Stephen

You can get fibreglass replacements.

Looks like a ferry terminal but I dunno which one.

That’s a solid answer there Andrew. You even included the source, well done for taking the time over that.

Just to complicate things, ride height will effect the way the wheel sits in relation to the arch. What’s perfect offset for one persons ride height isn’t for another.

Your so dramatic. :lol:

Cool have a look at this; http://twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/technical/view/922678/The-6-Ps-Proper-Preparation-Prevents-Piss-Poor-Performancegt.html You will want you ECU socketed, this gives you options. Mine was done by a member on here, I won’t say who cos it’s not fair to volunteer them. With what your suggesting I’ve typically witnessed about 330-340bhp at 14psi. I’m currently running a Turbonoz chip but it’s a bit rich at WOT running low 11 AFRs. Few more mods than your planning. The car makes good power though, it went on the dyno last year and made just shy of 380fwhp.

You asked a reasonable question. Ali has given you a reasonable answer. What is your intention and budget? Have you preformed and/all your service and prevention stuff, such as oil, cambelt etc all up to schedule?

The Rays are staggered. 8j front 8.5J rear iirc. 265 would be too big on them.

Or even the M4 Richard :lol:

I’m guessing you find it hard to read. Many moons ago I scoured horizontal lines in mine on one of the plain sides, easy to read.

You can loose/liberate a fair few quid in a once in a while transaction if your chosen car is worth in excess of a million...

Congratulations mate. Mines 11 months old now and I’ve done very little on the Z recently. Make the most of it whilst she’s still and napping a lot, mins crawls now and is a one woman army of destruction and distraction:lol:

Regardless of what said the classic/collectible car market a large portion of it is about tax. There’s a lot of people investing in high end Porsche’s and the like, many of them have little interest in the cars.

My point is in comparison to more traditional mainstream platforms like the RB the parts, support and knowledge aren’t the same. You can buy a nice big cheap turbo, like a holset a single turbo manifold and some injectors. An afternoon and a few cups of tea your off to the dyno. A VG after scouring the internet, purchasing two turbos from a limited range you will spend the best part of a day swearing as you split your knuckles getting the block out. Then spend another afternoon having a ham fisted argument with the turbos getting them off the block. You umm’d and arr’d about those MPS manifolds because of the cost and opted out. Then you spent the rest of day fitting the injectors with your adapters. Next day, block in and if there’s time your modifying your loom to accept the injectors. Now it’s just time to find someone who wants to map it. That’s how most people look at it. There’s a reason why S bodies are more expensive than Z32s and not just drift tax, right or wrong that’s the perception.

Is the VG underrated? Yes! No question. As pointed out it’s actually superior to the legendary RB. It is however an expensive block to tune, not many options for single turbo conversion, space is a problem, just a nuisance engine. Obviously more expensive to purchase upgrontbother engines are cheaper and better supported for modifications. You can get 500hp naturally aspirated out of an LS lump but it’s a comparitavily expensive block.

That last bit is so important. It’s not just financial but time too, any project is massively consuming and can spiral out of hand, well intentioned dreams are hampered by reality. So he builds some 700hp Engine, there’s then a raft of snags. What does he really want and expect.

Things change a lot in this game. Despite the insistence of those who haven’t moved for 39 years, it’s rarely a fast process. A lot of friends are buying at present and it follows a trend. On average from offer to getting the keys in hand takes 12 weeks. Now I know it can be done faster but in the half a dozen cases Ive been close to in the last three years it isn’t. The process for us was a nightmare and I’d have happily strangled our solicitor more than once and his smug ass receptionist. Like Pete said they seem to frustrate things on stupid points. One of my mates spent a fortnight waiting, whilst they were arguing over a non existent wall and refusing the exchange of contract. Something about a missing certificate. In the end it transpired it never existed. I’m pretty sure they drag it all out deliberately. Can’t wait to do it all again...

A modern multigeared automatic, like what you will find in high end merc etc, brilliant. The archaic Autobox in a Z32, is a power sucking dullard that ruins the car it’s attached to. I’d take an NA manual over a TT auto. Infact if i had to convert back to auto I’d sell the damn thing!

It took some doing but it allows a much larger tree. Glass ceiling my arse!

This is ours, it seems to have a baby magnet in it. She just sat there saying “wow” repeatedly. Now every time I look the other way she’s trying to grab it. You’d think after 26 christmases my wife would get over it :lol:

Looks like an incomplete set of 2.5” intercooler pipes, worth a few quid if complete. Have a look at the Ash, Z1 etc kits to give you an idea what’s missing. Think your missing the four bits by the rad

Right I’m out. One month self imposed ban.

You wouldn’t, but surely you know what state it’s in if you’ve removed it each time you’ve painted the car... you’ve said it’s in good nick, so you will only know by replacing it. You need to appreciate that your on a whole different plane of anal to most of us, most of don’t replace every last bolt and seal that’s not faulty.

Didn’t mention anything like that... your referring to the body to tailgate seal no?

Surely you’ve done this 100xs yourself every time you paint your car? :?