Nissan 370Z Forum - First top mount single turbo 370Z

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Originally Posted by christian370z (Post 1088839)

I was wondering this too, that will be a huge amount of intense heat confined to an already hot engine bay. Some venting via the hood is probably the easiest way to help that problem out, are there any additional cooling plans right now?

Everything will be heat wrapped plus a turbo blanket, Setrab 24 row oil cooler, and an extra quart of oil with the oil pan spacer, all should be good!

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Originally Posted by fuct (Post 1089072)

is my understanding correct to say the single turbo will reach full boost later than two twins? and will produce more power up top but sacrifice low end power and torque? :\

Not necessarily. I'm pretty sure this setup is going to have better powerband as well as peak power than the twin setups I've seen to date.

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Originally Posted by JordoKAP (Post 1089528)

I think for $6k it could be done even with a profit margin!

I'll shoot high......
Turbo Charger - GT35R - $1500
Wastegate - $300
Blow off Valve - $300
Intercooler core - $500
Misc oil fittings/lines/air filter - $400

You would have $3000 to fab:
Up pipe (turbo manifold)
Downpipe
Intake pipe
Intercooler end tanks
Intercooler piping

I understand the first kit would simply cost more, due to needing more time to produce. If you were to make jigs and make a seemless process. A single turbo kit would be priced perfect at $6k right with the superchargers, rather then $7800-8k for a twin kit.

$3,000 for fab, that woud be great if we were welding air together ;)

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Originally Posted by jran76 (Post 1089607)

I don't think their reluctance to mass produce a kit has to do with profit margin. It sounds like they are not the type of company that wants to get involved in doing that kind of business for a product like this. They do custom work. If you want a mass produced kit, send these pics to a company that is in that line of business, and I am sure they will be willing to look into it if there is a market for it.

I'm not the kind of guy to sell the same thing to more than one person. I'll gladly build similar, but different, setups for the same platform. I'm not for mass producing them, especially for penny pinchers. You want my stuff, it's gonna cost what it's going to cost because it's something different than what everyone else has. My prices aren't cheap, they aren't what other kits cost, but they also aren't out in left field for the quality of the hardware. I've never had anyone that's seriously interested in a setup turn away because of price, however if you think it's going to happen for equal or less than an off the shelf, mass produced kit, you have the wrong idea

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Originally Posted by URNEXT! (Post 1090021)

Your craftsmanship is second to none. Its hard to find someone that does nice work like this. Too bad you don't have any interest in making a jig for the piping. I think you would do well if you turned this into a kit :tup:

Thank you, I put alot of effort into everything I build! My hardware is built to the best of my abilities and also as if I were building it for my own car, as I would expect it, with the highest of expectations. I don't let anything slide with my hardware, it's exactly how it should be and nothing less!

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Originally Posted by JB-370z (Post 1090709)

What I am wondering is, how even the air flow is going to be with one turbo to both throttle bodies?

I'm not designing this stuff in solidworks but I'm pretty damn good at fabbing this stuff how it should be regarding flow characteristics. The dual TB definitely tested my abilities but after seeing the charging piping done, intercooler to throttle bodies, I'm confident it will get the job done. If the tuner is able to tune accordingly with the dual blow through MAF's, then we are definitely set!

And with that, here's today's progress!

2.75" charge piping, 2.75" split to the passenger side TB, 2.5" to the drivers side TB. Passenger side has shorter route to take but also takes a tighter path to the TB. From the IC, the direct path is to the 2.5" drivers side piping. Not the most ideal piping split but the best possible solution for the room and hardware configuration

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OEM fans relocated in front of the radiator, polarity switched, now pusher instead of puller

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Manifold wrapped

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Getting closer to having her feet back on the ground!

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Roomates for the night

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