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Installed some hood pins today!

OS Giken LSD is getting installed next week.

Looks great. I couldn't get those aero-catch style pins to line up properly on mine, and just went with more traditional pins. Nice job.

Hood pins look great, can't wait to hear your impression about the os giken LSD.

Yeah it wasn't an easy install.

My buddies and I can't wait to hear your impression of the OSGikeN LSD! Looking good with the Hood Pins Buddy! :)

Nice build. Love the look.

Thanks guys! I have no doubts that I will love the OS Giken. I have driven numerous OS equipped cars and they were all awesome. The only gripe I have is that they currently only offer the 350Z LSD which needs either minor machining or 350Z stub axles to make it fit. Not a huge deal just an extra step. They are working on a 370Z specific unit as we speak but I wanted to get one on my car before the end of the month for the Tuner Shootout so I didn't want to wait.

Sexy! :tup:

OS Giken LSD getting installed as we speak! :)

Next step will be to start work on my custom splitter project. Hopefully starting on Sunday.

Then in a few weeks, something I am incredibly excited about...new headers/exhaust/tune! Going with Fast Intentions this go round.

OSG FTW. I'll be putting mine to more use come Monday. First track day of the year.

So far as you splitter goes. Are you adding that to the exsisting lip kit you already have?

No, I sold the SEIBON lip a while ago. Adding a splitter to that would have hung way too low. It will just be its own thing. Chassis mounted, made out of birch plywood ghetto style.

Why plywood instead of aluminum? Just because it is cheap and easy to come by?

I thought about making something out of aluminum but I'm guessing it would have to be 14 gauge minimum (1.5mm) to have enough stiffness.

Yeah price and availability mainly. Once I have a finalized aero package on this car I may opt to rebuild my splitter out of something better but I have a feeling I will go through a few of these in different lengths/designs before my car is "done" in the aero department.

I like this comment, true in every way.

hmm, plywood. I saw a plywood one online somewhere that caught fire and burned the car up.

Be careful.

I started with plywood... then went to "boatboard" which is black plastic often used in boats... now with thick aluminum... there is signboard material that would work well - honeycomb structure plastic with thin alum sheet on both sides, that is probably a good compromise of weight, stiffness and price... I am planning to use this material for an undertray

I use a flat aluminum bar at the "rear" of the splitter and towards the front have a custom bracket where the splitter is attached on both sides to the bracket via quick release pins. Then in front of the car I have two threaded rods I can use to adjust the angle, those rods are welded to the alum bumper beam

There are pics somewhere in my journal

I've got me a solid plan fellas, have no fear. Wood splitters are not uncommon.

Travis - Alumilite is that sign material you're talking about but a sheet of it goes for around $100 as opposed to $30 for the wood at home depot.

Yup, alumilite. Sometimes sign shops will part with scrap - maybe worth calling around? Use it once you get the design perfected

And of course, I knew plenty of ppl in AZ NASA that used plywood, so either way is fine I'm sure.. plywood has good mechanical properties for a splitter, and when prototyping, it is easy to work with and cheap!!

DIY splitters and aero... :) me likey

Actually, last years national NASA champion in some class ran a plywood splitter all year ... I think it was an EVO-R. I think painted and everything it was about 65 pounds though ... fairly heavy. Didn't seem to slow him down any. Wish I could find the link (you may have seen it even already) it was a nice writeup by him that started from a 4 x 8 hunk of plywood all the way through mounting it on the car.

I remember where I saw one catch on fire, British Top Gear. I think the POS they were racing had an oil leak or something and hot oil ignited the wood.

The wood portion wont extend underneath the oil pan for that exact reason.

Been working on my custom splitter the last two days! Still a lot to do, but it's starting to look like a splitter! Have to figure out how to brace the sides of the splitter a bit better back toward the wheels, trim the back edge so the tires wont hit it, and figure out how to mount the air dam that's just taped up there in the photo. That, and a few other miscellaneous tweaks and it will be ready for water sealant and paint!

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Looks good. Can't wait to see final product.

Some photos from the past few days. Took a little road trip down to Fast Intentions and Specialty Z for a new exhaust system and UpRev tune! Went with long tube headers, 18" resonators, carbon fiber mufflers, and a new little upgrade that will be offered from FI for those with a keen eye. :) Exhaust is AWESOME, well worth the wait...well worth the wait.

After the exhaust, Seb from Specialty Z did a quick UpRev tune, which also now comes with a sweet new feature that allows you to lower the temperature at which the cooling fans kick on which should help cooling efficiency a good deal. Details coming soon in a blog post I am working on for my website.

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Back in Vegas now with a full day of working on the splitter ahead of me. Unless there are some unforseen problems, I should be able to get the splitter build done and start getting it water sealed and painted! Vinyl goes on Tuesday, new corner balance and alignment on Wednesday night, and then its on the road to Phoenix for the Modified Magazine Tuner Shootout!

Looks pretty sweet!

What happened to the requirement to run cats for your class?

That sir, is what you would be able to spot with a keen eye. Two 100 cell high flow cats built into the cat-back.

Splitter is complete! Well..structurally anyway. Still have to complete the air dam and then paint everything.

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looks great! can you adjust the height at all? may need to once you figure out how it holds up under load - ie under max body roll will the splitter travel more than the gap you've set up?

what spring rates are you running again?

Looks insane. I like how the NISMO Spoiler looks without the NISMO Rear Fascia too. Car looks great Mike.

Couldn't tell if they were resonators or cats from the picture. Nice, car must sound awesome!

The splitter looks the part, interested to see how the ground clearance works out on track.

You should make a template and send it to APR to make a carbon fiber one for all to buy. That's one of the things I like about APR. They will make a custom for not much more than there standered ones.

I am on 12k/10k but about to start playing around with those. The splitter is actually tucked all the way up to the bumper right now. Sits a tad higher than my old SEIBON lip but still sits low. If it has clearance issues then the next step would be cutting the bumper so I could move it up more. Also going to be raising the ride height a bit before the Tuner Shootout which should help. Like I said though, in reality, in the back corners it only sits about 1/2" lower than the lowest part of the factory bumper.

Thanks guys!

I would but its a pretty custom mounting devise designed specifically around my car to fit with the AEM intakes, go around my oil cooler ducting, it wouldn't work with a car that had a washer fluid bottle, etc. Not a great consumer product as you would have to have my exact setup.

370Z Custom Carbon Splitter ... just buy one of these for 89 bucks and drill some holes :tup:

^^^lol

...glad you have a sense of humour ! your set up looks pretty damn good ... :tup:

looks alien with no front face and the hood popped...


<-----likes it

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It's finally done! Its no show piece up close but it certainly gets the job done. It can support my full weight (~180 lbs.) and it has been tested up to 120mph. Looks cool from a few feet away. After the Modified Tuner Shootout this weekend I will likely re-do the air dam and add some wheel spats to block the front tires from the airstream. Maybe take the time to round out the leading edge with a sander too.

Ah so that was the silver streak I saw blur through North Vegas today :)

Probably! My vinyl guys are out at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. You in town for NHRA?