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Welcome to the club. Once you have a lift, you start wondering how you survived without one.

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You might be right. like you lift better though. It's more "capable" but cost a good deal more too. I looked at that 1/2 lift and the one that Tbatt has. All very nice units.

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Any lift is better than none. It just makes life so much easier.

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updated first page on totals. now up to $14,850 and I'm missing a few more stuff that I'm not putting up as they are dependent on shop charges.

I added some SPL rear camber arms, SPC toe bolts, z1 SS break lines, Z1 urethane transmission mount and just ordered some NT05r 305/35/19 for my drag rims. I also had my rear camber aligned to .5 degree neg. I would of went 0 and be perfectly neutral but I still DD her some and didn't want crazy tire roll on high speed turns.

SPL and SS like


trans mount


And because I LOVE THE LIFT !!!! It makes workign on the car SO MUCH EASIER!!


Things will be fun soon.

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We went to the track Friday night. I didn't really focus on anything. We simply went to WOT and have fun. The NT05r stick SOO MUCH BETTER than street tires! I don't know what RPM in a good RPM to launch yet but I'll get it one day. I either bog or spin on launch.

A revelation came to me a month or two ago when I first mounted my DRs. I remember way back in the day when I was in HVAC apprentice. Sometimes we will walk into new build houses and the carpet were protected with a clear film to walk on. I went to the local hardware store and found a roll Surface Shield. The roll is 24'' wide by 50' long at around $10. I did a quick spray down of my rear quarter panel to get rid of dirt and grime in the AM then let it dry. I slapped the film on prior to driving to the drag strip. I think this stuff would also be great hood and bumper protection on track days or cross country drive. The film is thick and peels off easily with out leaving any residue.

Here is a quick side view of the car with the protestant on the rear panel, HR 10''wx19'' rims wrapped in NT05r 305/35/19.

Here is a close up view of the meaty tire.

And here is a front view because the front looks as good as the booty view.


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This is what I used to protect my fenders. I had taken this picture before I used it but just recently found the picture to post it.



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It has been a while. Some minor updates.

I got my first door ding last week. Some red car dings me good. The picture don't show the big dent but it's pretty bad for a door ding. I didn't want to spend too much time trying to capture the blemish as it pisses me off. almost 40k miles and then a careless d!ck comes along.



I had a over boosting bug that has been around for a while. It seems I am over boosting over spring pressure by an estimated 40%. My 7.5lb spring will boost to 12.5 lbs. The 5.5 lbs spring will boost to 8.2lbs of boost.

Things I have done:
-take off the top port of the wastegate to run pure spring pressure. Results in 40% higher boost than spring.
-changed form 7.5 lbs spring to 5.5lb spring. Results in 40% higher boost.

This at least is consistent and narrows it down to the waste gate itself. I think carbon build up in the waste gate is causing friction and in turn requiring more pressure to open the spring up (no bleeding off of compressed air) which means more compressed air to my engine.

I rigged up a tire pump so I could blow air into the waste gate to test that it worked correctly. Unfortunately, my air regulator was not able to precisely blow 5.5lbs but it did show that the WG opened at 5-10lbs psi.



It was when I took the WG apart that I noticed lots of carbon build up. I'm catless right now so I'm not surprised. I did a quick brushing and had to slap her back together as I didn't have the time or equipment to thoroughly clean them.





Lastly I had to make sure that my EBC/Boost Gauge was reading correctly. I bought a cheap mechanical boost gauge and rigged it up. I made a few pulls. Ok Ok, a few dozen pulls to check if they 2 boost reading where the same. They were so my EBC checks out ok.

Things to do to try and solve the problem. I will tear teh WC apart and clean it when I get the chance. I bought some 000 steel wool to clean the WG parts. In the hard to reach or stubborn parts, I will use my cheap $20 media blaster with walnut shell media and blast the parts clean. Once Again, Back on the lift she goes. I will do my maintenance all at the same time. Oil change, turbo filter change, check clamps to make sure they are on nice and snug, and change out my oversized t-bolt clamps on my water cooling hoses (4 clamps). I bought 1 size to big and don't like how they are so I bought 4 smaller ones to replace the replacements.

Almost 10k miles boosted and 100+ runs down the drag strip. It's been fun.

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I put the car on the lift and raised her up. As soon as I went under, I saw OIL EVERYWHERE!!! WTH! Oil all over the undertray, on top of the undertray, on the plastic front support, everywhere! I saw a little oil spot the other day the size of a quarter and didn't think much of it. Well, there is oil everywhere! It appears to originate from the 30 row oil cooler somewhere in the last few bottom rows. I have not pinpointed if it is in deed the cooler or not but I took things apart to look for it. I plan to blow air in it and spray soap water to find bubbles. It got dark and the bugs are eating me alive! I will have to figure it out tomorrow.

10k miles and this is the first big hick-up. I have to find this leak and keep an eye open after the fix. I don't see how it could leak or puncture a hole as the FMIC is in front of it. No leaks or hole in the FMIC that I seen.

Tops is dry like the desert. No oil anywhere.



You can see the oil on the bottom few rows.


This is the underside. Look at all that oil under there!


More oil!


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I found the leak! There is a pin hole in the 30 row oil cooler itself! I tried soapy water and pressurizing the core to try and find bubbles but no luck. I ended up dunking the whoel thing in water and pressurizing the core to find the tiny little bubbles that came out of the bottom row near the middle. I'm going to ask Shasha if there is any warranty on the core. I don't think it's been a year yet but we will see. This means my car is down and out till I get a new oil cooler.

Here is a picture of the general area where the leak is at. I'm pointing at it.


I stuck a zip tie in the fin in the area where I saw the air bubbles.


I then moved on to cleaning the WG. The whole WC is put together with allens. It was super easy to take apart. You unscrew the top to reveal the spring. you change this spring to change your boost pressure (careful the last few turns as the spring is pushign the cap up. You need to hold it down as you take the last few screws off). I have the 5.5 lbs on in. It's over boosting so that's why I'm taking it apart and cleaning it.

Once the top is open, you can see the diaphragm which opens a bypass for the extra pressurized air to expel.


I went and cleaned everything with a 000 steel wool and my HF media blaster. It's as good as new! The diaphragm is perfect. No holes or anything. I put the WG back together and put a few drops of pneumatic oil in a few spots and she is now ready to go back on the car. I hope that resolves my over boosting problem.



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It's official! ! Sasha is a magician! I sent him a pm yesterday and got answered today! He is taking care of my leak. I am seriously impressed with how he runs his business! ! People like him make the Z so damn good!! He needs to make catholic cans so I can buy then!

Thanks BP!
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I just received my replacement oil cooler core. I will be changing parts from the old leaker and installing the new one in a bit.

I have to make the public announcement once more that Sasha of Boosted Performance is THE MAN!! His business and CS is beyond what the model business does.

Thanks for making life that much more enjoyable.
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It's been a little while since I posted on my thread so a small update just for the sake of a update post.

I took a buddy for a joy ride in my car today. We went to the local fried chicken place as it's Chicken Tuesday z $1.19 for a b drum and thigh. It was his first time in the car so I gave her the gas. He was like ohh sh!t. With one hand already gripping the already fasten belt said, "I damn let me put my FN belt on!" Guess he forgot what he was holding. A few more pulls and it was chicken time.

Man I love making smiles and bung holes pucker.

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Loool! nice

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Yet again I have another small update. Went to the local 1/8 drag again on Friday. Lot's of decent racers out with the cool night air. Anyhoo, I clocked crazy time on my first pass. I'm not sure how accurate it is as the right lane, the lane I was on was a little finicky. The tree's 2nd to top row light did not work right so the guy with the button was eyeballing people to stage. He did it really careful when it was my turn after I made my burnout with turbo howling. So this is the time slip. I'm not believing the slip as the 60' is insane but then again, I did haul azz and I do have proof for whatever it's worth.

1/8 mile track, nice cool night (unsure of temp but I'm thinking mid 80's),

tires: all 4 corners toe set to 0 and camber set to 0 in the back, HR 18' racing rims in back with NT05r drag radials, front pumped to 40 psi warm, rears 25 psi warm



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