jap.slapper

Sorry fellas, not been on here much due to big changes in life, mostly due to an out of the blue shafting from the government, with its weird and wonderful views on ways to save money (governments promise of a job for life regardless of injuries - my arse!), anyway this build is well and truly up in the air (well, up on axle stands to be more precise). I had to face the reality a few months back that there wasn't a hope in hell of this being ready for the summer as I'd hoped so am now well into the process of stripping it back down to a bare shell. It'll either get acid dipped or blasted, then primered and repainted in a different colour which I've already chosen. I'm going to bin the drift build plans and plan for a more traditional track setup The engine/trans will be coming out in the next week or so and I'll take the time to strip and rebuild the block in slow time. Hopefully the internals are what Ztech said they are... Once the future is clearer and I know what's happening financially, the build will be able to pick up momentum again Oh yeah, and I just got backoff my family hols' today and some scumbag has had my pair of Sparco's away.....thank God for pikeys eh!

Just about to get medically discharged from her magesty's finest not sure what I'm gonna' do now as I've been a squaddie since I was 16 years old maybe I'll offer my services as a quality control advisor for Jack Daniels, Teachers, Famous Grouse etc

Is there any particular reason why this book is so expensive? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nissan-300ZX-Enthusiasts-Companion-enthusiasts/dp/0947981527/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293204104&sr=1-1

Same, must be coming up to a year now, any news?

Cheers bud as a matter of interest do you know how much leeway/adjustment for offset the following front components will give? I've got: -Driftworks front upper adjustable arms -Driftworks front lower adjustable arms -Driftworks adjustable tension arms -SPL V5 outer tie rod ends -Tein Z33 inner tie rods Am I right to assume that aside from the obvious camber and toe adjustment, the above will allow a small degree of 'pushing outwards of the wheel' to compensate for offset?

anybody?

I've got a pair of rims, 18" x 10" wide (ET +45) on the rear of my zed. They sit flush to the rear arch nicely (with big brake discs fitted and no spacer required). I've got a pair of 18" x 9" wide (ET +45) to go on the front, though I can't be sure that they'll sit flush/too far out/too far in of the front arches as the whole front suspension has been removed. (Q1) Do these offsets and dimensions sound about right for the front? cheers

Yep, had this recently with my Hilux; no sharp edges but still different opinions by two different garages. I took my truck into work recently and got it up on the ramps, then had one of the LAD guys check it over for his un-biased oppinion. To be fair, he spent a good hour going over it and said that mechanically it would be fine apart from an O/S track rod end and upper ball joint which would need replacing. With that knowledge in hand I booked it into Kwik Fit, who had an offer on. Low and behold it failed on 7 points. I went back to the LAD guy and asked his opinion on what Kwik Fit had picked it up on. He walked and talked me through the 'Kwik Fit Fictitious List' showing clearly what was and was not wrong with the truck and went to great lengths to demonstrate how the Kwik Fit examiner had been wrong to fail it on 6 of the 7 points, highlighting that the upper ball joint that he had pointed out during his initial inspection, hadn't actually been picked up on by Kwik Fit? I didn't return to Kwik Fit, I booked it in with another garage, that wasn't so local, for another MOT, and would you believe it, it failed on an O/S track rod end and an upper ball joint as predicted by the LAD guy. The replacement parts were ordered and paid for + £55 labour, job done. Kwik Fit later stated that it would only charge 50% of the original price for the re-test and were investigating?

Your Z31 isn't white by any chance is it bud?

Gotta respect the power to weight ratio potential but just doesn't look right.....in fact it looks like an RTA between an MX5 and someone wearing a jet powered rocket pack!

Interesting find

The way that this country is going, don't be surprised if the Police arrest you for 'stealing' the scroats knife! Glad your ok though chief, could've been nasty

Edit: just clocked the £20k limit.....no R34 GTR 'M' spec for you then bud!

good call, definately keep the 888's for track use only, especially this time of year

This is the other part of the kit I guess I'd need this last part and an in line thermostatic in line sensor?

Thought so, however just found this link on GTROC http://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm-low/TRUST-0-C-Oil-Block-E-G-Type-F-60mm-26621 does this attach to the block or the filter?

Could somebody shed some light on this please? I've fitted an ARC oil cooler off a BNR34 GTR to my 'Z'. It came with, what I initially thought was a sandwich plate for the oil filter, but having just compared it to the HEL/MOCAL sandwich plate that I bought previously, I now think that the ARC part is for re-locating the oil filter from its original location and not a normal sandwich plate. Here's a pic of the HEL/MOCAL sandwich plate and here's a pic of the ARC part that I believe is for relocating the filter from the stock position If this is the case then wouldn't a blanking plate with AN ports (if that's the correct terminology) be required also, attaching where the sandwich plate would normally have been fitted?

Pretty sure that's the original APEXi SAFC, I had one before opting for a standalone system http://www.alamomotorsports.com/apexi/safc.html

I'm open to offers on all of these really The 1:18 scale Autoart M3, NSX and Corvette are starting from about £60-£80 each on fleebay which is less than RRP (unless prices for Autoart have reduced drastically over the last 3 years or so). shipping from the States is about £30 each. For cash, I'd be after half retail or there abouts on each of these as I said, I'm happy to trade any of these for interesting Jap car bits also. I'm after a second hand AEM AFR gauge (don't need the Bosch sensor as I've got a spare) obviously I'm happy to throw a bit of cash into the deal. I'm also looking for a good condition viscous fan (actual fan blades), set of Carbing strut braces, again got cash ready, AEM aquamist gauge, water/meth kit, Nitrous, accusump but will consider all offers.....

Come on fellas, there's a big difference between 'Islam' and 'Islamic Fundamentalists'....there's a huge amount of overlap betweeen the fairy stories told in the Quran and those told in the Bible remember as for these idiots burning poppies...think about it for a minute.....these big timing mooj' wannabes are here in this country ranting and raving and trying to make a whole load of noise about how we Brit and Yank infidel should all burn in hell yada, yada, then at least the f***ers ain't over there sticking shit in the ground for us lot to step on! as for the old statement about 'if they dont like being British then they should leave' well that's kinda missing the point....califate http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Califate

well if you fancy the NSX I'm always willing to trade for parts instead of cash, if you've got anything interesting that you're trying to get shot of....

Some more.... Open to offers

Some pics....

Just thought I'd post up on here to see if anybody on the forum is a collector of AUTOART or MINICHAMPS 1:18 scale model cars, and maybe interested in a few before I go listing them individually on ebay later this week Got about 20-30 still in boxes/never opened + a whole load of display cases I've also got a whole load of bees waxed/routed Oak bases with green felt backing display cases (with ready engraved brass plaques for the individual models) I'm going to keep the Nismo GTR, Zent Toms Supra and DBR9 but still have a few other WTCC/WRC/JGTC (M3's, Corvettes, F1 cars, Honda NSX etc) cars that might be of interest to somebody I can put up a full list + pics if anybody's interested, no Z32's unfortunately

Cheers bud, that's good enough for me :thumbup1: