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Diesel - WTF? LOL

Thats awesome - makes the engine bay look big and roomy! Great looking Zed!

Sorry - I thought this was a thread about boats and planes:winkiss:

SO a few people have done V8 conversions.. I've seen an american zed with a Supra JZ1 turbo lump in it.. What else has people stuck under the zed's bonnet? Anyone ever done a RB conversion? (RB25, RB26 etc) Whats the smallest engine ever put in a Zed? CHeers

Gaffa tape. then put a seat cover over it, until you get funds. Or 1 litre of petrol and a match should fix it pretty quickly..:tt2: you could probably buy some fabric based glue to stick on a patch too. Or you could just close your eyes every time you get in and out and hope that no-one else notices..

Just seen youre called stu - does that mean the engine transplant is on then?

RB30Z32? As in RB30DETT? As in monster skyline engined Z32? Or (rather more disappointingly) are your initials RB, your age 30 and... well the rest is obvious? Please tell me, you intend to create the mother-of-all beasts once you've found your donor car.. Shit tops, ahem - sorry, slick tops were SWB only. The logic behind this was, that if you can't afford the luxury t-bar - then you probably couldn't afford children either:lol: Hence why all sluckys are 2 seats only. Mr Nissan told me this, so I know it to be 100% true. Cheers

I wouldn't worry too much - its easy to get paranoid about smoking exhausts. if i haven't driven my car for over a week it smokes (gently) for the first 3-4mins. After that its business as usual. so somethin is leaking a little or a bit worn, but until it becomes a problem - its not worth worrying about. keep an eye on the situation, check your mirrors when accelerating hard (occaisionally) and see if its using oil. Could be nothing more than a bit of residual moisture/condensation evaporating once warmed up.. cheers

easy bud, quite a few members with/had mr2s on here. Its another underrated Jap star! probably a good idea to get up close and personal with a zed before buying one - let yourself know what you're in for! Nice ride by the way. Cheers

A three year course in wheel clamping? now you're stretching the realms of reality a little... A wheel clamping course would be at least 5 yrs:tt2: The thing is, a lot of people who go to uni don't end up in the profession they expected. I wanted to write articles for car mags and generally get paid to drive fast cars. In reality I ended up doing something less pretentious and more practicle, but - my uni course showed that I could apply myself to a certain subject and achieve 'x' amount at it. I'm not a failure just because I didn't get a career in motoring journalism - but at least I got a shot at it. I was the last year to get grants towards my higher education and feel very fortunate for it. I think its unfair to deny students something that I benefitted from. Today's students are already leaving uni with 20k+ of debt, which, to me, is totally unacceptable. To some students this will undoubtedly put them off - and more likely - poorer students, from less well off backgrounds. One of these unfortunates might just find the cure for cancer or how to elicit energy from anti-matter. But if they miss out on their chance purely for financial reasons, then IMO - theres something very wrong with the system. If I had my time again, I'd do an engineering degree and actually try and utilise my education. But don't assume all students are merely tossing it off just because they don't know what they want to do. Many people change careers in todays society and economic uncertainty. Yes, students do have an easy life - I can't defend that, but they only get out what they put in. But their opportunity should not be limited to their ability to pay.

I have to say some of you are a bit narrow minded here.. You're saying 'why should I pay for their education'.. What? A great deal of these people will go on to become high earners and therefor high tax contributors and effectively pay back their costs to society many times over. The thing that is getting my back up is that you're having a go at students cos they're an easy target which have been clearly stereotyped, when in fact most students do decent courses and have decent aspirations. Not all, but the majority. Just cos some of you didn't get the chance to spend 3 years in a drug-fuelled drunken stupor shagging anything that moved, don't be spiteful - you had the same chance as anyone else. And that's the whole fooking point of the argument. If you wanna pick on groups within society focus you're aim on the scrounging masses who have no aspirations or intentions of contributing to the system. In fact, I've never been to hospital - so why the fook should I pay for all you tossers who keep hurting yourselves and getting sick. Fook off to some other country you fooking accident prone bunch of weazing, sneazing toss bags..:blushing: Now - if you haven't got a problem with that last statement - fine, I'll accept your rant at students. But basically, my point is - not everyone uses the full extent of what this country has to offer, but does that mean we shouldn't have to contribute? How do you want the country to end up? The first thing they ask you when you go to hospital 'Do you have you're credit card sir/madam', or when your kids go to school, or whenever you do anything frankly. Look at the bigger picture.. WHo's gonna discover the next great leap in green fuel technology? It ain't gonna be some spotty kid on an apprenticeship at his local garage is it? The country (infact, all countries), need educated people to advance technology, build stuff, design stuff and generally do what the masses can't.

I went to Uni. I did Media Studies and Pro Writing. After a couple of years I made a career for myself digging shite out of rivers, lakes and canals:clown: So, yes it was a waste of time and I completely agree - I tossed it off for 3.5yrs (had to do a re-sit). I also had the best time of my life. I worked all the way through my uni course - restaurants, courier jobs etc - and life was sweet. Even though I worked I still left with a lot of debt. So as soon as I finished my course I took a job, any job, to start earning. I spent 6 months working in a microwave meal factory and another 6 months knocking on doors selling gas and electric. I elected to pay my loan off straight away as I wanted to be debt free befor I was 30. At no point did I think about not paying back what I owe. So not all students are sponging scroungers who think the world owes them a living. Quite a few are - but being generalistic about huge swathes of the public is tantamount to ignorancy. Many students do actually go to learn a career and do something useful and meaningful with their lives. Don't judge the many based on only a few. Without higher education society would be a worse place and more elitest than it already is. It shouldn't just be available to the rich, it should be available to everyone (even if they do just toss it off).

If it were me, I'd hire a hit man for 50k - that'd teach the greedy gold digging slag "hands of me gold, slaaaag - d'argh" :chris:

Stunning Nice one Allan

I've just conducted a quick national survey.. There are: 4372 Z32s registered in the UK. 3112 are declared SORN 1208 are registered to addresses with more than 2 other vehicles 52 are in regular use.. of which.. 6 have not broke down in the last 12 minutes meaning - they're as rare as rocking horse muck Whilst writing this another 4 Zeds have been put on axle stands and 3 have been diagnosed with terminal oil cancer:blink:

Hang in there chris, took me 5 months to find the right car at the right price:detective: ..and then it was in scotchland:ohmy: what you looking for and whats your budget - there's many pairs of eyes on this forum! Cheers

My car is worth 20k - fact:tt2: Doesn't matter how much you ask for a car, the only important thing is what you actually sell it for. No-one advertises a car at the price they want, cos they know they'll get haggled down.. Generally, I think the prices have pretty much bottomed out - if you can pick a MOT failure up for under £1k then they can't exactly get much cheaper. But every time a little zed badge goes up to the big garage in the sky, it probably adds another £1.37 to the value of our cars. Every cloud.. I'll accept 17.5k though

Absolutely effin ace! Scenery is almost as spectacular as the stunts.:drool: I'm guessing he has some pretty serious scars from his exploits!:pinch: Good post

Were you calling about the Skyline or RX7? Ad for the R33 said he couldn't get insurance, but not the RX7 which the link was too..:confused1: Skyline had been in a accident and RX7 looks suspiciously cheap considering it had a rebuild 15k ago.. A great looking motor though (one of the best lookin Jap cars ever..).

BMW 840? Don't get me wrong - I like the 8 series too, but for about £2k yer man ain't gonna find a tidy one. If it needs any parts or (shudder the thought) a diagnostics at a BMW garage then it'll blow several hundreds of hard earned without a second glance. Stay well clear is my advice. Stick with something Japanese. R33 is a pretty robust car. Engines that have been well maintained and not excessively tuned should be bomb proof. And, as mentioned earlier, it should be realistic to get a half decent one for the budget mentioned on the thread starter. Car Mad - some things to check 1) Turbo (the obvious) 2) 2nd Gear in 'box difficult to locate/engage (especiallly when cold) 3) Rust under rear arches These are a few of the common problems with skylines. Generally though, to a Zed owner, these cars are pretty simple. There's nothing particularly obtuse or well hidden that will catch you out. Straight sixes are great engines, way better than a V IMO. If you can spot a lemon generally, you should be fine when viewing an R33. Cheers

Oh my shame... Wondered what those pad-shaped outlines on the discs were from. Turns out I'm a muppet and should be shot for my amatuer-ish attempt to bed-in new pads. I will never live this down:crying: On the plus side, common sense told me to try some hard stops from speed when the vibration first appeared after some spirited driving. Result - wobble free brakes again (for now, anyway). Really good article that - well pleased I've read it, my brakes will be thankful too! Nice one

I think we should paws for thought and consider all those cats that haven't been so lucky:lol:

LOL - you're having a bad day obviously! Yeah, skylines can breakdown like any other cars - but generally the RB25DET is less complicated and easier to maintain than a VG30. Just don't see the point of having 2 Zeds - even if I do love em.. (sorry Gaz).

Lol w-a-n-k-e-l pmsl

Skyline.. Skyline was the best car I've owned to date (not had the zed long enough to prove itself, yet). I had an R32, my mate has an R33 runnin about 300bhp - both were very good and reliable cars (much more so than a zed it seems). RX7 is a great looking car but those ****el rotor tips are too fragile, no torque and drink fuel. Shame really. S14 Silvia/200SX maybe?