reverendzed Posted August 22, 2010 Author Posted August 22, 2010 Took the opportunity to go for a great drive. this morning. Probably the first 'real' drive since REVZED was road ready. Amazingly traffic was light, adrenalin was pumping and I shrugged off my conservative driving hat and exchanged it for a 'if I make it home in one piece I'll be blessed' driving hat! This thing flies! better than I thought and my biggest problem was keeping my speed down. Was able to experience great acceleration in 2 and 3rd which enabled me to move past some 'seemingly stationary vehicles' around some of the twistier roads that I encountered. All in all it blew the cobwebs from the Zed and from the Rev all in one drive, need to be more days like this! Rev. Quote
garvice Posted August 22, 2010 Posted August 22, 2010 Those are the sort of drives that convince you not to sell. HA! Quote
mossy Posted August 22, 2010 Posted August 22, 2010 I actually went out for a pedal today to Kinglake and yes it was a stunning day, if only I had a z to drive I would have went for one of those as well. Quote
kobes Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 Hey guys, Quite a Few members May Already Know / figured out the Results of this Question But for those that do not will make it Official. In November i flew over to VIC ( got very sore arms) and Purchased "REV ZED" off forum member Dave, then Drove it back to Adelaide via Old Coast HWY, Then we took our first Train Trip Together, to arrive back in PERTH The car has handled perectly on the drive Home, Put around 1300kms on the Clock over four days Driving from melbourne to Adeliade Via Coastal Hwy, But it was Something i had dreamed about doing and What a car to do it in! It has taken a While to re-register over here in W.A. , The system is good enough, Just wanted to put some personal touches on it, and finish off a few jobs before doing so as I am in no rush as it is not going to be a daily driver more of Enjoyment Sunday Best Deal. Since Purchase Have Completed - Complete Roof Re-uplostry ( c/- batavia coast motor trimmers) - Complete rear boot/hatch area and front kick panels re-uplostered - Have re-built all the locks from local locksimth as boot got jammed and this was a good solution while doing one, mights as well do all - new 195 tyres for the rear - new alt / reg - Finished Installing last few door rubbers. - Did Not want any speakers installed into the car, as the upolstry work to good. So have custom built a 1200w Sub/ amp/speaker box. This has been suprizingly effective, and is easily removable from the vehicle, I thought the sound would be compromized, but is very good. - Working on a better/neater solution for the sub thou, and will post updates in here, as will be trying for some-thing unique. My objective is to make something that is a) Very easily and quickly removeable from the car b) Looks super professional (keeping in with the classic look/lines of the car) c) will house an arrangment of speakers/ amp d) Doees not in any way affective the original look of the vehicle when the item is removed. I hope it turns out as good as i have imagined it to, however will take 6 months or so to complete i would imagine. Quote
sexual_sushi Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 Edit: Just realised this is in Rev's thread, sorry for the hijack Hey mate, my advice would be to ditch the sub and build a speaker box like the one MSA sells. I made some last year http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,6268.15.html out of mdf and covered them in carpet which would match the floor in the hatch or you can cover it in the same vinyl as the rest of your interior. You can bolt it in with 2 screws into existing holes in the car so you can easily put the original panel back in if you need to. As you can see in the thread I'm running 2 6x9's off of the head unit and it is loud enough to hear clearly over the exhaust note of my 240z which is on the louder side of street exhausts. Besides taking out the spare wheel (illegal), I don't think there is any nice spot to put a sub in the cars. In my 2+2 I have a removable sub between the struts in the hatch and behind the rear seat but I don't think it really looks that great. There is a thread on www.hybridz.org or zcar.com that is called something about speaker locations etc which has quite a few people posting what they came up with although I don't remember anything in there that stood out to me as a clever and nice way to do it. Another option is this bloke made a vacuum formed speaker panel that goes down by your feet under the dash (kick panel) http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/94564-vacuum-formed-kick-panel-speaker-pods/. I think his design looks a bit odd, like too pronounced or something so you could consider making your own and modifying it if you were that keen but you could really only use smaller speakers as they get in the way of your legs. Quote
kobes Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Ok, Been a bit Quite but still getting a bit done here and there on Whitte advice took the car to RPW in osborne park, Perth. And I have to say they are the most accomadating mechanics i have been to and have all the nice toys to get things done right. Will try and post the dyno results, While the car was very very good as was, I wanted to use the best while they are available will post the dyno results as soon as i can scan them in. Lets say i am smiling. Quote
luvemfast Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Hmmmmmmm Maybe we need to have a dyno day? Quote
kobes Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 ok been a while but got excited my fan clutch arrived from MAS today, which was super impressive for its price only $65.00 amd the quality looks excellent. Plan to install early next week! Quote
benny Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 what was the end result of your dyno session?? Quote
kobes Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Interent is playing up so this is third attempt at typing and uploading this so it is getting shorter every time Went to a local car show on the weekend and had a ball so thought i would share some photo's of where the zed is at now. Hopefully next two days will have photo's of the interior finishings and additions, Also the printouts of the before and after for the dyno! Quote
kobes Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Yes I am very appreciative that have been able to obtain a rev zed. it is quite amazing the rebirth he gives these cars. Now I just to have save the pennies to Gordon to make me an engine while we have the services of someone that can make an engine sing like most dream Quote
kobes Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 just a quick photo since the windows have been tinted Quote
saxon Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 Looks good! Now you got me thinking of doing mine. Quote
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