So he was pushing probably around 550hp?
I'd be scared to push that hard first time on the track after boost, that's A LOT to get used to!

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Actually 10 is about 600. I ran 10psi on the first day, and 13 for a couple sessions on the second day.

I was already killing mustangs and porsches on the track with Street tires, can't wait to see what she can do on boost with track tires!

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Your competition are now exotics/modded muscle :tup:

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DAMN! That vid is not fair dude. Posting things like that make those of us that do not have one to crunch numbers unnecessarily.

"In my most self convincing voice"........I am happy with my Greddy Kit and set-up. I am only a few parts (grand) away from a complete monster. The F.I. Kit would be awesome, but would cause a complete budget overhaul in my case...........you don't need it, you want it.

You guys are mean and you know it...........that said, that **** is awesome SUN!

Very nice control over the Z. That's how it's done. Car reviewers in the past have looked like amateurs on video. :tiphat:

the FI kit is amazing, but why would you consider switching kits? phunk has already made 586 at 9psi on e85 with the greddy kit, that kit can do 700whp on a built block no question

Very true, but it is so tempting........

I am currently pushing 534 to the wheels and I still have to do the S2 fuel system upgrade as well as forged internals. In the back of my mind, I know that it is unnecessary. But damn.........

Overbuilding a fuel system is never a bad thing :)

wiser words have never been spoken! :happydance:

Quick question to my TT compatriots. My system, as below, uses the HTA2868 turbos and I have no cats and a 2.5" FI exhaust. My engine is also fairly fresh--just 5100 miles.

I am getting some fairly substantial blue smoke at times while driving the car. I assume by color and smell, that it is oil being burned. It seems to happen mostly when slowing down while in gear (i.e. while pulling a lot of vacuum) and seems to be more prevalent when the car is cold than warm, though today it happened after a quick jaunt in traffic with the car completely warmed up and very little boost. It's never happened when I start the car up, and it doesn't happen when the car idles. I also assume the amount of smoke may be a bit misleading due to the vacuum trap behind the car while it is moving causing it to build up.

I know to some extent, having no cats and such, I will get less refined exhaust gas. I have dealt with that before. However, I am concerned about the source of the oil being burnt. If it only happened when cold, I would think, maybe blowby as things warm up. But I am also curious whether I may have a bad turbo seal.

In any event, I was hoping to see whether anyone running TTs and no cats has similar experience. If not, then I may have an issue unique to my car. If so, then I may need to just consider some downstream cats and catch-cans.

It seems like it could be a blown seal in the turbo, stuck PCV valve or bad valve seals.

However I had this same problem with my dad's Porsche and it turns out that it was just too much oil in the engine.

I'll check the oil level today just to make sure it's not too high or too low.

My turbo is smoking and it's brand new. The shaft has normal play in it so is one of my seals blown?
A. The term "blown seal" is widely used to describe a turbo that has oil coming out of it. In reality a turbocharger seal cannot become damaged until the freeplay of the shaft has increased to the point where the blades of the turbocharger have been rubbing against the housings. Blade contact usually requires more than .035" of side to side movement of the shaft. In some cases it is even possible to rub the blades and still not damage the seals.
If the turbo is new and the shaft isn't loose and bouncing off the housings, but oil is coming out of it chances are you can correct the problem without even taking the turbo back off the car.

The seals within the turbo are not meant to hold back a bearing housing that has become full of oil. They are designed to sling the oil mist and spray within the bearing housing away from the point where the shaft comes out each end. If the bearing housing becomes full of oil it will ooze out past even brand new seal rings.

The oil should freely drain out of the bearing housing as quickly as the engine supplies it. This is why the drain tube is so much larger than the supply tube. Gravity is the only force moving the oil out of the turbocharger. Any slight restriction in the oil drain tube, even a small silicone dingle berry, can slightly impede the draining of the oil and cause oil to back up into the bearing housing.

The crankcase vents are the second largest cause of oil loss from a good condition turbocharger. The seals in the turbocharger were designed with expectation that the pressure inside the compressor and turbine housing will always be greater than the pressure in the bearing housing. If this is ever not the case then oil will come out pass the seals. A restricted crankcase vent will cause this to happen. If the amount of ring blowby exceeds the ability of the crank vents to release the pressure positive pressure will build within the crankcase. This pressure within the crankcase can exceed the pressure inside the compressor and turbine housings under some operating conditions resulting in oil being driven pass the seals by the improperly biased pressure gradient across the seal rings. In severe cases it may be necessary to introduce vacuum pumps to deal with crankcase pressure, but these would be very severe high boost applications where even low percentages of blowby produce a high volume of crankcase vent flow.

Here you go nix this would be a good place to start. Pulled this FAQ right from forced performances website

How much longer for the Automatic Transmission upgrade. I can not wait any longer. =\

You cannot waiting any longer? !?!?! Lol


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I'm seriously about to just order the Twin Turbo kit and have Z car garage in San Jose install it and say screw it. My transmission blows it blows.

Patience man. It's almost ready I think.

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Telling a 20 year old kid patience for (God Tier Extra Performance for his Z) is like telling a 3 year old kid they can't have candy yet. They both want it now. Lol

Get a replacement PCV valve ($15), drill it out from behind so it is just an open nipple, put a breather on it, cap off any open hoses and see if the problem goes away. If it does, you have a crankcase ventilation issue and you can reference multiple threads on how best to address. You may continue to see smoke for a few miles as oil in the intake system works its way through.

Get a replacement PCV valve ($15), drill it out from behind so it is just an open nipple, put a breather on it, cap off any open hoses and see if the problem goes away. If it does, you have a crankcase ventilation issue and you can reference multiple threads on how best to address. You may continue to see smoke for a few miles as oil in the intake system works its way through.

What does it mean if it made the oil burning issue worse?

Oil burning as in seeing smoke or in having to add oil? If it is the latter, you need to identify where your oil is going...

1. Past rings -> crankcase (not an issue with open breather)
2. Past valves -> into exhaust (I think unusual in our engines)
3. Past turbo "seal" -> into exhaust (could be excess resistance in return line, increased air intake resistance, decreased exhaust resistance, oil too thin)

As in seeing blue smoke under certain conditions.

I am headed up to SpecialtyZ to install CSF's new triple-pass radiator soon so he is going to diagnose the issue during that time. Will report more when I know more.

I'm curious of what tony opinions are on this issue..

**Is dying!**

At least I get to drive my son's G35 home from Vegas in a few weeks. Driving a 2013 eco-Sentra is KILLING ME!

Were you able to bring back enough 93 octane from ZdayZ for me?

Hey djtodd what's yhe name of that particular song in your video??

Back in Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA

Its a disgustingly bastardized version of AC/DC's "Back in Black" from the album of the same name. Which is actually probably older than many of the people on this forum! As well as being the 4th best selling album of all time!

This version was remixed by a nobody who has probably sold nothing! :P

Lucky the car awesome car action made up for the music! :)

I know the song is back in black I meant THAT particular song the remix but I found it thx anyways :tup:

Yeah random remix found in soundcloud :)

Love how your car just eat up the str8, that's a lot of power

I think it's about time for a SoCal F.I. meet-up.

Drive more, post less. This is where this thread has gone!

Guess it is time for an update:

Hit 7k since installed, second oil change looked great. This will be going in for UOA this week, for sure. Went through everything, nothing leaking, melted, or any other cause for concern! Converted the front over to a NISMO(along with rear), no fitment issues with the NISMO front end or underpan(oem).

I still have not one problem yet, call me lucky or call Tony/Seb/Charles a trio of wizards! But the car has been turn-key, oem reliable 100% of the time I have had it!

I also took the car to a gt500 event at Club Auto here in San Jose, numbers were as advertised; 611/556@12.6psi:driving:This is my everyday boost/timing setting.Was on a Dynojet 224 dyno, for those counting. Was a blast, with an AC cobra owner oogling under my hood:eek:. Was an amazing experience and a great show for the kit indeed. We threw about 100+ cars on the dyno that day, lol(no I do not work there, or would take my car to get worked on there, but they host some great events, $$$$$ though.)

I am so glad to hear about all the new builds and can do nothing but recommend F.I., Specialty Z, CJM and of course e85!

Stay boosted my friends! And congrats to EVERYONE recently getting boosted(not just the F.I. guys)! My boosted Z has quickly become the love of my life. Well, after wife, then kids, the Z beats out the dogs for sure :tup:

Took me 2 months after getting F.I. TT kit to get started, did not wanted to cut corners in other areas but finally my build is underway. Can't wait to be part of the force induction family. Happy Father's Day :tiphat:

Tony the minute I saw this work of art being fitted to an engine in your shop I knew I wanted one. Problem is as you know I still have my 350Z.If you end up making a system that will work on my DE I will be one of the first in line to buy one.

Thank you for the support! As much as I wish I could lie to you and tell you we will have a DE version, that is a lie! That said, if you ever junp in to a 370Z, you know where to find us.

Tony

Your best bet is to get a 370z. I see guys building their motors on the 350z in goals of breaking 500whp. This was my goal but I opted for the 370 vs a built 350 for several reasons.

Faceglide you need to make a speedo acceleration video... Not the swimsuit lol

*****Fast Intentions "Twin Turbo Kit" is here*****
 

Here's one :)

You can see the speedo fairly well.

http://instagram.com/p/lxtY5DsE02/