Ian

Paint the wheels orange

I've still got the coolant & PS tanks somewhere and a few OEM parts, other than those everything has gone Waaaaaaaay too much money spent. Somewhere in the region of 23/24K in parts alone Getting bored of the GTR already? Let me guess, TT 370Z? Nah, it will be an addition to the fleet Gonna get a cheap 350Z once I sort out the move You know my Z sheds the best Who needs doors and heated interiors

I bought some Bride material & got a shift boot & handbrake boot made. I also bought an ARC gearknob, Nardi handbrake, Bride mats & a new Pioneer headunit. The rest of my Defi gauges also finally turned up. Then I had my wheels refurbed in gloss black as they were looking a bit tired after 3 winters on the car The final mods to the car were the Craftsquare style mirrors, C-west canards and a Setrab oil cooler My plan was to enjoy the car for a while & eventually get a larger MAF and fit my smaller S/C pulley. I ended up stripping the car about 2 months after my final mods to get a Skyline (at last ) Some figures from my ownership 2 Exhausts (both of which ended up being modified to make them louder ) 4 Sets of decats 1 Set of HFCs 2 Plenums 2 Headunits 2 Strut Braces 2 Intakes 1 ECU I worked out that if I hadn't wasted money buying N/A parts I would have had about 2/3rds of the cost of a supercharger set up - lesson learnt for next time Final spec list of my Z ****Exterior**** Mine's Carbon Fibre Front Lip Carbon Fibre Bumper Duct Mesh Grille Craftsquare Style Wing Mirrors C-West Carbon Fibre Canards Z Side Badges (Black) Matte Black Door Handles Nismo Carbon Fibre B-Pillars S2000 Aerial 2006 Rear LED Lights JDM Rear Foglight Rear Bumper Tuck Z-Speed Aluminium Undertray ****Interior**** 2x Bride Cuga Seats 2x Bride HL Seat Rails Works Bell Short Hub Works Bell Team Orange Quick Release Wroks Bell Team Orange Steering Wheel RSW FRP A-Pillar Pod ARC Titanium Gear Knob Bride Shift Boot Nardi Handbrake Handle Bride Handbrake Boot Carbon Fibre Vent Covers Bride Floor Mats Nismo 380RS Accelerator Pedal *****Engine Dress***** ARC Oil Catch Can (Painted Black) ARC Gold Oil Cap ARC Radiator Cap Baller Bolts ARC Oil Cap Bolts Carbon Fibre Radiator Panel Carbon Fibre Battery Cover Carbon Fibre Battery Cover Surround Carbon Fibre Brake Fluid Cover Carbon Fibre Brake Fluid Cover Surround Gallery Blue Bolt Set Envy Titanium Strut Bar Bolt Set Polished Stillen Engine Damper Weapon-R Coolant Overflow Tank (Painted Black) Weapon-R Power Steering Tank (Painted Black) Blue Samco Hose Kit *****Performance***** Cosworth Intake Plenum Deatschwerk 600CC Injectors Warlbro 255 L/PH Fuel Pump HKS One Step Colder Spark Plugs AAM Throttle Body Spacer AAM Oil Pan Spacer AAM Fuel Pressure Sensor Adaptor Setrab Engine Oil Cooler GReddy Water Temperature Sensor Adaptor GReddy Oil Block Adaptor Mocal Oil Block Adaptor Koyo 54MM Radiator GTM HKS Stage 2 Supercharger CJM Stage 0 Return Fuel System DC Sports Headers Tomei Decat Pipes Ichiba Y-Pipe GReddy Ti-C Exhaust *****Suspension***** Cusco Zero2 Coilovers Cusco Front Anti-Roll Bar Cusco Rear Anti-Roll Bar ARC Titanium Strut Brace *****Electronics***** Defi V2 Control Unit Defi Boost Gauge Defi Oil Temperature Gauge Defi Oil Pressure Gauge Defi Fuel Pressure Gauge Defi Water Temp Gauge HKS Air Flow/Knock Meter Scan Gauge II *****Drivetrain***** Stainless Steel Clutch Line *****Wheels***** 19" Volk Racing CE28N Time Attacks (gloss black) RAYS Red Light Weight Extended Duraluminum Nuts/RAYS black Light Weight Duraluminum Nuts Volk Racing Limited High Black Edition Centre Caps Red Valve Caps Falken FK 452 Tyres *****ICE***** Pioneer Avic F310BT Thanks to most ( ) of the regular users on here for putting up with me at times Nurrish for his help & advice when fitting my S/C, Mark (3FiddyZ) & Dan (Dcash5) for help and advice, Abbey Motorsports for finishing my handywork, Adam @ Z1 Auto for supplying most of the parts, RHD Japan for supplying the rest, Chilli Red for getting my the A-pillar pods and helping me get the rad hose that I burst - not to mention the fantastic hospitality at mod days Ninja Tune Factory for fitting the parts I couldn't be arsed to I will be back in a Z one day (hopefully within 18 months) , I already know exactly what I'm doing with the next one

I started my build in early March, My Z doesn't fit in the garage so I had to do it at the side of the house. It was cold & wet and even snowed - I will NEVER do this again I probably would tbh though Acres of space to work in Crank pulley removed PS cooler reloacted Horns relocated New crank pulley fitted Radiator and fans removed The Original Z Shed TM Cosworth Upper plenum off (forgot to take pics of lower plenum removal ) Monster 54mm Koyo radiator fitted HKS supercharger in place Fan shroud butchered to fit S/C pulleys FMIC One pipe left! Coolant/PS tanks back from paint Finito Seibon bonnet was sold And the car went off to Abbey Final figures were 420hp ATF 370 Hubs 350 Torques 7.5 PSI Abbey also made a few alterations for me (relocated catch can, replaced hoses & changed the air filter to a purple one. I got it back just in time for Japfest

A local owner was selling his Z so I made him an offer for his Seibon CF bonnet & picked it up the following afternoon I then bought a Cusco oil catch can, Samco hoses, Stillen engine damper, powdercoated plenum & a CF radiator panel I wasn't actually planning on buying this next part at the time but I had been looking for it since I got my Z & it was the last one left. Mine's carbon fibre lip Then went a bit mad & sold my seats before I had replacements Sold my Cusco strut brace, popcharger, pipe & catch can and added the following: ARC Intake ARC Intake pipe ARC Oil catch can ARC Titanium strut brace ARC Oil Cap ARC Radiator Cap Weapon-R Polished coolant & power steering tanks Rare JDM harness cover CF battery/brake fluid covers CF battery/brake fluid surrounds At the same time I also bought some Bride Cuga seats & a Team Orange steering wheel I put the car up for sale at this point to buy a skyline (again ) but decided to keep it & start collecting parts for a supercharger build I bought some DC sports headers, Turbo XS UTEC, AEM wideband & a Defi oil temp gauge - I also won some Japspeed decats in a competition on here. I then booked the car in with Thor Racing for mapping. Only for them to call me once I was back home in Cardiff telling me that the ECU was fried - They could sell me a new one though if I wanted After getting the car back, I put it up for sale (again ) I was all set for a swap with a R33 GTR but the guy backed out and swapped for a S2000 I had a couple of viewings but nobody bought it I blame Nurrish for the next bit I decided that since I couldn't shift my Z then I would carry on with my FI project. I spent months researching the Vortech kit & then bought a HKS kit I very nearly bought a GTM twin tubo kit but bottled it due to installation costs - If I bought the TT kit then I would probably still have my Z now. Its my main regret that I bottled that choice Bought a mesh grille & took it to the local dyno before fitting the supercharger, car made 297hp ATF. This figure was with the stock airbox & plenum spacer removed. Dual channel HKS wideband/Knock amp was purchased

For my Birthday, I treated myself to a Blitz Nur Spec exhaust and an Ichiba Y-pipe. I chose the Nur Spec because A.)It was loud and B.) nobody else had one My Dad then decided that the front bumper of my Z was the best way to stop his trailer so I booked it in to have the bumper resprayed, smoothed & a CF intake duct fitted. I also bought a load of Carbon parts off Equibbs, but I'm pretty sure Stevie Wonder made my parts judging by how "well" they fitted After a while the Nur Spec exhaust was starting to feel a bit too quiet & to stand out even more I sold it and bought a GReddy Ti-C single exhaust (I still get stick for this now ) Fitted and the rear bumper tucked I then spent about 3 weeks researching lowering springs only to buy some coilovers Cusco Zero-2 Coilovers, Cusco front & rear ARBS and a Cusco front strut brace My new strut brace wouldn't fit over the plenum though so I sold the Kinetix& bought a Motordyne spacer

From the beginning I don't actually have an entire build thread documented anywhere so this is all done from memory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I originally set out with a simple goal, Nismo Kit, Nismo wheels & APS twin turbo kit - I never quite got there though Completely standard & she stayed that way for about 3 days Which was when I fitted a JWT popcharger & a polished intake pipe (and my crappy knock off Nismo oil cap ) I also ordered some wheels which would take aaaaaaaages to arrive. Then for Christmas I got a Kinetix V4 plenum & a set of ebay decats Eventually the skipping Bose had gotten to me so I ditched that in favour of an Alpine unit with ipod control. New wheels finally arrived, a whole 5 months after ordering them Volk Racing CE28n Time Attack editions (19 x 9.5/19 x 10.5 ET22)

I looked at getting HSDs or MeisterR for the Skyline. Ended up buying a set of low mileage Nismo S-Tunes for the same price They seem pretty highly rated & if I hadn't got a deal on the Nismos then I'd probably get one of those 2.

You rule Thanks Dawg

Happy birthday

Meh

I don't have a link I'll have to recreate it once I re-upload the pictures

So I can put my Z build in there?

There are roads that go to Newcastle, not the end of the earth And just think of the great drive back you will have once you bought it Get up there on Nat Express for the price of a burger, or two Flying won't cost a lot more. It was cheaper for me to fly to Newcastle to pick my car up than it was to get a train & it was a 45min flight Cost me a grand total of £30 to fly to Newcastle

You really should add some neons once it starts going back together then we can roll down to the coast together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-mBTSGjWI

Your taking your time

Pugs are awesome. Such loving dogs, I wouldn't trade him for anything at all

Coco in the washing basket Eyeing up my lunch after polishing his off If your names not on the list, you aint coming in Keeping guard of the castle

Side exit was my next step if I had kept the Z Would have just had one large exit through each wing