Jez @ H-Dev

If I could afford to do both I probably would - I think I should be able to lose a fair amount of weight out of the doors and just leave the skins. Carbon doors are probably out of budget.

If I could afford to do both I probably would - I think I should be able to lose a fair amount of weight out of the doors and just leave the skins. Carbon doors are probably out of budget.

Pop over any time

Pop over any time

I thought I'd start a thread about our 350Z - just to show what we're up to. A bit of background: Our 350 is a 2004 UK GT model and was bought as a cat-c write off from a friend of mine The car had hit a post while traveling along the motorway - the post went through the air con radiator, the engine coolant radiator and smashed a hole in the sump. Luckily the body work and everything else under the car wasn't damaged at all. So all we had to do was to find and fit a replacement engine. Pretty straight forward. This is the replacement engine - just a completely standard VQ35DE We're going to be tracking the car so main priorities are sort the brakes out, get the suspension uprated and try and get the weight down. I'd already tried some Performance Friction 01 pads in our other 350 and they were exceptionally good. The only down side was the amount of dust they produce and the cost - they're very expensive. This time I though I'd go to the other end of the market and try some yellow stuff pads. Although these weren't as good at the PF pads, they actually held up really well on track. And value for money wise they'll be tough to beat. They do tend to wear the disks quite quickly, but as we're only using fairly cheap standard discs it's not too bad. We fitted a set of Racing Logic coilovers - these aren't a very well known brand but we wanted to give them a try. They're actually very good for a fast road car - I'll probably end up swapping them out later on for something stiffer and more track focused. We fitted Superpro full alignment kit - this totally transformed the handling of the car - strongly recommended. Superpro kit: Some rear bushes fitted: Old bushes: As well as using the car on track, we also use it to develop products. We've tried and tested our grounding kits, de-cat pipes and plenum spacers. I've also remapped the car using the Uprev system. Just these mods took our car from 279 to 309bhp - which is around +11% - not bad at all for an NA engine. We've also fitted an oil cooler: We currently are testing some H-Dev high flow cats - at the moment they don't fit properly (they hang too low - see pics) - when this is sorted and we've checked that the car will pass an MOT they'll be available for sale. Our current supplier is messing us about at the moment so we don't have a lead time yet. Next up is to get some weight out of the car. As standard it weighs 1471kg - bloody heavy We've started to strip it - it'll be getting a full cage soon. We've also got bucket seats to go in and will probably go for a carbon boot and plastic windows. I'm hoping to get around 100-150kg out of it. Not sure if that'll be possible yet though. I'll stick up more pics as we go - Kyle is fabricating mounts for the bucket seats at the moment. When they're fitted we'll removing all the interior bracing and fitting a full weld in cage.

I thought I'd start a thread about our 350Z - just to show what we're up to. A bit of background: Our 350 is a 2004 UK GT model and was bought as a cat-c write off from a friend of mine The car had hit a post while traveling along the motorway - the post went through the air con radiator, the engine coolant radiator and smashed a hole in the sump. Luckily the body work and everything else under the car wasn't damaged at all. So all we had to do was to find and fit a replacement engine. Pretty straight forward. This is the replacement engine - just a completely standard VQ35DE We're going to be tracking the car so main priorities are sort the brakes out, get the suspension uprated and try and get the weight down. I'd already tried some Performance Friction 01 pads in our other 350 and they were exceptionally good. The only down side was the amount of dust they produce and the cost - they're very expensive. This time I though I'd go to the other end of the market and try some yellow stuff pads. Although these weren't as good at the PF pads, they actually held up really well on track. And value for money wise they'll be tough to beat. They do tend to wear the disks quite quickly, but as we're only using fairly cheap standard discs it's not too bad. We fitted a set of Racing Logic coilovers - these aren't a very well known brand but we wanted to give them a try. They're actually very good for a fast road car - I'll probably end up swapping them out later on for something stiffer and more track focused. We fitted Superpro full alignment kit - this totally transformed the handling of the car - strongly recommended. Superpro kit: Some rear bushes fitted: Old bushes: As well as using the car on track, we also use it to develop products. We've tried and tested our grounding kits, de-cat pipes and plenum spacers. I've also remapped the car using the Uprev system. Just these mods took our car from 279 to 309bhp - which is around +11% - not bad at all for an NA engine. We've also fitted an oil cooler: We currently are testing some H-Dev high flow cats - at the moment they don't fit properly (they hang too low - see pics) - when this is sorted and we've checked that the car will pass an MOT they'll be available for sale. Our current supplier is messing us about at the moment so we don't have a lead time yet. Next up is to get some weight out of the car. As standard it weighs 1471kg - bloody heavy We've started to strip it - it'll be getting a full cage soon. We've also got bucket seats to go in and will probably go for a carbon boot and plastic windows. I'm hoping to get around 100-150kg out of it. Not sure if that'll be possible yet though. I'll stick up more pics as we go - Kyle is fabricating mounts for the bucket seats at the moment. When they're fitted we'll removing all the interior bracing and fitting a full weld in cage.

Not at the moment I'm afraid.

Not at the moment I'm afraid.

Thanks a lot

Thanks a lot

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216 ... 5,7.064209 there the only ones that I know about Not seen that before - how do we get on the map?

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216 ... 5,7.064209 there the only ones that I know about Not seen that before - how do we get on the map?

LOL - me and my hasty typing. Now edited

LOL - me and my hasty typing. Now edited

OEM stuff tends to be really durable - it's designed to last 60k miles. Poly bushes are pretty much indestructable, but some other parts give much better performance but may not last as long. It's a difficult question to answer as 'better' is pretty subjective.

OEM stuff tends to be really durable - it's designed to last 60k miles. Poly bushes are pretty much indestructable, but some other parts give much better performance but may not last as long. It's a difficult question to answer as 'better' is pretty subjective.

We can supply Whiteline suspension parts at 10% off RRP to 350Z-UK.com members We're in the process of getting our web site updated, in the mean time you can check out the parts here: 350Z - http://www.whiteline.com.au/do_segue4.p ... F03%2F2009 370Z - http://www.whiteline.com.au/do_segue4.p ... le=2008-ON If you'd like to order, call, email or PM

We can supply Whiteline suspension parts at 10% off RRP to 350Z-UK.com members We're in the process of getting our web site updated, in the mean time you can check out the parts here: 350Z - http://www.whiteline.com.au/do_segue4.p ... F03%2F2009 370Z - http://www.whiteline.com.au/do_segue4.p ... le=2008-ON If you'd like to order, call, email or PM

No probs As a side note, we generally find that the Superpro stuff is better quality that some of the Whiteline parts. You tend to get what you pay for.

No probs As a side note, we generally find that the Superpro stuff is better quality that some of the Whiteline parts. You tend to get what you pay for.

double post...

double post...

Here are the retail prices for the parts that Leigh has asked about: 1. Inner lower control arm (White line p/n W52991). W - £45.43 SP - £95.35 2. Inner upper control arm (White line p/n W52988). W - £56.02 SP - £83.44 3. Compression arm bushes (White line p/n W83389). W - £94.75 SP - £158.76 4. Shock absorber to control arm (White line p/n W52992). W - £38.99 SP - £92.17 5. ARB bushes (do Whiteline have their version of these?). W - £16.75 front - they don't list one for the rear SP - £18.50 front, £21.41 rear Heres the prices Mega asked for: Whiteline ARBs - £193.58 front, £177.47 rear - They come with bushes and use the standard drop links (which are fine, if they've not failed - we have genuine Nissan drop links in stock if you need them) I can do 10% off all these prices for 350z-uk.com members. If we can get 5+ people on board then I can sort out a GB

Here are the retail prices for the parts that Leigh has asked about: 1. Inner lower control arm (White line p/n W52991). W - £45.43 SP - £95.35 2. Inner upper control arm (White line p/n W52988). W - £56.02 SP - £83.44 3. Compression arm bushes (White line p/n W83389). W - £94.75 SP - £158.76 4. Shock absorber to control arm (White line p/n W52992). W - £38.99 SP - £92.17 5. ARB bushes (do Whiteline have their version of these?). W - £16.75 front - they don't list one for the rear SP - £18.50 front, £21.41 rear Heres the prices Mega asked for: Whiteline ARBs - £193.58 front, £177.47 rear - They come with bushes and use the standard drop links (which are fine, if they've not failed - we have genuine Nissan drop links in stock if you need them) I can do 10% off all these prices for 350z-uk.com members. If we can get 5+ people on board then I can sort out a GB

I'm just about to have my tea - I'll be back with quotes in a bit