Stephen

Fair comment Si, yeah the stock colour temp would have a better ability to penetrate. It is more focused but it's still a discharge style lamp rather than point source like LED AFAIK.

Yeah, it could still have failed from the water jacket to oil jacket, but it looks like the bottom end is ok...get it tested. Replacing a head gasket is a lot easier/cheaper than rebuilding the while engine. If your plugs are a dry sooty black that indicates poor combustion, think boost leaks, weak spark etc. oil is more gooey where as black soot and wet is fuel fouled. It sounds like it's been over fuelling so lots to check.

How dim are they? And what was the wattage of the kit. The K rating short for kelvin is a measurement of the colour and heat if you like of light rather it's intensity. Different colour wavelengths have different penetration abilities, for example red light doesn't travel very far or penetrate water particularly well, blue on the other hand penetrates extremely well, the offset is though that it takes more power to achieve the same PAR or intensity as the colour temperature goes up. 6.5k is roughly daylight on a bright sunny day. Hid works by exciting crystals with electricity which causes the light emission. Is everything defiantly hooked up correctly? If they arn't getting sufficient power, or the earth is bad ie the circuit is poor they won't illuminate properly. LEDs do the same quite often if you wire them up backwards you get a dim glow rather than an intense light source. If they are a dimmer than the halogens then they are either faulty, fitted incorrectly or the lense is filthy however if the lense was that bad your halogens would have been less than useless, they are poor but they do work as headlights sort of.

Can you do that to a early style one?

You may find if you pull the swage(under the car with the spot welds in)back out so it's vertical that may be enough to pull the bottom of the wing back in and reduce it. Mine was the same I did that and it's noticeably reduced it.

As above there good numbers, if they were 180 ish I'd be getting curious but 160-170 is a good TT. There's some easy ways to spot an NA if you know what your looking for, if your overly worried. But I think it's just a healthy TT. Also mate bear in mind the accuracy of the compression tester, 10psi out at those kinds of pressure isn't a big mis read, it's the consistency that's most important.

Living the dream ey Rich. Wish mine was on the road :(

Welcome. It is similar to draxan's car, I have to agree though bin the meccano.

Welcome o'board me hearties.

Yup he sure is a fountain of knowledge. Still manages to get the occasional flat battery though :p

Have you tried footman James? Sky are often competitive and they're a nice company to deal with.

I think I've seen your car on 300zxclub.com before.

Nice that, good price too. I doubt that will be for sale long probably one of the best for sale ATM face value.

Yeah it's always good to have a chat face to face. It's a nice motor yours aswel.

14 years! I didn't realise you had had it that long. You guys coming to Winchester on the 14th?

Does this mean twinZ will finally be able to call themselves simply Twins?

Despite some claims it's ok if you mark it the speed they rotate at it just won't happen an nth of a degree is enough to ruin them. You can rebuild them at home easy enough but you will need them balanced which sadly isn't cheap.

A seldom seen beast of a car.

Fantastic, anymore takers? Nice chance to discuss ideas put faces on people. Good way to gain helpers for winter projects and know who you will be meeting come spring for the big events.

Yeah, my brother in law is now 21 his insurance in a low crime area at 18 for a fiesta 1L was a whopping 2.5k that was after lots of shopping around.

It's all a massive con, there's not much sense in it either. Small engined cars with no power can be more expensive due to statistics, ie if kids crash them they will cost more. The mx5 or similar may be more to insure than the zed. However a 300hp sports car will likely end up in a straight up no from most companies and those that say yes it will be very high. You've got to get started though, after your first year it will drop drastically. For me now it's cheaper for a zed to insure than a corsa! Insurance is a rip off, fuel is a rip off unfortunately life is a rip off. You have to pay to play. Get yourself a good job and worry about fast cars when your older. For now a sensible hatchback will look after you for the next few years. Have you had a driving lesson yet?

Welcome, nice first drive by the sounds of it. Who is your friend with the white one?

If I'm honest the storesk is one of my least favourites though.

I don't think it's that at all, it's just that most people don't like that bumper. I like ALL the twinZ stuff apart from that bumper. Their demo car is lovely until you see the front.

Arnt they only better below 5 degrees? It's still about 8 at night on average.