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Can't agree more! Have a look at the following clip: Road skating ABSOLUTELY MAD!

No, they are not the same company although Dayco produces (some) belts for Gates. I am (well, DTA-Motorsport (UK) is) a Dayco dealer so if anyone needs any belts please let me know!

That's a decent price but I wouldn't put anything else on the car other than genuine Nissan parts. Especially where it concerns cambelts and pumps (not so much an issue with ancillary belts but you may as well buy Nissan for those too). With genuine Nissan parts you know you're getting the right stuff that is up to the job. I've seen far too many horror stories of people who bought non-branded parts, supposedly identical to Nissan parts, and ended up having to buy from Nissan anyway due to fitment or quality issues. Just for comparison, our 60K service kit costs £295 and consists of the following genuine Nissan parts: Timing Belt Timing Belt Tensioner Water Pump Thermostat (76.4C) Coolant Bypass Hoses (2x) VTC Springs (2x) VTC O-rings (2x) Cam Oil Seals (4x) Crank Oil Seal A pack of ancillary belts would be £26 on top of the above. HTH Dan

Hi Ronnie, Splitfires will cost you around £295 and are made in small batches. This means it can take up to two months to be delivered (last set I ordered for a customer took 1.5 months to arrive from Japan). Other than that they are a tried and tested alternative to OEM coilpacks and I have not heard anything bad about them. HTH Dan

Hi Paul, Have been trying to send you a quote for parts you've enquired about but your inbox is full. Please clear some space and PM me. Thanks! Dan

Hi all, Just in case some of you don't frequent the Traders Section of the Forum, we are fast approaching the final 5 days of the Series 2 PTU Group Buy. It closes on January 31st and so far we've got 7 confirmed orders. This means that the price - including import duty/vat/delivery - currently stands at £135! Compare that with a normal RRP of over £155!! You're getting a great bargain. If interested please look at the following link: http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=105640 Please let me know if you have any questions but please do it in the thread in the Group Buy Section - not here as this thread is likely to get lost amongst all the others. Regards, Dan

Andy, Contact Derek Sulley or Steve Burns over on the Z Club - they use a company every year at Billing who's very good and reasonably priced. Get in there early because they get booked up very quickly in late spring/early summer (wedding season). Dan

Ok N - I'll add it to your order. Speak to you soon! Dan

"Well, they'll have to do it again then, won't they?" :D

Hi Steve, I was well surprised to receive the rear pads off you today! I had completely forgotten that Smithy told me (many months ago) you had a set which were coming my way! Many thanks for remembering mate! All the best, Dan

See, I told you I had trouble understanding this the first time round! I'll go and make the necessary ammendments now and then get my coat ... Thanks Andy - I usually hate to see people put up incorrect technical information and treat it as "law", now I'm one of those people as well ... :( Cheerio! Dan

Thanks Mike! Always nice to speak to you. We already have a "best trader" award and DTA was runner-up last year. Smithy's took pole position and seeing as how I now own both businesses ... ;) Enjoy the holiday mate! Dan

I'm aware of that but like you say this transfer is minimal as the air doesn't hang around long enough to soak up a significant amount of heat. AnthonyD - can you let me know when the SFS pipes are with you ;) Cheers! Dan

A U/D crank pulley is a smaller and lighter version of the stock crank pulley. As there is less weight for the crank to spin around it requires less power to spin it, this is where you gain a few bhp. As the diameter of the pulley is smaller it will spin around slower than a stock sized pulley (basic law of physics which states something to the effect that any point on the circumference of a circle will spin slower the closer it gets to the centre point). Because it spins slower it will also cause the other pulleys to spin slower (ie, the water pump will push less water through during any given time unit which could potentially lead to overheating problems). This is a bad thing because it puts undue stress on the various components within the water pump. The way around this is to also install an Over Drive (or O/D) water pump pulley. Because the diameter of an O/D water pump pulley is larger than the stock water pump pulley it will spin faster. And because the U/D crank pulley spins slower and the O/D water pump pulley spins faster the resulting rate of spin of the water pump is identical to the stock rate of spin. I'm sorry if the above sounds like gobbledegook - it took me some time to understand it as well. Basically, if you are considering going down the route of installing a U/D crank pulley to "free up" some bhp then please also seriously consider installing an O/D water pump pulley. Furthermore, when changing to a U/D pulley you will need to change the belts for different sized belts. I've got a list here which shows every pulley itteration possible and the corresponding belt sizes. NB - JDM and UK spec cars have different sized stock belts so this complicates it even more! As for the insurance issue, anything that increases the bhp of a car - regardless of whether or not it is listed on their modification index - needs to be declared. Failure to do so could potentially invalidate the policy. HTH Dan

This is indeed correct. You need at least 4-ply hoses in order for them to have the structural rigidity to withstand the various pressures when under load (hope that makes sense ...) As I deal quite extensively in silicone hoses (and kits) from various UK and foreign manufacturers I have seen quite a few of these boost pipe kits which bulge and buckle under pressure (= not good). Hoses obtained from China (and to a certain extend the USA as well) do indeed contain a lot of fillers which does absolutely nothing for the integrity of the hose. In fact, I recently received a cold air induction kit for a 350Z from the US which contained what they claim was "blue silicone couplers" ... Lets just say that not in 100 years were the couplers made from silicone and there is no way I would let that kit go out to a customer without changing the couplers for real silicone couplers from either SFS or my own silicone supplier. You get what you pay for! If you want pipes which will NEVER buckle under pressure then go for stainless steel ones. They will never perish, easy to keep clean and look good as well. Heat soak is not really an issue as it gets bloody hot under the bonnet regardless of whether you're running with stainless steel pipes or silicone hoses.

Yes it is Andy. Dubai is one of the 7 (?) Emirates that make up the UAE. As for posting items to Dubai, make sure you have the correct postal address of a business to send it to (and not a PO Box). Residential properties tend not to have a "postal" address as there are an awful lot of unnamed roads in Dubai. Point in case, my parents moved into a huge villa in Al Barsha 2 over two years ago now and despite the promise of a paved access road to their house it is still sand. And the road is still referred to as "No. 2" until the official name is added. Whenever I send something to them it goes straight to my dad's place of work. Dubai is expanding so fast with the amount of houses/apartments but it isn't expanding the infrastructure at the same pace. This is what is leading to the extreme traffic conditions currently experienced all over Dubai.

Hi, Yes, I would imagine your Momo gearknow would fit. Best to let your mechanic fit it when your car is in for the other parts. Let me know if you definitely want it. Cheers, Dan

It shortens the "throw" you have to make to change gears. On a side note, I've got a "non-branded" Short Shifter Kit available at the astonishing price of £20 including P+P. This is a one-off price as I have no intentions of ever buying these in again. You would need to supply your own gear knob. Dan

Not a problem Andy - glad to be of service to the ZX community! :D Cheerio! Dan

This is indeed true. The amount of light projected onto the road (measured in "lumens") is inversely proportional to the colour temperature. See table below for approximate values of our kits: 4500K = 3400Lumen 6000K = 3280Lumen 8000K = 2500Lumen 10000K = 2100Lumen As you can see, as the colour temperature goes up (ie becomes more blue/purple) the amount of projected light goes down. One thing I forgot to mention in my original essay of a response (;)) is that it is always best to change both HID bulbs at the same time, especially if you are changing bulb brand. There are slight variations in light colour between the various manufacturers. I once tested a pair of 6000K bulbs side by side - one was made by Philips and the other by Hella - the Philips bulb was bluer/white where as the Hella bulb had a greenish/white colour. Both bulbs were rated at 6000K so it just goes to show that there are subtle differences between all the kits out there. One thing I would recommend is stay away from ebay kits. Yes, there are a few people out there who have had no problem with these kits and they function fine however, I hear my share of horror stories especially warranty related issues. All our kits come with a 1 year replacement guarantee and you always have a local point of contact to deal with. Not someone half way around the world.

OK - once again for those who've just joined the programme: Technically speaking, and if you take the law at its word, retrofitting a HID conversion kit into your existing headlights is ILLEGAL. The primary reason for this is that it invalidates the E-Mark of the headlights which was obtained and applies to the headlight unit and the original lightbulb for which it was designed. In our case it means halogen bulbs. E-Marking applies to the ENTIRE headlight unit (ie, the housing and lightbulbs). Therefore, if you change the halogen bulb for a HID bulb you are altering the way the headlight works and thereby invalidating the E-Mark which in turn is against the law. However, in practice, companies (such as myself) are allowed to continue selling HID conversion kits so long as they are clearly marked "FOR OFF-ROAD USE ONLY" (which is what I do in all my advertising). I have personally operated my Zed with HID's for over three years now and (a) have never had a problem at MOT time and (b) not been pulled over by the police on account of my headlights. The other part of the law concerns NEW vehicles which come onto the UK/EU market with so-called Xenon headlights direct from the manufacturers. These MUST have self-leveling systems and washer units in order to be considered LEGAL. Their headlights will have an E-Mark based on the headlight unit and HID bulb in it. If you were to change the HID bulb to a halogen bulb then that would be illegal as well - go figure! What is of utmost importance when retrofitting HID kits to your car is that you: (a) check the headlight alignment after installation (99% of HID converted headlights will be aimed too high due to longer bulb changing the focal point of the projector lens), and (b) keep both the INSIDE and OUTSIDE of your headlight glass (and projector lens) clean. With regard to point (b) above, dirty headlights will scatter the light emitted by the HID bulb and cause glare to oncoming drivers. Remember, HID bulbs burn approximately 300% brighter than the brightest halogen bulb so the potential to blind oncoming traffic is significantly increased with HID equipped headlights. Now for the colours: 4500K: pure white (mostly fitted to new cars as OEM equipment) 6000K: white/blue (most effective upgrade when retrofitting) 8000K: white/purple (less light output than 6000K kit) 10000K+: purple (even less light output than 8000K kit) I have been selling HID kits for over 3 years now and only sell the 6000K kits. If you are worried about being pulled over by the police on account of your headlights I would STRONGLY suggest you DO NOT fit 8000K or 10000K kits as these are far too purple and will be picked out by the police or MOT station. Also, there is hardly any benifit in fitting the 8000K/10000K kits as you won't have any more light put out onto the road than with the stock 55W halogen bulbs. Furthermore, for those of you worried that upgrading your headlights with HID's will melt the wiring harness - it WON'T! Stock halogen bulbs consume 55W of power, HID's consume 28~35W of power once warmed up. The initial current and voltage require to ignite the bulbs is significantly higher but is completely regulated by the ballast. The car-side wiring loom never sees more than a 55W draw and so will not "melt". HID conversions are more suited to cars equipped with projector style headlights than reflector style (on a Zed, dip beam is projector style, main beam is reflector style). If anyone has any further question please feel free to contact me. We've got HID kits available priced between £99 to £215 depending on the application. Cheers, Dan

Yes and no. Goodridge only every fabricated the lines with one type of ending. It is Nissan who has changed the endings on the car side. Some are male, some are female, some are convex, some are concave ... go figure. I have it on good authority (straight from a Nissan engineer over in Japan) that they (still) tend to put connectors on the car that they can readily get at the time of production. So there must have been occassions that one type of connector wasn't available so they used a different type. As far as I'm aware all calliper ends are the same. Dan

That's exactly the problem with these goodridge hoses (direct from factory) - they will fit on some cars but not on others. And it's been a real PITA to get them to include the correct adapters, etc. The hoses I'm working on are now about 2 weeks away from completion!

Hi Nina, Got your e-mail - will get you a quote ASAP with shipping to Andy. Regards, Dan

Hi, You should expect to pay around 22% import duty/VAT - this is on the TOTAL SHIPPED value of the consignment (ie, add value of order and shipping costs and then add 22%). I can take the hassle out of this for your if you like as I regularly order from Z1. PM me your wishlist and I'll see what I can do for you. Cheers! Dan