My 350Z

[kaveney]

Got another little job done at the weekend .


First was to change the old tired gear knob .


Old knob





I got a re trimmed gear know of a member from Hide 'N' Seat .


Old and the new








Also I re aligned the shifter throw and re greased the cup and ball on the gear linkage .





Then fitted a new alcantara gear surround and handbrake surround .

Old vs new .




All done and put back together . I went for the orange stitch to match the seat stitching .










Alan

[kaveney]

So after my nightmare and killing my car before the ring trip I fitted my replacement rear lines .

Installed correctly this time .





And bleed all of the air out ( there was a lot )




Alan

[Shanemrb]

Love this kind of thread and especially love the car, keep it coming!

[Polarbert]

Those brakes are sexual. I always wanted a 350z Roadster for a long time. Thought it would replace my Clio 182 eventually, but things happened and I ended with a Z4M Roadster. Your Z looks fantastic.

[kaveney]

Another update as I got round to fitting my Meister-R Zeta-R coilovers .


Front old vs new





Installed Front








Front adjuster







Rear old vs new





Installed Rear







Rear adjuster that needed some drilling of the rear brace .








Have only driven it a few miles but the handling is night and day on full soft to the set up that was on it .


Ride is 3-5 % more stiff on full soft vs the old set up so nice and compliant on full soft .

Alan

[was8v]

how do you find the michelin vs the kumho tyres?

[kaveney]

Night and day difference .

Kumho were ok but the MPSS are in another league .

Alan

was8v said:

how do you find the michelin vs the kumho tyres?

[terry237]

Great progress, love how you keep improving it... even the things you have already upgraded

And I can confirm the MPSS is a great tyre on the 350z, although I did come from some RE050's rather than the Kumho's

[was8v]

kaveney said:

Kumho were ok but the MPSS are in another league

Can you expand on this?

[kaveney]

Yes I do keep on changing bits I have already changed

1.5 way clutch LSD will be next .

Alan

terry237 said:

Great progress, love how you keep improving it... even the things you have already upgraded

And I can confirm the MPSS is a great tyre on the 350z, although I did come from some RE050's rather than the Kumho's

[kaveney]

Ok where to start .

Dry grip is on another level and you can push on so much harder as the grip is so much more you can realy lean on the tyre .

Wet grip is amazing feels like what the Kumho could do in the dry .

feel and feedback is again improved through the wheel .

Alan

was8v said:

Can you expand on this?

[kaveney]

I finished setting up my coilovers at the weekend to the correct ride height and now it is where I want it not to low .

[J4CKO]

Your thread always remind me of that Johnny Cash song "one piece at a time"

Bet it drives well now though !

[kaveney]

Yeah or Clumbo ( just one more thing )

Will do with a full alignment set up .

Alan

J4CKO said:

Your thread always remind me of that Johnny Cash song "one piece at a time"

Bet it drives well now though !

[kaveney]

Update time .

Got the below that will be going on in 4 wees time to finish off the car for this year .

Rear poly camber arms

Rear poly tow arms

Rear Poly coilover link arms

Tall front track rod ends

White line rear Poly diff bush kit

Moterdyne ART pipes ( fancy de cat pipes )

ECU re tune

Full tracking set up for fast road

And last but not least ATB Quaife diff


https://shop.quaife.co.uk/nissan-350z-viscous-diff...

[liner33]

Heard you are going for a diff LOL

[Alias218]

Those rear toe arms are to replace your now redundant spring bucket/toe control arm I presume? Have you got lock-out washers for them and the camber arms? Using the existing eccentric washers could lead to your finely aligned suspension slowly falling out of alignment owing to the inherent crapness of eccentric washers.

Did you buy those pieces from Horsham? I've been eyeing up some nice Cusco ones from them. I'd like to know what the quality of the hardrace ones is like as I can't find rear Cusco camber arms anywhere, only rear toe and front camber.

[liner33]

I had hardrace stuff on my R34 and it was ok however i always have concerns about the use of rose joints on road cars , luckily i dont do enough miles for it to be an issue

[kaveney]

Yes I have the lock out kit going on as well that have arrived from the USA last Thursday .

I got the hard race bits direct as it was a bit cheaper than H/D .

Alan

Alias218 said:

Those rear toe arms are to replace your now redundant spring bucket/toe control arm I presume? Have you got lock-out washers for them and the camber arms? Using the existing eccentric washers could lead to your finely aligned suspension slowly falling out of alignment owing to the inherent crapness of eccentric washers.

Did you buy those pieces from Horsham? I've been eyeing up some nice Cusco ones from them. I'd like to know what the quality of the hardrace ones is like as I can't find rear Cusco camber arms anywhere, only rear toe and front camber.

[kaveney]

I have the hardened rubber not the rose joints ones .

Regards

Alan

liner33 said:

I had hardrace stuff on my R34 and it was ok however i always have concerns about the use of rose joints on road cars , luckily i dont do enough miles for it to be an issue