Fast Intentions exhaust is here! (continued)

Huck

Hey guys! I've been absent more from the forum as of late, been very busy with a wedding and work and trying to install all this stuff on my car. Plus with my new job I can't get on here as much, so that sucks.

Anyway! I'm happy to say that I FINALLY have my headers installed! It was a MAJOR PAIN IN THE AZZ. My case was a little bit special I think, it normally shouldn't be as hard as it was for me. I have learned a couple of things while installing these headers:
1) the Japanese engineer who designed the engine and bay deserves to be dragged out into the street and put to death. There is no room to work at all, no exaggeration I probably completed about half the work by feeling around with my hands. Everything is impossible to get to, and my arms and hands are sliced up from shoving them into small spaces.
2) The guy that had my car before me deserves to be dragged out into the street and put to death. The more I take my car apart, the more I realize he had the SAME EXACT mods as me. Installing my Stillen intakes? The holes are already cut for me. Installing FI CBE? The heat shield is bent back just enough to clear the muffler, and the lines are already wrapped with that heat shield material Tony sends with the package. Installing the FI LTH? The bolts are all stripped and things are in the wrong place.
Why couldn't he have just left everything so I wouldn't have had to do any of this?!

I digress...

So for this install of the headers, 1 bolt on one of the heat shields was stripped, and on the other 2 were stripped. Of course they couldn't be the top ones, nooooooo they had to be in the back and on the bottom. Then, one of the nuts holding the driver side header was stripped, and I had to buy a bold extractor kit to try and get it off. I finally got everything installed and I'm doing the O2 sensors, so I go to get the last one out and it's cross-threaded into the manifold. I finally get it out to find that the threads are shot beyond repair, I need a new one. I googled 370Z O2 sensor, and this forum was the first thing that came up, apparently it's kind of a common problem. I went with RockAuto Auto Parts and got an NKT one next day delivered for less than $170 Also, another problem I had was with my steering column. I couldn't get the damned thing off to save my life. I had drawn the lines down the column, onto the knuckle, and onto the bracket to keep everything lined up. Well it wouldn't come off, so I hit it with WD-40, then played with it some more. Finally after like 2 hours it came off. So did all my lines. Then it didn't want to go back on, it was so loose that the screw wouldn't catch the other side of the column holder or tighten at all. Again, a few hours later, I finally got it. Now my steering wheel is at a 70* angle. This freaks my car out, and it's showing me the skidding car symbol on the speedo, and the VDC turns itself off cause it doesn't know what the heck is going on

I'm done for the day. Hell, I'm done for a few days. I may just take it to a shop and have them fix the last few problems. Thanks God this is it for engine mods, I don't ever want to use a jack again. Anyway, I'm just glad that it's done, it's running, and that it hasn't blown up yet. I'm hoping to get it Uprev'd in the next week or two, the only day I have off is Mondays, and this Monday I have to go to the DMV to get a temp tag for my truck since someone in my neighborhood called the city to complain about it not having a tag. Fuckin azzholes. But that's another story... Hope you guys enjoyed my novel and these quick vids I took with my iPhone!

Thank you to Tony for an amazing product!! Never have I been so impressed with the quality of a product or the character of a businessman like I have with Tony and his crew.

If you have any questions about the exhaust or anything having to do with Fast Intentions, pm me and I'll be happy to help however I can.

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KaienZ34

You think it's tight in our engine bay, try the 300...

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Huck

Oh yeah, I've seen them and I remember thinking how horrible it would be to have to do anything to that engine. You want to change your air filters? Have fun pulling the engine out!

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speedfreek

That sounds awesome, Huck. Sounds mean I like it. Wish mine wasn't my DD. The drone around 2k would kill me. Got my tracking # today. #541 will be shipped tomorrow!!

Bad news is I will be TDY next week when it comes in so it will have to wait to the following week when I get back. But I will have a present waiting on my return and it will go on ASAP.

XwChriswX

You get used to it to where it doesn't even bother you. And most of the time you're only @ 2k going 45mph somewhere with someone slow in front of you, or you're in a 35mph zone in 7th gear. I'll usually throw it into M mode and 5th gear to keep it at 2500rpms when someone's riding with me. No problems.

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R.I.P. Abby 3/29/10 - 3/30/14

kentstuh

stock z with only FI cbe will i see the full 20hp and 11tq gains or will i need to do uprev tune?

Cafiax

#301 Jason Z is me I am a member hahaha

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2010-PW-370z Fast Intentions CBE 18" res + HFC, K&N Typhoons Intakes(Gen 3 Stillen soon), 20mm H&R Front - 25mm H&R Back, Shine Auto(Sunline)

Huck

FI did their synonym with the car completely stock except for the cbe and got those numbers, so you should see approx. the same without Uprev.


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Z-Girl 12

Huck, thanks for the vids!!! Man I am sooo stoked, can't wait. Sounds amazing, reps to you!!!

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2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

Huck

Thanks Z-Girl! After I get a proper tune and a few more miles on the system, I'm gonna take the car to my church and have a few different mic's with pop filters setup to do a high quality recording, and then I'll do some drive by's :tip:

I'm on tap stalk right now so I can't see your profile, where in FL are you located?


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Z-Girl 12

Awesome! I'm in Tallahassee, FL...

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2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

Huck

Cool cool


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buddyZ

About to make my order.Im debating between CF 12" or 18". I dont want to be too loud or too quiet, and at the same time i want a nice deep bass but i heard only the SS sounds like that but i have to get Carbon Fiber

KaienZ34

Non-resonated...

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w0rM

I like the sound of the 18" but I've never heard it in person. If a little drone doesn't bother you, non-resonated sounds pretty sick.