98intrigue's long overdue journal

roplusbee

So.......given the current state of things, you should still be able to make ZDayZ dude. I hope to see you there and witness the masterpiece of beastliness that you are building

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2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift | UPREV | F.I. | Greddy | Competition Clutch | Injector Dynamics | Aeromotive | Pioneer | JL

98intrigue

I received the invoice for my motor today...I BELIEVE that means my motor is completed! It only took a couple days over 5 months from the day my motor blew again.

I received a call from the powdercoater letting me know the custom sample he put together is ready, so I'll check that out tomorrow...hoping it matches SSG!

Also, I received pictures from the painter today

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Nut_N_Much

Very nice man... Thats a lot of green, its gonna pop like crazy in the sun..

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Did new cool science stuff to the car !!!
http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

Dzel

Yeah it is!

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10secWS6
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Boost_lee

Crossing my fingers for the motor this time bud

Loving the green and I usually don't like those hre's but I know the viper will make them look good

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Mr&Mrs

Lookin good I agree need to see the wheels mounted.

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GaleForce

I'm looking forward to a happy ending.

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98intrigue

I doubt it I'm already getting "I'll do my best" when I ask Elite Auto to have my car ready by next Friday. That means he had 7 business days to pickup my motor and install it...I'm already doubting him.
Snakeskin Green is an amazing color.

I'm a fan of the twists, especially the stock 996TT wheels. I have only seen 3 other Vipers with these wheels (none which are recent) and none of them were as low as I am. I think that's key to making these wheels look killer.
That's what people said about my Modulare Forged wheels...I thought they looked a hell of a lot better on the car than off.
Those are free in my book.

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sfearl1

If it's ready, are you going to make the airstrip event on thursday?

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Scott

98intrigue

I was wrong...installer called machine shop because they were going to pick it up today. Motor is still not ******* done! April 19th, April 30th, May 1st, all promises they don't give a **** about. They are obviously playing with me. Elite Auto told me that in the past when he's tried to push Nelson Competition, Nelson just kept putting the job off. I really don't know what else to do...

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theDreamer

I almost feel like it is time to pull the motor from them and have another shop finish it.
Go after the shop for damages or have them pay the new shop to finish the work since they seem to be unable to do it themselves.

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Dzel

have some one else do it consult your lawyer and tell them the what's going to happen

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roplusbee

We can go pay them a visit if you want. They may not like the results. But seriously, dude get them to finish that **** so we can run Tail of the Dragon!

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2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift | UPREV | F.I. | Greddy | Competition Clutch | Injector Dynamics | Aeromotive | Pioneer | JL

Ubetit

Update?

98intrigue

The motor was completed Tuesday, May 7th. The motor was picked up by the installer Wednesday, May 8th. I asked for an update last Wednesday, May 15th, and I was told "if all goes well, Monday or Tuesday". Well, I hadn't heard from him, so I asked when I should pick up the car. He said "not sure quite yet", which means he hasn't started it. I asked if it will at least be finished by the end of this week and he said he doesn't know (sounds too familiar since the machine shop wouldn't give me a deadline). So the waiting game continues...


Here is the list of all the mods I can think of that I've bought during the 6+ month downtime (motor failed November 30th):

• Port and polished heads
• Comp cam
• All necessary supporting mods: Manley oversized valves, springs, retainers, etc.
• BBK throttle body
  
  
• Belanger headers
  
  
• Custom exhaust (will be built when I get the car back)
• Custom crankcase tank (will be built when I get the car back)
• SCT Tuner (will be tuned by Todd at A&C Performance once the exhaust is fabbed)
  
  
• Eurotech CF front lip
  
  
• 19"/20" HRE 542R (matte black center/gloss black lip)
  
  
• Snakeskin Green calipers with black lettering
  
  
• Snakeskin Green fender emblems
  
  
• Snakeskin Green rear bumper emblems
  
  
• Snakeskin Green radio/shifter surround
  
  
• Lloyd's Ultimats with SSG Viper logo/lettering and piping
  
  
• Bluebatmobile overlays for taillight/reverse/side marker/3rd brake light
• White LEDs for all gauges/dome/trunk/license plate
• 6k headlights with matching fogs
• MGW short throw shifter with MGW knob
  
  
• K&N intake and KW V2 were installed just before the first motor failure, as well as diff/transmission fluids changed
• Woodhouse motor/transmission mounts and new clutch were installed during the last rebuild

Since it's been so long, this is what my car looked like before:


I can't wait to see how the car will look/feel/sound with all the mods installed...it's almost time to enjoy being a Viper owner!

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