Us deaf guys gotta stick together :)

Wondering if you could elaborate on your "especially at Hill's" comment ?

...took the Z to work today and snapped this over by Naval Air Facility Washington Headquarters on Andrews...wish it would have come out better.

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Oh, I have to admit I am terrible with English and Grammars lol.
My big brother (my friend who is older than me) he brought his 350Z tuned at
Hill's Garage and said they did wonderful tune and great guys. He really love the power of UpRev on his 350Z and is very happy with it. I want to visit Hill's Garage, do anyone want go with me from Northern Virginia area? lol

You know Sign Language? I read lip but have hard time to read lip.
Life is hard to be deaf.

Doug

The Z need airplane wing :bowrofl:

what a nice view :tup: your Z's looking good too!

...nothing quite like the old F-4 Phantom.

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...decided to install the Stillen Grounding Kit today. I got a red one to start spicing up the engine bay. Not sure if it is just me, but I think the directions rather sucked. The photos use are either a 350 or a G engine bay, so many of the locations are different. Several of the locations I had no idea what they wanted it bolted to. They label all the grounding points in the pictures as A through I in the instructions. I mainly guessed based on the cable length, and what could reach where. I did like the Nissan race car on the packaging though.

Install instructions from the Stillen web site: http://www.stillen.com/product_files/606358~inst.pdf

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Location A was easy enough, to the negative battery terminal. The directions stated to put it on the bolt side of the connector, and attach using the provided hex nut. It was way too small, so I opted to take the shoulder bolt all the way off, and attach the wire to the head side, and then reconnect the shoulder bolt.

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Location B was supposed to mount to a threaded hole somewhere, using the provided FHCS bolt. I could find no threaded hole that was close enough to the right location to make this work, so opted to mount B to the backside of the top bolt holding the power steering reservoir. The backside was metal to metal, the front side has a thick rubber washer on it.

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Location C I could not find anything that looked like the install picture, so used the spot indicated in the picture below. Nothing caught on fire when I started her up, so I guess this spot is alright.

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Location D, the lower ground point, was spot on. Only bummer was having to remove the upper radiator hose to get to it. Location E was also correct in the installation photo...all the way to Location F.

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The last cable was easy from location G ... the spot for H had to remove the intake to get at the bolt. The last location, I, was also spot on.

Here it is all done...:tup:

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I also learned not to accidentally knock a socket into the hole that the hood latches into. That was fun getting that out. By itself, as in the photos above, it does not look like much. But as I get done with things, I think overall it will add a nice touch.

... I had to modify the front part of the engine cover, so figured I would paint it red as long as I was messing around with it. Needed some clearance for the braided stainless lines I will be putting in shortly for the dual oil catch cans. The engine cover was not going to seat all the way unless I made some room. Plus I figured what is the point in putting in fancy looking stuff if you can't see most of it because a piece of plastic is in the way. So I whipped out the Dremel, and slowly cut it down over the last few days. Anyway, I like how it turned out.

Here was about my last test fit. Good visibility of both the left and right intake manifold breather hosing means I should be able to sneak some SS lines in there now with now worries about the engine cover seating all the way down.

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Here it is after painting and put back on...

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Very nice :tup:

Thanks !

...finished up the fang air duct mod. Taking the bumper off was way easier than I thought. Getting it back on was more challenging, but I eventually persevered.

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...mounted the plates and had the hoses all hooked up, except for the bottom...

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...I wasn't sure how to hook up the bottoms. Hoses were not really long enough to do anything but put the bumper back on, and bend the lower cover out of the way to get my hands in there. Red looks kind if cool in there. At least I have functional cold air shooting up to the Typhoon's now.

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Had to get a nice hand wash after all I put the car through this weekend. Also can see my front and rear emblems plasti dipped black. Pretty amazing stuff.

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...I got my UR pulley set the other day. Damn that thing is smaller than I thought. Hoping to get them on soon and maybe I can top 330 :tup:

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...also got my spacers. 15MM front and 20MM for rear. Waiting on my coilovers to get here and put them all on at the same time.

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FedEx dropped off some ARK stuff for me today ... hoping to get these knocked out the weekend of the 31st ... will do the spacers at the same time and then get an alignment knocked out right after.

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...to celebrate the arrival of more goodies, I decided to head over to Hooter's to grab some lunch and admire some curves. Of the Z of course. :tup:

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Ah, there is a great memory. I followed the Phantom II around for 18 years and retired the last ones in the Marine Corps. So then it was time for me to retire too. Bad to the bone hot rods of the sky.

You got some nice numbers with your mods there. I have practically the same set up, but my M370 will probably result in lower top end results. Not to worry, I don't plan on driving around at 7800 + rpm. I'd rather have the good numbers in the range I'm driving in.

Thanks ! The F-4 was an incredible bird. I was at Torrejon AB in Spain around 1982 when we transitioned away from the Phantom to the F-16. Besides seeing some old converted models as modern day Wild Weasel's during Desert Storm, it was the last time I got to see them en masse.

I am still on the fence with the M370, though I agree with you regarding high end. I'm just an old fart who looks fast, but drives slow.

I wouldn't get the M370. I'd save the money to upgrade brakes to at least sport model akebonos.

I agree with that strategy, and I thank you for your input. :iagree:

...finally got the last of the parts I need to install my dual catch can setup. Below is pictured everything ... replacing all the 3/8 and 1/2 hosing with stainless steel as I go.

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Made a DIY thread here that I will be updating as I make progress: DIY: Dual Oil Catch Cans

...all done with my dual catch can setup. Couple shots of the finished can set-up.

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Nice write-up. Good job +1

How was the install of the catch cans?

Made a DIY thread here: DIY: Dual Oil Catch Cans

Thanks !

...had to add the Saikou Michi decals for more powah :tup:

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that must of been good for at least 20whp!

...at least ! :tup: +1

Summit Point Motorsports Park Main Circuit April 28-29, 2012

... signed up for the Hyperdrive deal and joined NASA. I will be the slow guy at the end of the line. :driving:

Hope it's a good "feet wet" experience that makes me want to do HPDE-1. :tup:

...a few pics of the car as she sits today after I finished the coilovers and spacers late yesterday.

Did a full review of the ARK DT-P coilover install in this thread, with many more pictures and comments: ARK-DTP Coilovers: Review & Initial Impressions

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Hey Six! looks great!

Thanks wheee! ... us BC guys have to stick together :tup:

lol, I'll be driving RoZy thru to the Okanagan in September. Can't wait to get back into the interior... Alberta is sooooooo flat!

plus roZy loves peaches....

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...there are a lot of peaches in that pic, so not sure which one(s) you are referring to. :tup:

...I just discovered that the car comes with a tow hook, located under the carpeting in the back. Fairly epic fail on my part not knowing that. :confused:

I assumed reading all the posts about folks looking for a tow hook meant, well, we needed one. It ain't a very pretty one though ...

... before and after alignment numbers with H&R spacers and the coilovers ... without any SPL help...

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... looks I need to get the rear arms on and redo the alignment... the rear looks a tad gnarly. I did change the ride heights a little before the alignment was done and settled on 23 1/2 at all corners.

:tup::tup::tup:

.. thanks shado ... +1 for you just because :tup:

...the start of my in car camera mount, as done in the DIY from MightyBobo.

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...waiting on one more bracket, will make it look pretty and then test it out. The plan is an affordable way to use an Iphone 4S as my capture device.

...finished up the in car camera mount today. More pics and information can be found here: DIY: Smartphone In Car Camera Mount.

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That's pretty cool. Nice work!

Thanks !