Jeffblue's '94 300zx Twin Turbo Journal

Jeffblue · 08-07-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Hopefully those pictures will give you a good idea of the bracket removal. The car is a '90 purchased used about 10 years ago, and the clear coat was milky in some spots. He had a friend repaint the entire car, but he did not use enough metallic flakes. For the bumper, he had a more reputable shop perform the work, and the paint had a bit more metal flakes so it shows up lighter compared to rest of the body panels. As for engine work, the engine was replaced twice sourced from Nippon Motor. It only has a JWT ECU program, boost jets, and single pop charger.

Not quite perfect to our standards, but that's his baby... if it was my car, it would end up looking like yours, but with more LED work lol

haha still sounds like a fun car. I'll probably do some LED work inside. right now i just wanna take the tops off and

FuszNissan · 08-07-2011, 11:09 PM

Looking good man

Isamu · 08-07-2011, 11:20 PM

and

DIGItonium · 08-08-2011, 12:21 AM

Oh almost forgot... not sure if I told you, but I handmade custom turn signal bulbs for my dad's car. The front bulbs are pretty old, but it still works very well. It uses 4 high power LEDs: 3 amber and 1 white. So as a dual filament bulb, the white LED is the parking light, and the amber is the turn signal. He has the new style tail lights, so I used a more modern triple Luxeon Rebel for each turn signal. It lights up nicely, but needs a solid state flasher module.

I really want to do something with his fog lights, but he doesn't need it anymore after installing the HID kit.

Just something to think about

Jeffblue · 08-08-2011, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Oh almost forgot... not sure if I told you, but I handmade custom turn signal bulbs for my dad's car. The front bulbs are pretty old, but it still works very well. It uses 4 high power LEDs: 3 amber and 1 white. So as a dual filament bulb, the white LED is the parking light, and the amber is the turn signal. He has the new style tail lights, so I used a more modern triple Luxeon Rebel for each turn signal. It lights up nicely, but needs a solid state flasher module.

I really want to do something with his fog lights, but he doesn't need it anymore after installing the HID kit.

Just something to think about

That sounds pretty sweet. i may be interested in that actually. My first lighting concern is actually my headlights. I know i can go get HID,s but they are still kind of meh as far as lighting is concerned, and supposedly they interfere with the Selin Dual MAF translator. I'd love to have something as bright as the 370z headlights, and i can order the 1999 Jspec xenon headlights... if i want to spend 1700 dollars. Do you have any ideas/something you could potentially rig up?

DIGItonium · 08-08-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

Do you have any ideas/something you could potentially rig up?

I can't really help you with the HID part other than getting a good quality kit. The cheap ones tend to flicker. If it works well enough, you might be able to ditch the fog lights. If you decide to keep them, but want to use it for show, then a couple of high power LEDs will look very nice with it at night.

The simplest mod is your signal and parking light. The front signals are 1157 (dual filament) so you can set it up so the parking light is white and signal is amber. The parking bulbs are 194, so it can be easily swapped for an LED type. The rear turn signals are 1156. I actually make my own bulbs, so they plug right in. Also note with the LED bulbs you'll get the hyperblink, but there are work arounds for that.

Jeffblue · 08-11-2011, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Isamu

he can do it whatever color you want, and even lazer etch a jeffblue TT on the plate LOL

that is pretty cool, yea i saw his stuff there.

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

I can't really help you with the HID part other than getting a good quality kit. The cheap ones tend to flicker. If it works well enough, you might be able to ditch the fog lights. If you decide to keep them, but want to use it for show, then a couple of high power LEDs will look very nice with it at night.

The simplest mod is your signal and parking light. The front signals are 1157 (dual filament) so you can set it up so the parking light is white and signal is amber. The parking bulbs are 194, so it can be easily swapped for an LED type. The rear turn signals are 1156. I actually make my own bulbs, so they plug right in. Also note with the LED bulbs you'll get the hyperblink, but there are work arounds for that.

Whenever you have some pics of the setup, send them my way.

Jeffblue · 08-15-2011, 12:16 PM

well, 5 months after buying the car, its back on the road... getting miles on it.... looking ghetto fabulous with the unpainted front bumper

tjlazer · 08-15-2011, 12:47 PM

^ why didn't you just get the bumper painted and install it yourself? Would of saved lots of $ and time...

Jeffblue · 08-15-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tjlazer

^ why didn't you just get the bumper painted and install it yourself? Would of saved lots of $ and time...

I'm getting it painted after i bring the car back up to NY. It didn't cost me anything extra to have this bumper put on. My original bumper was torn by the shipper and was hanging down. The bumber had to come off anyway to do the intercoolers and intake and stuff (Well not really, but when doing a full build like this its a lot easier to take the bumper off to get to stuff) So yea, it was either take the original torn bumper off and put it back on, or put this one on. Same cost. I've got a new hatch up here so i'm going to get both painted at once rather than having 2 separate shops do it... so i should save some money there.

esfourteen · 08-15-2011, 08:34 PM

Glad to see its finally back on the road Jeff, best of luck with the car. Let me know when you plan on bringing it out to some meets.

FuszNissan · 08-15-2011, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

well, 5 months after buying the car, its back on the road... getting miles on it.... looking ghetto fabulous with the unpainted front bumper

She's back!

roplusbee · 08-16-2011, 02:00 AM

Nice find and build. You are making me want to do one myself. Gotta resist the temptation...........

But really.......good job man.

Jeffblue · 08-26-2011, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by esfourteen

Glad to see its finally back on the road Jeff, best of luck with the car. Let me know when you plan on bringing it out to some meets.

i'll hopefully have it at next wednesdays meet if i can get it painted in time, but i'll be bringing it around as much as i can

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Originally Posted by roplusbee

Nice find and build. You are making me want to do one myself. Gotta resist the temptation...........

But really.......good job man.

Thanks

Jeffblue · 08-26-2011, 02:40 AM

Car was dynotuned today. The motor only has 400 miles so it should pick up about 10-15hp after another thousand miles or so. Ambient temps were about 98*F, 93 octane tune. 0% correction factor on these charts.

Power vs TQ (high boost)

Blue line - Base Boost 9 psi
Red Line - Boost set at level 1 spiking to 14.5psi dropping to 12 psi
Green Line - Boost set at level 2 spiking to 18.9 psi dropping to 16 psi

Power vs Boost:

Power vs A/F

Torque Vs Boost:

I'm going to pick the car up tomorrow... or i guess today (friday) and drive it back to NY. Hopefully i'll beat the hurricane home to NY

08-07-2011, 11:09 PM	#92 (permalink)
FuszNissan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 14,275 Drives: Pure Sex Rep Power: 542	Looking good man __________________ Mods: Too Many to list! LouFuszNissan ZDAYZ 2012

08-08-2011, 12:21 AM	#94 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 42	Oh almost forgot... not sure if I told you, but I handmade custom turn signal bulbs for my dad's car. The front bulbs are pretty old, but it still works very well. It uses 4 high power LEDs: 3 amber and 1 white. So as a dual filament bulb, the white LED is the parking light, and the amber is the turn signal. He has the new style tail lights, so I used a more modern triple Luxeon Rebel for each turn signal. It lights up nicely, but needs a solid state flasher module. I really want to do something with his fog lights, but he doesn't need it anymore after installing the HID kit. Just something to think about __________________

08-15-2011, 12:47 PM	#99 (permalink)
tjlazer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tacoma Age: 53 Posts: 2,496 Drives: Z34, R35 Rep Power: 19	^ why didn't you just get the bumper painted and install it yourself? Would of saved lots of $ and time... __________________ 2009 370Z Monterey Blue,Nismo Conversion,RE-11's, K&N Typhoon intakes,Blue Kickplates,Homelink,FI 18" CBE,ERZ HFCs,Hotchkis sways, Swift Spec-R, EVO-R Highwing, UPREV

08-15-2011, 08:34 PM	#101 (permalink)
esfourteen A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: LI, NY Posts: 1,375 Drives: 40th TT Rep Power: 18	Glad to see its finally back on the road Jeff, best of luck with the car. Let me know when you plan on bringing it out to some meets. __________________ Build Thread \| GTM TT Install Thread \| Engine Build Thread

08-16-2011, 02:00 AM	#103 (permalink)
roplusbee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 2,360 Drives: 2007 350Z NISMO Rep Power: 22	Nice find and build. You are making me want to do one myself. Gotta resist the temptation........... But really.......good job man. __________________ 2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift \| UPREV \| F.I. \| Greddy \| Competition Clutch \| Injector Dynamics \| Aeromotive \| Pioneer \| JL

08-15-2011, 12:16 PM	#98 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	well, 5 months after buying the car, its back on the road... getting miles on it.... looking ghetto fabulous with the unpainted front bumper

08-26-2011, 02:40 AM	#105 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	Car was dynotuned today. The motor only has 400 miles so it should pick up about 10-15hp after another thousand miles or so. Ambient temps were about 98*F, 93 octane tune. 0% correction factor on these charts. Power vs TQ (high boost) Blue line - Base Boost 9 psi Red Line - Boost set at level 1 spiking to 14.5psi dropping to 12 psi Green Line - Boost set at level 2 spiking to 18.9 psi dropping to 16 psi Power vs Boost: Power vs A/F Torque Vs Boost: I'm going to pick the car up tomorrow... or i guess today (friday) and drive it back to NY. Hopefully i'll beat the hurricane home to NY

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