Damn. Guess your cashing in all of your chips now.

Please get this install before the beach trip!

I looked at a couple SC kits and I've been 100% positive this is the way I want to go for a while now. No regrets


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No GTM badges on mine...

Woot!!!

Well I could leave them off but they're nice for showing.


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Welcome to boosting a z.

Oh it's happening. Just seeing how bad it's going to deplete my savings at this point.


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I'm gonna buy bits and pieces until the kit shows up. Want khoi's discounted oil pan spacer this weekend and I'm gonna hit up Z1 to see if they'll cut me a break on an oil cooler., I've spent a decent amount there.


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Hypothetically speaking, we should absolutely race in a legal, controlled environment once both of our FI builds are done.


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Hahaha "legal" for sure. Maybe you can take a crack against the 458 Italia or the ZR1 too.

Not seeing the need for the oil pan but that is just me. The oil cooler and lines added another quart for me...

The oil pan seems like more of a "want" than a "need" for me. I'd do the oil cooler and a radiator first and see if my temps were ok.

Recommend a radiator?

If you live somewhere that gets hot, yeah. If it doesn't get too hot in the summer you might be ok. I'm in Texas, so it's pretty much a requirement.

I'm in Maryland so it's not usually THAT brutal but you never know. Any particular radiator I should look at?

I've got a CSF and it's been great. Fits with stock fans, etc. GTM's got one but it's fairly pricey and I believe you might have to use their fans. The CSF was $600-$650 or so, but it's not really a DIY since you have to evacuate/recharge the AC system when you install it since the radiator is attached to the AC condensor. You may be ok without one since it's a SC setup. My turbos are oil and water cooled, so they ask a lot more of the cooling system. It won't ever hurt to add a radiator. If I were in your shoes, I'd hold off and see if temps are ok at the hottest part of the summer up there.

Ill go with the AAM oil pan and oil cooler. If that doesn't do the trick, ill look at radiators


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Does that pan hang lower than stock? I've always been terrified of the oil pans and spacers that make the oil pan the lowest point of the car.

The oil pan is great because it provides better cooling and it is pretapped for oil feed lines and stuff. Also with zspeed shroud I wouldn't worry about it. Plus DM you aren't lowered at all.

I'm not sure if the zspeed panel works with a significantly lower oil pan. It's pretty close. If the OEM panel fits without bending the hell out of it, the zspeed will fit.

I'm not sure how it will fit. I mean its only a spacer so might drop it an inch?

I think version V2 has been redesigned to accommodate lower oil pans.

Edit, yes, verified via their description,

ZSpeed Performance Aluminum Engine Splash Shield 370Z Nissan

Too bad the nismo version is $400 or w/e


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Mark, Pat and I made some good progess today. Check out the new pics. We did injectors and fitted the up pipe and down pipe and some other *****.

I saw the stuff you posted on facebook. Looks great. You'll be done LONG before my SC kit is even built and shipped.

So was talking about gauges to a friend yesterday and he asked if there's a gauge cluster solution that replaces the OEM gauges - there are several for the WRX. I said I didn't think so and if there is, it's insanely expensive.

Short of buying individual gauges, do I have other options?

I'm assuming I'm also gonna need some sort of grille to protect the IC and oil cooler. I want a nice black powdered mesh grille.
I could buy wire from a hardware store but I'd rather have something powdered and pre-fit. Ideas?

Z1 34 row oil cooler with thermostatic plating = $628.00

Kill me.

I went to home depot and bought diamond shaped aluminum mesh and the form fitted it to the inside of my bumper.

Also I cannot comment on the gauge question.

BJ Zacharias (Doran Racing driver) says there are few options for gauges unless you buy the AIM digital MDX - or whatever it's called - solution that starts at $1100.

My only thing with the grille is that it can't be silver. Has to be black and paint won't hold up there unless I clear it so it'll have to be powder.

It's soooooo worth it! Even on my NA.

I just emailed Z1 to see if they'd cut me a break on the price. I've spent a bunch of money with them over the last 3 years.

I did not put any protection in front of my IC, no issues and only have had to straiten out a few fins in 2 years...

I'd be interested in some sort of screen to protect the ic as well. Mines coated black, and there's a few chips in it. Let us know what you find.

Not for the Three gauge cluster. You have to rip them all out and put in individual gauges.

It sucks and that is why I have not done it yet... I would love to get rid of the POS stock clock. but I like the stock temp and voltage gauge, but you just can't get rid of one...

Well I can't run without boost/AFR gauges so I don't even know. I will not run a boost controller because I will get mad/stupid and blow the motor up but the gauges need to be there don't they?

My HU has a clock on it so I don't care about that at all. I don't really care about voltage either. What I want to see is boost, AFR, oil temp, engine temp and that's about it.

Its a supercharger. You don't need a boost controller.

I thought psi was a thing for both SC and TC. Only difference being that mine is accessory belt driven vs exhaust pressure driven.

You're correct, it's pulley driven. You only need a boost controller for turbos. The pulley is what determines your boost pressure. You can't run more or less boost than the pulley will allow.

It's a centrifugal SC, you gear the SC to the motor. As the motor increases RPM, the SC increases boost pressure. At redline, the SC makes maximum boost.

Wait..wait, you are cracking the pulley mystery. Can one of you explain this? GTM asked me to specify pulley size for the kit. There were like 5 options. I want maximum hp without risking blowing up the motor.

Suggestions?