy to use that as proof. There has been no problem before with my blue zed and really wont be a problem now with the green, he will still test it with non cat test, but he has asked me if i can provide proof that he can store with his own records in case he ever needed it. That date isn't on them Tony.

thanks Tony, i needed to find something a bit more official.

thanks Andrew. i saw a post or picture recently showing something similar for imports, and was sure i bookmarked it, but cannot find it. might have been on TT or a FB group somewhere. needed it to prove the manufacture date for upcoming MOT, using the table 1 flowchart i think you posted previously? basically, anything up to 1995 M reg does not require cat test, and my tester is happy to accept that as long as he has proof, not just the fact it has M reg plate. happy to use manufacture date as cannot prove first use date. 1995 N reg (1st August onwards) do require, according to the guidelines.

was there a site or page where i can check the build month/year for imports?

probably a bit late for you now Simon, but if you has gone North from Barcelona, you could use the N260 to Jaca and then the N240 to Pamplona. They are fantastic sections of road.

the screws you want will have a very coarse thread like a self tapper Mike