Update time!
First off, congrats to Jayhovah on the finishing of his kit today! Hats off to him and his brother in law being the first to tackle this kit as a DIY! I chatted with them briefly on the phone a few times, super awesome dudes. If we ever get the chance to meet up, I'd like to buy you a few beers. Thanks for all the help. I'm truly grateful for this awesome 370z community!
Day 5 - 12/31
Day 5, I got the driver side turbo on and tightened up. Took some careful maneuvering to get the nuts all tightened up, but at this point I was feeling comfortable with tight spaces.... hah!
My process for the front nuts:
Hold like so:
Jam your hand all up in there:
Then finish with speed wrench/crowsfoot.
I also shielded the braided hose lines from rubbing harnesses/hardlines:
Happy little turbo all mounted
I plumbed coolant lines as well:
Day 6 - 1/1
Spark plugs, injectors, wrapped harness that had mouse damage from this fall
Harness before:
After:
Installed the Gtr plugs that are 1 step colder than the OEM 370z ones (NGK DILKAR8A8):
I didn't have a spark plug socket, but my craftsman 14mm deep socket and a magnet did the trick:
Injectors swapped:
Torqued up:
And I spent the rest of my evening trying to come up with a game plan for my oil pressure sensor and doing turbo oil line routing. There is an available port on the oil distribution block that they give you, but it faces directly toward the OEM oil temp sensor. I picked up a 90 deg elbow and am going to give that a try next.
I took the day off on 1/2 to hang out with the wife and take care of some other stuff around the house. Gonna get back at it on Sunday!
To do list:
Finish routing oil lines
Add more heat wrapping on the main harness / fuel lines
Drill/tap/install intake manifold
Route IC piping
Mount intercoolers
Tap pipes for PCV plumbing
Mount driver side wastegate
Vacuum line routing
Power steering mounting/line hookup
Install oil pan
Install downpipes
Install test pipes (and O2 sensors)
Fuel pump install
Boost controller install
AFR gauge Install
Boost gauge plumbing
Oil Temp plumbing
Oil cooler bracket fab and hose fab
Fill fluids (oil, coolant, power steering)
Flash ECU
Start/check for leaks
Wait for the snow to melt!
All in all, I feel like things have been going along rather smoothly, thanks to Jayhovah and his BIL's tips on a few things!
