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Taking about 2 hours a night after work is working out pretty well as far as progress goes.
http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...8679955568.jpg The drivers side downpipe would have been completed if I remembered to weld on the rear O2 bung. http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...2538274906.jpg A messy shot of where the 2-1 merge exits. I have a length of 4" tacked to the V band at the right angle to clear the sway bar, cutting it to length today and a bunch of 15* pizza slices to get it angled up and over to the muffler. |
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Got the exhaust tacked up today. It’s the best ground clearance I can get. It’s all tucked up as high as it will go. The tip is some 4” polished stainless with a 7.5* angle http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...6d8b54118.jpeg Shot of the valve that should keep the neighbors happy |
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Well no pictures but progress was made.
The exhaust from the Y back is all finish welded and the rear O2 bung was welded into the passenger down pipe as well. I clocked the valve motor as high as I could get it to keep it out of any splash zone. I still think I am going to have to pack the boot over the motor with some grease to help it survive. It is wired in and works as intended. Moving onto the drivers side downpipe, I completely forgot that I needed to pull a stud out of the turbine housing to clear the steering shaft. Well it is NOT coming out but I did manage to squeeze a cut off wheel in there to cut it down a half inch. That along with grinding down the O2 housing in the same area has gotten me the clearance I need. I am waiting on 2 more 45* bends to show up this week to complete that down pipe. I was going to install the starter but the turbo oil drain needs to disconnect to slide that into place and at that point I ran out of patience for working under the car. So I moved onto the electrical and installed a new battery after replacing the rusty tray bolts and vacuuming out under it. The amount of bolts, nuts and 1/4" drive sockets I found ywas impressive. http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...02693223-1.jpg I re-clocked the oil temp/pressure gauge since it was off and confirmed the gauges all function as they should. Sucks that they aren't all the same LED color. Fuel pump housing re-installed after I took the 450 out to help a friend. I now have a 525 in there. Other than that I'm waiting on some couplers from Husam and a new set of O2 sensors from Rockauto. If everything gets here this week/next week I am on track for start up and break in on the 8th. |
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Last night I got the starter installed. I've used a "gnats ****" as a unit of measurement before but never have I appreciated it the way I do now.
http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...7290845226.jpg The alternator, starter, ac compressor and power steering pump are all electrically connected up now. Fedex has downpipe and intake goodies for me to collect. |
We ran out of argon so I am waiting on a new bottle to finish the last down pipe this morning.
O2 sensors are here and the couplers are in Miami so knowing Fedex I will have those tomorrow morning some time. I wasn't expecting the line lock stuff to get here but it did. So I'll get the solenoids mounted up and wired in tonight. |
The downpipe is finally in and all the new O2 sensors. I ended up putting the Innovate wide band sensor in the drivers side down pipe. Last thing I need to crawl under there for is to reconnect the steering shaft and put on the subframe plates.
http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...7583848491.jpg Plumbed up the power steering cooler, which I had to move over an inch or so to clear the radiator support upright I forgot about. The hoses were P clamped to the frame rail after I took this pic to keep them out of the way. The wiring will get cleaned up tonight with some zip ties. http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...7583848492.jpg http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...7583848490.jpg All the hoses and upper intercooler pipes secured and clamped http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...0195958918.jpg Day time pic is so much better I think the couplers aren't going to make it this week due to the hurricane. |
Fedex says couplers are between here and Miami so I should have them later on today. If I do I am ready to start up tomorrow.
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It lives! Final small things to go over tomorrow but no leaks anywhere on the warm up/coolant bleed. Idle log sent to Husam to work some more magic Just wanna give him a special mention cause without his support I would never have been able to make heads or tails of some of this stuff. |
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Well I have 2 semi-major setbacks.
I have an oil leak coming from the bellhousing. I am hoping it's the rear main seal and not the oil pan seal. I am getting an inspection camera today to see if I can peek behind the flywheel. Secondly, I have NO clue how the hell I fit a 2.5" pipe between the engine mount and frame rail before. It is NOT happening. I have a foot of 2" silicone I am going to use to get past that choke point and step up to the 2.5" after. I am hoping to resolve both of these issues on sunday. I did manage to smash my right thumb and will be losing half the nail, as such I'm having to rely on my brother and some friends to drop the gear box and connect up the coupler. Pain in the *** to have to bother people to do **** I know I am capable of doing. Final push of last minute ******** I hope. |
Oh....I forgot to mention. I tested the wastegates and they crack open at 15psi and are fully extended by 17psi. I knew they were aftermarket actuators but hot damn. I was hoping for 12psi on pump but I guess that's what backing down the ignition timing is for
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How could I possibly goof a rear main seal I asked myself. Turns out my only goof was not checking the crank before installing the first seal.
http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...4929901606.jpg So those 2 blobs of silicone left on the crank were pressing on the soft lip of the seal as the crank spun, just letting all the oil out. My brother being the ******* MVP that he is came over after work to help me drop the transmission, inspect everything and reinstall it. Thinking I might email AAM about it but I doubt I'll get anywhere. Anyway that saga is over. I also solved the intercooler piping issue. I've got some stuff left to tighten under the car, the front end to install and the interior to clean up. I may strike up the ambition to pull the fuel pump assembly again to see whats up with the level sender. |
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