The Sophia Project

SS_Firehawk

Original posts located The Sophia Project Page 10. Just tightening up pics in a single post. This is to make it easier for me to see everything when I get updates in a few weeks, Nothing new!


















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tturbo370z

Looks pretty stellar. It's cool to see it coming along. I like how with the new systems you are able to retain the factory crash bar. If someone taps me my Intercooler is dead. Thanks for the pics as I havnt seen some of these yet. I would ask for an eta but being my car was there b4 yours I'm not sure you have one I just hope its done when u come home

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Still awesome!

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Thanks gentlemen.
I was told a few weeks, so I'm guessing some time in the first week of August with the 2nd week being the latest. We shall see. I posted these a while back in April, I felt it would be nicer to see everything in sequential order instead of filtering through posts in between.

Edit: Bought Carbon Signal fenders while half asleep without Wife approval. No fun explaining that one. Seriously took logging in paypal and clicking a button. Well, guess I have fenders OTW
I have no clue how much it's gonna cost to get them painted and fitted on the car. I got them in FRP. Thinking of wrapping the outer curved fender vent thing after it's done in one color.


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Edit: (18JUL13) Alright so these fenders I mentioned above. I can get them prep and painted by Carbon Signal and sent to me. Question I have for you all is fitting them. Is there a chance I'll have to repaint them if they don't fit correctly? I have no clue what is needed to make them fit properly. They said they fit very well with minimal "work", I'm just trying to understand what work may be needed.

Edit: (18JUL13) Thanks for the replies Gentlemen. From what I hear, magnetic black isn't too hard to paint match, but I'm clueless with the whole fitment thing. Carbon Signal did say that they prepainted and then fit the fenders on the Nismo they used for the GB thread. But I was just told it would run another couple hundred in shipping turned me off on it as it would spend a total of $500-$600 more on top of the $650 I sent already, $100 being in shipping. I'm trying to clarify the additional shipping costs and will edit if I'm wrong. I find it kind of crazy that it costs nearly as much in shipping as the fenders cost by themselves. Not used to this International shipping thing then...

Edit: (02AUG13) [Comments below are not about this portion of the post] Talked to Sam@GTM today. Nothing really to update unfortunately. He still says the cooling upgrades need installed and tuning performed. This was the same thing a month ago. Only thing I can surmise is that he is juggling projects based on priority. With mine having to be with them till August anyways, they are using ALL 9 months to complete the vehicle. I'm fine with it, as long as it's done when I arrive. They know my ETA back to the States, and am confident it will be G2G. He did say everything will be installed in the next week or so, which gives two solid weeks of tuning, and tracking down any unknown issues. In reality, that should take no more than a few days, but priority of work dictates the timeline. One bit of good news is that Sam will be sending me pictures and updates as it finishes up. That I'm excited about. I haven't gotten pics of my car since June, and those were of the issues they had to take care of. Before that was April. There should be a lot of information coming down from TSC builds. I believe there are 3 G's, and two Z's ATM. I don't doubt a few more will jump on the boat if the results are good.

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Nixlimited

It's best to get them painted after they are fit so they can blend the paint and so none of the fitting work damages the paint.

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tturbo370z

I'm with Nex. Plus there was a kid on the forum, can't recal name that had to do a ton of bodywork to them to make them fit right. If they are painted u cannot do any work to them without having to repaint them. Also like Nex mentioned they will not match properly if not blended into the rest of the body panels correctly.

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tturbo370z

The members name is glokwork. I think that's how u spell it. I read thru his journal and it shows u all the work he had to do to make his fit. Hope that helps some.

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Nixlimited

To me, that's a non-starter. Which is why I am now considering having vents cut into my stock hood rather than getting a CF vented hood. Have heard varying stories about fitment and gap widths.

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KaienZ34

Glock had the AreoJacket/UAM fenders not the Carbon Signal fenders. He did have the Carbon Signal Raptor front bumper, and their add-on spoiler molded in.

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tturbo370z

Thanks for the clarification mate

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I need to give a special thanks to GTM on here for pulling through on my oil cooler. It looks BRAND NEW!!!! I don't wanna sell it anymore. Buyer is picking it up today too lol. Lucky guy. He got it for a steal. Especially after looking at these pics. The hardware was bagged, zip ties included, lines were cleaned and bagged, bracket realigned on both edges with a new coat of paint, they also rewelded the corners too. Oil cooler mounting tabs were realigned, painted, and oil cooler was thoroughly cleaned and pressure tested! They also found an O ring that fits the billet sandwich plate to boot They really came through for me on this. I was stressed out about it's prior condition and this just made my morning.

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tturbo370z

Very cool of them

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chuckie311

hey Firehawk once the car in completed would like to see in person and maybe take a ride..dont know if you remember me or not but i bought your M370 manifold off you last year

SS_Firehawk

Picking up the car this afternoon Holy shjt, 550/410... Will update when I get more info...

Still driving. or tomorrow morning, I'll update when I have it in my possession

Edit: Combined dyno numbers post here.

I just got into Rancho Cucamonga, so GTM is closed, I'll have more info in the morning. Sam said everything is running great, but my existing AC issue stopping when the car isn't moving and blowing hhot air is still there. It may be more sensitive now with all the stuff up front. I think something is wrong with the system as it shouldn't be doing it as often as it is. Regarding the numbers, I still need to see if its on their Mustang dyno or converted to dynojet numbers. He said he would email me the stuff earlier, but I'm still waiting on that. He would prefer to deliver the car with that problem fixed, but I'll make my decision tomorrow after I talk more with Sam and drive it. Either way, those numbers he told me are crazy

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tturbo370z

Your not here yet cuz I'm looking at it

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