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No, just bought some myself off ebay for £3..!

To be frank, I think 99% of people that see the car wouldnt know their Volks from their Rota's - anyway, been there and done it with Volks

I know mate just pulling your leg! The red was a better match, but was not that bright in all honesty, might have been some duff LEDs.

Well thats a big thumbs up from Dan anyone else?

Decided to switch the LEDs again to ice blue, think I prefer that. Also, stickers/no stickers?

Ha yes! happy birthday Adrian mate!

That's all ive been trying to say........ How does the ecu know what power the engine is producing from one day to the next?..... I know, but the rest of my comment still stands, that it takes a fair few miles to dial back the fueling and breathing to the mapped ECU levels so this will not be realised immediately on the dyno which was Dan's point he has been trying to put across. Certainly all those mods on another car without the learning ECU you could argue would have given more than 10bhp, so you have to ask yourself why that is? In that they will not operate fully without the uprev that much is clear and the evidence is there. Also that they do not give the big bhp jumps you should see as the evidence also shows just a 10bhp increase. What is missing is the evidence that the zed ECU dials it back, but to be honest, on weight of evidence alone in that thread, it leans fairly strongly to what everyone has been saying that you will not get the benefit of the mods and certainly once the ecu learns, you will lose what benefit you do see.

Interesting read here http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/92887-before-before-after-dynos-abbey/ it doesnt actually answer the question fully from skim reading it, but shows with additional mods it got a small amount of additional bhp on the day without uprev then gained much more with it applied - but it doesnt take into account what Dan is saying how the learning ECU will dial back the air fuel mix over time to factory levels. What it does say though is that the uprev makes a big difference, which would make sense, as it is just a licenced tune up of the car.

Import, although I do not want to derail the thread, I am pretty sure the ECU on a Toyota from 1995 works differently to the Zed.

I would dispute this, my 20 year old Celica which came out the factory on paper with 255bhp with an aftermarket exhaust and no other power mods gets 281bhp. I find it hard to believe that my exhaust added nearly 30bhp on top of that paper number in addition to 20 years of use which would have eroded bhp from the original factory level. My only conclusion I can come to is that it came out with more than the 255 it was meant to have on paper. I guess I could prove this by changing the exhaust out back to something stock (if there are any left) and running it on a dyno, if its above 255 then it must have done - but I really do not have the inclination, however Dan (Ekonas) offer is a good one, go for it.

...white Skyline GTR on its way back ?

Couple of websites do this also on the .gov page

http://www.350z-uk.c...ed/page__st__20 Well not really, Jap cars are well known amongst people in the know to have varying levels of power out the factory - R35s are famous for it many coming in with much more power as standard than the paper value. TBF also, quite why people come on here, ask opinion, then just tell them to prove it is quite beyond me. Just take the advice, if you feel like responding fine but this is advice based on personal experience as well as the advice passed to them by professional tuners. The advice has been given, I don't get asked to prove everything I say day to day in life, I don't think people need to here either, it's up to you to take it or leave it or as you say go away do it yourself and blow everyone out of the water with your new superior knowledge.

Check for the underseal as mentioned, but be aware to look for a bill to show it undersealed at import not done to cover rust after being here for some time. If it came through a respectable import company the speedo should be converted so all running in miles, the speed limiter can be removed via uprev but if you have no plans to track it then its irrelevant really. You need the fog light on the back, often importers just chuck on an ugly square one that hangs from the bumper which people take off once its through the IVA but be aware its an MoT fail. But really for Zed specific, check all the spec, there were multitudes of options in Japan whereas you have GT or Non GT here. There are lots of myths around imports, lots of them false, on my second import car now and both have been fantastic, in great condition and well looked after.

AFAIK not being an expert but running lower RON on older Zeds will cause longer term damage via knock/detonation but newer Zeds have knock control and can retard the timing - Mark at Abbey once showed me a destroyed zed engine that ran for too long on 95 - ultimately though you will not get the best performance or MPG out of the car mapped to higher RON and running it on 95, you wont save all the difference at the pump as your mpg will likely reduce. I always find scrimping on fuel confusing, buying a heavy car with a V6 mapped to 97 RON means a sizable outlay in fuel, the mindset should be that you are putting in 97 at the pump.

I know, it was just light hearted humour.

Now if the Italians were leading the charge it really would be serious What was the old joke, ahh yes it was something about Italian tanks in WW2 having one forward gear and five reverse gears. Wasn't it along the lines that when the RAF sold off the Harrier jump jets the Italians snapped them up as they were the only planes they could buy that flew backwards?

I know it sounds harsh, but the military are not going to use a £100,000 bomb to kill 8 IS grunts on the ground. Airstrikes are for high value targets, or strategic targets - which is why to actually wipe IS out you will need boots on the ground. But airstrikes are devastating at wrecking key infrastructure, communications and the like and are severely debilitating to any military force. Ultimately, the idea that NOT attacking IS in their homeland will make us safer is simply not true. I also don't buy into the whole idea that if we don't take part we don't get bombed but its alright for other countries to take the hit whilst trying to rid the planet of these fanatics, that is wrong.

Happy birthday Dan, no puns needed this year in the messages, you must be tired of that...

You should listen to Hilary Benns speech, it is very well thought through and very well delivered. Airstrikes do not solve the problem, but they do make a difference. IS were knock on the door of Baghdad this time last year, now they are being pushed back and cities reclaimed. Bombing major revenue and arms stashes will make a difference - if someone dropped bombs on the houses of parliament, downing street, MI5 building etc it would make a difference. Its not about killing IS people on the ground, its about destroying infrastructure and the capability to operate at the level they are now. IS will claim that Frances involvement in bombing prompted the Paris attack, that is nonsense, all major European cities are targets whether they are involved or not - IS by definition hold every western civilization and democracy in contempt, and we must be wiped out, there are no 'conversations' to be had, if their leadership waver from this stand point their supporters who are fanatical Islam will not stand for it, they bought into the idea of wiping out the western worlds ideology. Killing people who are gay by throwing them off the roof of a hotel. Public beheadings and dead bodies hung from lamp posts. None of this is coming from reasoned leadership or a an ideology that should be present in this day and age. Its such a shame that Islam as a religion is being brought to the fore as the problem by the trash media in this country, these are fanatics who wave the religious flag as a way of justifying what they do - its a shame that genuine peaceful people who follow the same religion are in some way tarnished because of this. As for Assad, there is no way he can win, he cannot wipe out half his own people and declare that he has "won" - clearly if the west get involved there will be an agenda for an election ultimately. The combination of IS and the rebels would have beaten Assads forces by now...I imagine there are repercussions of that...

I had a quick nose on a japan auction site and there are a few R33GTR VSpecs on there, one with just 34k KM's on it. If its a keeper, wait that 3 months extra and get it via an import company which will give you some guarantees over a quick buy in Ireland which might cause you problems - I am not sure why your friend would say a compression test is worthless as it would indicate the car has internal issues and be running down on power, be interested to hear a view on this, as most of the collected Skyline knowledge on the forum were keen to get me to at least do that test or chuck it on some rollers for a dyno run.

Indeed, and why the Aerial Atom annihilated everything else - tiny track no half mile straights etc.

There are a number of tests, you can do a leak down test but you can at least cover yourself in as many areas as possible - plenty of would be buyers of R33s have reported compression issues on cars, its not as uncommon as you think and if there is a compression issue then you would not be paying the full rate for the car - it certainly gives you a great bargaining tool if it picks something up and you still want the car.

A bargain could be had here if it is in good shape - would definitely give yourself plenty time to check the car over. You can buy compression checking kits from a trader on one of the Skyline forums for about £20, worth the investment if there is no garage over there that can do it for you. I think if you are looking to buy a keeper get an issue free one from the start. Ownership of performance cars in Ireland I have heard is very expensive, and they know the market for buyers is multiples higher in the UK so I wouldnt make it an easy sale for the guy, I would swallow the air fare if the car is not straight and come back empty handed.

Happy birthday old boy!