Ian

Well I'll try and do a few notes and post them up as I go - not really big on build threads The plans, Got a few Ideas but need to pass them by the daughter first as it's her car - Thinking complete strip clean and weld her up with new panels where required, de-seamed maybe a body kit (subject to insurance) clean and sort the engine - including a conversion to unleaded. Paint it up and see how it looks. Need to get my 350 sorted and the engine back in first! Will probably start this winter sooner if mines doing OK. Reckon you will have an engine by then Awesome present though

I'll have bought another Z before you even get your first one the way this is going

I think there was quite a few other bits & pieces that needed doing aswell

You can, its just not a straight plug & play.

Seems legit to me What could possibly go wrong

This is definitly m350zb trolling us,,,,,, etc....

I insured mine with Sky, they were the only company I could get to insure it at the time

Its not difficult to DIY install it If your clever with your purchases, you can do things a lot cheaper than what people think. It would be more than £3k from Abbey though wouldn't it? Considering the cost of the kit is around £3K, they are hardly going to install FOC for you are they? To put it into a bit of perspective, My supercharger setup was around £8-9K. This also included Larger radiator, Injectors, RFS, Cosworth Plenum, a HKS SC kit, Walbro fuel Pump, 5 Defi Gauges, A HKS wideband & loads of other bits & pieces. The HKS kit was the biggest part of the cost at near enough 50% of the total. Like I said above, with £3K you can do a lot more than what people will lead you to believe

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They are ET2 (Et12 with 10mm spacers )

That's either one damn expensive exhaust or a damn cheap SC setup. It must be an Amuse. Have you seen the price of a basic Vortech setup You can pick up a basic Vortech kit for around £3K new from Assaultech Decent exhaust (Not cheap ebay tat/japscrap/scorpion etc.) £6-700 Decent Y-pipe £150 Set of Berks £400 Poopcharger £120 Your pretty much at £1500 straight away, add in a plenum spacer & your really not far away. £2800 for an additional 100 hp, or £1500 for an additional 15hp But then, what would I know about it 400hp is just about doable NA? Really? If I ever built another Z, I would love a high revving NA motor. But the cost of doing that far outways the cost of going FI.

Your Cooper S is FI, a Z is not. NA tuning is pointlesst I wouldn't say pointless.... its just considerably more expensive to get any decent power gains than going down the FI route. Define a decent gain. 20? 30? 40 hp? For the cost of a decent exhaust, filter, y-pipe & HFC setup - your pretty much near the cost of a basic SC setup

Your Cooper S is FI, a Z is not. NA tuning is pointless

I've got a set on the Skyline. Pretty good quality for a replica, decent weight as well. They were put next to a set of genuine TE37s a few weeks back & your really can't tell the difference. You can also get them painted in any colour that you want Its not a Z but here are a few pics of them, they were painted midnight purple by Varrstoen UK (Dragon Performance) when I bought them

Insurance on the 34 is a lot less than insurance on a FI Z

The ugly unwanted Skyline R34>R32>R33