Will370z

Jumped into the car this morning to find a very loud exhaust note greeting me. Nothing seems missing and when idling she is quiet but at revs it is much louder than normal, with a decidely louder burble when you take your foot off the pedal. It seems to be coming from the left side and you can feel a slight vibration when driving and revving. Don't know if its me but seems a slight loss in power too. Im guessing its a hole or some slight air getting into the exhaust. Any ideas, going to take it in to the garage at lunchtime to get them to take a look. Diddnt want them to take advantage so wanted to go in and make it seem like i know what im taking about with the knowledge you guys have. Hope its covered by the warranty. Cheers Will

Nice car and welcome to the forum

Great choice, the storm white looks fantastic. Check out some of the pictures of colins little beauty "guns", he's added a few carbon fibre touches and it really makes a difference to the looks. A subtle improvement that makes a huge difference. First thing you will want though is a new exhaust, the stock 370 is just too quiet. Great car though you will love it.

Not sure if my car thought it was a hybrid but on the m40 last week doing 70 (had cruise control on to make sure it was smack on) and the car was doing over 40 mpg. Maybe something to do with downhill with a trailing wind. Still by the end of the motorway it was doing 35mpg + then I got off the motorway and thought, sod this for a laugh. Got home and it was back in the mid 20's, wonder which was the most fun part of the journey.

Welcome to the forum, good luck wih the hunt for a new car. I'm now based in guildford but my parents are still back in sunny Hereford, not far from worcs. Lovely part of the country. I know there are a few members from herefordshire / ledbury way and I've seen a few zeds around those parts. They had a 54 plate gunmetal in steels in Hereford if you were still looking but they wanted far too much for it. Been there for 4 months so maybe some bargaining power to be had. I would definitely recommend going to one of the local meets. Us surrey boys travelled up to one of your local runs a few months ago for a run around Stratford. Was a great day and a very friendly bunch of people. Could even understand the accent too

Welcome on board. Got any pics to hand?

If you are worried about fuel costs don't consider the zed. If you are like me a simple 10 mile drive from work often ends up with me pulling over popping the roof down and going for a nice long detour and the extra fuel bill is worth every penny.

Like the side and rear views but really don't like that front end. Agree that it looks too much like a tt

I'd definitely be up for another go, so much fun. We should definitely get a group together for a wet day

Howdy matey, good to see you are still on the zed hunt. My friend who came for the test drive ended up buying a vx220, he's absolutely loving it. Hope you are having interest in selling yours. I would suggest linking any cars you are considering here. Also we have a big contingent of zed owners in surrey and I know you are just down the road so if you see any local cars that take your fancy some one may know the car in question. High mileage shouldn't be an issue if they have had a good service history. The guys here can tell you more I'm sure and maybe if you see a local car you like someone close may be able to look it over with you.

Didnt have a card but i passed on details of the forum and he said he would come take a look, seemed a really nice chap.

Definitely a great idea for a club event, especially at this price. Didnt get the name of the chap in the zed but it was a beast. He was also a pro drifter on the large circuit, really got the tail out and handled it well. Did i mention it was twin turbo'd too.....

That was some serious smoke, did you have any tread left lol.

Welcome to the forum, good luck with the hunt.

Oh boy have i had fun today. Spent a good few hours yesterday washing, polishing and waxing the little roadster so i could take her to Northweald airfield and pop my car limits cherry. Perfect weather as it was light drizzle and my aim was to see what she was like in the wet with no ESP. (Ofc course this totally messed up all my cleaning efforts of the previous day). Loved the high speed corner and managed 2 full 180 spins (now that was exhilirating). Only managed a max speed of 53 though , felt like 100 though. Small circuit was a lot of fun, she sounded great and flew down the straight but against the vx220's i couldnt keep up. Totally different car though and for the trip home on a long motorway cruise i know which car i would want to be in. Car fwlt fantastic, i could really feel everything and even when the back decided to kick out i was able to control and recover it. And when she squirmed she still felt very stable. Made me feel really confident with the car now i know what she can do. Amazed by how easily all the cars could just let go in the wet so easily if a touch too much power was applied. The supra there was pirouetting like a profession ballet dancer, didnt this he realised this didnt give him extra points. The day was the best £50 ive ever spent and it was well run and a lot of fun. Went along with my friend who just bought a vx220. He invited me with their club. Really nice bunch of lads. Met a nice 350z there that had been heavily modified with twin turbos. He got the best speed around the high speed corner (69). He didnt know about the forum but said he would check it out. Here are some photos and videos. Watching them now it looks like i was going sooooooooo slow. I think youtube has slowed them down cos they wanted to see more of the car. If you get the chance to go on one of these i can definitely recommend it. More pics to follow

Welcome to the forum.

Now that sounds nice, good job

Great save, long live dorris. Look forward to seeing the updates and progress.

Great story there, man you certainly have had a lot of wheels in your time, love the silver spoked ones. What were they? Mine is still like your original stock kuro roadster. I must not look at this thread too much incase I begin down a similar journey. Thanks for the info, great journey.

Mine is a stock kuro roadster but id love to see what some of you guys n gals have done to their zeds. Let's see some pics and mod lists I say.

Glad guns and the service turned out well. Totally agree Ian and the team at T wells were extremely helpful during the initial purchase and subsequent fix of the leaky seals and now my little roadster is perfic I too can definitely recommend the team for any zed related work. You may even get the gorgeous 370 courtesy car I had.

Are you sure this is not a cheap ploy to post some pics of your lovely car Looks great btw, nice job

Welcome to the forum. Another member from surrey, there will be loads of us soon. Where abouts in surrey are you from? I know it is short notice but a lot of the local gang are meeting up tomorrow for lunch at a local pub. You should definitely come along they are a good bunch. There may even be some of the northern posse coming along. I'll post the link when I find it. Here it is viewtopic.php?f=93&t=42023 Finally let see some pics

Pm them to doogyrev mate, he is sorting it.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with the hunt.