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Welcome. Nice Z

Nice. I seem to recall that this club used too (maybe still does?), have a member with a KITT replica too.

Nice resto and great looking shorty. Welcome to the club

Tickets in advance only or can buy entry on arrival ?

Sad to see you go Gio, you've been a constant on here for longer than I can remember. While living somewhere without cars would be my kind of hell, I'm sure it has many other endearing qualities. Wishing you all the best. David

Chassis code is RZ34. There is no Z35, its a heavily facelifted 370z.

Highest engine wear is on a cold engine and slowest way to warm up an engine is sat idling. Plus various other reasons such as Carbon build up in the combutsion chamber, spark plug fowling, Exhaust condensation is not properly cleared out....etc Nice legacy. My daily is a Facelift 3.0R Spec B 6speed.

Congrats on the purchase. Its uses a single bolt fixing into the seat base.

There is a very big difference between a modern ZF 7/8speed autobox or dual clutch automatic and a late 80's autobox. Todays auto's are far more intutive, with seamless instant changes that actually make the cars quicker, feel far more directrly connected to the wheels and usually come with Paddle shifters for more manual control. The Z autobox is a lot slower to change gear, doesnt always pick the right gear at the right time, suffers with a lot of torque convertor slip and is a lot weaker/less reliable than its manual counterpart. Besides that, the Auto equipped Z32 makes less power due to Turbo and exhaust camshaft differences in an attempt to claw back some response. It then transfers less of that power to the ground due to the lower transmission efficiency.

https://dta-motorsport.com/ (550 = Injector size(flow rate))

Despite a few health scares as of late, his passing was still a massive shock to everyone at Williams. Today we left our condolences for him. I will always treasure the memories I have of Frank. His constant presence around the Factory, the many times he would visit the design office late at night and make a joke about keeping the noise down. The way he would always smile and greet you as you rushed about your day or the many times he would be happy for you to stop for a casual chat. He was an idol for me growing up, his passion, enthusiasm and dedication to the sport was like no other, and it has been an absolute honor to know him. RIP Frank.

This thread was confusing enough without the username change since Legrath 2003-2009

ah, ofcourse its the VQ30DE but with some sort of hybrid VQ/VG intake manifold by the looks it it. Just spotted the comment about Direct injection too.

Cant decide if thats lazy or genius. They must of had hood clearance issues, as thats a redesigned Plenum with the Throttle linkage relocated. Not sure why the Camgear covers were changed to what looks like cast aluminium though Rest of the car is hideous though,

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Welcome. An E34 (535i Sport) was the car I sold to buy my first Z back in 2003.

Welcome ! Glad you have found yourself a tidy 300zx you are happy with, and the car is in good hands with Jimmer. Finding a good condition, well looked after example is not an easy thing unfortunatly. Not personally a fan of the veilside, but it doesnt matter what I or anyone else think. Although I would take the previous owners comment about it being a Veilside demo car with a pinch of salt. They did have a C-1 demo car but it was silver, and yours is missing some of the full kit. Thats not to say it wasnt another retailers demo car though.

Has anyone tried your local Nissan dealer lately ? Back in the day they used to be cheaper for lot of OEM parts than other UK specialists or than Importing from the U.S.

What sort of response were you expecting ? Do I know you? , you seem riled up

? Another arm chair expert here.

We will bounce back because of this (hopefully). James Matthews, (Pippa Middletons husband) is the main owner for Williams now (along with his 2 Investment firm directors from Dorilton). We held on as the only last true UK F1 team and family owned, but it had to happen. There is still a lot of people at WIlliams that have been here for many decades. Sad to see Claire and Frank go though, had very emotional Video call with her this morning before the news went to press. Will certainly miss seeing Frank everyday.

You might also find the TT bumper more appealing (Lower Front valance, with cooling slats or there is also the Nissan Facelift front bumper (1999-2000). Depends how purist you are,

Not these days. Back in the Bernie days he used to sweet talk teams by providing spare passes, that were often "raffled" off internally, but these days they are so limited and tightly controlled we dont get any spares for ourselves let alone friends and family. Silverstone being the one exception, but even then its very limited between teams.

Thats a little different. Rather than a fake engine noise, It amplifies the M4 engine Induction/exhaust back into the cabin so the driver can hear it over the modern soundproofing. The M4 sounds great outside the car.

Modern Fords come with an App that allow you to choose different sounds. A friend uses the V8 setting on his...the speaker is outside under the car and matches engine RPM.