Nice meeting you, too! Another boosted 40th...how original :bowrofl:
Symmetry shmemetry, haha. If I would have gone off of logic, I'd have a GTM kit on my car right now...and with these headaches, as of now I wish I did go the logical route. But in the end, when all the issues are finally sorted out, I hope to be doing this :eekdance:
Nice meeting you as well. I wish we had more time to talk. If I looked out of it, I was. I was running on 1hr of sleep...sorry about that. I appreciate the kind words :tup: I'll be out again this Saturday at Ultra show or Wheel Tech meet. We'll have to catch up then if you plan on going.

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Nope. A banjo bolt broke and one of the oil cooler lines was too short. Kit is pretty complete. Not gonna hijack thread pm me for more specifics.


Ryan i was thinking. The stock fans are puller fans if they are on the front of the radiator they would blow air toward the front of the car instead of through the radiator. Just a thought. If you are still having cooling issues.

Thanks for the thought. I'm not using the stock puller fans. I originally was using the OEM fans after having them converted to pushers...but the car would overheat almost immediately. I'm using a 10" Flexalite pusher and a 16" Flexalite pusher. I'll probably be added another 6" Flexalite fan on the oil cooler to help keep temps down.

Absolutely phenomenal!! How did you mount the GoPro? Sorry if you mentioned this already, I just read 32 pages of this thread and just had to comment on this incredible footage.

Edit: just read this in a subsequent post. "Yessir! I got the GoPro HD Motorsports package. The camera was mounted inside the driver's side fang for this video".

some very exciting updates indeed! I just wish I could see it in person! you know you have my thumbs up on your build!

You are making me want to go custom instead of kit............we'll see how it pans out though. I lol at your ninja avoidance every time I watch the vid.....

What updates? Haha...Car has been in the shop for almost a month now:(

I originally dropped it off to have the intake piping redone and have the HKS taken off and have a new 4" exhaust made. It took 2 weeks just to get a quote on the exhaust...which was $800 more than what I was told. So I said to forget about the exhaust. They had to modify the downpipe to get the HKS exhuast off since it had to be welded due to going from a single downpipe to a dual exhaust. I had a buyer lined up for my HKS exhaust, but they welded the original flange of the HKS on crooked, so I couldn't sell it.

I had a photoshoot in Orlando lined up for July 10th. I was told the night of the 6th the car was ready to be picked up. I went to go pick it up on the 7th and the right rear tire was flat due to 2 nails in it. I wasn't too happy because the tire was fine when I dropped it off and the flat wasn't mentioned to me the previous night. I had to cancel the photoshoot.

So I call them Monday and they said the tire would be patched that day. I go to pick up the car Wednesday and the tire was STILL flat. Now I'm pissed! I called Thursday and voiced my opinion how the car had been there for so long and the intake piping wasn't touched, the exhaust quote was over double what I was originally told (the fabricator told me $700 to make me an exhaust for my G35 back in the day. I said as long as the price to make an exhaust for my Z was around that, I'd be happy. He told me not to worry about the price... then I get the actual written quote which was $1500) and I end up with a flat tire (not to mention driving out there twice to pick up the car with the tire still being flat and wasting 80 miles of gas).

They said they didn't patch the tire because they don't deal with wheels/tires and use a 3rd party. They didn't want to take the liability of damaging the wheel/tire without first getting my recommendation of where to take it. So this communication took from Thursday when I found out the tire was flat until the following Thursday when I was finally told this over the phone. They said the best thing to do regarding the intake piping is just to bridge the MAF sensors. The fabricator was out Friday, so that still hasn't been done. So hopefully I can get the car out of there Monday or Tuesday. :mad:

I found a local guy that works out of his garage. He's built a few turbo kits and exhaust for a friend's Integra, Mustand, and M3. So I think I can trust him to make me a 3" exhaust.

This arrived yesterday:tup:
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Don't do it... learn from my mistakes. Just go with a GTM kit and call it a day.

Man dont that **** gripe your a$$ when you say to do **** and you wait patiently and they drop the ball like an a$$ hole. I feel your pain man been there done that but on another note I ordered my gtm stage 2 turbos for my anniversary 370 its going to z1 in 2 weeks we needa make a boosted anniversary thread.

The guys at Z1 are awesome! I wish I lived closer to them...

**** im in new orleans i dont trust nobody around here cuz last time i boosted my 350 i blew a hole thru the oild pan. lesson learned!!!! im just gonna make the drive and fly back home and when the cars done im gonna fly up and drive back. itll be a bitch but i think itll be worth it

see, I am with you on this, I am driving my NISMO to GTM

Damn man.. that DOES suck... but I was talking more about your temp issues... you have to remember I was gone for like 2 weeks lol

and my single turbo is coming together...

So, how much of a pain was it really? I know you had some things to address, but I am certain that your setup brings a smile to your face everytime you drive it. Hell, my CA18DET was a pain to upgrade and was expensive for me in Europe, but when it was complete.....I had the super cheesy grin all the time.......

I am looking at doing this also. So easy to get the oil temps up to 240°, and it takes sooo long to get them back to 220°

How are you looking to mount it to the oil cooler??? You fabbing your own bracket? And how are you going to control the temp it turns on at??? Using the Flexalite thermostat???

Well, the beaches started when the engine knocked the first day it was tuned and the car overheated in a matter of minutes. After adding the 2 custom fans and getting it retuned, I headed to ZDayz. On the way home from ZDayz, I ew the power steering pump, melted a wiring harness, and fried the fuse on the battery terminal. I missed 4 days of work and paid $1600 in repairs. The car still starts to overheat if I sit at a stoplight for more than a few minutes and oil temps get up to 240 if I drive for more than 20 minutes...and that's not getting into boost. Now I haven't driven it in a month.
Kirk,

I'll just have it hooked to a remote switch. I'm sure I'll just end up leaving the switch on until December when we finally start seeing cooler temperatures. For mounting, I'm not exactly sure. I need to check to see how thick the fan is and how much room I have between my oil cooler and bumper (my oil cooler is mounted behind the passenger fang).