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Nice. I always reckon they are lighter than the standard "U" Joint's which translates to more power as well. That is a beefy exhaust system you have there. I have 530hp and sticky tyres and never broken mine. So I figure they will never brake. The tyres will slip before any breakage.

G'day Scando. We are most likely meeting up with Mick in Hobart on the weekend of the 9-10 Feb when our trip is down that way. I have Mick's phone number and plan on calling him a day or two before hand to possibly catch up. You might have said you were away that weekend. Not sure if mick was going to come along and check us out at Symmons Plains a few days later.

Not long to go for Tassie now Scott. I hope you are on the home stretch now. Make sure you don't lowere the car too much for the big trip. Some of the roads you might bottom out if we are travelling at a fast speed, especially with 2 people in the car. Some roads have a few bumps etc.

Go Scott I love these people who don't mind the stress of a tight deadline. There are a couple of others in the same boat in there preperation. Too stressful for me. I imagine Sulio or Lurch should be able to help you with this question.

Nice looking car Zeus.

Yes Gav, I'm afraid VICZCAR = Victoria in my mind and most others despite anything else. Until it changes to AUSZCAR or such most people will think the same. But threads like this will water down some readers perception.

Well done Hellfire. You better get that roadworthy so you can come on our next drive.

Hi fella's yeah it was a great day. We got 18 cars. Most made it back to Gordons place but some couldn't make it. We got others who just came for the BBQ with numbers around 40 for lunch. This was as mentioned above more a get together for people I had been corresponging to me about the Tassie Trip in Feb. It was only an hours drive up and an hour back with more of an emphassis on the BBQ meet and greet. My appologies for not openning up the run to others but there will be plenty more drives this year. Sulio and I hope to get a full calender of drives posted up in the next few weeks. Ash I like your sense of humour about your WRX. We look forward to seeing it out on the track one day or on the next drive. Great pictures Sulio. I forgot to bring my camera mind you I wasn't expecting quite so many cars. A lot of people turned up but hadn't confirmed back via email. Just as well it was a byo barby, ha. For the record the last Tassie trip we got 65 people and about 40 cars. This was run through the NDSOC. They declined my request to support the trip financially this year and persist with their code of conduct so we decided to run it on our own on an invitation only basis (which included Viczcar people) . Start saving for next year $1,200- for the boat and accommodation. Will post some pictures of the event later in Feb. We have 7 Zeds going this year and an assortment of other cars including GTR's etc. Cheers

What sort of box did you put in. I wouldn't think a Zed should be doing 3000 revs at 100klms. That is too high. I wonder what ratio your diff is? I would have though it would be 3.9 - 3.36 if the car was running an auto. If this is the case then your gear box might be the reason for such high revs. Can someone with a normal set up for their Zed confirm their rev's at 100klms. I would have thought it would be at or below 2,500rpm. Maybe you are reading it incorrectly because your speedo is now out. I would presume that you have thought of this and at least confirmed the 100klm speed by an extranal source.

Hey Rev do you have a descent exhaust system to go with your extractors? If not then I would recommend you look at a bigger system to suit your extractors and motor mods. No use increasing power in the engine if it is still going to be strangled by a small exhaust system. Just something to consider if not already done. Good luck with it. Get it ready before the next drive.

Nice site Gavin. Gives me too many ideas. Man it never ends. ha. Thanks

I don't mind live the legend. But another might be "Experience the legend". Meaning get in and go for a ride or drive it. We might have to settle on half a dozen examples and start a pole to vote what people like most. Making sure members can only vote once.

The way I see it you won't see more shape of the car by turning it sideways since it is a solid image. Plus then you will lose the far head light. Personally I like the image as it is. that's my 20cents worth.

Calm down Dattoboy. Some of the guys are just having a bit of fun. We don't want to be too serious here. Good luck finding a Zed Wesp. Let us know when you get on the road.

I love the first one Van. My only suggestion ti the change the wording from "Embracing the Heritage" to "Embrasing a Legend" or Embracing a Classic" or "Embracing a timeless Classic". Just a few ideas but I do like the first one. Put me down for a couple especially if I could get it in red.

Yeah a shameto call it off but I think we made the right decision since the drizzle continued for about 4 hours. Better to be safe than sorry. Besides those Zed wipers are pretty useless.

Any chance of people confirming they are going on here before Friday so we know who to look out for or wait for. At the moment I think we have:- Craig 260Z Sulio 260Z Lurch 240Z (Might have to work) Ash in WRX Evan - Passenger Gordon - Maybe meeting us halfway along 240Z Dave - 350Z (Can't make it now) John - GTIR Turbo Bruce 240Z Kyle 240Z Possibly another Bruce 240Z coming in from overseas late Friday. Will be late call.

Well done John. Were are you based? Sounded like a nice car. Good pick up.

I had an LSD I brought recently refreshed by a guy here in Melbourne. He did a top job and added a couple of extra plates in to tighten up the LSD. He is honest reliable and fair so if you need a contact and are prepared to chip it down I can put you in contact with him. I have no idea about cost since yours is probably an open diff. Not sure if you need sincro's or what. But he might be able to help if you can't find anyone in Darwin. I would however be surprised if you can't find anyone there. Freight up and back from Melbourne would be a $120- or so I reckon.

I also reckon your list of prices is pretty close to the mark. Personally I always reckon you are better of paying a bit more for a straight body with hardly any rust for a good starting point. I think a lot of people buy them cheap with more rust than they initially thought and spend 6-7K fixing the body which really puts them way behind on the restoration stakes. Better off using that good money on other things if your body is good from the start.

If it's done properly the first time it shouldn't have to be done again. Just keep an eye on the rust spots when they take it back to bare metal and make sure any cancer is cut out properly so it won't reoccur. Then rust proof the inside of the gurds with some stone gurd as well. Fish oil inside the doors etc and you should be good to go. Make sure you drop in on the body works person at least weekly to make sure he keeps moving on the car otherwise some of them don't care if it drags out past 6 months which is crazy. But I hear of this happenning a bit. Keep them honest, agree on a time frame and you should be right. Good luck.

Yes the drive is on. We meet Saturday morning as planned above. We could have around 10 cars which is not bad for a little club. See you then.

The question you have to ask your self is what standard do you want your Zed to be finished at? Concourse with no rust and straight panels, Neat and clean or just a quick spray over? The first would be 10-15K from a top panel beaters place. Down to 2K for a half assed job. But for concourse finish I would say 10K minimum. I know I paid more than that for mine.

Top meeting last night Sulio. Was it 8 Zeds? Good to meet a few new faces and looking forward to hopefully seeing a few of you along to our drive on the 15/1/08.

Sco and Modular9 seem to be spot on with their advise. I have a custom alloy tank set in the middle of the rear of my 2+2. I threw out the spare wheel well and put in the custom tank. After a small mod to the rear cross member supporting the rear diff I manage to now run a twin exhaust on my car and have done for around 8 years. Looks good, everything is central plus I needed the capacity to run twin 2.5" exhaust. So it can be done. PM me if you want some detailed pics.