Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Bad luck? good luck? Profound change to my 350z !!!

andre12031948 · 10-02-2011, 05:00 PM

It all started with hurrican Irene. Just after I got a brand new transmission from Nissan, & a new ACT clutch, my car was swallowed by a wave of water that was released by the Neversink reservoir. I was driving it at the time(don't ask

. They claimed that concern of reservoir failer/collapse forced them to release the water.
Anyway, State Farm classified it as total loss. Not to me! Since I just got a NEW trans, a New ACT clutch, & an engine that I babied. It's true I drag raced it, but for the other 39k/40k miles I shifted at 2k rpm, changed Mobil 1 every 1,500 to 2,000 miles & NEVER street raced it. I immediatly changed the oil 3 times, and trans/gear oil as well. Avoided any damage to drivetran, but the computer/harnesses ?????
State Farm offered me rediculous amount of money. It was more than I paid for the car almost 2 years ago.
I made a deal with State Farm to buy my car before it went to auction.
Now it was a question of what to do. Change wires harnesses/computer/new tune, should I do some work to engine? Spend money to get one or two tenths in performance OR do an SL swap.
I DECIDED ON AN LS SWAP!
Buying a used LS & rebuiding it, adding bolt ons, taking 6 months, having local shops do the trial & error build, spending money on a used engine just didn't make sense to me. It's only about 30% more in cost to get a brand new engine with a 2 year warrenty. It's also 100% better in saving all that aggravation, & you have the engine in days not month/years.
Now came the decision, should I build a 10 second car, roll cage & all, or a completely streetable car that I can enjoy every day, go to the track on weekends & do 11.5 in the 1/4 mile & have almost no worry of breakage at the track. My choice, 11.5 second bracket racer that I can enjoy 7 days a week. After carefull selection, I chose the perfect(in my opinnion) LS engine, the perfect auto(no worry of rear end breakage

(consistant times) transmission. I also chose "THE BEST" shop to do this type of work.
I'm going to be silent on engine & trans information till swap is completed(the auto trans. is a 3 speed for racing and a 4th gear for highway driving. I'm the only one that I know off that uses this trans.
More info to come.
Thanks for reading my story. Happy ending????

10-02-2011, 05:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
andre12031948 Banned Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: monticello new york 127 Posts: 1,095 Drives: 08 350z black 6m/t Rep Power: 0	Bad luck? good luck? Profound change to my 350z !!! It all started with hurrican Irene. Just after I got a brand new transmission from Nissan, & a new ACT clutch, my car was swallowed by a wave of water that was released by the Neversink reservoir. I was driving it at the time(don't ask. They claimed that concern of reservoir failer/collapse forced them to release the water. Anyway, State Farm classified it as total loss. Not to me! Since I just got a NEW trans, a New ACT clutch, & an engine that I babied. It's true I drag raced it, but for the other 39k/40k miles I shifted at 2k rpm, changed Mobil 1 every 1,500 to 2,000 miles & NEVER street raced it. I immediatly changed the oil 3 times, and trans/gear oil as well. Avoided any damage to drivetran, but the computer/harnesses ????? State Farm offered me rediculous amount of money. It was more than I paid for the car almost 2 years ago. I made a deal with State Farm to buy my car before it went to auction. Now it was a question of what to do. Change wires harnesses/computer/new tune, should I do some work to engine? Spend money to get one or two tenths in performance OR do an SL swap. I DECIDED ON AN LS SWAP! Buying a used LS & rebuiding it, adding bolt ons, taking 6 months, having local shops do the trial & error build, spending money on a used engine just didn't make sense to me. It's only about 30% more in cost to get a brand new engine with a 2 year warrenty. It's also 100% better in saving all that aggravation, & you have the engine in days not month/years. Now came the decision, should I build a 10 second car, roll cage & all, or a completely streetable car that I can enjoy every day, go to the track on weekends & do 11.5 in the 1/4 mile & have almost no worry of breakage at the track. My choice, 11.5 second bracket racer that I can enjoy 7 days a week. After carefull selection, I chose the perfect(in my opinnion) LS engine, the perfect auto(no worry of rear end breakage(consistant times) transmission. I also chose "THE BEST" shop to do this type of work. I'm going to be silent on engine & trans information till swap is completed(the auto trans. is a 3 speed for racing and a 4th gear for highway driving. I'm the only one that I know off that uses this trans. More info to come. Thanks for reading my story. Happy ending???? Last edited by andre12031948; 10-02-2011 at 05:07 PM.