phunk's CJM Greddy TT - Build, Info, Reviews, Etc

phunk

My name is Charles, I am a partner of CJ Motorsports. We have a very strong 350z/G35 background (and more), but we dont need to float on that, we will make ourselves here from scratch. We have only been "behind the scenes" with the 370 so far, and will be coming out from under our rock over the next few weeks with some of our work. Since we are a small manufacturer/enthusiast/development team, we work with most Z tuners, but we are not a tuner shop for the public.. just our own project cars and occasional contract projects for shops and local guys. We are constantly building custom solutions for cars, and one of our new goals is to start making more of them into retail products for the consumer and less of them as custom one-off components.

Moving forward...

The car: 2009 370z Base/Sport 6MT, Black, Daily Driver. Mild body work, TE37SLs with 275/305 RE11s, H&R springs, PW:JDM shift knob, fuzzy dice.

2011 Goals: Get the BASICS on the car, get it out of the slow category, learn the ECU and how to tune it, familiarize myself all around with the car, and decide what we are going to build for the car that is also a viable product for the masses and tuners. Also figure out what we are going to build just for this car Oh, and try not to blow the motor while personally learning the engine management software and the timing curve for E85.

Future Goals: its going to be really cool.

Summer 2011 Project ("Phase 1"):
Greddy Twin Turbo Kit w/ Custom CJM Wastegate Setup
Uprev Osiris Engine Management
Injector Dynamics id1000cc Fuel Injectors
OS Giken Twin Clutch / Flywheel
ZSP Heavy Duty CSC
Tial BOV x2
Oil Cooler Kit
Greddy Dual 2.75" Exhaust
Aeromotive Stealth 340 Fuel Pump
E85 Fuel
HKS EVC 5 Boost Controller

Status: COMPLETED - PARTIALLY TUNED
RESULTS: Partially tuned 8/9/11, 524rwhp @ 8 psi, dynojet. Not comfortable with mid range / peak torque timing at all... only partly comfortable with full power timing. Researching E85 more and retuning next week.


SPECIAL THANKS TO;
Mike @ Greddy Performance Products
Rich and Jared @ UPREV
Tony @ Injector Dynamics
Andrew Rubio @ Performance Motorsports

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The Car:
(pics coming soon, no good ones at the moment)

Taking the plunge for the first time



Throttle Body Coolant Elimination;
I did this because I hate clutter. This is one of MANY MANY steps you will watch me take over the span of this cars project to remove and relocate things.

The TB coolant lines come from the coolant outlet pipe on the back of the engine. Its a cast aluminum pipe that collects the hot coolant from the rear of each cylinder head and feed it into a pipe that runs down the center of the V in the block to come out where you see your radiator cap housing.

From this pipe it enters one throttle body, then to a small metal crossover pipe, to the other throttle body, then to a coolant return pipe on the passenger side of the engine.

Here is the aluminum pipe where it starts:


I pulled out the pressed in barb:


I ran a 1/8 NPT Tap in there and put in a stainless plug:


UNFORTUNATELY I did not take a picture of where we cut the barb off the coolant return pipe and welded it shut. I will one of these days.

Heres all the hoses that are no longer in my engine bay:


next time I am in there I will also remove the metal tube that brought the coolant from one throttle to the other on the back of the intake manifold. Its welded to the same brackets as the EVAP vacuum pipe, so you would have to cut it off to remove it, which is cool with me.

Turbo Oil Manifold;
Ive been building cars a long time. I HATE seeing Tee fittings for oil lines. I wont go into it really, but its just not racecar

So I took a hour to hand machine a little oil manifold that mounts to the front of the oil pan. Its ugly, but its racecar.

Basically, I removed the oil pressure sensor. I made a short line to feed the oil manifold from the oil pressure sensor port. I put the oil pressure sensor on the far end of the manifold. I put a fitting for each turbo on the manifold.



the back has a groove for the oil pressure sensor wires to tuck in


Here is a terrible picture of the test fit. This is before adding the fire sleeve to each oil line, etc. Sorry it was hard to photo with the radiator and fans right in front of the engine.


Oil Filter;
I modified an already great oil filter to make it more suited for the ultra high performance of a TT 370z by adding the "Xtreme" to it. This was done by hand.


Turbo System;
Drivers Side turbo installed with custom MVS wastegate adapter installed


Passenger Side turbo installed with custom MVS wastegate adapter installed


Photo of some of the preperations made to passenger side to increase my comfort of heat management etc Notice main fuel feed line is entirely rerouted away from turbo system heat.


Passenger Side with wastegate installed


Drivers Side with wastegate installed


Intercooler On there.. Things to notice... Oil cooler is now stuffed behind it Tial BOVs we welded on there. Little bracket securing oil cooler lines from movement and rubbing.




Custom open dump tubes up there:


Done from the top - Yes the TB coolant barbs are still on the TBs... I will be yanking those barbs out next time I pull the intake off.





Clutch and CSC;

Removed


Installed


Installed



Vacuum and Starter Cable Tuck;

Start cable... youve got to be kidding me. They run that ugly thing over the top of the timing chain cover just draped across the engine. GTFO starter cable. I ran it through the cowl with the AC pipes and etc, it comes out the brake boost compartment, and down the drivers side of the bay to the starter. You cant really see it in any of my pics, because its pretty much tucked.

In this first picture you can see my vacuum manifold setup and the starter cable going under it in that wire loom. My vacuum manifold and hose configuration replaced the brake booster hardpipe and handles all my vacuum sourcing needs and is tucked out of site.


with the cowl panels and compartment covers on, here is all you see of vacuum lines... the bulkhead fitting going from the boost controller to the wastegates.



Interior Stuffs;

nothing to out of this world, im not really into super decked out interiors. just an aluminum panel we made to hold the wideband and EVC. of course the cubby door shuts if I dont want to see it. Other interior mods would be the AVIC x930bt, I am not a car stereo guy this is the first expensive head unit I have ever bought, its one of my favorite parts of the car now. I have a PWJDM shift knob that you cant see in the pic. The fuzzy dice, and thats pretty much my interior mods.

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In for results.

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RCZ

524whp at 8psi, man...why do I even bother with this sc haha.

phunk

it was actually more like 7.5psi but on some of the passes it would creep up to 8.0 for a moment

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JDMFairlady21

Nice! Cant wait to see you this in action Charles!

Need that fuel starvation fix for the race car btw

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GambitX

ahh very similar to my build! congrats.
i would like to see the pics of the tb mod

phunk

OK i have added photos of:

THrottle body coolant elimination
turbo oil manifold
clutch and csc
vacuum manifold setup
turbo kit layout

that is all i have time for today... i have a lot of work to do for the next 4 hours and then i am off to the lakehouse for the weekend. when i get back i will give you guys more cool stuff. i might write some of the product reviews while on vacation, if i do i can probably post from my phone.

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fuct

exciting thread, but what pics????? i dont see any?

phunk

Oh let me unlock the album, guess it's set so only I can see lol

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phunk

Should work now, sorry about that

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Mr&Mrs

Great thread, im in!

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chuckd05

awesome results!

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09 370Z 6M PW - FBO Best 1/4 mile = 12.926 @ 109 SOLD -- 08 BMW 135i - FBO 12.1@120mph SOLD -- white 09 e92 335 Coupe Mtech - 11.9 @ 119 :-)