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Yeah I saw an instal on one in the States. I am not really sure why you would do it apart from wanting to be different. As that car is 380hp, you could get heaps more HP out of a Chev for less money and more reliability. Apart from the the engine being so big and heavy it over hangs the steering rack making the car handle badly. With a Chev not being so long you can move it back and get the same weight on all 4 wheels. But maybe I am biased??

14 Cars would be an awesome turn out for us. Let's hope we can all make it. 14 Zeds well that would be even better but if we have the odd stray it doesn't matter. I know some people have work in progress's. But shouldn't stop us all from getting together and talking crap about our cars. Ha

I haven't seen a Zed without the foot rest bar. Mind you I don't look that often. Maybe they came in half way through production years if the early ones are missing them. Come to think of it all those Zeds were 2+2's.

Hey Alan do you know why the event was lost from holding the event down at Quarantine at Point Nepean? Maybe it got to rowdy? But I thought they were still holding other similar events down there.

Coil over has lots of advantages. I know they cost a bit but they certainly increase the value of your car and help the car handle better. a) You can adjust the height of the car any time b) You can corner weight the car c) Many different spring rates are available in this form d) You can fit wider mags or tyres on the car.

Simon I am unsure what the exact part you are referring to is. Could it have another name or can you give more detail? Maybe that's why no response yet?

Sounds like a Job well done. I actually thought the same about my car being slow the other day. Ha. Mind you it shot up the rev's in no time so interesting that we had the same experience. I guess I have to get it back on the track now to make sure the times are the same. In reality we would have lost power because of being out of balance. So maybe we picked up a bit.

I am not sure who has control of the 2nd room booking but you might want to check numbers. According to me you still have 3.

Well done Sulio. Remember Idle jets sizes etc probably vary depending on the engine configeration?

I agree Sulio. Increase the value of your car and fix the roof properly with a respray. Even if it was hail damaged it can be fixed so you would never no these days. The roof isn't that big a job.

Well done RBZ. Glad to here it is all fixed. Obviously the out of balance shaft vebrated that much that it would have effected or cracked the mount. I drove my car for the first time at high speed on the weekend. Feels really smooth at 6,500 or more rpm now. I still have a minor vibration at lower speed but I reckon it is to do with the newish rear mount being to tightly put together. I am going to buy some new bush's and replace the noelthane ones for rubber ones. I reckon that should do the trick. This is only a minor tweak for a fussy bastard since it is pretty good these days.

The weather forecast is looking great for the weekend drive. Fine and dry around 25deg. Perfect for cruising in a Zed with no aircon. Bring it on.

Yep good honest bloke. Has his own Zed so you might meet him at some of our drives or meetings. I will be getting him to help me fabricate a number of custom parts for my Power Steering instalation.

Power Steering here we come. Well I went onto ebay this morning and there she was. A WRX STI 98 Rack waiting for me in near new condition with 30minutes to go. A phone call later to confirm it's condition and suitability and one bid did the trick. Anyway I dare say there will be a lot of work involved but should get it in and done over the next 3-6 months (I don't like to rush these things). But the car shouldn't be off the road for longer than 3-4 weeks since I can start using another cross member for butchering. Thanks Ash for your offer through a mate but I figured for $202- I couldn't go to far wrong with this one. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280214731748&fromMakeTrack=true#ebayphotohosting Let the work begin.

There you go for all those talking about building a race car. Save 20K and years of building time and get one straight up. Way cheaper than doing it your self.

Well done Mick. Looks great. We need a few for V8 Zeds on the road.

Re mount your Holley Blue pump. I had one solidly mounted and it vibrated through the whole car. Drove me crazy. Then I mounted it on rubbers and that got rid of 85%. Now it is mounted with rubbers onto my moustache bar and you can't hear or feel it. Give that a try.

Just so you know when I booked they take a Credit card number but I am pretty sure they didn't debit anything until we arrive. So you can easily split the bill on the weekend without being out of pocket. Also just a word of warning re car parking. They say there is only room for one car space per room. Otherwise the others might end up on the nature strip for which there is plenty of room out front. But since I don't think they will be fully booked for that weekend we could all trickle into the car parks later that evening if space permits.

Good you found the problem. I suspect your suspension guy will be able to find a suitable bush for you.

OK here is an update on the whole Drive Shaft problem. I got a new big beefer made up 2.3mm shaft wall, 1350 uni's same size as the V8 Supercars use and new flange for the diff. I drove my car for the first time in months to get it installed and realised that most or 95% of the vibration was gone. Hmmm why or how could this be. After putting it on the hoist at Daniel Moore's place we or he deduced the most likly cause of the problem. The twin exhaust that runs inside the tunnel either side of the D/S (1.75" away) was heating the Shaft that much after prolonged use it softened the metal and bent the Shaft a bee's dick or more under max load. Then when it cools down and settles for a period of time (Week?) it has returned or almost returned to it's original configuration. That would explain why it was almost gone and why on the last 2 days of the Tassie trip when it copped a caining over a period of 1-2 hours of constant use that the vibration came on so bad. So do I put the new one in of leave it? $900- sitting there weighing 3.5kg heavier! Ah stuff it. We threw it in since I figured the old one would still have to be out slightly. Anyway the problem is solved and I will be wrapping the exhaust in heat shield to try and keep the temperature down on the shaft before the Island trip. I will get the other one checked out but it seems like the most likely scenario.

Yep I will be there. I have just called the Quest Apartments 5952-2644 and booked the last 3 Bedroom Apartment for $275- In this room will be Sulio, Lurch, Lui and myself. The other 2 Bedroom self contained (Plenty of Room) are $205- for one Queen Bed and 2 singles. But for an extra $22- you can use the sofa bed to get 4 people in that room for $227-. The equates to $57- per head for the night. To put it in context that's less than your petrol bill for the drive. Like Sulio says reply to him and he can group you together if need be and then advise someone in that group to go ahead and book the room. Should be a good weekend. Let's hope the weather is fine. Regards

What a great turn out (14) we had last night, despite having no power we managed to have a good get together. Great to see you all and thanks sulio for going to all the trouble of the free BBQ and drinks. At the moment we are hoping to return to the Jag club for the next meeting and will be gunning for 20 people. Stay tuned.

Ha Ha. Good topic though. Ben that sounds like some pretty fast Zeds there. Mine has done a 12.9 years ago. Traction is my biggest problem. The new Drive Shaft is going in tomorrow so I hope to get out there again soon and have another go. I used to have a 3.36 diff in but now got a 3.9 so that should also help. One day I would love to get a couple of Drag rims/tyres and have a real go. Ahhh one day.

Go for it Evan you will be miles in front after you sell your car.

Yep pretty much what Nato said RBZ. Have a look at the angles mind you if the car was rigged up for an alignment I would talk to the guys about the possible bump steer issue and they could show you what the problem is. My car used to wonder all over the place till I fixed it. Now it drives great except for the heavy steering. I guess I can rig up the steering and see how it goes before looking at the idle switch. It sounds like it can be done afterwards. Like you say my motor might be able to push the pump enough not to have to go the next step.