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I agree Scando. Shopping around is best. As much as I hate to say it Shannon's suits my brother and his cars at a reasonable rate.

Shannon's only want to deal with low risk drivers with expensive cars that are garaged and driven half a dozen times a year on the road. It's easy money.

Shannons are pricks. Even though I had never had an accident they just looked at my speeding/driving record and wouldn't even entertain the idea. Insured with Vero for agreed value $65,000- for $550-. Got to be happy with that.

My brother Gordon has entered his 240Z for the Saturday only.

25K will get you a good fast Zed that's for sure. You would want to find something someone might have spent around 40K on, done a bit of sprinting in it and sorted out all the gremlins. If I was you I would visit a couple of track days at Phillip Island & Sandown and have a chat with some of the Zed owner/sprinters. Everything is for sale for a price or they might know of someone. Definately don't rush into it. For that money you definately want the car good to go with virtually nothing more to spend. The engine and it's mods/HP would obviously be another key point. My brother (Gordons) Blue Zed was not built as a racer. It's more a nice clean/straight, no rust, good disks all round, coil overs etc but not a hot motor. He was talking around 27K to me last weekend. But I told him he was crazy selling it after working on it for 2 years and not even driving it. Too busy with other cars. Ha. Anyway have a look around and even enquire interstate. I know there are some awesome machines there as well. (Zed Websites). When you find one and close to making a purchase then give us a yell on here and some of us might either know the car or at least advise if it's a good deal. I am definately not the expert in this field but between many of the active members you will get a good heads up. Hope that helps. Regards

John/Mossy I am pretty sure my brother will be heading out there with his Zed. He has been trying to talk me into taking my car out but most likely only spectate. Either way I would reckon there should be a few more Zeds there than the PI meet.

Well I wasn't going to say any more but..... Thanks for your support guys. Tappets from the initial post I even wondered if you were from the UK looking to visit Australia and do a race meet and try and get a loan car or something. Contrary to Lurch's post I am actually pretty smart. But Lurch lacks a bit of tact on occassions, we make allowances for that. Any way lets move on. You might want to get a little involved with some of the members here and learn as much as you can about the Zed before purchasing one. Presuming you haven't had one before. Once in the crowd you will find cars coming up for sale that may not even be advertised. My brother, dare I say it has one of the fastest track/road reg 240 Zeds around. He is thinking about selling another 240Z of his, that he has done up from rotisery to turn key never been registered but is finished. I guess you might want to tell us roughly how much you want to spend and where you want to be as far as pace is concerned on the track. That will determine the amount of mods you will need on the car. This might help you get a better response from our members with a vast aray of helpful hints.

Bunnings. Works great. Heaps of different applications for this product.

I think a better question would be how much have you got to spend then we can tell you what you can expect to get for your money. Otherwise we might be talking anywhere from $3,000- to $40,000- for a Zed which is a big difference. Remember numbers quoted for selling a car aren't always what they get for them.

What the hell!!!! Lurch I think the post has been edited mate. That's not how the post read this morning. :-\ There was no word "Buy" no "Location" and a .UK email address?? Anyway I think people might know what Tappets is on about now.

Hey Dave, You might want to elaberate on your first post. Are you in the UK. Are you visiting Australia. Do you think someone is just going to give you their pride and joy to race around a track for nothing?

Why not combine the two. Jap with muscle. Chev in a Zed and you get the best of both worlds. Problem is you will never fit into either group. Purists on both sides won't appreciate your car. But if you don't care about that and produce a quality car that the owner is happy with then that's all that matters. As the performance (Speed & handling) by combining the two is awesome.

What I did for my roof lining in my 2+2 when I did the roll cage. Was cut the old lining out. Went to Clark Rubber and brought say 10mm thick spong Rubber Sheet and glued it to the roof. Looks perfect. No one would know the difference and has two benefits. Better sound detening and better insulation against the heat or sun on the metal roof on a hot day.

I think Zedman might have pin pointed the problem. That would be my guess.

Bungers & Mash!!!! I think he was after a 2+2. If you got kids is very handy. I know mine love to go for a spin in the Zed.

I had the same problem with oversteer in my Zed. But after seeing my rear wheels were out of alignment by 7deg which is common in Zeds. I got that fixed and smooth sailing around the corners. Like Zedman says, sway bars will only go so far. At the end of the day your problem sounds like a rear wheel alignment problem. get that sorted and you will be surprised with the speeds you can carry through the corners.

Hey Scando was avgas banned from the race tracks? Or do these guys just run this fuel on the quiet?

In Tassie - Strahan to Craddlem Mountain. Hmmmmm

Yeah your right Mayhem. As you and I know it's too easy for people to bandish around HP numbers like 700-800 even 500 but the reality is you don't see those numbers very often in street cars. All I say is get the job done, the car on the road and dyno then we can count the numbers.

Yeah I am pretty sure these are still up for grabs. Cars are out near Lilydale in Victoria.

Hi boys. Gee that weigh in day was a few years back now Daniel. I knew my car was 50/50 but didn't realise it was the closest on the day. Just be aware the car wasn't always that way. It handled terrible when all the weight was over the wheels. But new engine mounts moved the engine back some 6 inch's and whalla the car was transformed.

Well if any of you NSW & ACT guys are keen on some big klms in your Zeds then come on down to Vic in Feb 2010 for our Tassie trip and jump on the boat with us for another 1,400klms around the Apple Isl.

Couple more.

Couple of pictures.

Hey guys. Had a great weekend. That photo of Lurch with Sulio's glass's on is gold. You should get a pair Lurch. Great driving and good night was had by all. No video on this one just a few shots. Hope we see a few more people out on the next one. You need to drive them to make all the hard work worth while. Cheers