Now that quite a few of us have our cars, do we want to start planning for a get together / lunch sort of thing? I know it's rainy and all, but we should all be able to show off how well water beads off our cars, right? I would say we should do this towards the 2nd half of February... any others?

BTW, I posted my 'hey I got my car' pics in the wrong area. Ah well... here's the link: https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=16940

 

There's a Z Car Club of Washington (ZCCW) meeting this Saturday at the Flying Pig Brewing Co. They've expressed interest in welcoming everyone from my350z.com as well:

Here's the details:

Meeting - Saturday, January 25th, 2003, 3:30PM
Flying Pig Brewing Co (downstairs meeting room)
2929 Colby Ave.
Everett WA 98201-4010
(425) 339-1393

The more attendance we have, the more we can help shape the club. Hopefully, many of you can make it.

 

Dan, I am going to try to make it. There should be no conflicts for me (as yet). Will be nice to see you again. I haven't seen you since the parking lot in Kemnore with Igzy and Marcy, have I? I missed Gasworks and you missed Marymoor.

Rahtok, glad you got the car, big guy, how are you fitting it it?

 

I'll be there. Hopefully my CAD work on the subwoofer box is complete by then.

Just a reminder - everyone from the Seattle area with 350Z's are welcome to attend the meeting. If you like what you see, you can join the club. This will help later if we get a track day organized.

 

Bummer, my Saturday is already booked out.

Rep15, took it round trip to Portland yesterday. The worn cement through Tacoma is brutal on the bounces, but otherwise it's great fun! It's cozy in there, but I don't hit my head, and the pedals are far enough away to allow good shifting work.

 

Check your tire pressures.

The first time I drove through Tacoma on my "dealer" pressures I nearly lost all my fillings. After moving to the recommended pressures, my next drive through Tacoma was a LOT smoother

 

Oh? According to the sensors they were at 39-40. I haven't actually sanity checked those against a real reading from an outside device yet. I just checked the manual, but didn't see the suggested settings. What are they for the 18" wheels?

 

35psi cold up to 38-40 fully heated.

My tires were over-inflated when I received the car from the dealer running 38 cold and 40-42 heated. That was bone-jarring to say the least. Fortunately, that way the car felt like a soft ride Buick by comparison when I deflated the tires by 3psi each several days later.

 

This is probably a silly question, but I checked the manual and failed to find where this is stated: The tire pressure read out for the Front(F) and Rear(R) tires doesn't define which is the driver's- side tire and which is the passanger's-side tire. Is the top number driver's-side? I guess I can always check but it would save me the trip to the air-pump if someone can tell me. Thanks.

 

Pressure is listed on the inside the center console armrest lid it is 35 PSI.
I run nitrogen gas in my tires to reduce pressure creeping up when the tires/weather heats up. The molecules are also larger so they don't seep through the case of the tire, so the tires maintan their setting longer.
Air is 70% nitrogen so there is no problem doing this and the little amount of regular air used to adjust the pressure after initial filling does little to effect the content in the tires.
I started doing this with my LOTUS because the fronts run 21 psi, when you have air temp and road heat changes the ride would get bone jarring rough at 24 psi. That would be about 2 miles and/or if the temp changed more than 20 degrees. It has worked great.

 

So... Chevron now carries Nitrogen to pump into tires?

Don't hold out on me, John. Where can I get this done... it sounds great!

 

A friend has a motorcycle repair shop and they use nitrogen for recharge of shocks and the shocks have a Schrader valve (valvestem) that is the same. I give hime 5 bucks to do a whole car with nitrogen, a whole tank of nitrogen gas in really cheap and the welding/gas suppiers all have it, all you need is a regulator and hose setup to do the stuff by yourself.
Nascar and the Porsche nut have used nitrogen for a long time for the reasons I gave you. You will have to check around your area or come cruise up Chuckanut Drive on a weekday or Saturday and visit my friend's shop if you can't find it down there.