Stephen

Been there done that. You’ll wear gloves next time won’t you pike.

Bloody treacle mine.

Steady and consistent Pete.

:lol:

I understand that Chris but I thought it was mostly for cars with McPhearson struts where the towers are tall and are part of the triangle. We don’t have that, we have squat towers, the mounts are very close to the chassis rails and triangluation from the suspension itself. Hopefully Pete will enlighten us as to what difference was made in reality on his next track day.

Our suspension doesn’t work like that though does it? From wha I understand...It’s double wishbone. The vertical force is applied to the upright and any horizontal force applied to the inner wing. This is why the strut can be held in with a pair of small bolts that require low torque settings, the strut is simply located by them. As far as I’m aware the Z32 chassis doesn’t benifit from a front strut brace, particularly those that aren’t solid. There’s some minor benefit to be had in the rear to reduce lateral flex of the shell, some. The major flaw to be rectified and braced is where the front rails meet the main part of the chassis. Those trianglar braces that go behind the wing.

Kg per mm, the amount of force required for compression.

I wouldn’t worry about, mechanics is a hobby. If I was on the customers time I’d be anal like you but that level of fuss is not relevant to a non show car.

I re fitted that belt when I was putting the engine in, in situe. Your right I didn’t care to even think if the text was the right way round. :lol: The pulley. Oh that was a pain. It was on my original engine when I brought the car. When I did the cam belt it was quite obvious compared to the stock pulley the doner had on the marks didn’t align. Based on this discovery I tried to use the stock one but the belts didn’t fit, too short. Being in a hurry and not knowing what I do now I chose to reuse the alloy pulley. What I did though was to mathematically work out the mark and remark the alloy pulley. Checked it mechanically and 0BTDC was observed at TDC. Yes replacing the belts was probably faster but I wasn’t in the position to just grab the belts.

Not many updates at the moment. As you can imagine the house is taking a lot of my time and most of my tools are still in storage. I can’t remember wether I’ve mentioned this but I’ve discovered the radiator has a pin hole. It’s a Japspeed item for probably 7-8 years ago. It’s up the top and is a tiny drip only when pressurised so it’s not actually a massive issue. I wouldn’t take the car on a long journey like this but it only leaks if I top it up. The quandary I’ve got is wether to just pull the rad and have it welded. It’s on the core itself centerally. Or to simply replace. Obviously a blob of weld will cost me virtually nothing but I’m concerned it’s a larger corrosion or defect issue. If it’s a seam on the core, I’m not sure how those tubes are produced it could split. What do you think guys, repair or replace?

Had a quick inspection today. No jack atm so didn’t have a proper look but the Fan/Alternator belt is near on maximum adjustment and is this belt. The Power Steering belt has no markings on it, so I assume it’s old... swear I changed it in my ownership... it’s visibly shinny on the contacting surface though which would suggest to me it’s been slipping. The other is matt. Bit of independent research revealed; The belt I can read is a 4PK1010 First number is the number of ribs, in this example 4. Then the Type of belt, PK. Then the final numbers are length in MM, 1010 in this case. So effectively you can simply count the ribs, take the length and buy generic belt to suit. Brilliant.

Oooo nice task. You’ll have fun cutting that out to clean metal. :thumbup:

The biggest issue is once you go below about 20-30mm lower you need to do things properly or not at all which is expensive and can be faffy. At this stage you only need the stock or small adjustments, no need for expensive and compromising aftermarket arms with solid bushes (which need maintenance). A modest drop, with a spring rate no higher than the 6-4 recommendation, front camber adjustment with shims and some new bushes will give you a very compliant car that’s useable and real world quick. Every bit lower and every aftermarket arm adds compromise. Wether that’s, vibration, noise, crash or simply the places you can go. My cars great but... it’s full of compromises.

Certainly worth a go isn’t it.

Indeed and I don’t think we can honestly say that the average owner is experienced in that respect. It’s a good time for an NA that Pete. Obviously your down on power but less weight and better gearing for the power level. Out of interest Pete have you weighed your Slicktop?

What is the end goal here?

Yeah that’s how it is now. It will even slip on full throttle sometimes. It didn’t use to, or at least it was very infrequently, since a PS fluid leak though it’s every damn time I turn it on. The alternator belt is near the end of adjustment.

Exactly Pete, all over the place. I can’t find that 5 second reference myself but I recall it. The difference between a 5.4 and 6 is tiny. If you really want to know, go try. It’s not like a modern car with launch control, everything is a manual input. Your own 0-60 could be 8 seconds.

Cheers Pete although I recon they’re too long.

In the real world your probably right. Car and Driver managed a flat 5 second time and 5.2-5.4 is widely quoted. These tests are carried about by professional drivers though in good conditions and new cars. 25+ years later, on worn bushes, pot hole riddled UK roads and Bill from Scarborough who works in Sainsbury’s, who lets be honest has had too many kebabs and pies is going to struggle to get his 300Z to 60 before his mobile disco in the back changes dance track. Less Pub talk, more drive...

Maybe no one knows...

The driver is probably the biggest factor. Pig to launch these cars.

If you buy now will you see it before 2030?

It’s not my thing but it’s nice to see people enjoying themselves and being proud to be English. Be nice if the lads won, it’s a once in a lifetime thing and god knows our nation could do with a win right now.

I will be sat here.