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Sent Jeff an email, looks like a quite a drive from the east coast.

I'll have to give them a ring then, I'm looking for someplace that is going to put the car on a dyno, and write the program specifically for my Z. I already have an EPROM "pre-written" for my mods, but the car is running far far too rich, and I am out of ideas on what it could be. It needs someone with more experience than myself to sort it out and either re-write the EPROM or identify what the issue is.

Greetings all, first off I know that everyone has "their shop" and their preferences, so on and so forth. But is there any one shop in the UK that has the top reputation, no history of shenanigens, and a solid record of integrity, that most everyone can agree on? I'm considering getting my Z tuned properly, but want to make sure it goes someplace that will actually do it properly and has a solid track record with Z32's. I'm not sure if there is any significant difference in petrol between the UK and Germany, so it might even be a moot point. Anyway, this will require a ferry trip and certainly at least one night, possibly two, as well as using up leave time from work. So I want to do this once, and get it right, can you guys refer me to the right place?

cool, thanks

after seeing the amount of oil in my plenum recently, I have been giving this some serious thought but couldnt find anything that would be an easy fit. I am thinking the can would have to be that small to make easy installation possible. Where do you plan to mount it and how?

195 Euros for the day, 4 sessions, a 5th possible I live about 60 miles away, got a spare bedroom and room for a couple extra cars. It would be sweet to get 2 or 3 or even more Z32's out there. I got all the tools necessary to swap pads etc etc, and I should have some brake fluid and equipment for brake bleeding this week. Only thing I don't have is a quality camera. I'm definitely going, already took the day off. It's a monday. Let me know.

Yeah, I've never dealt with getting a motor from Kyle, but he isnt one of the best, he is the best. Something like a blocked passage isnt something he would overlook. Another thing is that I have noticed that these motors require being tilted forward-end up while burping air from coolant system. If you had a bone dry motor, and the shop did not know this and just tried to run coolant thru the system with the motor level and without some method of forcing air out, then it is entirely possible that hot spots could have developed. I have caught it myself on my own car when I flushed the coolant and thought it was air free but watched the temps rise well above 200F just while idling. I read up on it on twinturbo.net and found out about the need to jack up the front end. When I did this, a lot of air bubbled out of the system. And my collant temps were steady 178F afterwards with no other changes. Maybe this is common knowledge on cars in general, or maybe it is just one of the little nuances of the Z32, either way, if a shop didn't service the coolant system correctly and then goofed with the E. Fan to make matters worse, you'd definitely be looking at a head gasket blown. Good luck, but I doubt your shop would own up to it, if they are even aware that they did cause the overheat. I'm sure Kyle will do a lot to help resolve and get to the bottom of this

I'm not a pilot, but I do fly on the NATO E-3.

Oops I see now there is a pics message board a little further down, sorry. Somebody make the ferry-trip please, I want to go to track days with a fellow english-speakers!

I dont see any activity on the Nurburgring thread in events. Anybody up for it? I'm going back to SPA on Sept 27th. Open invite to who ever wants to come, I have an extra bedroom, and the drive is approx one hour due to stupid belgian low speed limits. Sunday, the NATO base here in Germany is letting the local enthusiast's club play out on the runway. I'm pretty psyched for it, will be my first experience with the local club which is a mix of anyone with a sportscar. I'm up for a 'ring trip whenever, just need a week's notice or so to make sure I am not going to be flying or out of town. I know a few of you brits are located in Deutschland like myself. Enjoy the pics Sorry for such poor quality, dunno when I will ever upgrade with all the money I plan to spend attending driving events. Rest of the pics HERE

sorry, make that the 21st July 21st is when I plan on going, even if I dont have the new tires on the car, I still plan on going and taking it easy around the track just to get a feel for the place, and then come back in a month or two to push it a little harder.

Pick a date so I can take my leave and be sure to be in-town for it, or you guys can meet up with me and we can go to SPA-Francorchamps on the 24th. Much closer, might even be lighter on the wallett.

Is anyone going to make this trip? As it stands now, I may pass on it in order to go to SPA on the 24th. Less opportunites to drive SPA, Nur is open to public quite often.

With the exchange rate, wouldnt the price be close to that for you guys?

Latest is that they have the pre-orders to go ahead with it. AND more good news..... They said on twinturbo.net yesterday that they are "definitely going to make a 2+2 version". "We already have an extremely clean 2+2 waiting to be worked on, and it wouldn't take more than 1.5 months working full time on it before we have the design done."

Jacking the car up and getting it off the ground is always the most stressful part of any job for me. I have actually had a factory jack snap on me, but I was using it improperly at the time. I recommend using a couple of planks screwed together and of course stepped to create a small ramp for the front wheels. The key is to make sure the top plank on each ramp is long enough to allow for the car to roll back slightly when jacking the rear up onto stands without risking the front wheels rolling back down the ramp. Or if you are the woodworking type, you can create a dip/depression in the top planks for the wheels to settle into place. Either way, with the fronts already part way up to jackstand height while sitting on the ramps, the rear of the car wont be at such a worrisome angle relative to the front and you can more easily get your floor jack onto the front cross member in order to jack it up. That's how I lift mine, I still worry, but I worry much less than before.

I wouldnt hold your breath for a 2+2 version. I am almost positive there are only 3 Z32s left in Peru, and the twins own 2 of them, and used to own the third. All of them being 2seaters IIRC, so they dont even have a 2+2 to work with even if they wanted to.

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For the next 2-3 months I dont know if I will have the time, but once the hectic part of my job is over, just let me know and I'll be there so long as it isnt too far away. I am tentatively planning to go to the Auto Technica Essen in April.

Likely wont be going back. Wife wants to visit her family in S America now and again, so I honestly cant afford to spend thousands of $$ (yes, I am still getting paid in USD:censored:) on airfare each year for us to go visiting everyone.

Will do! Yep I didnt get the memo that HDD cameras no workie on rigid camera mounts. I plan to have a very slick (and of course concealed) multi camera setup installed into the car in time for the 'ring. Only a matter of funds as the wife and I have other priorities than video toys for my toy. I'll do my best though.

Those pics bring bitter sweet memories. Track time is sweet when it goes well. Pic 1 would fall under sweet category. Track time is bitter when things are off. Pic 2 would be me pulling off the track IIRC, due to the massive boost leak cutting rpms at 3k, which I am looking for in pic 3. And of course to top it all off, the video camera recorded absolutely nothing the entire day, even after I had the car running halfway properly. I wont lie Si, the transition from the US to Germany has not gone well at all. I wont bore you with the details here, but thankfully apart from the minor issues on my Z (intake leak under the plenum, and exhaust leak at the turbo flange) which I brought with me from Oklahoma, the Z arrived without a hitch in the process. I am especially psyched to go to the 'ring and SPA this year, I'd like to join up with you guys' Nurburgring group this summer if that's allright. Thanks for the travel tip! I havent started planning the trip to the UK in any solid terms yet, so I was completely unaware that there were better options to cross the channel than the tunnel. I cant wait to visit, I havent been to England in 17 yrs.

That looks like a good time. I think September may be a good time for me to try to make it across the channel for a trip anyway.