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Dimitri, I wouldn't mind the two tyres. Do they have tread? What %. Are they road worthy? I don't need the slicks though. You might want to bring the rims along to the Jag Club meeting 12/5/09. Someone might be interested mate. Put them on show. Should be 25-30 Zed people there.

Well done Thomo. Sounds like it's coming along well. I am looking forward to seeing it at the Grampians.

Hey Thomo PM Dalee or Scoota and they should be able to give you a heads up on travelling down together or something.

Second donation deposited into our Bank Account last night. Thank you Dave Marret (Rev) for your $50.00. Make sure you get your DVD and stickers at the Club meeting 12/5/09. Balance of the account is now $160.00.

Well we have our first donation $50- EFT'd into our new bank account. Thanks very much Matt Drago. Much appreciated. We will spend it wisely. Pick up your free Thredbo DVD and some stickers if you make it to the Jag Club meeting 12/5/09. Balance is now $110-.

Great photo's some awesome Zeds there.

The Beast - Oh and that was long before Eric Banner and his movie came out. Other people started calling it that and I just ran with it. The wife calls it "The money pit".

Dale, The current list is on page two for this Thread. If you have other cars coming let me know and I will update it. Cheers

The Rev will be onto you if you use the Lord's name in vain Fufu.

Hi since the other link is locked I thought some people might like to discuss or share their ideas on how best to run the Clubs new bank account. I am open to suggestions.

Well yesterday I finally got around to openning up our new AUSZCAR Bank account 29/4/09. ANZ BANK ROWVILLE BSB 013-479 Account No. 524707971 How will this account work:- 1) All Z Car members can now donate by depositing directly into the above account number any time. 2) Donations will mainly go towards Victorian, Tassie and Threadbo events, BBQ's, meets etc. 3)This thread is locked so I will only have access it to highlight or list people who donate and by how much. 4) When donating please list your name and or user name. Or notify me direct. 5) After each list I will always list the balance of the account and where expenditure goes. 6) This A/C has a debit card with a pin number we can hand around on trips or outings if we wanted to use the Club money. Whilst it would be nice to have a float around $500- to cover expenses so we are not always asking for cash I will always give back to the members in give aways or freeby's to ensure the account doesn't just grow endlessly for no reason. 7) Monthly bank fee for the Account is $2.00 Note:- Paypal account is still open for donations to Gavin to run the on line site. (Interstaters) We can also use this for up front payments before ordering the shirts, Caps etc. The openning balance is $60- left over from the Xmas 2008 BBQ raffle. At the Jag night we will give away the Threadbo DVD to anyone who donates $20- or more on the night. (We will still be asking for $10- to cover costs on this night). I guess Lurch, Sulio and myself have already donated $50- towards the new Club banner which is due to arrive any day. If you want to direct deposit into this account feel free to do so any time but make sure you list your user name. This thread will then track the history of donating members. Thanks in advance guys.

Well looking at the voting it seems most people are after a Polo. I have to agree they do look more formal and nicer as an official Club shirt. So my opinion is to concentrate on one style of shirt first. Let's get one done (Polo) and move to a T-shirt later if the demand is there. Remember I was a T-shirt man but happy to wear a descent Polo if it looks smart and not too loud Dimitri. Ha. So I reckon we bring along examples on the 12th May. I will do the 4 prints of my suggestions per link. Lurch bring yours along as well and anybody else for that matter. Let's do a show of hands at the metting. Go with the majority. Take the cash and place an order in the following weeks. Oh and wet T-shirts are optional not compulsory Jane! I reckon it will be fantastic if we get a nice shirt for us all to wear with pride promoting our Club and car.

You will only get a 9" rim under a Zed with stock wheel arch's if you have the narrower coil overs fitted. My rims a 17x9" and fit perfect with the correct offset with no rubbing. But I do have the coil over spring set up.

Ha Ha don't be like that Lurch. Just throwing around ideas and hoping people show some interest one way or the other. Then we can hone in on what is most popular. Let me know if you prefer Black on Red, Red on Black - White on Black or Black on White? (On the above address)

Not a bad site Scando. Some nice shirts there. Here are two I didn't mind. http://www.kombat.com.au/design.php?state=load&swf=45c022343197b.swf Bugger it didn't save them! I modified the two going for Black on Red or White on Black only. I could definately see my self wearing one of those with the ausZcar.com logo on it. Have a go changing around your self like I did. Two tone colours seem better than the 3 in the example. Please share your thoughts guys & girls.

Show me the money! A brings back memories of building my engine. All the little things keep adding up till you get some rediculous total at the end. A total that had you known when you started might have prevented you from building in the beginning.

Me, I'm a T-shirt sort of guy. I go for the casual look not the svelt look, what ever that is Lurchos. Ha Ha. Maybe when voting people should think of either Lurch's Polo or that red Fairlady T-shirt from Gavin's post. If enough interest then I reckon we could order 15 or so of them from Canada. By the way I am heading for Winton to watch the V8's this weekend. I am sure one of the merchandise stands has a red Polo with a black & white chequer patern under the arms? Or is that the Ferrari shirts?

Another Zed nut Graham Verbunt has confirmed to be coming along on this night. He has raced his Zed a few times at the annual Mt Buller Hill Climb. Hopefully I can talk him into maybe having a chat about his experience on that event, preperation etc at a future meeting with his car on display. But of course that will be some 3 months after this one.

I wasn't nocking the butterfly system I am sure it would work some how. I am just not sure how. But as you suggest having muliple set ups with and electronic adjustment and finely tuned to the car as it accelerates sounds perfect. But a bit too technical for my set up. Oh, my cars a V8 by the way.

Go for it Gav. Keep me posted as I am tempted just to order half a dozen of those other Fairlady Zed shirts from Canada I think they were.

Hmmm I might have to put that event on the to do list! Looks awesome.

Have you tried Zspares? Just keep in mind that you might have to modify it a little to get a good fit. Mine wasn't perfect. I got it off Ebay years ago.

Well I got pinned for noise in my car a few months ago. The car was only allowed 96db. At idle it was 90db and at 3,000rpm it went to 98-100db. So I thought I would be smart and shove some massive steel wool balls down the exhaust (Per Lurch's suggestion, which was a good one) and went back for a re test. The exhaust was heaps quieter at adle and even driving. The car was really restricted and nearly didn't start. At idle the was around 80-82db but reving at 3,000 rpm she was still 98db. Go figure??? I wouldn't have beleived it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. So I got sick of stuffing around and threw on two new 2.25" rear baffled exhausts ($440-) which took it down to 94db. Then got home and put the old ones, twin 2.5" free flowing back on. At least if those bastards get me again it will only be $31- to have the yellow sticker removed. :-\ I guess my point here is that I don't see how the butterfly could quieten the car down that much short of strangling it and or stalling the car. Might be OK on the track to quieten it a little but to pass an EPA I think the only solution would be what I had to do.

Did you get some new wheels Sinisha. What size. From memory you were only running 17x7.5 wide and still pumping out good times.

Jane you could always change the 260 to a 280.