nickz32

Happy Birthday Bud :duffer:

Guys, Just in the process of making the final choice on my new wheels. Ive sorted the sizing on the front, but im struggling the figure out whats the most extreme offset i can go on the rear. The problem with the type of wheel im going for i only have 2 options for the 10 inch wide rear wheel. They are: +18 +38. This is the look im after: Now do i go for the +18 and run the risk that the offset is too aggressive, (or end up with an insanely stanced car) or do i play it safe and go for the +38 and just wack some spacers on to fill the gaps Your suggestions please

as an option. Mines a series 4 and i dont have them. Think UK's had them though

Keep at it mate. I will give up at some point in the near future, but at the moment, i still like a good ciggie after a meal

dont suppose you noticed if my exhaust was kicking out any smoke when i floored it athene?

what can i say, we made progress on the way home :D

An excellent turn out for todays meet. Stated of it was pissing down, but it eventually stopped. I personally counted 19 zeds, 3 GTO's and a Prof's RX7. Yet again, Kudos and well done topless for organising this!!! Heres my pics and one vid of Marco and Anthene going past whilst we had a small play on the motorway on the way home.

dont forget your talking to a class 1 advanced driver mate ;) The amount of people who i meet that dont know how to get a car to slide, never mind prevent and control one is unreal! (not that im tarring you with that brush :x:)

stock internals and tubs mate. Thats precisely what i want. Im certainly not interested in chasing figures. Driveability is key for me, hence why i want a custom map as apposed to a "popular" one. The reason im uprating the above, i want everything to have a a comfortable margin away from their limit. As you well know intercoolers and injectors are soooo very close to 100% at 1 bar, which i dont want them to be. The other mods are hopefully to aid the drivability factor, keep the throttle reponse sharp, and hopefully give me the linear power delivery i want

I dont know what you have mate, So far ive done Induction Kit (Stillen) Larger throttle bodys down pipes and decats Kakimoto exhaust RPS clutch One piece lightened fly wheel AMS Rad Hard pipes To be done Z1 side mount intercoolers 620cc Injectors (Nismo 555's but im on the later style injectors, so they flow 620) Adjustable fuel pressure regulator AMS lightened pully kit Electronic Boost Controller Once these are on, then ill get JD to map it for me. Not aiming for max bhp, i want throttle response as quick as i can get it, mid range punch and a linear delivery. then ill be happy

From memory mate, the difference is huge. Makes for a completely different driving experience

Neither, but when i have the supporting mods i want, ill be employing JD to do a custom map for me

your not giving enough beans then. Every zed ive driven is easy to break traction, especially in the wet

you ever thought about taking it on a track. If not, why not?

already spoken to marco, will see you guys at Fleet services at 11:45 :D

You guys going down to Junc 3 on the M3?? If so, i can meet some of you at Fleet Services if thats ok?

I was going to go for a Porter Cable, but i couldnt be arsed with the hassle of the transformer, so i went for a Megs G220. Its done me proud so far, take a look at my rides and youll see what i mean

Looks good matey, where did you source it from. At the moment im still using Megs #80 and #83 combo. Bought some Swissvax Onyx last month. Im due to machine the zed again in the next week or so (depends when my mates barn is free again) and ill let you know how it goes. Have a read of this, the collinite does bloody well! http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=76435

Wil do bud, i should be around for sunday anyway, if you wouldnt mind taking a gander for me and see what you think

its not a pure blue smoke, but it has got a deffinate blue tint and smells of oil, but it doesnt reak of it. The cars done 72k and as far as im aware, its still on its original pcv's, although a gave them a good clean out when i put the polished plenum on. Not sure about the oil, it had a change about 1k before i bought it and its only done about 5-6k since. As soon as i get round to it, ill be getting some silkoline pro S from oilman (cant remember what he recommends, i think its 10w40 semi synth)

Got my new Sony Ericsson C905 phone today, so decided to see what the video facility was like and found a nice quiet country road in the zed and took a little vid................ Came back, took a look and i saw what you lot have just seen. So i pulled over and took another vid just revving the engine, to show you what i saw.............. Would you educated types agree with me and say turbo seals, or am i jumping the gun and should i change the PCVs and see what it leads too?? It only smokes when on boost, no smoke from start (cold or hot) and no smoke on idle. Its deffo blue smoke though. Nick

not without a standalone ecu like a AEM, otherwise itll comfuse the hell out of the ecu.

Im suprised RCD went bust, they were probably the biggest evo tuner in the north of the country..... Maybe their race program proved too expensive???

what symptoms do you have to make you think you have a faulty MAF?

updated nice one fella