Lukas' build!
 

Well for those that don't know me, my name is Lukas from San Antonio, Texas. I bought my 2011 sport touring magnetic black 370z a couple years ago this summer. I already had a build thread on my local z/g forum that has been updated routinely to show the progress of her. Thought some of you might be interested in seeing what I've done in order to help judge your own progress.

Here is the day one trade in Attachment 74135
Sold my 2004 tsunami edition celica for the z back in July 2011.

Then I got a new license plate frame and installed the z kick plates as well as GTR start switch
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After that I saved up and bought the stillen gen 3 intakes and fast intentions exhaust with carbon fiber mufflers and 18" resonators alongside an UPREV tune. Attachment 74138Attachment 74139Attachment 74140Attachment 74141

Met a guy who did a custom z on my fog light
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Then got my door handles color matched, emblems gloss black and powdercoated the rims and engine brace bar gloss black

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Then installed a TWM short shifter and a black pearl TWM shift knob
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Then I got 2-piece Racing Brake open slotted Rotors front and rear with SS lines and motul rbf600 brake fluid.
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Then I installed a Z1 34 row oil cooler with thermostatic sandwich plate, motordyne art pipes and stillen brake ducts in one day.
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That's pretty much it with the exception of this week I'm getting a full body kit.
Hope you guys enjoy what I've done so far and it's only partly there.

Swung by the body shop and it's under way! Attachment 74176

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

Teaser!! Attachment 74214

Will be picking up the car tomorrow! Can't wait to see how it came out

looking good.

Thank you!

Great build, Legit parts ;)

come out nice!
Now for some headlights ;) lol

Thanks guys!
Haha help me with that lee! Other words I will have to wait for a while to get them done in Houston.

Hello everyone!! HUGE UPDATE ON THE CAR!!!!!!!

i recently installed some whiteline sway bars and i must say they are hands down one of the best mods i have done so far!!!

Car got an entire paint job for free by the insurance company, dang gravel trucks.
Got most of the car entirely wrapped in clear bra by Xpel.

STILLEN SUPERCHARGER KIT PURCHASED!!!!!!!!
Got the kit off another car not too far from town and i bought some
ID1000 Fuel Injectors and a Walboro 485lph fuel pump!!!
going to try and do an E85 tune on the supercharger! expecting 450whp on 93 and goal is 500 with the E85 tune. Also in the future going to get new pulleys for more boost and that 928 motorsports fan blade. ITs going to be awesome super excited!!!

Congrats and good luck! :tiphat:

thank you!! pretty excited got a steal on the supercharger kit! going to go pick it up here in the next week or so from the shop i bought it from. possibly do the install over spring break! hello boost! lol

I noticed that their is almost nobody running e85 with this supercharger setup. Guess ill b a Guinea pig for those of u on the fence to do it or not.

Don't be disappointed if you don't hit those numbers. GL Nice ride you have!

I know that but i got the kit cheap so its a win win regardless what i make. When i say 500 im talking on a dyno jet. I know typically mustangs and dynopacks read much lower. I also researched that e85 typically can make an 11% increase in power so if i make 450 on a dynojet id make another 45 or so on e85. This has shown true with almost everyone i know on e85 they have shown that percentage gain on a forced induction car. So for an extra 50 bucks to get an e85 fuel pump its not gonna hurt to try

Parts are arriving! Something new each day! Today we got this little fella!
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I literately love your Z, WOW.

Thank you i appreciate that!!

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Drove to houston today and got the kit and brought it home! Super excited for this! Hopefully everything goes to plan and ill b able to get it installed in a week or two

man awesome...how much you paid for the kit if you don't mind me asking?

I got it used. It had a thousand miles on it it didnt have injectors or a fuel pump and i got it for 3500 then i bought injectors a fuel pump stillen supercharger oil and an air fuel guage and that was another 1000

Got the turbine housing polished up super nice this week! Pick it up tomorrow! Getting closer and closer to installation! Gonna try and break some records for this kit. Going to get the impeller here soon before install also. As long as i get the funds im expecting! We shall see

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All shined up!!

wow, has to be one of the nicest cars out there.

huge car envy going on here

Thanks man! I really appreciate that!

Man that shiney housing is :yum:

Haha yeah it came our super nice! Not a bad way to spend 85 bucks lol

Ok update for you guys!

Ordered the 928 motorsports impeller
Ordered a Defi boost guage in red
Intake charge pipe is being powdercoated gloss black
Xpel is fixing a couple things on my clear bra
And next week the car gets dropped off at Jms racing for installation!

Now i talked with them and the parts and installation to convert to e85 will cost another 800-1000 and i dont have that kind of money right now. Cuz i need money for new tires and zcon spending money in august! Plua ill need to upgrade my clutch in a few months.. I have a really big event at the end of the month called nismofiesta for any of you texans or southern states u should come to this 3 day event! Its awesome and tons of fun. Hopefully my car will be done for then.

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This is the color it was before and im not a fan of red on black so itll get glossy!

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Heres the stock impeller for it as well. If anyone needs this impeller for any reason pm me it will be for sale

Installation has commenced!!!
New impeller is here http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/11/bubuhy3y.jpg thanks to 928 motorsports!
I had the charge pipe powdercoated gloss black!http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/11/ebegeryb.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/11/egybe2en.jpg

Swung by JMS Racing to drop off the impeller and they are hard at work! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/11/ratujesu.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/11/yhary4eb.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/11/seqedemu.jpg

Hopefully itll be done tomorrow or saturday!

Tomorrow is the big day! Ill be getting her on the dyno at 6!

Got the car back today!
Decided not to put the gauges in where i was originally so have to order a few parts. They couldnt fit the walboro 485 in there because it needs a return fuel system and he is gonna do a dual pump for me with a 255! Car needs a bpv cuz it cant hold the boost that its making. So ill be getting a bpv installed eventually. Clutch seems to be holding up decently but really i need to get a new one asap. Now on to the fun stuff!



Car made 434.66whp and 329wtq on 8.71 pounds of boost!!
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Feels absolutely fantastic!! It pulls so freaking hard! Love it! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/17/apy5apug.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/17/ydu7y8en.jpg

They need to make spacers for the engine brace to fit and they will have that done this next week.

Im pretty happy with it so far and ive given a couple rides and they really enjoyed it! Got a lot of props on the way home too! Hopefully ill have some videos and stuff soon! Jms did a really good job!

Build is looking good, I am curious to see how the stillen SC responds to e85.
Been looking at making the jump later this year with my GTM SC kit, more so to boost the TQ up a good bit and e85 is fairly available where I am thankfully.

Thank you! Im pretty curious about e85 with it too i think its worth a shot to try it. I have a couple ideas with the kit before i make the jump but im hoping to make the switch by end of summer. I need to upgrade the fuel rails get a return system and i want to upgrade the intercooler new blow off valve my shop recommended tial bov with a supercharger spring and i need a guage cluster. So thats about 1500 in stuff add another few hundred for pulleys since itll need a retune might as well make use of it. Plus i need to save up for zcon!! Long trip from here to there. My tuner is a miracle worker with e85. He does the switch a lot and always shows great results. He got 30whp on top of full bolt on 370 NA a few months ago just switching to e85.