TravisJB Journal

VQ37PWR · 04-25-2012, 06:19 PM

Hey TravisJB I just want to know how many HP are you packing total?

travisjb · 04-25-2012, 07:55 PM

I told the guys to tune it to 380whp.... more to come on it later this week

I switched to the smaller blower, by the way... quicker spool up

SPOHN · 04-25-2012, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travisjb

I told the guys to tune it to 380whp.... more to come on it later this week

I switched to the smaller blower, by the way... quicker spool up

That's defiantly perfect HP for a car that's lite like yours. And extremely reliable.

sig11 · 04-26-2012, 09:04 AM

I may have problems with a UHaul trailer due to my height. I'm ~1" lower than stock right now (but probably should come up a little).

Window? Heck the UHaul trailer I rented to tow the lemons car had a folding fender! Wish I remembered the key/window trick before climbing in and out of the rear hatch.

travisjb · 04-26-2012, 03:59 PM

Update from shop... engine is running, car goes to dyno next

SPOHN · 04-26-2012, 05:30 PM

Woot

Mike · 04-26-2012, 07:15 PM

great news

travisjb · 04-26-2012, 07:16 PM

interesting update from shop... when they started the motor, there was insufficient oil pressure to the engine and they shut it down within 30 seconds because it wasn't getting enough... they think the new oil cooler system has an issue with delivery/pressure, which would explain a lot!! in any event, first thing tomorrow they are going to run some bypass tests and troubleshoot and I'll have more to report later

on the topic of fuel starv... they are also going to get rid of the two secondary pumps in my fuel tank - they've convinced me this is a potential safety issue b/c when the pumps are no longer wetted they get extremely hot... he put more foam in to help control slosh, and he's going to make a secondary hose going to driver's side from which the primary (passenger side) pump will pick up to help control fuel starv

unrelated note, here's my new garage with high lift kit!

ChrisSlicks · 04-26-2012, 08:25 PM

Looks good! Where do they mount the drive motor for the door? I'd love to convert mine to high lift so I can install a 2 or 4 post.

travisjb · 04-26-2012, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

Looks good! Where do they mount the drive motor for the door? I'd love to convert mine to high lift so I can install a 2 or 4 post.

when you look at the pic, you can see a wire hanging down on the far left side... that's coming of the electric drive motor... it's a different motor than typical overhead motor.... i recommend hiring someone that's done this plenty of times vs DIY - my builder paid for it, but I don't think it was a lot of $

if your ceiling is tall enough, should allow for a 2/4 post lift... I may do that down the road, but for now this will give me room to lift a truck on my scissor mid-rise lift and not worry about clearance at all!

ChrisSlicks · 04-26-2012, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travisjb

when you look at the pic, you can see a wire hanging down on the far left side... that's coming of the electric drive motor... it's a different motor than typical overhead motor.... i recommend hiring someone that's done this plenty of times vs DIY - my builder paid for it, but I don't think it was a lot of $

if your ceiling is tall enough, should allow for a 2/4 post lift... I may do that down the road, but for now this will give me room to lift a truck on my scissor mid-rise lift and not worry about clearance at all!

No I wouldn't DIY that one, just trying to get an idea of what is involved. I've got about 11 ft of clearance but right now the door track only goes up to 7ft or so. I had the new door put in about 5 years ago but wasn't thinking about lifts and such at the time, which now I regret.

Thanks!

MightyBobo · 04-26-2012, 09:48 PM

Which reminds me, I'm looking into this, eventually:

MaxJax Portable Two Post Lifting System by Dannmar

Skeeterbop · 04-26-2012, 09:57 PM

looking forward to seeing how it does!

travisjb · 04-27-2012, 08:04 PM

^ good looking lift...

Z Fever Racing identified two primary causes of engine failure

1) the in/out were backwards on the sandwich plate adapter for the oil coming off the block, resulting in minimal oil passing that point and thus passing along to the oil cooler core and returning to the block... this explains pretty much EVERYTHING including a dead-*** engine... as it turns out, I have the mfgr of the sandwich plate adapter to thank, as the correct flow was opposite of the indicated flow... there will be pictures of this soon

2) normally the ECU would shut the engine down in the event of no/low oil pressure... if this happens correctly then item 1 above would be unfortunate but not catastrophic... unfortunately, a prior installer in the process of modifying the cooling system built a DIY wiring extension to provide more room for wiring going to the oil pressure sensor and another sensor next to it... one sensor gets +5V the other +12V (or something like that)... the two were swapped, thus eliminating the oil pressure signal to the ECU and thus bypassing the normal safety shutdown sequence involved with no/low oil pressure

Ah, the little things!

Travis

ChrisSlicks · 04-27-2012, 09:41 PM

Damn. The instructions for the sandwich plate indicated flow backwards? That's pretty bad.

The wiring crap happens sometimes, although I doubt the stock low pressure indicator would have tripped as it is set pretty low.

04-25-2012, 07:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 189	I told the guys to tune it to 380whp.... more to come on it later this week I switched to the smaller blower, by the way... quicker spool up __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

04-26-2012, 03:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 189	Update from shop... engine is running, car goes to dyno next __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

04-26-2012, 05:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 222	Woot __________________

04-26-2012, 07:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	great news __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

04-26-2012, 07:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 189	interesting update from shop... when they started the motor, there was insufficient oil pressure to the engine and they shut it down within 30 seconds because it wasn't getting enough... they think the new oil cooler system has an issue with delivery/pressure, which would explain a lot!! in any event, first thing tomorrow they are going to run some bypass tests and troubleshoot and I'll have more to report later on the topic of fuel starv... they are also going to get rid of the two secondary pumps in my fuel tank - they've convinced me this is a potential safety issue b/c when the pumps are no longer wetted they get extremely hot... he put more foam in to help control slosh, and he's going to make a secondary hose going to driver's side from which the primary (passenger side) pump will pick up to help control fuel starv unrelated note, here's my new garage with high lift kit! __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

04-25-2012, 06:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
VQ37PWR Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NY Posts: 13 Drives: 2010 Maxima Sport Rep Power: 13	Hey TravisJB I just want to know how many HP are you packing total?

04-26-2012, 09:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
sig11 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,294 Drives: 09 370Z Red Sport-MT Rep Power: 18	I may have problems with a UHaul trailer due to my height. I'm ~1" lower than stock right now (but probably should come up a little). Window? Heck the UHaul trailer I rented to tow the lemons car had a folding fender! Wish I remembered the key/window trick before climbing in and out of the rear hatch.

04-26-2012, 08:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
ChrisSlicks A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North East Posts: 6,203 Drives: 09 370Z Sport M6 Rep Power: 654	Looks good! Where do they mount the drive motor for the door? I'd love to convert mine to high lift so I can install a 2 or 4 post. __________________ Hotchkis ARB \| Stillen CAI \| Art Pipes \| Berk CBE \| Stillen AP Racing Brakes \| AE Performance Oil Cooler \| BC Racing ER Coilovers \| Doran Control Arms

04-26-2012, 09:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
MightyBobo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 8,465 Drives: No cars; only bikes Rep Power: 53	Which reminds me, I'm looking into this, eventually: MaxJax Portable Two Post Lifting System by Dannmar __________________ I don't own a car anymore.

04-26-2012, 09:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
Skeeterbop A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Bliss, TX Age: 41 Posts: 1,440 Drives: 2011 GM 370 base SP Rep Power: 17	looking forward to seeing how it does! __________________ Srenity: "Yeah no rest needed to spread the love when your 20 that's for sure...."

04-27-2012, 08:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 189	^ good looking lift... Z Fever Racing identified two primary causes of engine failure 1) the in/out were backwards on the sandwich plate adapter for the oil coming off the block, resulting in minimal oil passing that point and thus passing along to the oil cooler core and returning to the block... this explains pretty much EVERYTHING including a dead-*** engine... as it turns out, I have the mfgr of the sandwich plate adapter to thank, as the correct flow was opposite of the indicated flow... there will be pictures of this soon 2) normally the ECU would shut the engine down in the event of no/low oil pressure... if this happens correctly then item 1 above would be unfortunate but not catastrophic... unfortunately, a prior installer in the process of modifying the cooling system built a DIY wiring extension to provide more room for wiring going to the oil pressure sensor and another sensor next to it... one sensor gets +5V the other +12V (or something like that)... the two were swapped, thus eliminating the oil pressure signal to the ECU and thus bypassing the normal safety shutdown sequence involved with no/low oil pressure Ah, the little things! Travis __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

04-27-2012, 09:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
ChrisSlicks A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North East Posts: 6,203 Drives: 09 370Z Sport M6 Rep Power: 654	Damn. The instructions for the sandwich plate indicated flow backwards? That's pretty bad. The wiring crap happens sometimes, although I doubt the stock low pressure indicator would have tripped as it is set pretty low. __________________ Hotchkis ARB \| Stillen CAI \| Art Pipes \| Berk CBE \| Stillen AP Racing Brakes \| AE Performance Oil Cooler \| BC Racing ER Coilovers \| Doran Control Arms

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