350Butcher Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Well I thought its about time I said hello and introduced myself. I've owned my '04 350Z for a year now and have been kicking around on the forum in that time for the useful info and the use of some of the traders too Coming from a high spec Mitsubishi Evo5 the Zed had a quite a bit to live up to but Ive always liked them and after 6 years with my Mitsi it was the right time for a change and for something less "focused" I bought the car totally standard, in great condition and with only 43000 on the clock and after 2 months booked myself on to a Snetterton trackday then off to the Dordogne for a weeks holiday..........as you do! And I must say it was a superb and comfortable mile muncher and not a bad performer on track either but left plenty of room for improvement so over the last 12 months and with another 3 trackdays under its belt I've made a few tweeks to get it more to where I want it Bits I've changed: Performance Friction floating discs Pagid RS29 Pads Goodridge hoses Bilstein B6 shocks keeping stock springs Eibach anti roll bars Super pro bushes CC Clutch and lightened flywheel H-dev plenum spacer K&N panel filter Berk decats Motordyne XYZ with resonator pipe Mocal 16row oil cooler with DIY ducting Carbonetic carbon LSD Just need the uprev done to compliment all of the above and its pretty much where I want it as a much improved track car while retaining its road manners......... I'm booked on for Silverstone March 26th trackday to have my first proper go with the new diff so cant wait for that, then just waiting and very much looking forward to my 'Ring trip in June to see how close I can get to my 8m04sec best lap from my Evo.........not very I suspect.........but I'll be trying my best and having a great time doing so! Hope I've not gone on too much. Cheers and hello to all, Martin Few pics: Edited March 9, 2013 by 350Butcher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wizurd Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Welcome loving the car. would love to try the Ring sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lmc Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Some nice mods there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Nice Zed ..needs a "stubby"...did 7.35 at the ring in my 911 in the dry. Hans Stuck was out testing the new BMW MTec V10 the same day..couldnt even get close to his time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MITZ@CougarStore Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Welcome to the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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350Butcher Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Thanks for the warm welcome folks Wizurd: You should get out to the 'ring, its better than anyone can tell you and they all tell you its great. Book up with Destination Nurburgring or Circuit-days tour as its an open pit lane proper trackday setup, no buses, bikes etc and full circuit not bridge - gantry as the tourist days are. WackyWill: That is a fast time indeed! Was that BTG or full lap? Booked on with the above mentioned I've been flat out in my 400bhp Evo and all manor of machinery was flying past like I was standing still on the faster sections, Carrera GT, SLR Mclaren, Porsche GT2's, Lambo superleggera etc to name a few, it was an eye opener and a lesson for sure so I did the next best thing and got the window down and just enjoyed the sound tracks..............role on June!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wizurd Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Thanks for the warm welcome folks Wizurd: You should get out to the 'ring, its better than anyone can tell you and they all tell you its great. Book up with Destination Nurburgring or Circuit-days tour as its an open pit lane proper trackday setup, no buses, bikes etc and full circuit not bridge - gantry as the tourist days are. WackyWill: That is a fast time indeed! Was that BTG or full lap? Booked on with the above mentioned I've been flat out in my 400bhp Evo and all manor of machinery was flying past like I was standing still on the faster sections, Carrera GT, SLR Mclaren, Porsche GT2's, Lambo superleggera etc to name a few, it was an eye opener and a lesson for sure so I did the next best thing and got the window down and just enjoyed the sound tracks..............role on June!! cheers butcher. I'll have a look at them and let you know. cant wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliecrx Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Welcome! I'm trying to see if it's viable to take my zed to the ring this year myself, last outing I had the s2000. It truely is the best place on earth!!!! Some nice upgrades indeed!! Edited March 9, 2013 by Ollierx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Welcome . There's an 8:11 lap by a Zed here Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Welcome Along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsniss350z Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 to the forum. It looks like you've been spending a bit of cash on some well chosen mods. I hope your enjoying your Zed more than your other motor (sorry i can't bring myself to name it lol) from your photos it looks really tidy. I hope you enjoy many miles of driving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Butcher Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Thanks again for the positive comments Wizurd/Ollierx: Get it booked up! Would be great to see a few zeds going round. I think the Zed will be very good there especially the longer gearing suiting it as in the Evo virtually the whole lap was in 4th/5th and at 150mph@7000rpm in 5th it was screaming its nuts off the whole time Jetset (Pete): Thats a handy BTG time and gives me a good reference as he certainly knows his was round the place, think he'd be lot faster too with better rubber as they sounded tortured at every inch of the way Samsness: Cheers, I like to do as much homework as poss to make sure I get the right bits but the right bits do have a habit of being bloomin expensive. I do enjoy the Zed alot and wanted to get something that was as opposite as could be from the Evo so I couldn't compare them in any way. I'm pretty convinced from A to B the Evo will be the fasted car I'll have ever owned but it did lots of other things badly and there things the Zed does very well so overall the Zed ticks lots of boxes over a greater area of use so I'm a big fan Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hello and to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliecrx Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Sadly I don't think the ring will happen this year. My new job means I've only a certain window for holidays and at the minute all I could get was September, and all the track time then is poor. I really really want to go tho, and never come back! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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