Stephen

and another lol http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300-ZX-TURBO-RED-BLACK-LEATHER-18-AZEV-ALLOYS-/321124555231?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4ac483d9df

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Z32-Silver-300ZX-3-0-Twin-Turbo-Manual-Targa-Top-TT-380BHP-VERY-RARE-/171039022337?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27d2b85d01 looks alright aswel

lol that shows how much attention you pay, there already in there!

I'd like to say thanks to two members firstly to Hellraiser for selling me some front seat cheap like the budgey, bllody good ones at that, so my old beaten up front have been replaced, and secondly to 300_zedx for literally giving me a late spec interior in the dark velour and bring along to japfest, what a top chap! Anyways, ive sat there cleaning up the panels this week and they will be fitted this weekend pictures will follow :D

I think you'd be very lucky to find a twin turbo supra for that cash, esp a manual one. However 3k should find you a fairly good 2+2 if you are prepared to hunt about for a good one. Genuine Uk cars CAN be cheaper to insure but that's not guaranteed and realistically it shouldn't be a factor as they are nigh on the same, only minor difference's exist, however 20+ years of poor uk weather will see most in poor shape in the rear portion of the sills and arches, even if that's not apparent at first. That being said, good clean well looked after examples do exist, id your prepared to hunt about. JDM cars aren't always a clean slate in terms of rust, as many have been here for 10+ years now, so although they are likely to be better don't discount rust in the usual places. Sadly most imports have poor paper work trails and are often clocked, so don't go to heavy on what the clocks read. What your really looking for is a car that's been well loved, with plenty of paper work to back up claims and regular servicing, if nothing been replaced either its been hardly used or poorly maintained. Top tip is take it for a damn long test drive, get that engine warm, a lot of issues with these cars don't show on a quick spin, overheating is common as are weaping turbo seals, and other associated engine oil seals when not looked after. Now for the pros. The car has had a reputation for poor reliability because of these things, however a well looked after and serviced example is quite the opposite. Some have got over 300k out the engine, and stock bottom ends have been proven to push over 500bhp reliably, not only that the car has a massive following in the states in a far hotter climate without half these stigmas over overheating etc. They are also pretty good handling cars out the box, as long as the 20+ year old suspension has been looked after/refreshed, two of them (albeit not stock) are currently running in time attack, and a virtually stock one runs in the bdrc, without too many hiccups. The z32 is a very capable sports car, every bit as capable as its similarly power to weight ratio'ed cousins the skyline and the supra, and let me tell you from a 40mph pull on a highway, very few things can keep up with the zed, new or old. Meets wise the south of England is getting busier and busier, next major event would be Simply Japanese on the 4th of august, should be a real variety of zed metal there.

No such thing as a uk slicktop ;) they were all import. Uk only received the 2+2 turbo version.

Oh the door sail, lol I see what you mean, I think its required to keep rigidity. The gauge thing, hrm id never thought about that before.

Don't even get me started.

looks clean and tidy never seen it before though.

They did plan at one point to make it a na v8 however a twin turbo v8 would have been amazing only problem is they were limited to 280hp by the Japanese agreement it was hard enough to restrain our own v6 tt to 280 let alone a v8 tt lol

The second ones you posted up where the ones I was on about, I really don't like the way its designed, the fact half the thread depth isn't actually complete. If tensile strength is an issue as we all know cast ali isn't the best for this purpose and steel has a far better tensile strength why not have them made out of 4130 cromoly steel, its strong as death ive staked my life on for years, in the bmx world. The pricing is stupid aswel, if it can be made from flat sheet like the ones above in the first pictures it can be drawn up on cad, and pumped out in its 100s per sheet on a water jet, thrown in the bead do dar and tapped the to appropriate size job done.

stop being a fanny and get stuck in, then hire a rotivator and churn the crap outta it.

cheers bud nice to put a face on you at last.

was your car at japfest this year?

its the fact half the damn thread is machine out that hes not happy with, I expressed the same concern. much better to take a little off the caliper.

the interview the three guys that walk off half way through are me, Louis my (brother in law) and malcom (hellraisers brother)

awesome list updated to include you guys.

was there to see most of it, for those that weren't he was competing against some serious cars including a supercharged v8 skyline for example, and a pretty much stock 300zx won, fantastic driving. One more victory for z32 is an unreliable beast my arse......

I know what you mean about the rear arches, for me it would be the engine, I like the vg but its turbo layout is a dick simply providing the car with a na v8 would have yielded the same power without the over complications.

I saw a corsa yesterday mostly held together with wood screws, il see if I can photograph it.

literally just having a cuppa before leaving :)

I like my fords, but the angle box never did it for me. :( the lotus twincam engine however is a ripper!

Very true, few people have the type of mind that reacts the way they know they should in an emergency situation, most of us just panic and do the obvious, that's human nature. It takes a lot to conditioning yourself to do the right thing sometimes, take understeer and oversteer for example, your automatic reaction only makes things worse.

Look at that 6 of us already :) if theres enough of us we could probably sort out a BBQ in the evening or some sort of event, there's loads of camp sites locally if anyone wants to make a weekend of it.

no one?