The Sophia Project

tturbo370z

Yeah I didn't see it coming either. I'm not kidding when I say I could have bought a GTR for what I have been dumping Into my car. It's like u said your already so far in u can't back out. I'm just hoping it works out well for the both of us when the applied pressure stops hurting.....the wallet

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SS_Firehawk

Sam was telling me that one pull on your car on the dyno with the stock radiator would bring coolant temps to 110c in a 75 degree garage. I was like "F@CK" I broke down and bought their radiator...

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tturbo370z

Yeah probly a good call since Vegas can get a little warm also. To go cheap after having all the dough you have in there just wouldn't do you any justice. Go big or go home. If mine blows up I'm gonna junk it and go back to a normal car lol well an actual gtr instead of trying to build one again. At this point I'm waiting on aero from Japan b4 they can reroute my oil coolers so I might actually be able to drive my car in the summer here. I hope yours works out nicely. Always look forward to heading about progress. Havnt had any progress on mine in mos.

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Nixlimited

I'm going with their comp radiator and SPAL fans too, so I know the pain, but it will be worth it. No reason to invest all that money in the power with the stock, underwhelming cooling system.

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SS_Firehawk

I'm glad I have you guys to share the pain with lol. GTM's had all three of ours for a good while. I can't wait to see the finished product after everything is said and done, and not just mine either! There are a couple things I wish I could do now, but I really don't want to spend more cash. The traction control system would be awesome. I'm hoping with the lower torque in general over turbo cars will help with that. Though I really do hate the stock VDC system. I would also love to add a few gauges... It's one thing I really need to do asap. Maybe by the end of the year. I still want Nismo dampers and Swift springs. A spoiler, maybe (not sure yet) a vented hood, EVO-R side blades, some new shoes, diff, and brake cooling. Maybe jazz up the sound system too. Gah!!! It's all so damn expensive! One at a time...

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tturbo370z

Lmao that's how it starts. You officially have the sickness. The longer they take to finish my car the more money I spend on the car. As you can also notice is happening on your build. After some time goes by I get bored and buy a new part. My car is almost 100% done. There isn't anything I can think of that I want. Waiting on work wheels, fujimura front bumper, amuse rear and mines spoiler to come from Japan and I'm done. Kind of disappointing I won't have countless hours researching and looking for new parts. I kind of wish I had taken My time and did one piece at a time so I could have enjoyed the build process. Once I get my car back its done :-/ I too am looking forward to seeing how all our cars turn out. Aparently perfection doesn't hurry as my car has been at GTM over 9mos now. At this time it's waiting for parts that's whats holding me up but the wait still sucks

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SS_Firehawk

We will see a lot of builds where this will be the case. Especially with that group buy as large as it is, some will be stretching to make their TT dreams come true. The ones who are smart or have the funds will def have or will have upgraded cooling systems. There will be a lot of information on FI builds though

I know there were a few guys looking at doing twin superchargers. I'm wondering if they are still going for it or if they went another route due to the delays of getting this kit out. It was supposed to be out last year and the first build is just now finishing up in the next few weeks.


I would love a Fujimura bumper lol. Sam was trying to talk me into it, or at least throwing it out there. He said he would be able to seperate the intercoolers and oil coolers for better airflow to the radiator. I have no doubt he's correct as I thought about it too, but I'll just run her as she is now. I'll do some data logging on the oil temps, IAT's, and water temps to see how they do when I get home. I really cannot throw more money into this without having a seriously pissed Wifey or getting my home upgrades complete. It costs so much more money to do things right! Or at least to have copious amounts of power in the desert ROFL. Who knows, maybe I'll strike a killer job when I get home and afford to get the engine built

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Z_bro

Great build read through the whole thing... Also thank you for serving our country!

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tturbo370z

Ya that's why my car is still there as we needed to find a way to be able to keep it cool in the desert. We have so little space in the engine bay and airflow is shite with all the intercoolers, oil coolers etc in the way. Ya my wife just found out about the price the other day she didnt realize when I kept saying its only an extra this or that and she agreed, that she agreed to thousands best of to keep the wifey happy and forge on with the home improvements ASAP. Happy wife means happy life. I know we are the lucky few who have wife's that allow us to spend silly amounts of money on toys

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Dzel

Yeah I always tell the guys if the wife let's you upgrade your ride. You better be sure your upgrading her life!

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stewarts2008

lots of information a new Z owner needs. Thanks for the write ups

roplusbee

True about the wife thing. I am glad to see that the twin sc is coming to life soon.

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SS_Firehawk

Thank you for the kind words gentlemen. Can't wait to play with it. The car, not myself

Happy Wife is more important than anything. My happy Wife wouldn't mind taking driving lessons... should be fun.

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tturbo370z

I may let the wifey drive mine with just spring pressure and racelogic set all the way up. Still should be around 450whp. She should have fun with that, but hells no will she be allowed to take it out alone. I love my wife but that's just asking for a wrecked car and Injured wifey. its cool u gonna let the wifey play with her

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SS_Firehawk

I do not like selling stuff. Such a PITA.

Edit: (27JUN) Nothing to report currently. Happy to get all the parts out to buyers. May need to cough up a belt for the pulleys though. GTM can't find it. I reluctantly reduced the price on some stuff. Was hard to do as I know I would have bought these items for that price, but I had to reevaluate from the outside in.

Edit 2: (01JUL) GTM found the belt and finally got everything out that was bought. Still no news on progress with the vehicle. Closest thing I got to info is my front bumper must be back on because Pablo@ GTM couldn't find a car with the front bumper off. That at least tells me the oil coolers and radiator are installed and everything is put back together. So as long as they already swapped O2 sensors and fixed the wiring, tuning should be the last thing to do.

Edit 3: (07JUL) Still have AEMs, stock radiator, and 2 sets of spark plugs to sell. If I can move the AEM's soon, I'll just close the thread down and take the other stuff home. I was able to recoup about $2,500, roughly half of what the cooling upgrades and O2 fix cost. Hoping to get in contact with GTM soon and get the hoses and oil cooler out the door. Took too long the last time. I haven't received any new info and it's 08July. I've asked via email for an update, but they don't say anything about the car, just letting me know a tracking number and that the items I sold left. With GTM finishing it up, I think they are putting together a bunch of info to post and update me on. That's fine and dandy, but they can at least tell me things are about done.

Edit 4: (09JUL) No updates till August, Sorry Gentlemen....

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