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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.
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Your turbo inlet pipes were the same? I don't even know what to think! Did you confirm with Jason that you are OK like that?
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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
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I did the same =)
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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?)
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Yup.. Did the same. I also worry about this.. my intercoolers press against the latches a little as well.
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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. |
Yeah those harnesses get in the way of the pass charge pipe. We were able to keep them in that plastic bracket/holder, but the top cable went over the charge pipe and the bottom one went below. Text me I can get you a pic if you need.
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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. |
That clip is a sonofabitch. We heat wrapped the o2 cable and the coolant feed and clocked the feed fitting toward the chassis.. the line barely clears the plastic connector, I am sure they kiss from time to time but the heat wrapping is soft. I think Jason also recommended we can just take those clips off the positioning tabs and leave the connection to float. We ended up doing that on the passenger side.. We couldn't find the positioning tab and figured it must have come off with the harness cover. =)
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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:
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Should be good! We did 4 full turns since you can only do 8 turns before the spring launches the cover into outter space (found that out the hard way) and so we figured half way should be good. We asked Johnny during tuning and he said they were working well and didn't need any adjustment. I love how the manual says "adjust per manufacturer instruction" and the Turbosmart manual gives no guidance.
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(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!   |
Make sure you SCRUB that oil pan clean! Ours had a little casting dust left in there... Also one of the screws on the baffle was cross threaded
which I found annoying. I reinstalled with thread lock per the manual so I feel OK about it.
Feel free to text me for any pics you may need.. If they are easy to take (top of the car) I can get them pretty quick if I am near the car... anything else I'll have to sift through our huge bucket of pics to find one to send =)
I remember most of the hiccups though, so I can usually describe it at the least!