brillomaster

Mmm, just watched the highlights and well, that was a bit damp! Thats some good skills those boys having keeping cars on the track (mostly) Plato still on top, a good couple of results for him, although the honda boys make it look easy as usual. Really starting to have a lot of respect for Mat Jackson, he shot off in the first race of the day in terrible conditions to an easy win before it was red flagged, and wasnt doing too badly in race two either. I'm going to try and get to the rounds at Rockingham and Silverstone in a few months if anyone is interested?

yep, thats the theory. However i dont think you're going to notice a great deal on the road, as you arent really heating the tyres up much, and you arent at the limits of adhesion. On a racetrack where tenths of a second count and tyre pressures are an exact science, it might make a difference. but then again, for an extra couple of quid or whatever kwikfit charge, it is something cool to bring up down the pub.

Wooo hooo! Really REALLY hope the weather holds for another week, looks absolutely stunning compared to the drizzle we're having in the rest of the country at the mo!

they're made of billet aluminium alloy, which dont really weigh a lot, even if its an inch thick.

Good spot, definitely a zed!

duh, i see you knew they were speed and load ratings... but point still stands, as long as the tyres are rated higher than the maximum speed of the car, you'll be fine. I believe running tyres with a lower speed rating than the car is capable of invalidates insurance.

The 91W and 95Y are the load and speed ratings, so higher is better here - the Falkens are rated for a higher weight, and rated for a faster speed - 'W's are rated up to 270kph, 'Y's are rated for up to 300kph (186mph ) The XL in the falkens refers to these tyres being able to take extra load, so are fine for heavier cars (not that the zed is particularly heavy. http://www.boosttown.com/wheels_tyres/tyre_markings.php

seeing as im planning on keeping the zed a good few years, thought i'd post my car history in here! First car - a 1996 306 1.4 petrol... A terrible car really. Learnt in it and had a few sketchy moments after being ferried around by my dads scooby turbo and thinking all cars were that fast. They really aren't. Reason for demise: got bored very quickly, so sold it to my brother, just months before the waterpump went and it was scrapped. How much i miss it: 2/10 Second car - a 2001 306 1.8 petrol... A lot, lot better. half leather seats, air con, snappy gearchange... really an excellent car. i bought it with the 15s on, and then about a year later the exhaust fell off, so i bought a peco exhaust and a jetex airfilter to go with it. chavvy indeed, but it sounded awesome, and was actually decently quick. Reason for demise: got bored of realising i was carrying around 2 extra seats all the time, and was hankering for some roof down, rwd action... How much i miss it: 6/10 Third car - a 1999 MX5 1.8 wow what a difference! Excellent steering, so sharp and nimble! A real hoot on the B roads, with the roof down at every opportunity. Also the car i really learnt to drive in, took it on a number of drift days and got it nice and sideways - went through about a dozen rear tyres with it (buying sets of 4 wheels and tyres on ebay, and then selling on the wheels once the tyres were bald) Also my most modified car - after drifting it i realised it desperately needed some stiffer springs, so got KONI springs and dampers fitted, and then larger 15" wheels, air filter, and rollbar. And finally after bending the exhaust tip hitting an earth bank, bought a cheap dual exhaust on ebay. Sounded great revving to 7k, properly on cam above 4k. Reason for demise: 140bhp is quite slow, and i realised i could afford to get insured on my next main car, the 300zx! How much i miss it: 7/10 Fourth car - a 1995 328i Bought for £800 and used exclusively as a track car with a mate, it was my first car with a 6cyl engine. had a great spring/summer stripping it out, fitting bucket seats, steering wheel and harnesses, and going on airfield days. Most fun i have ever had in a car - we won a competition with quaife for an LSD, which was fitted to a car on standard suspension, but with no weight at all over the back axle! Became very very sideways after that, but immensely good fun to drive. Had a few spins and offs at various tracks and a very treacherous Cadwell park in the rain Reason for demise: my friend was moving away, so couldnt keep it. Eventually sold car and trailer together, and made a small profit! How much i miss it: 8/10 I LOVED being on track. best way of spending a summers day you can have. Fifth car - a 1990 300ZX Oh yes - a 3 litre, twin turbo manual UK car. full leather, aircon, electric everything. bought in the colour i wanted, already modded with 18" rotas, 99spec front conversion, induction, custom dual exhaust and spoiler. The only thing i did was get it remapped for 330bhp. And it was absolutely rapid, and awesome, and all for £3k. Only problem is it drank fuel (12mpg round town, 22mpg on motorway) and it was so unreliable... the previous owner screwed the front bumper into the intercooler so it had an air leak for a while, the electric fan packed up so it overheated, and the clutch went. However, i still maintain that if it was made new today, i'd have it in a heartbeat. Reason for demise: a conrod snapped, uneconomical to spend £1500 on a new engine, so scrapped it and made £1300 back from parts How much i miss it: it it worked perfectly, 9/10, as it was, 5/10. Sixth car - a 2000 Civic VTI coupe after the terrible 7 months in the 300zx, i wanted a sensible, economical car to drive over winter, so back to FWD, massive downgrade to just 1.6 litres, and a honda civic, ffs. however, i definitely had to have the screamer of a B16a2 engine, and the noise when on cam at 8,000 rpm was just awesome. Only problem was, it had nothing to give below 5k, so overtakes were a hassle. i would love a VTEC as a track car, but on the road just too much hard work. Reason for demise: lack of torque! had it for 2 months before deciding i needed something faster and started saving. when on VTEC its awesome, and i would imagine an NSX would be the perfect car, but most of the time it was just a mundane FWD coupe. Also, someone crashed into it and ripped the front bumper off, so was deemed a write off, but it saved me the hassle of selling it, and got me in my next car a month earlier than planned! How much i miss it: the car 6/10, the VTEC 9/10 Seventh car - a 2003 350Z Finally in a zed! After missing the comfort, looks, and power of the 300ZX, but not missing the uneconomical and unreliableness, i had a choice of three cars, an M3 (too expensive) an S2000 (too peaky, problems with lack of torque again) and a zed. Very happy i picked the zed - I love a V6, its THREE POINT FIVE litres of naturally aspirated engine (!) I have all the toys bar sat nav, its done 43,000 miles and i got it for under £7k. The torque is brilliant, and i love the gearbox... 3rd and 4th are torrents of smooth power delivery, but it'll happily sit at 80mph on the motorway doing less than 3k revs. returns 33mpg as well at a push, which is plenty. I have a 1000 mile roadtrip in just over a week and cannot wait, i love driving my zed! Thanks for making it this far, heres to many happy years motoring in the zed and i hope to keep it for a long time to come yet.

Lol yeah that is too long, so im changing sides... hurry up and get a zed!

Lol so how long till the zed?!? although i know how you feel, i joined the forum a good 5 months before i actually got mine! btw, how much rwd and 280bhp experience do you have? Although the TCS is pretty strict i've found, i do test it most wet days on the way to work

Thats one happy customer! If i hadnt bought my car with RAYS on already, they'd definitely be the first upgrade!

hmm, seeing as im not taking him to scotland he might come watch the blancpain endurance race at silverstone in a few weekends...

looking good!

oh i mean noone with a modicum of sense will buy it... only rich sheiks with £300k to drop on a toy. Its much the same strange reasoning that keeps companies like Mansory in business The whole thing was just a massive ploy - its just whats the most ridiculous engine we can fit in our smallest car?

what!?! No they wont... nobody is going to buy that at the price it will have to be to make up for the level of customisation it will need on each one. I'll eat my hat if they sell any!

I beg to differ... the white roadster with lambo doors looks great on those wheels! And the last sunset orange one looks hilarious!, thats some good PS skills!

Wow that looks insane! Was just the other day thinking how good a 2jz-gte engine would be in a zed As for cooling, i reckon a vented seibon carbon bonnet would set that off nicely, and maybe take a hacksaw to the front bumper - after all, thats a lot of engine to cool through not a particularly big front aperture.

get the wheel off and have a look, sounds like a loose connection to me. just be sure to disconnect the battery and leave it for 10 minutes before doing anything with the airbag.

hmmm loving the wing, and the wrap job is certainly conspicuous! Not sure about the brake ducts, but function over form in this case. However i'd just stylise them ever so slightly so they look like fangs, ie the VXR:

Really? I always thought that type just reduced lift?

Ewwww nah not for me thanks! The Z31 is the poor relation for me... i'd have that 240Z though!

just noticed Viks location - me doing a scotland roadtrip isnt so impressive when zedley will be in scotland anyways! However, we are staying overnight in stirling - he could meet us for the return leg?

very similar to mine - got it repaired and resprayed for £300 all in.

how about the 13th? technically i'm leaving for scotland about 2pm on saturday, so if you sent him along as a 1st class package on friday he should make it on saturday... and i'm sure he wouldnt want to miss a 1000mile roadtrip to fort William and back, via Scotland and Englands highest mountains...

not really... traction control wont like the wheel sizes, and 265 would be rather big on the fronts - probably be ok on the rears though. But even then its quite a drop in profile