That seems to be a common thing here. Especially in the exterior section. Cough.. UAM.. Cough

But I'd like to know what happened. It had to be somewhat expected.

Thanks for your thoughts and notes, all! Going through a bit of withdrawal myself... have a backup plan for March track days, but it's just not the same.

Wstar, you nailed it my friend. Hope to have something GOOD to say soon.

Car is back with me. Tomorrow, I will take it to a shop in Tampa to finish things up. I am considering both S&R and ZFever.

Jason (Jnaut) did some good work on the car. The plumbing on the new water-oil heat exchanger is precise and race spec so far as I can tell. There was some trick work he did to fit the GTM kit to my car and he managed to cut off a few more pounds from the nose of the car. He also diagnosed a problem with the fuel pump.

Re the engine, there will be no discussion of "whose to blame" here or anywhere. In racing, these things happen. I will, however, be posting some detailed pictures of the engine internals for learning / discussion, once we have it torn down.

So what weight was cut from the front?

Remnants of Nissan brackets and various plastic bits like a relay housing that only had a horn relay - of course I have no horn...

Also, I was previously running a dual core air-oil cooling system... the new water-oil setup is much lighter and closer in. Not sure on exact weights there but I'd guess ~10 lbs

Anxious to see the results. Will be interesting to see how the water-oil cooler is plumbed in.

Who sells the water-oil cooler? Is that the same as a heat exchanger that GTM sells or is it custom?

Great news Travis, glad you're getting the car back in action.

Laminova... I'm using model E54 which is v high throughput... plan on $200-300 of additional parts for plumbing. BAT distribution out of Sarasota FL is the primary NA distributor for Mocal.

Here's a brochure and some other links:
http://208.109.215.220/files/laminova.pdf
Laminova heat exchangers - Laminova
British American Transfer
Laminova Heat Exchanger - Modified Magazine

http://honda-tech.com/attachment.php...1&d=1284252044

Often used on motorcycles
http://honda-tech.com/attachment.php...1&d=1284252044

Very interesting. You wouldn't have any pics on your car would yea? How much capacity is that?

actually, one of those might be perfect to install in a 2012. The actual heat exchanger is way too small in the stock 20120 cooler

Will upload those w/in the next week. Jason installed it just aft of the radiator and at the lowest possible safe point. Capacity for the unit I got is said to be consistent with a 25+ row air-oil cooler. The pdf file linked above probably has throughput ratings on it - we used fairly large opening sizes. Capacity is sufficient such that there is a claimed ~zero pressure drop across the unit.

Wiring gurus (do we have any?)-

I'm putting an LED lighting system on my truck bed and running power through a relay and switch mounted in the cab... I noticed that when I turn power on to the lights I get a voltage spike on the low current 12v that includes a toggle switch. This is the same 12v that sends a remote on signal to my stereo amp (the blue wire)... it causes a loud crackle over the speakers, which I'm guessing is a voltage spike to the amp. In any event, I read that you can fix this by wiring in a diode across the relay control (85/86 terminals)... I bought a bunch of 1amp and 3amp diodes. How do I install those? There is a red end and a white end on the diodes, which goes to which terminal on the relay? Help a brother out! thanks

Look I'm helping!

Terrific, Bobo! White it shall be. I knew I could count on you. :rolleyes:

Let me guess, you googled "red wire or white wire" after drinking a 6 pack??? :p