MikeGroves

I fence (yes it is a martial art, one of bruce lees favorite infact :p) I used to do karate but it was not for me really, I am going to be starting aikido in a few weeks, that really interests me.

American history X says so much it is impossible to go into, Im not surprised you didn't like it really. Besides it would spoil it for everyone here who hasn't seen it. Again The matrix, like american history x is about society and how we believe what we see and look no further. Brilliant film which changed the film industry forever interms of the effects and camera work. Maybe you don't get into society much :) Rocky Horror Show - Totally serious, one of my most favorite DVDs, just a good laugh all the way along, and richard o brien is a genius

I think craig is working on putting all the old content back Zed is what we drive, 300 zed ex americans call it zee though I think http://www.300zx.org.uk is a good site for techincal details

I wasnt taking the piss :) most people listen to the things which are cheap to the wallet though what exactly happened to your car? ive heard anything from its a metro to its on its 5th engines rebuild :)

I think it is ok, I am seriously colour blind and I can use it all ok, as long as it isn't yellow on cream it should be ok. As long as the colours contrast well against each other then colourblind people are fine, Strangely, even though im colour blind I can match colours together quite well (well at least i think i can)

300z is obsessed with turbo failure, guess one to many experiences :O) I worry about my turbos at night even though they only have 45k on them,

I think the problem is noone knows because noone has done it, why don't you be the first on the board to seriously delve into this pratcise, im sure local weighbridge will give you a good price to use their scales

Ok Im doing some simple calculations, car weighs 3480lbs 280bhp 1/4 mile time based on this = 14.34seconds ok lets remove 400lbs (181kilos) 1/4 mile time = 13.77 seconds now lets add 100bhp which isn't unreasonable. 1/4mile = 12.95 100bhp with 400lbs removed 1/4mile = 12.44 All based on power weight calculation, doesn't take into account the traction changes or balance changes.

I don't think you can take enough weight off to make it worht the hassle, and yes petrol in a tank is just as valid as removing the seats, but 20x easier to do (empty a tank in around 150miles at 7k lol) Every one knows you have a valid point in power to weight ratio but I doubt there is anyone who would be bothered to do it on a road car. I don't think you can do it safely though, you will seriously mess with the weight distribution of a car, structual stresses will be different and the load on the engine will be different. your suspension will shift about as well so you'd need new adjustable shox and a day on track to get the whole thing rebalenced. Seriously nelson, you should sell the zed and invest in a westfield, people on westfield forums love nothing more than discussing pwer to weight distribution, different engines ect, and it will be a lot easier in the long run.

Mine is currently the colour of the shite that gets pumped out of all the buses in london, must clean it

With mass reduction you have to go the whole hog and strip everything, this is my argument I weigh around 71 kilos i think, so I will get the same performance as a person who weights 80kilos but has removed 9 kilos of weight from their car. Also an extra passenger, say an extra 54 kilos, and then 72 litres of fuel at around 72kilos So if I am on my own with 5kilos of fuel and about to drag a stock zed but this zed has a full tank, passenger and they weigh 80 kilos, That means they would have to strip 130kilos from there car to get the same advantage. What about if I leave my targa blinds at home (ignoring drag coeeficient) I mean if you are going to strip a car you don't start with the mechanics, you start with the interior, take out all the seats, spare wheel, tools ash tray holdings, put in a light ricaro seet one of only, by then you've got a car which may be .2seconds quicker but the only benifit is you don't have to sit in the car for .2 seconds longer because it is so uncomfortable. Beside these cars are finely balenced, if you start removing significant chunks of metal from around the chassis you are going to alter the way the car is balenced, and ultimately make it unsafe. Besides even when you have spent hours reducing the weight, someone with an exhaust, iduction kit and ecu is going to come along and beat you.

stripping down a car can become addictive :) I got carried away with my zx300

what sort of engine wear can it cause? it works by interupting injector signal doesnt it?

Now I guess everyone that bought the racelogic traction control has it working I ws wondering what are your thoughts on it. How exactly does it transform the handling of the car? does it take some of the fun out of driving around roundabouts in the wet? anything weird happened? engines blown up at all? I don't think ill be purchasing it, just interested in how it would feel,

Full metal Jacket, Jay and silent bob strike back Office Space SpaceBalls Matrix FightClub Leon Saving Private Ryan Rocky Horror show American Beauty. If I had to pick one top film of all time however it would defo be american history x, I really like edward norton, anything he is in I will take time out to watch.

hehe, made me cough frosties through my nose :)

I am very careful about my turbos, I let the car idle for 30 seconds before I first drive it, I then drive 5 miles under 3k and wait for temp to be midway and oil pressure to stabalise before I go into turbos, last 2 miles of journey I then don't go over 3k, I then let the car sit for at least 3 minutes and I have let it sit for 10 minutes after one thrashing, whats 5 minutes a few times a day when you think how long the zed could be off the road.

Hey matty, don't dissappear, infact buy a new zed :o)

Yes it is called a domokun, popular in Japan I believe, will probably be big over here sometime.... they are very cute

maybe they like avatars and just don't like a big pair of tits on screen? personally its not my choice for an avatar, I don't think they are not that nice, plonk holly valance;s titties on there and id change my mind

oooh er sailor

I don't like it, a lot of people have to read at work, I like mine the best

the siberian one? :D

and thats why its called "vegatable soup" man I wet myself when he said that, ****ing funny as hell I watched next weeks one, its not as good as this week, uses a very obscure character from season 2. Pam Booth will be making a showing in one episode (anyboooy goot a bootle of othange booth"

thats why i didn't mention the gerbil ;)