Mark W

Erm... let me know it it's any good! :D lol

Never mind- I'll see you on the stand then! :D

True, true. Might be tight on time for me, but a definite possibility! :)

FFS some people just don't use their eyes in the first place, but not to stop after causing an accident, that's just unforgiveable. Were there any witnesses/traffic cams ? Hope you make a good recovery mate. Mark

D'oh! Clashes with the SE Rolling Road day! :(

Likewise! Though I'll be cleaning my car 1st thing in the morning. You going to the New Forest meet beforehand?

Amazon- I doubt it mate- Jay 300zx still logs on under Jay 300zx, and doesn't live in Portsmouth! :) Unless he's undercover at the moment! :confused: lol

Hot dicketty damn! That'll do for me! :D Cheers fellas, Mark

No people in the know then?! :D

I've just read a bit of the MOT guidlines here which is as follows: [Re: front "position lights", I assume means side-lights] Note: At least 50% of each lamp must be visible from the front or rear as appropriate Does that mean: a) when viewed from the front, it must be less than half obscured OR b) the light-emitting area of the lamp as viewed from the front must be at least half of total light-emitting area (i.e. the face can't be angled more than 60deg from the lateral axis). :confused: I've just converted my side lights to be in the US side-marker position, which means that there's greater light-emitting area from the side, but the light is still actually directed straight forwards. I suspect it may consitute an MOT failure... Mark

I've not seen those notes before. It would seem there's a difference between what's technically law and what's tested in the MOT! Not only are fog lights not allowed to be used as brake lights too, but they have to be >100mm from a brake light. My car's been through 2 MOTs with dual-function lights and not been failed. Mark

Thinking off the top of my head, if the head's warped enough, no compression, so it'll never fire. I don't think you could melt anything else enough to stop it all from working, but have you had a scan over the engine to see if anything obvious is damaged? Hope you get it sorted mate.

Cool! :cool:

Right. Life being organised right now... I'll be coming to this one then planning to go on to the Bournemouth thang :) Mark

Damn. I pulled out of a holiday weekend so I could make it. If it comes back on-line, will you aim for the same date? Regarding charity money, how about leaving that as reponsibility for individuals? Create a sponsorship form for everyone, but leave them to collect and send the money for a charity of their choice? Kind of takes the pressure of any particular person or organisation?

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But performance should be improved even if they're just gutted, even if it's not optimum. In my mind, the question of proper de-cat or gutted cats is one of the environment. If they're not fully gutted, just enought to remove back-pressure, then I guess they'll be chucking out various exotic metals and minerals over time. As far as needing cats or not, it depends on whether you believe there's a problem with removing Cat back-pressure with standard turbos. The forum tends to appear split 50:50 on this, so read the various tales (some of happiness, some of woe!) and make up your own mind. If you have the cats replaced, at least go with ones of the high-flow variety. By all accounts much cheaper then replacing with stock. Mark

I would, and was thinking about it in a moment of stupidity when I was considering selling the Zed :x: Looks like a right laugh!

You fixed my car and it's still running as smooth as! :D I know I never actually met you, but it's a shame to see you go- all the best mate. Mark

Position a TV, DVD, hifi, kettle, mini-fridge, books and wireless laptop within reach of bed, then just get settled! :) I survived for 2 weeks that way. Only thing missing was a supply of pot-noodles.

Dammit I was trying to find out when it was repeated!!! :slap: Never mind- I watched it streamed by t'internet last night :)

Had mine 2 and a bit years, spent £5k for the car (slightly over the odds at the time) and about another £3k on repairs and mods. Out of the repairs (none major per se) probably a bit over a grand combined on new clutch and 60k service. Given I spent an initial £8k on my previous Pug 306 +repairs over 5 years, I know which one I'd go for every time! :D

Holiday not going to happen till later, so I'm now a definite :)

I really like them too! If it wasn't for the price, my girlfriend would have had one 2 years ago :)

To anyone who doesn't keep an eye on the FAQs, and in case anyone's interested, I've just finished fitting LEDs to illuminate what on the US cars are the side-markers. And written it up here... http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=76538 Loads of people have probably done it before, but I haven't found it written up anywhere. Personally, I don't think the photos don't quite do it justice- looks better in the flesh and I'm dead happy with my work! :D Mark