Hey guys, its been a while. Almost 6 months actually. I have made a lot of progress on this thing. So in my normal fashion I'm going to pic dump lol.
The motor was prepped and ready to put in! Talk about excitement.
After taking my rear subframe out and removing the old bushings I did what every other normal person would do.... get it powder coated. I actually went ahead and did a few different things as well. The funny thing is that you won't really ever see any of this, but I couldn't just put it all back under there all rusty and nasty lol.
Moving forward I got the front end assembled and most of the engine components back together.
I also put my factory gauges back in. I liked the old setup I had before but I wanted the factory gauges back in for if I decided to switch to ECUtek, which it doesn't look like I will at this moment in time. It cost me about $250 to get the factory gauges back in their spots after removing them the first time because I had to buy the hoods and bezel rings. You live and you learn.
Also, I was in the pre-order for the AAM intake manifold. I decided against it due to various reasons and ordered some suspension parts in lieu of the manifold. I got BC coilovers with Swift springs, SPL arms, and lockout bolts to keep the finish on the subframe somewhat nice. Well after everything shipped to my house, I found an issue. I was shipped OEM style coilovers when I wanted true style. The reason for that was so that I could use the SPL toe arms. I called BC who advised me that they actually don't sell true style coilovers for the 370z, however they did have some in development. Im assuming that any vendors who sell true style BC's for the 370z are doing this themselves. Anyway, after some phone calls and disappointment I had to bite the bullet and purchase the SPL midlinks. Talk about a ton of money I wasn't planning on spending. I do want to send a special shoutout to Kyle at IPP who was able to give me a deal on them and shipped them to me with a quickness. If ANYONE needs anything, definitely give IPP a call. Kyle is good people. Im going to have to order new springs in the rear as mine are a little too tall and won't allow me to lower the rear where I want. It sucks because its like half an inch lol. Oh well. Also, if anyone wants to buy some SPL toe arms, I know a guy who's selling some lol.
I bought the new RJM master cylinder and installed that. For some reason it failed during bleeding. Im not sure why, but I contacted Ryan and he sent me a new one ASAP. Sorry Ryan, I know I'm still supposed to send you that other unit back lol. Sorry for the delay! After that I tried to put some coolant in the motor. As soon as the first gallon was finished I heard what sounded like a water fall. Coolant was pouring from the drivers side head. Oh well, I started it anyways lol.
The coolant leak was from me installing the gasket backwards where the heater hose pipe bolts to the head. Stupid! You can even visibly see that it was wrong lol. There were a few other issues after start up and drive but Ive gotten them sorted out. Now all I'm waiting on before a real tune is the rest of my fuel system from CJM that just shipped today actually. Needless to say I'm really excited to get this thing tuned. Ive driven it about 250 miles so far without any issue but seeing as how the car hasnt been to 7500rpms, Ill be trailering the Z to Z1 for the tune lol. I don't want it blowing up while I'm down there and being stranded lol. Here are a few more pictures of everything done. I have one of Galeforces pillar pods. That thing is top notch btw! Im sure that because of the time elapsed that I'm forgetting some stuff but if any of you have any questions feel free to ask!
