dmhenderson's Nismo '12 GTM supercharged build thread where I freak out a lot

[dmhenderson]

Vehicle in-question:



First and foremost I want you to know that I have accepted the fact that I am a klutz. Although I have made some minor modifications to my vehicle (with varied success), I have left the heavy lifting to the professionals here. Those that were willing to let me hang around their shops and let me pretend to help, "thanks".

Cosmetic Modifications:
-Custom red LED pod interior and ultra white license plate lighting from JW Motoring
-Tommy Kaira "Hebi Bebi" shift knob
-GT-R start button
-H&R 5mm DRS spacers (Front only)
-"Lazer Crystal" wheel powder with hand-painted hardened enamel nismo inlays by Figure Finishing of Sterling VA
-Custom BBK powder and "Nismo" stencil by forum member "Mike"
-KellyEFields hood strut kit (I love this thing a lot)
-Painted door handles by D&V Automotive of Sterling VA
-Custom quad LED halos by Oneighty Customs.
-Triton V3 blinkers and ballasts. Found out this was a necessity after I realized people couldn't see my front blinkers anymore.
-Authentic JDM Nismo carbon B pillars from ZCar Zero in Yokohama Clashed with the car's color scheme. Sold
-2014 JDM Nismo badge
-Evo-R satin/carbon front & rear "Z" badges
-P-Tuning custom tow bolt solution including: tow hook & license plate bracket.
-Pioneer AVIC-Z140BH HU, with XM module and BT A-pillar mount and iphone dock
-Alpine 4 channel amp
-Pioneer 800w shallow mount sub
-Infinity door speakers/tweeters
-Black dipped coolant tank
-Black powdered mesh grille
-Keyless entry disabled (for safety - can be re-enabled)
-JDM slash rotor caps. Would not fit with new rotors.

Performance Modifications:
-GTM Stage 1.5 Supercharger Tuner Kit with black couplers, black intercooler and red intake powder
-Setrab 34 row oil cooler
-UpRev Osiris tuned (re-tune after SC install, and again after E85 conversion). Custom maps for 93 octane, E85, valet and fuel cut.
-Authentic Nismo RC front brake ducts with Stillen hose & backing kit
-Stillen G3 intake
-Z1 red silicone hoses
-Fast Intentions Hi-flow cats
-Defi racer red oil pressure and boost gauges
-Innovate digital AFR gauge
-Motordyne ART pipes
-NISMO oil filler and radiator caps (we'll call these performance ok?)
-Fast Intentions TDX with 18" stainless resonators
-Walbro 255LPHfuel pump
-AEM 320lph Fuel Pump
-Bosch 650cc injectors
-Injector Dynamics 1000cc injectors
-Z1 braided stainless brake lines / Motul RBF600 fluid
-Yokohama NEOVA AD08R performance tires (275 x 19 x 30 and 305 x 19 x 30)
-Zspeed Nismo vented front undertray/diffuser.
-DBA front/rear 2 piece slotted rotors
-Project Mu HC+ brake pds
-Quaife ATB Differential
-CJ Motorsports Stage 1 Fuel Return system
-Synapse Engineering Bypass Valve
-South Bend Stage 3 Daily Clutch/Flywheel Combo with "quiet disc" option
-South Bend braided steel clutch line

Wish List:
-Upgraded Clutch, CSC and Flywheel - Looking at Southbend stage 2 drag.
-Upgraded Radiator
-Black powdered mesh grille Purchased
-Beefier brake pads
-Zspeed nismo undertray
-AAM fuel return system
-Upgraded tires. Either the high-end Advans or the PSS P2s
-3" downpipe/exhaust more suited to FI builds
-Upgrade to 1000cc injectors and a bigger fuel pump for an E85 map

[dmhenderson]

I'm tired.

[MyKindaGuise]

Woot! Name drops ftw!

Good luck on the build buddy. Cant wait to see it finished.

[Cell]

stock height?

[dmhenderson]

Stock height for muliple reasons:
A) The Nismo kit is lower as it is
B) Dropped oil pan and...
C) The nismo Zspeed undershroud is like $400 which is just dumb.

[dmhenderson]

D) This supercharger build is almost at 10k with supporting mods and another 2k for coils would break me. Also..
E) those 18" cans scrape as it is. I don't think the car needs to be dropped vOv
F) Please don't hate me but I think dropped cars are dumb (sorry I'm so sorry god)

[Cell]

No hate here... I was going to do the same thing because of the roads here in Chicago are killer on cars that are low.

[Chuck33079]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

C) The nismo Zspeed undershroud is like $400 which is just dumb.

Its a hell of a lot cheaper than the oem plastic one for some reason.

Does the inter cooler for the sc kit get rid of the row hook mount? It does for the turbo kits.

[dmhenderson]

I really hope so. I will ask GTM on Tues.

[dmhenderson]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Its a hell of a lot cheaper than the oem plastic one for some reason because Nissan loves to screw nismo owners.

Yeah.

[SS_Firehawk]

I believe you keep your front crash bar

Speaking of supercharger bills... I'd be over $16k under normal circumstances (+ install). I have nightmares of mine. All because I wanted to keep my headers I've been doing something similar in making sure the supporting mods are on the car or with GTM to put on my car. If you put down numbers like Baer, there is some magic going on with that 1.5 kit. They really need to name it 1.75.

[dmhenderson]

I got a crazy deal on install + re-tune which I can't repeat here.

[SS_Firehawk]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

I got a crazy deal on install + re-tune which I can't repeat here.

Haha, likewise. Who is doing it all for you?

[dmhenderson]

Moore Auto in Fairfax. They did my exhaust/cats + tune last year.

[Kirkster]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

I got a crazy deal on install + re-tune which I can't repeat here.

Not doing it yourself? FAIL...

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JK. Not all of us are mechanically gifted / stupid / brave enough to tear our car apart then think to their selves halfway through "Did I just fcuk up my new $40 thousand dollar car"