z-services.eu is a different business.

He got back to me late last night (my time in CST). For some reason he had not received my previous email and is not getting notifications from this site so was unaware of the tags in this thread as well as the PMs.

Thank you all for helping alert him that I was attempting to get in touch with him, this community is great!

I apologize to @Sean Dezart

You had bad contact information.

Hi all and with my profound apologies for not having replied sooner - somehow windows was blocking my logon !

siteunseen and zed head, thanks for your negative assomptions - great attitude between Z owners in the community ; seriously, if you having nothing constructive to say - stfu please or at best - DM the guy with your unfounded fears. :-)

Kind regards,

Sean

2 hours ago, Sean Dezart said:

Hi all and with my profound apologies for not having replied sooner - somehow windows was blocking my logon !

siteunseen and zed head, thanks for your negative assomptions - great attitude between Z owners in the community ; seriously, if you having nothing constructive to say - stfu please or at best - DM the guy with your unfounded fears. :-)

Kind regards,

Sean

The op had the wrong contact info and posted that. I apologized. Stfu? Okay I'll remember to do that in future post.

Kindest regards Pip.

Cliff

Shut the <blank> up

On 7/26/2025 at 3:13 PM, Zed Head said:

I saw him posting some comments on BaT. Probably breaking a BaT rule but you could comment in one of the auctions that he comments in, with an @.

Scroll down and you'll see his comments.

https://bringatrailer.com/member/seandezart/

On 7/28/2025 at 4:57 PM, Zed Head said:

Whatever you're writing in your messages must be something he's avoiding. You seem reasonable and rational on this forum. Any reason he would be avoiding you? Not a good look for him if there's no good reason. Maybe your messages aren't getting through. Never know.

This should bring him directly to this thread. Good luck.

@Sean Dezart

2 hours ago, Sean Dezart said:

siteunseen and zed head, thanks for your negative assomptions - great attitude between Z owners in the community ; seriously, if you having nothing constructive to say - stfu please or at best - DM the guy with your unfounded fears. :-)

Kind regards,

Sean

Sean, you need to improve your reading and comprehension skills. My messages are clearly meant to help the guy find you. And my second message implies that it was his fault you didn't want to reply to him. Both messages are in your favor.

Why DM a guy who doesn't respond to a customer's messages? And why try to help a guy run his own business? Not my responsibility.

You're way off base and not making sense. Good luck with your business.

6 hours ago, w3wilkes said:

Shut the <blank> up

Who're you ?

6 hours ago, Zed Head said:

Sean, you need to improve your reading and comprehension skills. My messages are clearly meant to help the guy find you. And my second message implies that it was his fault you didn't want to reply to him. Both messages are in your favor.

Why DM a guy who doesn't respond to a customer's messages? And why try to help a guy run his own business? Not my responsibility.

You're way off base and not making sense. Good luck with your business.

Hi - I read this :

"Whatever you're writing in your messages must be something he's avoiding."

1) assumption without proof that I'm avoiding him

2) Insinuation that there is a sinister reason I'm avoiding him "must be''

Any reason he would be avoiding you?

3) Insinuation that there is a sinister reason I'm avoiding him reinforced

Not a good look for him if there's no good reason.

4) Negative prediction and quite frankly pointless statement - I don't ignore anybody, who would ?

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6 hours ago, Zed Head said:

And why try to help a guy run his own business?

Help, where ? Tagging me here wouldn't if I was avoiding him here.....which I wasn't !

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Why DM a guy who doesn't respond to a customer's messages?

6 hours ago, Zed Head said:

you need to improve your reading and comprehension skills.

I implied DM the enquirer, in this case texasz, with your opinions w/out facts rather than imply publicly what you did - that's not helping my business nor the potentiel customers' confidence - please think.

Have a great day now - it's past ! :-)

6 hours ago, siteunseen said:

The op had the wrong contact info and posted that. I apologized. Stfu? Okay I'll remember to do that in future post.

Kindest regards Pip.

Cliff

Yes, he did and on the same day you apologised - thankyou.

The beauty of forums such as this compared to the social media is that information remains visible, unswamped by daily 'chaff' to refer to by new members. But that is a double-edged sword and without having the courtesy and rerspect to edit or delete your unfounded comments, they remain there in perpetuity and rare is it that anyone will scroll further down once having seen your post !

"If you haven't got money in deal I'd seriously think about MSA ceramic coated headers. I've got 6to1s on both my cars and very pleased after 10 years of running them with MSAs 2.5" aluminum, I think, to the back bumper. They have other configurations but I like the sound and backpressure of the the 6to1. It's loud but only if you chose. Stay out of it until you get away from neighbors and then who gives a flip.

If the guy won't talk to you, it's not going to have a wonderful ending no matter what you pay him. Get out while you can."

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You suggested the cheapest mild-steel headers available on the market and have you really inspected the welding quality and the flange in particular ?

A 6-1 header is not even conceived for the street but track and drag runs in order to dump as much exhaust gas as quickly as posisble.....even then Nissans' own race headers were always 2-1 and their S20 exhaust line a full twin-pipe system to the rear to improve torque for the 'little' 2.0ltr.

And MSA's exhaust line in not made of aluminum lol but the same mild steel and heaven knows why they haven't proposed a resonator (not just for the noise and it IS loud) but for the engines' performance (google exhaust scavenging).

You 'like' the backpressure !

Your exhaust system is totally de-restricted meaning you have an absolute minimum of restrictions to the exhaust gases with a paradoxal low exhaust-gas velocity, especially during street driving. This is losing you power, most likely between 10 and 20% - call it 15. On a stock L24 making 130 hp DIN max, adding your exhaust is in fact reducing your net power down to perhaps 110hp....it sound loud, it sounds fast but stick it on a dyno and weep !

You'd be much better off fitting MSAs 6-2 (Pacesetter), same exhaust line but having your exhaust shop fit a resonator just behind the transmission....costs a bit more but the benefits are real.

That's where MSAs' technology stops and I was fitting them and also the twice-pipes kit back in the early '90s because it was all I could find...back in the day of catalogues and sending faxs to order ! :-)

I chose to produce more expensive, I'll admit, but still more affordable than the parts available in Japan and still the only single stainless-steel pipe system that doesn't have an over-sized diameter (3" for a n/a engine - get outa here ! ) which are efficient for road and track use for different size engines and also with different characteristics (compression ratios, camshafts etc.....) and also different driving styles 'cos I don't believe one size fits all.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a14530205/what-is-exhaust-backpressure-and-why-is-it-bad-for-horsepower/

I'm not sure that you're best placed to advise anyone on exhaust choice.

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You told texasz to get out while you can cos it's not going to end well whatever he pays !

Perhaps you should ask him how it ended...........