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Nice one mate, the M3 has 346 bhp at its disposal but that's produced well up the rev range where as yours you say is about 340 - 50 bhp but you would have bundles of torque to go with it which would of been the deciding factor...

Yup I'll second that.....look like you guys were having fun out there drifting and doughnutting at the end of the day ;) Didn't run myself as I was on holiday when Bryn invited us all to this great day, but I still really enjoyed myself as I believe everyone did that attended, it was just a shame we had a couple of breakages one of which being the most powerful GTO's of the day and was looking to be in the 11's ... knowing Mark though it won't be long before its running 100% again and competing at TEN of the Best again this year.......talking of which, it would be nice to see some of you guys there, I'm sure you have got some cars worthy of that.... Anyway good to meet you guys today and look forward to doing it all again some time. cheers Martyn

Keep an eye out for 8 GTO's turning up at Bruntingthorpe @ 8:30 am tomorrow as well, yes we got the same invite as you, same date and time.... so looks like there will be some old scores settled tomorrow, Should be a good day especially now that there will be some friendly rivalry going on ;) see you all there tomorrow. cheers Martyn

Sorry we are a bit more grown up than the vast majority who have replied to this thread sure we all love our cars and defend them but not to the extremes some of you go to, one guy has slatted the zed, big deal GET OVER IT I mean you never slate any other marks off do you....Supra's or poopra's as you tend to call them oh and GTO's come in for it at least once a week and yet as soon as somebody says something derogatory about the mighty Zed all hell break loose come on get a life PS the reason I pop in here is because I nearly bought a manual 300 zx TT and thought that on the whole you were a sound bunch of guys, but I also must say that the reason that I didn't buy a Zed in the end was 1. the handling wasn't what I expected or hoped for..... 2. and the main reason, it is a very difficult car to work on. Martyn

chill mate, I was just pulling ya legs, you know a bit of 'fun' hence the :) :) and the lol lol....

Jeez I'm not surprised you've got no mates Billy!! :)

At least our boats have 4 propellers as opposed to the 2 on your boats :tongue: oh and while you are messing about going sideways (which ain't fast by the way) I'll just drive round the outside of you in my GTO TT :) another plus for us is being able to use all of our power all of the time something that is not an option for you guys ......so don't pull up next to us in anything but perfect conditions or you're gonna be made to look very silly :rofl: Hey Retro620ti, I take it you use to own a 620 Ti ??.... I had two of them a few years back, very underrated cars and quite good in the wet ;).... you should all listen to this guy instead of giving him a hard time!! lol Martyn :D

Its Bowthorpe Ind. Est. and the burger van is just over the road from Meltemi where my wife works :) Martyn

Only on an airfield track day with this car... "Terminal Velocity" basically a 1/4 mile and top speed day, but yes would love to take the GTO on a track day at Snetterton when I fix my brakes, I did take my mates 240 Z round there on a testing day many years ago (historic car racing) which was great fun!!

Tell me about it Black is a nightmare, I even cleaned it that morning, looked lovely in Norwich didn't think it would get that dirty in such a short journey. :headvswal Martyn

Didn't think you could still get them ? we've gone automatic....... we are talking washing machines aren't we :) Seriously tho were you the couple of lads parked behind my GTO TT ??

As per title two Black Zeds at the track day Sunday, I was in the rather dirty looking black GTO.....anyone on here???? Martyn

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Zymol_Natural_Autocare_Products.html There ya go mate, you can also get it from Halfrauds.....I've got a black car and this stuff is the best I've used by far and I've tried them all including Meguiars. PS. using a micro fibre cloth makes it easier/quicker to buff to an 'unbeatable shine' (IMO) Martyn

You guys gonna have a team at this year's TOTB ??? ..... us GTO lads will be there again with Mark (Nemesis) and his huge single turbo conversion GTO heading our team, can't wait!! Martyn

What its that time already!! GTO bashing from people who obviously know nothing about them!! 1. GTO's are no bigger lumps than a Z and I would go as far as to say if Z's were made with the superior 4WD system they would probably weigh more than the GTO as they're not far off it anyway 2. The only reason you would have to take the engine out is to replace it with a new / reconditioned one, certainly not to change turbo's tho 3. Fastest tuned car out of the two in the UK = GTO TT ;) 4. Handling goes to the GTO in the dry but in the wet............well :D 5. looks are about even IMO but only if the Z has some body mods.... that's down to personal taste tho :p 6. I feel better now lol PS the Z is a nice car...... albeit inferior!!

Just tell me which Reception it is, an I'll gawn av a look for meself :) just had a thought tho, I'm 45 happily married and emm ugly :) ............ best not bother then!!

Me............................but I drive a GTO TT :D

To cellibrate his wedding Sir Elton John wanted a picture of a Rolls Royce tattoo'ed on his willy, but the tatooist said that he'd be better off with one of a Land Rover with the amount of sh*t it will be going through. :)

All depends on your interpretation of modded ? if you mean chaved up body wise ;) then probably not, most of us GTO lot tend to go for subtle body mods or just bringing them up to 99 spec.... why spoil something that looks as good as this......... But if you are talking about engine mods there are plenty around the 500 BHP mark and one over 600 in the UK at the moment and most are on standard internals, so why someone said that they are not very tunable is beyond me :eek: just to give you an idea of how strong our engines are one guy in the states is running about 800 BHP on a standard bottom end!! Oh and you can change both turbos with ease with the engine in situ. :D Martyn

Be great to meet up with you guys there, I'm now about to send out the passes I received at the weekend for this event....cant wait it should be a good day!! Is Mac1 running?? Martyn

Santapod on the 9th ???.... should be a few quick ones there. Martyn

"supposed to be over 400bhp"..... I think this comes into play here....... My GTO TT with just BPU's and running 0.65 bar ran a 13.7 1/4 and went onto a 154 MPH top speed measured over 1.3 miles, this was at Terminal Velocity last year. Now if we are talking speedo readings then my car does 85 in second 125 in third 160 in fourth and god knows what in fifth, but a lot more than 167 MPH.....just to give you an idea, on that 154 MPH measured run I had just changed to fifth gear and the speedo was reading 165 MPH so it was over reading by 11 MPH......Most speedo's over read at those types of speeds, no doubt Zeds does to ;) Martyn

One of those car's is still running around and it ain't Shimpy's ;) .....just playing :D

Probably stretching the truth to get a sale me thinks, but BPU's would see it reach 60 in the high 4s though..... allegedly they never seem to struggle to get away from white fiesta's and black Astra's in the "wet", don't ya just love 4WD :dance: .....OH and all this with your clothes on of coarse :eek: hey Indy :D

The GTO TT/ 3000GT is still the best looking out of the bunch :tongue: and in the real world only just beaten by the GTR :) .........What?? you didn't think you were going to get off that lightly....did you?? :rofl: :rofl: