WillisRR Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Hey Guys, Thought I would say hello! Got my 350z back in November last year after looking for the right one for a good while. I had been through the motions looking at loads of options from 997 911s, cayman S's, s2000s, M3s but the 350 just ticked all the boxes for such great money! I happened to find an older gent selling this absolute garage queen. You could really tell the thing had been cherished and a garage wall full of autoglym/megs/poorboys products confirmed this haha! Had been used as a weekend car but he admitted he hadn’t had the time to enjoy it in a while…. I happily gave him my money, he genuinely seemed gutted. At the time I had a Honda Accord Sport daily and an old 200sx I bought to do some drifting in. The 200sx was plastered in really good quality aftermarket parts. Making 400hp and totally prept for some abuse, but the damn things have become so rare and sought after in good condition it became worth while me selling it along with the Accord to buy the 350z I would now daily and do a few track days in along with the Annual Nurburgring trip and weekends away in Scotland, Peaks, North Wales etc. I am lucky enough to have a few dedicated track toys including a Mazda MX5 fully prepped, mainly used as a cheap driver development toy and winter track day beater. It's a car i can let my friends drive on track and really push hard in without really caring about battle scars (it's seen barriers and many gravel traps )…. oohh and the more full on track mobile... A Fireblade MK Indy RR which I absolutely adore . First thing I bought for the 350z was a track day. I wanted to know where I stood before I set about the modification and development plan so the day after I bought the car I was booked on to Oulton, but unfortunately bad weather called the day off and I had to wait until the following weekend for a shakedown at Blyton. Very impressed with the level of performance, mega compliant and on a stock setup blew me away with how well body roll was controlled, little vid here, I did ask far too much of budget brake pads>> Anyways sorry for waffling on! Really eager to develop and use the 350, glad it is already so capable, only nice easy things to do! Have Oulton Park booked Feb 11 and Anglesey on Feb 12 as a shakedown before a ten day trip to Nurburgring in April! Mega excited! Current Prep list since owning the car: Service/Refresh items 6L Titan Oil Oil Filter Power steering fluid Diff Fluid Gearbox Fluid Fuel filter Spark plugs Brakes Braided lines EBC Orange Stuff pads (track compound) ATE Blue fluid Brembo discs Tyres and Chassis Yoko AD08R Tyres 245/40/18 all round F&R tyres mounted and full geo Tein springs (7kg F / 6kg R) 20mm drop Nismo front brace Eibach wheel spacers 15mm F 25mm R Interior Low seat subframes motordrive fixed bucket seats harness bar 2x FIA aproved Harnesses snap off bos and hub kit Personal Suede 330mm steering wheel Engine Mishimoto air intake with heat shielding Scorpion full system Exterior Mines front lip Autohaus Rear spoiler Other VDC Switch delete Clutch Pedal Adjust Future plans will definitely include a 4.36 Final Drive. I think that would genuinely transform the car. Look forward to seeing you guys at a track day soon, and once again sorry for the long intro . Edited January 31, 2017 by WillisRR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xscotteex Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I read up on someone theory crafting a 4.36 final drive and they seemed to think it'd definitely add to the car with it being such a torquey N/A engine Anywho, welcome! Im jealous of your collection ahha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bandit Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Welcome to the forum Thought I saw this yesterday..Isn't Black Betty owned by Whackywill ?? 350z 2006 UK GT KURO BLACK, KNOWN AS "BLACK BETTY" Edited January 18, 2017 by Bandit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Welcome to the forum. You certainly didn't hang about on the mods front!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WillisRR Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Thanks guys! I honestly haven't been more impressed and known this undeniably that i chose the right car for the purpose than when buying the 350. I have had a great response from all and a guy i know actually bought one himself a week later! All the mods have been just to bullet proof it for track use, do you think a larger rad or oil cooler is required? Seating position is soo close to perfect, i was gutted to run full buckets with harnesses and lose the electric leather heated goodness. Ohhh no! I guess most people who played Need for Speed remember the black betty and 350 influence haha! I would be shocked if evrry black Z in the country isn't called Betty ������ Edited January 19, 2017 by WillisRR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillisRR Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Can't forget the little battle hardened mx5... Edited January 19, 2017 by WillisRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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