Joely P

Interesting thread, always good to flush out these ideas of how to get people involved. Jeff, have you read Nick’s thread about toothless the dragon? It’s a feat of engineering and pretty ground breaking when it comes to the VG30 development in the UK, I reckon a man of your caliber would find it pretty interesting.

Welcome back to the fold fella. [emoji106] Look forward to seeing your new machine.

OMG can you all stop omitting pics from your posts!

Did you have a blat round the track Jeff?

That’s seriously low at the front! #slammed

The regulations are changing regularly so it can be confusing if a tester is doing 99.9% “normal” test criteria based on the year. It’s usually the case that the tester can’t find the model on the test machine and so just inputs it as a 350z which has a stricter test criteria. For info, these are the figures he should be working to taken from the current edition of the test criteria: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676700/in-service-exhaust-emission-standards-for-road-vehicles-19th-edition.pdf

I agree with Nick, you should be able to get around the emissions thing assuming he’s testing it as a 300zx (which he can’t because it won’t be on his database) as he will have to cross reference the limit manually. Do you have a copy of the emissions test sheet by any chance and we can confirm this.

Do you know what month in 1995 it was manufactured?

Will it be transported on a pallet resting on a tyre?!

Time warp car that one! [emoji41]

Absolutely over the moon! Thank you so much to everyone that voted for me amongst this stunning competition, I’m proud to just qualify let alone finish with that many votes!

Get in there Chris!

72L [emoji106]

Yes. When the load is applied on the belt, it puts more strain on the pulley bearing and can cause your symptom. Out of curiosity have you checked the belt condition and tension?

I hope you mean coolant!

In fact, today I took my Z out on a little excursion to investigate the possibility of having my front bumper refinished for the NEC. I thoroughly enjoyed the blast out in the sunshine [emoji3508]

I’ve found it doesn’t matter how many times you remove the front bumper, it’s always a pain in the hoop!

I do like the way that all of this extra engineering has been put in place simply to maintain the air conditioning system, without compromise to your reliable power goals - hats off to you matey! This is OEM+ on steroids!

If the pulley bearing is no good, it won’t spin smoothly and freely and might sound or feel rough.

After the success of this event last year, I really expected it to gather momentum and be even bigger this year. For me there were a few factors that made me drop out, the obvious cost of the weekend with hotel bills etc, child care issues as my wife and I were both keen to come, but more importantly, we move in a few days time and we really needed this weekend to get organised! I do hope that we can make a success of this event as it’s one of the most attractive on the calendar in my eyes. Besides, I like kittens!

Check the tensioner pulley, being low down these tend to suffer first. I had the same issue with mine and found the bearing in the pulley was shot. A replacement bearing for less than £5 and I was good to go!

Does the policy cover driving in Europe?

Feel free to share any details of the car you’re looking at, there’s a good chance that it might be a previous club members car.