GrooveStyle

Thanks! yeah it's downright frigid here... didn't get a chance to do as much as I'd hoped this weekend, but here's this week's recap:

Finish routing oil lines: Got those done. Had a bit of trouble with the proximity of all the plumbing, though. The oil distrubution block is really great in that it connects both turbo oil lines and the OEM pressure sensor together with yet another threaded hole for your own oil pressure gauge. I installed a Defi red racer gauge as one of my three in the cluster (boost, oil pressure, and oil temp) and that looked like the ideal place to connect it. However, the hole is perpendicular to the OEM oil temp sensor. So to make everything work, I picked up a 90 deg fitting and plumbed it up. I realize this isn't perfect, but works in the available space. For people that haven't tried this before, I DID try to index the oil dist block to clear the oil temp sensor, but the casting would cause an interference to the Defi pressure sensor in any other orientation. Pic below:


Add more heat wrapping on the main harness / fuel lines: I bought some of the fiber-based wrap and put that around my heat taped harness for good measure. After looking at pics of Jayhovah's setup as well as Gamma's, I figured I should do the same. I ended up heat wrapping the plate by the fuel line with extra heat tape I had for good measure. If anything, just hoping it will help reflect some heat.


Drill/tap/install intake manifold: This was definitely one of the more intimidating things for me to do than most of the project. Drilling and tapping into plastic was a concern, but just like everything else, go slow and take your time and it will work out ok. I verified the tap location with Jason at Gamma and went for it. Anywhere on that raised flat surface where the brake booster connect works, just make sure you have hose clearance. I then bolted that puppy back on and connected all the hoses to the manifold.


Route IC piping: This is, an adventure. I, unlike Jayhovah, had two of the same air intake pipes. Gamma confirmed that the short end of the pipe goes into the driver side turbo, and the long end goes into the passenger side. That worked out for the most part. I mocked up the rest of the pipes (no clamps), snapped this sweet pic then went on to drill and tap my intake pipes.




Getting everything to fit up properly brought up some areas that needed thought/work. I had to bend my mount for temp? maybe? by my radiator to fit my intercooler



I also had to get rid of these supports. There was no way the IC's were going in otherwise. Drill out a rivet and take some bolts off. Supports!?! We don't need no stinking supports!! (it's only supports the hood latch... we're good, right?)





Also, this wiring harness:


Not quite sure on the game plan for this guy... I pulled off the bracket to give them some more slack. I'm going to try and tuck them under the piping, we shall see. I'm open to suggestions. When it comes to this IC piping, it seems like it just touches/rubs EVERYTHING. I wish I could give more clearance, but there just isn't much there. Jayhovah, kinda curious to see some shots of your engine bay to see what all you did / how you routed everything.

Like this, for instance:

This is a shot of the driver side water line sitting above the connector for the O2 sensor. preeeeetty tight. I haven't been able to get the clip loose yet and reroute, and I don't think I can connect it as-is without doing a serious amount of shoving stuff around! heh. I've learned so much from this build. It's amazing how all this stuff has been able to fit into the engine bay of a 370z.

Here's what I've got left:


I asked about recommended setting for the BOV's from Gamma, they said to turn it all the way on hard, then back it off 3 full turns. Got those set and ready to go now:


(oh yeah and I put my driver side wastegate on too, no cool pics of that)

I think that's the highlights of things I found interesting/useful so far. Here's what's yet to come :

Finish clamping IC piping & remove material for 90 deg coupler fitment by IC uppers
Power steering mounting/line hookup
Install oil pan
Install oil drain hoses
Install downpipes
Install test pipes (and O2 sensors)
Fuel pump install
Boost controller install/plumbing
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!