At least the rod didn't break and SWOLE the block. That weak rod outcome could have been much worse. It happens on FI engines if the rods were not upgraded.

Has anyone heard from Midnight since New Years Day?

Vsr seems to be having fuel problems with his car so he's not a happy camper..

I'm still here! :hello:

:iagree: Yes, Cosmo is right, it hasn't been very thrilling lately. We've been having some fuel related issues, however, Bobby gave me a call today saying he's isolated the problem and is addressing it so if all goes accordingly I could have some final results later this week!

Can't wait to see the results...

Vsr
 

Here is a little story for you all.....

Bobby did my 40th with the kit they offer and after their final tune, I laid down 528 to the wheels at 10PSI. I took my car to Derek at ART for a few minor tweaks and she ran tight.

My only complaint ever about my 40th was that she burned oil from day 1. Not bad, but if I missed an oil change or was late it would not be a good thing.

Well, while having new suspension installed at the Nissan dealer, I asked them to check the oil. Long story short, the burning oil issue is a known problem with "some" 2010 engines, so after an oil consumption test, I was granted a new short block from Nissan.

Installed and ready for pickup. I drover her home and noticed the suspension was lower than I asked for, STILL, and my exhaust seemed to be dragging more than normal and had a small leak. They told me the V-band clamp was cracked and I needed to get a new one. I did, drove her back to Nissan and left it with them for a clamp install, suspension adjustment and a couple other minor things.

The next day I am to pick her up, all tight and the way I wanted her. Around 2pm I got a call from Nissan saying we had a problem. Turns out that during the test drive, they blew a rod, the piston slammed into the head, shattered a valve or 2 which got sucked into the turbo.

I was given a BS story at first of 4th gear low RPM which I immediately didn't buy. Monday I got the truth and entire story......just as expected, a hard 2nd gear pull on a motor with 27 miles and 8PSI is a bad combo.....

SO, here I sit, with no ETA, waiting for my Turbo to be rebuilt by Boost Labs (awesome guy there, Kirk), and a new motor install, complete motor. The only thing coming over from my old engine is my 750cc injectors.

Side note to all 370 Boosters, make sure to change out your plugs to GTR plugs or you'll melt them. Learned that at time of install.

First off...sucks bud. Here's to you getting back up and running soon :tup:

They granted you a new motor even though you were boosted? That's a nice dealer.

Just a question but do you not have a valet map? I would never drop my car at a location other than my tuner without the valet map turned on.

Were you running stock plugs with the turbo kit? Is that standard for the VSR setup?

I do, but am an idiot for not turning it on. The plug comment was just for information. Bobby did put GTR plugs in at time of install. I just wanted to throw that out there as it came to mind while writing the original post.

Ah...yeah running the hotter stock plugs with a FI setup is not recommended:rofl2:

Subscribed!!

I hope someday install a Turbo kit to my Z

Wow granted a new motor after a turbo build from the dealer.. That's shocking! Sorry about your luck.. I know the feeling. We can't all be winners in the FI lottery I suppose. So Nissan is giving you another new engine after they blew up the other one they replaced your original with? Bet they change their policy now.. Lol. Valet mode ftw for sure!

Bobby called me again this morning and sounded optimistic that the troubles they've been having are almost gone completely pending some tuning! Keeping my fingers, toes, and anything else crossed that it can finally be finished tomorrow when the tuner gets there.

good luck on the tuning bro!:tup:

Hey man, If he doesn't get the tuning right, I highly suggest getting your car tuned By Martin while your car is in Tampa. He is highly respected with tuning Nissan's and was one of the first people around to crack VVel tuning when nooone around the area had any clue. But its your money do as you please.

Got some numbers tonight, car did really well! Issues were finally resolved but we did have one minor setback. The wastegate spring was maxed out at 14psi so with that said on E85 and a conservative tune it made 603rwhp with a peak of 545ish rwtrq! Trying to get the vid from Bobby, however, it is posted on their Facebook page. I took a screenshot of the graph for now. We are going to switch out the spring next week and go for 700+ as long as we can anchor the rear end down. My tires suck for this kind of power and the car is on stock suspension. There's a chance it could've put down more if the tires didn't light up the dyno. But I'm relieved and estatic with the current results. The curve is very nice.. and I'm told it is running solid! Bobby might throw on some slicks from another car for another pass with the stiffer spring to see what happens. That's all I really have at the moment but I'll be sure to share more as it comes.

Thanks