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Mike Golding
ThePowderCoater.com

is the interior gutted?

Yes

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...42341674_n.jpg

plus air condition delete, Z1 silicone hoses and new headers!!!!
:happydance::happydance:

very nice!

Because if there was anything this car needed, it was to be made faster :roflpuke2::roflpuke2::roflpuke2:


Sick, Mike!

should pick the car up tomorrow.

They told me:
A/C Delete -18 lbs
CSF Radiator - 2 lbs
Momentum Headers -16 lbs
New Trans mount -1 lb.

it all adds up! I still will need to remove the interior fan and ac components, thats just hte underhood stuff.

still working the tune, but at 339.9 rwhp at the moment.

Wow! Nice!

On Z1's dyno?!?!?!?! :eek:

......can't wait for another ride! :rolleyes: :rofl2:

342 final number :D

Great numbers!

damn! almost 100hp on my VQ :O what was the torque tho?

WHAT THE FVCK?!?!?!?!

Just for reference for everyone else: Christopher Spohn's car made 300whp a month ago on the same dyno, and my car made 300whp as well. I know there are variables and what not, but 342 on Z1's dyno, which in my opinion reads low(compared to others that I have been on) is AMAZING.

GREAT results Mike!

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damn Mike good ****!

That's saying quite a bit

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8452/dyno2i.jpg

The secret is in the headers, I think. Momentum VQ35DE headers. I think Z1 has 4 sets left.

275

So was it more the VVEL play or the headers? Better design than e.g. FI?

I think mostly the headers. Z1 car is at 330 with them also. I was at 330 before they started tuning today

ah! so i just need to raise my redline to 7500 since i'm making 273 :bowrofl:

Congrats Mike! Lighter, Stonger, and Faster!! My weak 302hp may look for some headers then!! :tup:

btw, Momentum is no longer in business, but Z1 is developing their own version of this header, specifically for the 370. They should have a package available soon.

Amazing gains, congrats! Are any additional modifications required to get 350z headers and test pipes to fit on a 370?

no, just the test pipes or hfc's from the 350

very nice mike, ur car sounded amazing at znats! these headers are very intriguing.... what kind of gains do u think u got from getting rid of the old exhaust and going with the straight exhaust with glass packs?

you know, I'm not sure. I never dyno'd it, the exhaust change was made purely to accomodate the diff cooler and was at the time, planned only as an intermediate fix. But now, I don't want to change anything else! although I may add another pair of glasspacks inline somewhere to quiet it a tiny bit more.

Back from the bodyshop, touching up the paint around the cage, and today finished installing my new seats and gutting the doors, making the windows easily removable for trailering, but glass comes out for track use.

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passenger seat

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driver seat

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Passenger door

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Modified rear channel

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roll cage from trunk

Noice

First, I removed the door glass and inner moulding at the top of the door.

I then removed the regulator mechanism, and drilled a small hole and inserted a screw into the regulator arms to hold the window holders in their full up position. I cut the rear one down, but left the forward one full length.

The arms are only secured by one bolt on top, and can move to and fro. To secure them so the glass is fixed in the proper place while installed, on the front one, I used an existing stud on the arm, a metal strap and a hole where the speakers mount to locate the bottom of the arm in the proper position.

On the rear arm, I cut it down smaller and used a strap to locate it in place along with an existing bolt hole in the door.

still need to secure the door opening pulls and route the trunk opening cord out to the license plate area.

Looks good. You can attach something to the little nubs on the door openers to make it easier to grab/pull... important when car on fire... I used a metal piece that eventually started wearing into the paint on my door roll bar, so you might think about using hardened rubber or plastic pieces

like your idea for trunk popper - stick it out the former license plate area... just removed mine entirely and using spring straps, but the oem pieces don't weigh too much so i might consider retaining and doing what you're planning on if i could do it over again

I was thinking of some kind of loop on the end to pull with

Nice job Mike

I was thinking of looking at some bike parts...

A brake lever (super light for racing bicycles) could be adapted to function as a super light door handle, I think.

Boxster CS door handle..

http://allcarcentral.com/porsche/Por...12_SFF3190.jpg

mike that cage looks awesome man! :tup: