philUK

shipping was kind of pricey - but because I got it classed as an 'historic vehicle' it did have to pay the standard 17.5% vat + 10% duty (counted against car + shipping!).. that would have killed the project. Basically I got the whole car over here and registered for the price of buying a good standard 240z over here.. Which I think is a bargain! It was the wait that was the hard part! Haven't really had the opportunity to take the car to the limit yet. hopefully I'll be going on an airfield track day soon so I'll be able to appreciate it better. The couple of niggles I have are the fact that no tacho is hooked up as yet (will be getting an autometer one soon), and that if I let the clutch out slowly it'll slip. I have have to pop it quick to get it to stick.. only minor things really... It definitely feels VERY quick though, comes on to power quicker than my previous 215bhp L28 240z.

Wow is all I can say! you do have some great cars over there in oz. There is nothing like that in the UK at all! I'd heard of sinishas car but not seen many pics, looks amazing, love that front strut brace. Would be amazing to go to a show and see both your cars together - incredible cars RPMZ, as for the mags, there are some scans of the articles at blkmgk.com, there aren't the greatest quality though, but I know it would take you AGES to scan all the pages, so can't really ask you to do that.. If you have the issue numbers though I'll try and hunt down the original mags, through ebay or something!?!

Cheers guys! very funny about the uk weather! trouble is its mostly true! Cheers rpmz too, looks like you know more about the car than I do at the moment.. never knew about the High performance imports mag. have to see if they have a website! Its true the engine is still stock really, new less restrictive dump pipe, turbos and injectors are next on the list! who's is the RB26? and where does your car come on the list? Still looking for the zoom mag article numbers if anyone has them? really want to get hold of the original mags!

Just got the car registered and on the road after a LONG journey from Australia. There happened to be a car show, so took it along, got a few strange looks I can tell you. The car really needs a clean/polish after its trip, but thought you might like a preview...

Cheers! It has taken me since christmas to get the car imported, and registered over here. Had my first real drive of it on Saturday just gone, and was great.. I was a little tentative, as it is a bit scary fast even at 11 psi, but I'm sure I'll enjoy getting used to it! I had a little difficulty gettingthrough the MOT inspection because of the welded in adjuster on the rear control arms, but I took it to a different place for a second opinion and they thought it was fine! I'm trying to get the issue numbers of the zoom articles, do you have them BLKMGK? would love to have the originals. Must admit it was from your site that I first fell in love with the car! Need to do a good clean up of the car, then I'll take some pics. was actually a car show I went to on saturday, got some funny looks I must say, especially when they heard the blow-off valve coming from it!

edit - just realised this is in the wrong section - could it be moved to drivetrain please? Hi, Just got my new car about a week ago, its the 1JZ engined car from australia that had the zoom articles written about it.. Anyhow, it has competition ceramic, spring centred clutch fitted. ). I was told that the clutch will slip if released slowly, but if 'popped' out quickly it will hold, and this is a feature of the clutch. Has anyone heard of this? I was told it was to stop it being too harsh, and stop it being either 'on' or 'off'. I was given a 6-puck solid centre clutch plate as well that the previous owner said was a bit harsh for the street.. does anyone think it would be worth swapping this back? guess I'll have to get used to driving it this way in the mean time!! Many thanks! philUK