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Originally Posted by 370zrider
Please post some pictures of the exhaust manifolds!. I think they are not shown on the posted pics at the beginning.
Also, do you have pics of the test car with an oil cooler installed? where can it be fitted?
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Well, this car currently has some pre-production parts on it. The exhaust manifold it has is version 2 of our manifold that does not require drilling and tapping the cylinder heads. Here is a picture of it below.
The final version is going to be based on the CAD drawing we posted earlier.
As for your request for pictures of an oil cooler installed with this kit, click on the link below to see my previous post with pictures.
GTM Performance Engineering: 370Z MHI Twin Turbo Pre-Release
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Originally Posted by Dzel
Do you think going with a custom 3" exhaust is a good idea?
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A 3" true dual turbo-back exhaust is almost always a nice addition, but not a necessity unless your power goals call for it.
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Originally Posted by HighLatency
What kind of numbers could you expect with 2.5" test pipes and a 2.5" catback, but on 93 octane? I assume that would only work with the 16g kit?
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You can make 500whp with that combination all day long...with either the 16g's or 18g's with 2.5" or 3" exhaust.
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Originally Posted by N8GTOL
Is matte black intake piping an option on these kits? What would the additional fee be for this option?
It looks like the dyno numbers are for 18gs with external wastegates. What other supporting exhaust mods were on the car? TP's and Catback? Sorry if I missed this in another post.
Are these dyno numbers with the new header design shown in the CAD screen shots in the teaser post?
Any upcoming or current installs with 16gs and internal wastegates? Really interested in seeing a dyno graph for this particular situation (i.e. replicate a CARB legal install...pending CARB approval of course). I suspect the numbers will be slightly lower (which is fine by me) just curious to see the graphs. Please also show AFR and boost vs RMP.
The intercooler plumbing out of the front mount intercoolers shown on the red Z looks different than the IC's shown in the layout photos. Which design is the more recent?
California is quickly becoming TT kit mecca for the 370z...this is awesome but we need more CARB love from our CA turbo vendors. I know you guys (and competitors) are working hard on this and I really hope it comes through for both shops in the next year or so. If it does, then your market will expand faster than you can imagine.
Serious props for making a more affordable TT kit from a reputable Z boost kit company.
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Yes, we offer our pipes done in gloss black for $240. We can have other, custom colors done, but they are generally more expensive and not always readily available.
The test car with 18g's has our 3" downpipes with external wastegates and our 3" cat-back exhaust. The dyno results are with our version 2 pre-production manifold that does not require drilling and tapping the cylinder head. We will be doing some additional testing with our upcoming manifold you saw the CAD drawings for once we have the pre-production versions of those in hand.
As for the 16g install, we have a car here courtesy of Nixlimited that is getting that setup. Stay tuned for results on that.
The intercooler setup on the red Z was necessary to clear the hood latch support brackets the Z has. The G37 doesn't have those support brackets and can therefore support the intercooler version you saw in the CAD drawings and layout pictures without modification. That said, we developed new hood latch support braces that gives us an additional 2" of clearance so we can run the same intercoolers on both the G37 and 370Z while supporting the hood latch properly. In addition, the extra clearance allows us to run a wider, taller core on the 370Z than what the red Z currently has. The red Z currently has 10" x 10" x 3" intercooler cores while the production cores with the new support braces are 12" x 12" x 3" cores. Also, the new end-tanks are going to be polished, cast aluminum tanks as opposed to the sheet metal prototype end tanks you see in the pictures of the red Z.
Here is a picture of the support bracket I'm talking about
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As far as CARB approval on this kit goes, we will be going after that as soon as we're finished with CARB approval on the 370Z Supercharger kit.
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Originally Posted by Chemy
I got married about 10 months ago. She knew what she was getting into. I told her I was going to buy this kit and she gave me a hard time but finally gave me a "whatever", thats good enough for me 
Now the question is, I am mechanicly inclined and have a decent tool set, not a full set of everything by any means. Can I install this myself on jack stands with the engine in? Hrm... Thoughts? |
Yes, that shouldn't be an issue and people have installed our Garrett based turbo kits in their garages on jack stands.