Update 29 March 2014 ; Sorry there is some post that are missing pictures because Im running out of space and I removed the less important ones or the very old one ..
Its been a long time that I was thinking to show my Z progession on this forum.
I think, this is the time !
I first bought my 370z on 1st December 2009 , I was able to get a good deal since the 2010 was already out !
I didnt bother with the sport model and I went with the Base model + Nav.
Here is Canada our base model is the equivalent of the Touring in the US.
This is one of the first picture !
The first winter with the new Z was the most expensive !
then the second year was more focused on NA power mod !
Im not gonna name everything that I did but with the picture below
it will show the most important mod being done and dated.
my early focus in 2012 was to finaly get some aero
which started with a DIY front splitter made of a 10mm Alumacoor sheet , I was unable to get Alumalite at a fair price .
and then I found the first wing I wanted for the 370z . The kognition wing that MikeBonanni had.
I almost went with the APR Gtc300 from
Scott @ FontanaNissan which had the best deal on here !! but I couldnt let go of the Kognition.
Im gonna describe some of the custom mods that I did since the beginning.
I first started at 256whp on a cold day fully stock on a dynapack @ SG-Motorsport.com which are now closed and finished at 324whp in November in about the same weather as what it was on my first baseline.
The CAI was made by
Rawtek Inc. in Montreal,Canada
start at 3'' at the filter then the reducer goes down to 63.5mm for the MAF then back up to 2 3/4'' to the Throttlebody.
Then later on I bored out both of my Throttle body to 62.5mm from 60mm Stock.
*almost finished TB*
I also did a copy myself of the M370 from Motordyne . Since I had an HR engine as a spare from my old 2007 350z that I didnt longer had.
I used the HR intake manifold and started to modify it like Motordyne did and did my best to port mach the lower intake
All of the picture can be found in my Album
Then the next step is the Header !!
I first started in 2009/2010 with the Stillen Header and Berk HFC then went with the new PPE Long step headers
Let me tell you guys that the DIY install was a pain in the A$$ !!!!
it took me about a week to have it done. If it wouldnt have been because of that damn rounded nut , It could have took about 8-10hours in total !
but ended to around 24 !
Everything was done in my parking lot at the time during my vacation !!! I was piss and missed my dyno appointement.
I finaly used a flexible dremel extension and partialy cut the nut. !!!
oh and good luck if you 6MT guy want to do it yourself ! I had to remove a bracket that is use for your cluth oil line. , the header didnt want to go in , it had to be removed.
the next step after my PPE is a custom X-pipe , again made by
Rawtek Inc in Montreal, Canada
they did a very good job on everything up to now and I even plan to have my next single exhaust made by them from my specification.
they also did my custom prototype muffler that was allowing me to meet the noise decibel requirement with flying color !!
I have many video on Youtube that can be watched
here
Plan for 2012 is gonna be a bit limited to about 6-7 track days and 3 Time attack of CSCS.ca at Cayuga,Ontario.