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Waitey

Z3M out.... TVR T350T in. Total minter with 18k on the clock. 53 plate with private TVR reg. All the options like extended full hide etc. Just got insurance sorted @ £860 fully comp. Not bad for been 21 with 3 years NCB. Sadly i've been doing 100 hour weeks for the last month so i've not had much ti...

Waitey

This is too intermittant to be a mapping issue. So something certainly is playing up. Randomly idles at 1200 too.

Waitey

It feels so much like a mapping problem but it can't be.... Fuel pump issue is worrying me. Its always made that noise but it is getting worse. Repalcement pump from BMW is circa £400. I feel i could adapt the high pressure walbro. I know my valve clearences are a little out but they shouldn't be ca...

Waitey

My S50 has developed a misfire at low revs. Only on part throttle openings though. Also if in the low rev range and WOT is applied i get a huge lag before the car decides it wants to go forward.

Also for the first 10 miles of a jurney my fuel pump whines like the girlfriend non stop.

Waitey

I have them on the back. Thay are holding up fine.

Waitey

Man up and cut them and join with some crimp connectors

Waitey

I think over £1100 from a dealer is a little OTT on a car worth sub £10k.

Waitey

I'm tempted to re dye but the BMW red roof is an bit of an odd ball colour.

Waitey

I fancy a new hood. Are there any good places in yorkshire that supply and fit them?

Waitey

Lynseed oils gets white polish marks off a treat!

Waitey

I'd love to wet and dry it but I don't posses the patients

Plus the thought of having to polish the wet and dry marring out makes the baby Jesus cry..

Waitey

Well since nothing will touch the clearcoat over imola red its time to crack out the hardcore stuff. Cut rating of 10/10 :lol: http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/3M50417.jpg 3M Fast Cut Plus. Epic stuff. I'll post my progress photo's here over the next few weeks. As i'll have to be careful with i...

Waitey

The filter is huge. It has to be though since only big filters have 90mm inlets. It doesn't have any brackets to hold it in as it fits exactly between the headlight and the MAF. At the moment this filter kit is around £100 cheaper than any other so it gives you plents of money left over to construct...

Waitey

Dyno's will be done next month after i finish my exams.

I just calbe tied a small circle of 'filter foam' over the breather. I'm not paying £15 for a breather filter as thats just madness.

Waitey

21. 2 Years NCB. £805 fully comp on a Z3M. Through Bell.

Waitey

If you have a 2.0/2.2/2.8 and are near me (Nafferton, East Yorkshire) and would like to be a tester for an induction kit send me a PM with a photo of your engine bay.

Steve

Waitey

I've finished my filter set up. It utilises the OEM heat shield as it proved once rolling to be only 4 degrees above ambiant. The kit includes a large ITG filter, Silcone joiner and two jubilee clips. It is up to you what you do with the breather filter. Since i can't find a reasonably priced small ...

Waitey

The std feed takes air from next to the headlight and the fog light hole. I can't see it needing another feed (Since the OEM feed will flow enough for 360bhp). Plus the bonnet isn't a perfect seal around the headlight so air will come in there.

Waitey

Video of the first test. Totally ruined by the poor mike on the camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r13zQ4TudVk

Waitey

Few photo's so far. The filter is rated to 480bhp so it should have no problems with the good old S50. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/DSC_0235.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/DSC_0236-1.jpg The sound isn't as loud as i expected but its still far better than stand...

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freelandm wrote:Waitey

I am interested and as you are not a million miles away i would like to come and check your finished induction set-up out

Regards Matt

Feel free to. Designing the heat shield when all the parts come!

Waitey

Ahh a fellow cliosport.net member?

Waitey

The OEM airfeeds will remain as they can easily flow enough air. The part i'm most intestested in is if a heat shield makes that much of a difference. Since once a car is rolling, temps at the inlet side of the bay are rarely much higher than the out side temp. All the parts i need have been ordered...

Waitey

John the original paint is more than thick enough to have a few goes with intensive polish. Plus its so hard your so unlikely to go too far. AW8 - Polishes are designed to cater for softer paints hence why they make like impact on hard clearcoats such as BMW/Porsche paints. Some paints i've correcte...

Waitey

I'm currently in the middle on designing my own to use on my Z3M. I'll use this tread to update my progress. I'll be very DaveF esque but using a different filter. I'm think i'll be able to offer it with or with out an heatshield. Plus it should be a fair bit cheaper than the Simota kit. I'll be doi...

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You'd need spacers.

Waitey

Wing i've done VS wing i haven't.

Polished

Unpolished

Swirls are reduced but the RID's are still there along with some macro-marring.

Waitey

After all the detailing treads i thought i'd crack my PC out and have a go on the Z3M. What the do they do to this stuff in the factory? Its possibly the hardest substance known to man. After 2 passes with IP on a cutting pad, 1 pass with Final finish on a polishing pad and 1 pass of SRP and and coa...

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Thats a definate for us plus the famous WETWANG chippy is only a couple of miles away. Maybe we could take a few bottles of wine this time for the non drivers of course. :?: That bloody chipshop is so overrated :lol: It all anyone comes for when there's better ones in Driffield. I should be free to...

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Cheers Waitey I'll give it a week at 6250 if no joy I'll go under 6000 Emporio If it has tax and mot £5995 should easily return £5800. If someone doesn't meet your price don't be afraid to turn them away! For example i sold a 2000 plate Audi TT 225 on 98k miles for £6250 which was easily £800 over ...

Waitey

Cat C will be the killer. But... if you put it up for under 6k i think it'll go very quickly. At the moment people are seeing yours and thinking for 1k more they can have one thats not on the register.

Its just simple minds games. Start the price with a 5 and people will be flocking for it.

Waitey

As above.

Waitey

I'm not near my Z today.

I've found it is 3.5"

Waitey

Try to avoid using WD40 in the engine bay. The high sylicone/oily content acts to suck the life out of vinyls ultimately leaving them dry and faded. Aswell as attracting dust. Also it'd take a lot of effort to kill the clearcoat with hand applied SRP and i mean a lot :lol: . It took long enough with...

Waitey

Get on to http://www.detailingworld.co.uk Tell them your car, paint colour and what finish your looking for and they'll tell you the products you need. BMW paints are very hard so hand polishing will generally make no difference un less its a 'filling' polish but even then it won't be amazing. That ...

Waitey

In a Z3M afm

In CM?

Waitey

I love our industrial estate

Waitey

I was actually doing a shoot for my friends 206 GTi 180 but i took a few of the Z3M aswell :) http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/206%20and%20Z3/DSC_0263.jpg http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/206%20and%20Z3/DSC_0266.jpg http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/206%20...

Waitey

I wish MNR would design a nice nose cone.

Waitey

Several members over at zed-cars use T1-R's on and off the track, notably on Z4M's. I've never heard anything negative from them about their performance. Also, I believe Spokey is a fan of the grip capabilities of the T1-R's. I had T1-R on my Westfield and i didn't like how soft the side walls were...

Waitey

Nice to meet you all.

The ///M running 300 was good to hear about

I stayed for about an hour after you all left.

Boostjunkie get that map sorted!

Waitey

As someone contemplating this for my S54 I will watch this 'banter' with interest. Go to Evolve mate, they know what they are doing, they have some very good dyno results from mine. Has anyone had a bad result from Evolve? The highest number of standard S50B32's making near enough book power seem t...

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rhendo I'm no expert at these things but did quite a bit of research recently before having mine remapped 2 weeks ago. I also ha the Simota induction kit fro Evolve. I have a post here with some useful info http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20284 It is worth you talking to the guys at ...

Waitey

Paul at RStuning is great. His prices are spot on if not a little cheap lol He did a live map on my MX-5 turbo 2 years ago. It took him 4.5 hours and i had 54 dyno runs done. A generic map will never be as good. This was highlight with my friends TT's.With the generic map his made 257bhp, and the ot...

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I'm going to open it up. And put some ultra bright red ones in it, like Audi use.

Waitey

John i'd agree with the fact they are hard to live map. BMW ECU's like to self adjust to find an afr of 13 at WOT. In some cases this has caused cors to revert back to the old map almost. The same happens on Pug ecu's too. I think i live map would be do able its just be time consuming like you said....

Waitey

That looks v low too. So i guess you have the AC suspension set up too.

Waitey

Oh so it was just an off the shelf map and not a tailored one.

Where was the intake temp sensor placed?

27degs seems high when the ambient temp is 13.

Waitey

The MX-5 is designed in the same way the Z3 is. The windscreen is apparently rigid enough to take a roll.

After seeing this video of a crash test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGHzyNJ3-kI

I fitted a full cage....

Waitey

They did 6 runs and then gave up on the fact they thought it'd be enough?

Hell when mapping my MX-5 turbo we did 54 runs in 4 hours. And that was pushing 15psi of boost through an other wise standard engine!

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Anyone want to be a test person for an induction kit?

Z3M induction kits

Anyone fancy an induction kit?

BMW Paint

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Wanted Z3M lowering springs

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A few quick ones of my Imola Z3M.