Christian370Z's Progression Thread

[Jamaica]

have no issues with the stillen underdrive pully

[travisjb]

Originally Posted by christian370z

I am thinking about Non Stop Tuning crank and alternator pulleys. I am not sure about the side effects of Stillen's under drive crank pulley without balancing that out with an overdrive pulley. What do you think?

this has been explored in technical detail in some earlier threads... my take is low risk but still not much gain so skip it if you have bigger power goals in mind... otherwise why not... the flip side is there are those that argue the risk is high, but those opinions are based on other engines not ours

[ChrisSlicks]

Someone here had an issue with the pulley working loose and then damaging the seal and causing an oil leak.

[travisjb]

Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

Someone here had an issue with the pulley working loose and then damaging the seal and causing an oil leak.

hmmm... wonder if that was an install issue

[ChrisSlicks]

Originally Posted by travisjb

hmmm... wonder if that was an install issue

Could have been, may not have been torqued tight enough. They may have been confusion over the torque specs which are 33 ft/lbs and then a 1/4 turn more. If it were simply tightened to 33 ft/lbs it would fail.

[christian370z]

So do you guys think it is fine just to get a Stillen underdrive crank pulley or would it be better to get a pair of underdrive crank and overdrive alternator pulleys?

[ChrisSlicks]

Originally Posted by christian370z

So do you guys think it is fine just to get a Stillen underdrive crank pulley or would it be better to get a pair of underdrive crank and overdrive alternator pulleys?

There's no point doing underdrive/overdrive. Either do the lightweight pully which runs at stock speed or the underdrive as is. Just make sure either is installed by someone that knows what they are doing.

[christian370z]

Thanks Chris, exactly what I needed to know. I am having it installed at Stillen since I live a couple miles away, I have to look up the exact Gator belt I need to get as well but I will just go with the Stillen underdrive lightweight crank pulley now.

I appreciate the help!

[christian370z]

I am going to add the aero package front chin spoiler shortly but wanted to balance it out with something extra on the rear of the car. I do not really like the sport package rear wing in all honesty but the rear looks a bit plain as is. I also don't want to upset the aerodynamic balance either so I was thinking about getting a Stillen roof spoiler:



What does everyone think? If it looks as low key and fits like the picture, I think it would look great.

[christian370z]

Here is a video of what the car sounds like with my current mods. I am guessing from the seat of my pants that I should be fairly close to 300whp but most importantly the car feels and sounds so much more raw now. Sorry I couldn't get on it more, I just wanted to get all the major driving categories in from WOT to mid range part throttle to cruising. (windows are closed, camera mic gets fuzzy with wind)

[christian370z]

I ordered up my GReddy LED headlight accents when they first came out since I was never a fan of the landing strips but did not really see any real options for LED running lights due to the tight space between the bumper and the headlight lense. I should mention that I am not looking for these to be daytime running lights; these are merely a cosmetic accent for the headlights to complement my VLED parking lights however I do want them to be decently bright during dawn and dusk driving to make the car visible to others. These lights accomplished my goals and I could not be happier (well, I think they are overpriced and the free shipping shennanigan).

Fit and Finish:

The acrylic that the LEDs are seated in is perfectly curved and shaped to match the dimensions of the headlight housing which is a big plus. The spacing of the LEDs is identical in each DRL and 3M double sided tape is already in place. The problem that I encountered is that the black (ground) wire is long enough to be grounded to a bolt underneath the headlight housing but the red (positive, power source) wire is way too short to reach the green wire I used as my power connection. I simply used high quality crimp connectors to over come this and it worked well.

It is a pain to try and tap into the parking light wire (green) as I did not remove the fender lining which I could have done but chose not to for the sake of time. Everything else is straight forward.


Results:

I am very happy with the look this endowed on the front end. I was shooting for LEDs that would not over power the VLED parking lights but would still be bright enough to pair well with the LED parking lights. I was not expecting true DRL output. This is where I believe most people who are disappointed in the initial review have their issue as these are not even close to being true DRLs. If they were advertised as LED accents, it would have been a non issue.

I will update the thread once I get back to school tomorrow when I can use my DSLR to get completely accurate pictures of what the true output is but some of these are very close. However, these pictures will serve well to compare how the GReddy LED DRLs match with the VLED parking lights (much brighter than stock to begin with) for those who have a similar setup in a few lighting conditions.



Side View:



Underexposed to show even spacing and how they match the parking lights:




Under bright light:




The following are an accurate representation of their output:





For those who have stock parking lights, this is how much brighter the VLEDs are compared to the incandescent stockers:

[christian370z]

Here are some daytime sun shots in high quality to show how the GReddy LEDs look and their respective light output. Just note that the VLED parking lights are very bright but look how dim they look in the sun, keep that in mind when looking at the GReddy DRLs.








Two gratuitous shots of the Z in it's parking spot at school. I even turned off the two sprinklers around it so that it would not get blasted haha.

[christian370z]

And night shots:

[Jamaica]

man good thing I didnt get the kit. It would be total overkill since I have the led strip.
Good job. Looks better at night.

[christian370z]

Thanks Jamaica, it looks killer around dusk and at night but the only real time I can drive with just the parking lights and the DRL is at dawn/dusk or maybe in parking lots at night. It does look menacing though!