wizard

Think I've had mine for nearly 5 years now. Defo the longest I've kept a car. The spec it's at now, there's very little that can compete with it in the price range. Plus I think the car looks and sounds like an exotic and is a good all-rounder GT car.

I remember when I was really young and it was all about trying to look old enough to get into a club. .... Now it's all about trying to look young enough to not look out of place in one! LOL

This track is a proper clubby track. It's really a love or hate thing. Agree that britney is a slag!... not that anyone said that?

I don't get it?

Yep, I'll put it all on a table when we have a good number of cars.

1. Wizard: Vortech v3 3:13 pulley, 'DE bone stock motor, 13psi, Uprev tune, 450bhp / 400lb/ft @hubs, Over 10K boosted miles so far. 2. Sam McGoo:Vortech V2 3"33 pulley,'54 DE stock engine,9.14psi,Uprev@Abbey, 402 HP/336lb/ft @Hubs 25k boosted on a 27k engine.

Ok so I've nicked this idea off the US forum. It would be interesting to get an idea of numbers of how many FI zeds we have in the UK. I think the number of FI cars are slowly increasing as they get older. If you're running forced induction, please add what type of FI (turbo, s/c, nitrous or combination?) and whether you're built motor or stock, how much boost (or nos shot), the EMS, and an approx estimate of BHP or RWHP / lb/ft, how many boosted miles (approx), and anything else that's interesting with regards to your build (e.g. if you blew a motor before and are now built, how many miles it blew? etc)... List so far: 1. Wizard: 350z Vortech v3 3:13 pulley, DE bone stock motor, 13psi, UpRev, 450bhp / 400lb/ft @hubs, over 10k boosted miles - BLOWN. New: Forged DE, v3 2.87, 490bhp / 427lb/ft @ hubs. More to come shortly! 2. Sam McGoo: 350z Vortech V2 3:33 pulley,'54 DE stock engine, 9.14psi, UpRev 402 HP/336lb/ft @hubs 25k boosted on a 27k engine 3. 4Re Leather: 350z GTM S/CSmall pulley, '09 HR Stock Engine, 10.35psi, 464.5bhp/383.3lb/ft @hubs, 2k boosted on a 17k engine 4. Oskaben: SOLD: 350z Vortech v2 Supercharger, 5k boosted on 36k engine 5. Darren-B: SOLD: 350z Vortech V3 standard pulley, '54 DE stock engine, ??psi, UpRev, 429 HP/???lb/ft @hubs 7k boosted on a 68k engine. SOLD: 370z GTM 1.5 SC 445 RWHP /??? Lb/ft 6k boosted when I sold it on a 8k engine 6. Kev T: 370z GTM Stage 1 SC, VQ37HR stock, 7.5psi, UpRev, 432bhp/ 367ft/lb @hubs torque with standard pulley 7. PlanetSurfer2: 350z GTM TT, stock 'HR motor, 6psi, Uprev Tune, 415bhp and 376lb/ft @hubs, over 4k boosted miles so far 8. Keyser: SOLD: 350z Vortech v2, 3:12 pulley, fully forged 'DE engine, Haltech Platinum Pro ECU, 458bhp / 367lb/ft w/out Nos, 503bhp / 429lb/ft w/ Nos @hubs. 4k boosted miles. NEW: 370z GTM 1.5 SC 445 RWHP /??? Lb/ft 9. andy james: 9. andy james: 350z GTM S/C, small pulley, Fully forged and balanced HR motor, UpRev, 463 bhp/376lb/ft @hubs. 7k total boosted on engine 10. djtimo: 350z APS TT Garrett Kit, fully forged 'DE block, UpRev, 11 psi, 469bhp / 448 lb/ft @hubs: 11. jables: 350z SFR TT, DE stock engine, 7.2psi, UpRev, 404bhp / 380lb/ft @hubs, over 20k boosted on a 37k engine 12. OllyB: 350z GTM S/C, standard pulley, Abbey Motorsport forged engine, bc rods + Ross pistons, 9 psi, Uprev, 471bhp / 371 lb/ft @hubs 13. D12BHP: 350z Vortech V2 Si Trim 3.13 Pulley, fully forged engine.... @ 15psi... 14. GT4 Zed: SOLD: 350z Vortech V2 T trim 2.87 pulley and fluidampr 6.125 crank pulley. 15.9psi 424whp/ 370lbft 15. octet: SOLD: 350z Vortech V2 430rwhp and 360lb/ft torque. NEW: 370z 7AT GReddy Twin Turbo - 553BHP | 465lb/ft on stock engine and 1000bhp built auto gearbox, 8psi, boosted at 22k 16. evilscorp: 350z Vortech V3 Sci, 3.33 pulley, stock engine, boosted 20 miles, 0.1 in anger 428.2hp 370ftlb (flywheel) 358.6 real whp 0.6bar 17. A9H-RX: 350z APS TT KIT Fully Forged Cosworth Internals 'DE Block, 10psi, 502BHP / 455lb/ft @ fly, 20k+ boosted 18. TheChubbyNinja - 350z Vortech V3 SCi, VQ35DE stock, 10psi, UpRev tune, 408.9@ the hub / 336ft/lb torque with 3.12 pulley 19. GMballistic: SOLD - 350Z GT Coupe, Vortech V3 Sci, VQ35DE stock, 3.12" pulley, UpRev tune, 436Bhp@ fly / 368 ft/lbs 20. Clarkie - 350z GT Coupe - Vortech V2, 3.12" Pulley - Uprev Tune - 413.5 @ the hub / 345 ft/lb torque 21. dajw - Stillen Supercharger (Vortech V3) 9lb pulley, test pipes on stock exhaust: 488bhp, 360 lb/ft 22. TT350 - Power Enterprise twin turbo, stock boost, TDI North decats, Scorpion Y pipe back, Motordyne plenum spacer 431.5bhp/360ib/ft tq. 23: ZMANALEX - 350Z Roadster DE Forge Built: Twin Turbo: To many parts to mention: 666.8bhp at hubs: 563.9 lb/ft. 1.3 bar Syvecs S6+ 720bhp at the hubs and 680 lbs ft. at 1.6 bar: Work in progress: 24. Vlad - 350Z DE, stock block, Vortech V3 with 3.12" pulley. Supporting mods. 422.6bhp@hubs and 335.6lb/ft. 25. P15UL T - 350z DE, stock block, vortech V2 with 3.12 pulley, supporting mods. 434.7bhp@hubs and 343.3lb/ft 26. Keyser - 370z GTM Stage 1.5 SC, VQ37HR stock, 7.0psi, UpRev, 440bhp@hubs and ???ft/lb torque (I'll dig the dyno out) 27. Taybo - 350z Revup - Stillen S/C 'tuner', VQ35DE stock, Uprev, 8psi, 370bhp and 350 lb/ft 28. Scobie140 - 350z DE Stock block, Vortech V3 3.12" pulley 405bhp @hubs 340lb/ft 29. EzeePzee - 350Z DE, APS TT and supporting mods (Uprev, 8psi boost) 392bhp @ wheels & ??? Lbft (TBC). 30. Jez - 350z DE Forged, GTM TT with mods, Syvecs S6+ ECU, 646bhp / 600 ft.lbs at the fly. 1.2 bar boost

What got me in the whole show was that these old farts were getting together at each other's houses and trying to find ways to campaign, etc.. WTF?!? Why were they so afraid to go and speak to the car drivers themselves and raise their concerns?! It's almost as if they saw them as a different species to themselves, and that I can only put down to racism. It's the typical english stab you in the back mentality (not being racist ). Fact is, council isn't going to do anything other then put a few more police patrols in place as they said in the show that it brings in around £100m to the economy. For a month or two, and such a small group of people, that is amazing! Oh and that aventador getting towed?! - That was really poor judgement from the officer imo. He could NOT prove that he didn't have insurance. That's not Rashid's fault, he can only show him the paperwork he has.

I just read that bit At least I can say that I've touched it and peered inside. Truly epic vehicle. Shame I never saw it run live. I've seen it run several times and it's absolutely epic. Surprised Abbey aren't picking it up....

"This is a RACE car so NO it's not advisable to use it to go to sainsbury's or a sat night cruise or in the rain as i doubt you'll be seen again" :lol:

Yeah I've ran coilovers in the past on different cars and it hasn't been the most pleasant experience, despite their obvious benefits.

I once got a quote off a price comparison website for £22K and I was considerably older then 18 at the time!

Isn't it obvious? Potholes, ditches, hills, crests, my dental plan... LOL

Anyone know such a thing that exists for this car?

They're all pretty similar, but you want the GT spec or imported equivalent so you can get decent brakes, VDC, etc.. Do let us know how you get on with insurance side of things!

Happy bday Dipam.. didn't realise you were so old.... LOL

I think Mark's point about the car being able to handle the power is a very good one. The car can definitely handle upwards of 400bhp rather safely without compromising the chassis at all. I've seen a lot of badly modified examples of front-wheel drive cars having over 450bhp which never made sense to me... but again, some people are just into straight line performance. Forced induction on this car is not cheap as you're starting with an N/A application, but I think the result works very well. I have done many side by side comparisons (take of that what you will ) with many exotic cars and the zed still stacks up very well... and in some ways, such as the fun factor actually turns out better. In terms of longevity; my motors probably done over 10K miles boosted (will need to check abbey invoices to confirm exactly) and the motor has held up very well considering I'm running more boost then people typically do on a stock 'DE. If you have the cash, s/c is a good option and I personally do not regret one bit. Alternatively you can sell the zed put a few more pounds towards a Carrera or something as dull and see me waving while I very easily walk away from you...

What is the use of this thread Dip? is it supposed to get his attention? If he's not replying then just drop it lol

If it's drinking oil buddy, I would top up with slightly thicker stuff then 5w. I would use 10w or even 15w fully synthetic.

Not sure if anyone answered the question... As it's really torque that kills the motor, I'd say the limit is around 400lb/ft with a good tune. Our yankie friends have managed to run more then that for a long period of time, and many have blown it with less. Depends on luck as well, but with cars, I believe the only thing you can do is stack the odds in your favour and you will increase your luck that way!

If you mean ZMANALEX then I suggest you pm him :wink: LOL... I was trying to help out OP. And his name isn't Zmanalex, it's alex... jheeze, you guys have created an icon for him as well... *face palm*

I'm not using my WON kit and have a maximiser controller as well (all direct from WON). PM me CrumbMC if you have not brought one.

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Alex can help you on this. It's a GATES branded belt you can get. My 3:13 pulley takes 2034mm belt quite nicely with the tensioner.