the greyghost chronicle

AntiVenom

Thanks fellas. I have to sort through some others, but will post them asap.

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daj349

how much of a difference did the 2 piece rotors make on driving feel? They drop an insane amount of rotational weight.

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K&N Typhoon | CNT HFC | Berk CBE | Stance True-Types | UpRev

Spoiler

Beautiful looking ride

LAVA

Nice build, perfect stance!

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AntiVenom

thanks for all the compliments guys.

hope to be able to update with some of the new stuff in the next few weeks. car was in an accident, and that got my gears turning. car is currently in the shop. nobody was injured and no other property was damaged. I will share the full story once all the dust settles; along with some more pics.

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AntiVenom

So it's been a bit since I updated this thread.

At ZdayZ I got bit by the dragon, and wound up having some body damage to my Z. Nothing major, mostly a bent rear fender, and a couple of destroyed wheels and tires, and a scraped up engine cradle.

Worst part, I wasn't pushing anywhere near the limit. Still wouldn't be able to tell you what happened other than an unforeseen understeer situation on a relatively open left hander. Which caused my front tire to go off the inside/mountainside ditch, grind skateboard style on underside of the car (hence the cradle damage), caught a rock/high spot which threw the car back on the road, and somewhere in there the rear tire managed to catch the rear fender and pull it inward, damage the tire, and bend the rear wheel. Front wheel took the worst of it with chunks missing out of the wheel and a pretty shredded tire. Didn't have a chance to really stop and look around as my mind immediately switched to, GTFoff the mountain before law comes by wanting to write a ticket, as well as @#$%@$# I am 6 hours away from home.

Wound up riding down the mountain with two spare tires on the passenger side. Had my wife meet me roughly halfway with a spare set of wheels, so i could drive the rest of the way home comfortably.

After getting it home I've had the cradle replaced along with various other components that took some damage, and the bumps and scrapes repaired and painted.

With the rear fender damaged, it seemed and opportune time to go widebody. So I have been down that rabbit hole for the past couple of months and am finally throwing the $$$ down to make it happen. So stay tuned for that.

Meanwhile, I am upgrading a few other things. First thing up is increasing oil cooling capacity. One 34 row crammed between the radiator and intercooler just isnt cutting it. Car was getting way too much heat up on the mountain (probably because I try to live above 6000rpm) So, I am going with two 34row oil coolers with fans, and planning to vent out to the fender well. Picked up a couple of the 34-row Derale coolers and am going to be working on some custom brackets to get them mounted where I want 'em.
Edit: Looking at the photo it looks like I got sent two 40 row coolers.... going to do another measure and see if I can cram them in there. 80rows of oil cooling would be fantastic.



Finally going to install my ATI Dampner. Looking at trying out the Z1 fuel starvation and a custom roll bar as well.

anyway, more photos to come...

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AntiVenom

Finally got around to mocking up the two oil coolers and making some brackets. Good news is they fit. Bad news, none really, unless you consider a little chopping of the front radiator support bad news. So with a little creativity and removal of the windshield washer fluid tank I managed to get 80 rows of cooling power behind the front bumper.

I am also relocating the supercharger cooler and adding a 10 row PS cooler while I am in there.


Got just far enough to know for sure that it will work. Still have to fab up a couple more brackets and vent the fenders. Will post pics of the final product. For now, I have pulled it all off and am going to focus on getting the performance parts back on.

Looking forward to some deliveries from Carbon Signal and Strasse here in the next few weeks as well. Hope to have it all together by Thanksgiving, but we'll see how that goes.

and an old ZdayZ photo for the road. this one was taken minutes before the accident.

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carlitos_370z

Awesome dude!! BTW I spot in that pic the flag of Puerto Rico

AntiVenom

Thanks man. I am excited to do something one-off/custom on the car. Plus, I never want to have to worry about oil temps again.

#quebonitabandera I am an expatriated Boricua. I love seeing the photos of your Z on the island.

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carlitos_370z

Yeahh bro! with those oil coolers I don't think that you are going to see hot oil temps again for sure!

We, the Boricua people always have that flag in our hearts! And thanks for the comment bro! I hope to upload a few pics soon hahah!

Looking forward to your project!

AntiVenom

Another delay in getting the car back together. Fortunately I am still a few weeks out from receiving the MoonBeam kit and Strasse Wheels.

Started prepping the car for the big change and discovered this damage. Good news is that it a completely replaceable part, and the shop is covering the damage. I am a bit suspicious about the fact that they didn't find it themselves, but to their credit, and strangely enough, the fender was aligned nearly perfectly. Like a lot of us I am pretty OCD about my car and looked at all the lines. Best I can figure it crushed the mount points then flexed back.

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AntiVenom

All fixed and ready to go back under the knife.


Moonbeam kit shipped. Strasse wheels are in final QA checks. Tires arrive tomorrow.
Gotta get serious about getting the SC and supporting mods back in there so I can focus on making her even prettier.

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AntiVenom

tires just arrived last night. would have used a $100 bill but only had the dollar left after buying the tires

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P's_Z

Repped on your build and for the PR flag

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AntiVenom

Thanks brother.

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