3b s2 coupe resurrection

[andy10v]

Next tracknight I am on is Wed 5th August.

Just let me know if you are over my way, I still need to see the 90 in rwd mode

[martinws]

Looking good man. You should get a trackday organised n see how she performs. I'll need to come through for a wee run, only 350z iv been in was driven like a 5 year old girl.

[ronaldvossen]

While we're at it... And only because of your Nissan, Can I promote a friend's gtr store? www.belgiumgtrstore.com

[andy10v]

Thanks gents

Now done 1000miles in the new car. Went from Stirling to Fort William, Applecross, Torridon, Inverness, Loch Ness then back down to Stirling.

At the top of the Applecross road;





Really starting to enjoy the car now I have some miles on it, I have mostly stopped shifting from 6th to 5th instead of 3rd when overtaking It is very composed handling, very tractable and reasonably quick, can overtake ok.

And much to my girlfriends delight;



Still need to sort the seats though, the stock ones are coming out and my Recaro Speeds are going in

[mackenzie50]

Defo good to have a change- and nice motor- prices are nice too now (just a shame the 370z and GTR are still outa reach for me )
Enjoy

[K Simmonds]

Nice choice.

[andy10v]

2004 Nissan 350z GT

4 pot Brembo front brakes, 2 pot Brembo Rears
276bhp stock
5.7 0-60
RWD
1,446–1,634 kg 53:47 F/R
LSD
Rays forged wheels
3.5 V6
OEM strut braces

Nice suspension setup, handles well out the box, timing chain is good for 200k apparently.

Cheap and hopefully reliable.

Idea is to spend time driving and enjoying, still tinker with bolt ons for fun, but its pretty sorted out the box.

Decats
Plenum spacer
remap

can knock on 300bhp if I want to tinker, or a bolt on supercharger kit is 400+bhp but I am ignoring that for now.

I did look at 911s, but NA ones seem rather unreliable, and not that fast, turbo ones are rather expensive still.

Also just to try something different, I have had 80s/90s/S2s since I was 17.

[newsh]

Looks yummy! What is it? Looks a bit like a Porsche

[andy10v]

proper pics please

It was supposed to be a guessing game

Anyway poor picture as its dark but you get the idea

[Error404]

Enjoying it then, good lad
They are a fun car, you have to be quite lairy and they love it

[newsh]

proper pics please

[andy10v]

This one has a Nimso exhaust which is brilliant, silent on cruise, but a nice rumble on WOT.

Currently has a Nismo rear spoiler which I am not sure about, I think I will grab a Nismo replica front splitter as they look bad ***.

Nice power delivery, handling feels amazing so far!

[Error404]

Nice mate
I saw one yesterday with the Nismo aero on it, they look and sound awesome

[andy10v]

Flew down to London and drove the new car back to Scotland today

[andy10v]

Compression tested the engine before taking it out;

Cyl 1 12 bar
Cyl 2 12 bar
Cyl 3 11 bar
Cyl 4 11.1 bar
Cyl 5 12 bar

12 bar is 175psi, so looks pretty good for a high mileage engine.

Compression pressures
New: 9-14 bar (131-203 psi)
Wear limit: 7.5 bar (109 psi)
Max. permissible pressure difference between all cylinders: 3 bar (44 psi)

Engine is out





I need to get the Torsen rear diff off the car, then its ready to go as a rolling shell with the brakes to come back to me.