new member and new Z owner looking for a hired gun

Sed8u

Hi everyone, hope you're doing well

I've been reading this forum for a couple of years and there are some truly intelligent and amazing individuals that congregate here, a plethora of useful and technical information


A little about me, I'm living in Florida now but I'm originally from rural south Georgia and was always a truck and jeep guy when I was younger. You could say I got in to cars later than most. Bought a g35 and enjoyed it but felt something was seriously lacking, sold it and got a 2014 touring sport that was intended to be my work commute. Immediately fell in love and discovered a new passion and hobby. Absolutely love this machine. I almost drive it as much as I clean it. ha

I"ll go ahead and say it, it's an automatic. Grew up driving manuals and it's a sports car, should be a manual, blah blah blah. Here's how it went down. Test drove several Nismo and sport manuals and did not like the feel on the Japanese machine. Doesn't feel correct to me. Drove the automatic and it was surprisingly engaging and even with my intentions to track it , I'm good with the paddle shifters. This is my commuter car remember, ha. Oh yeah, there's the fact that my wife is several tiers out of my league and she pretty much insisted she was not driving a manual and she wanted to drive the 370 as well. So it's an automatic!

So about this new hobby, reading manuals, reading forums, trying to learn everything I can about this vehicle. I'm truly enjoying it. Might I say it's almost like having a second wife though as it's going to bankrupt me. I've had the vehicle 4 months tops and this is what I've completed so far.

Had the front bumper repainted because the first thing I did was scratch it all up on a parking bumper...yay me

installed: fastintentions exhaust 18res, art pipes, rear stillen spoiler (need to paint silver) custom front wind splitter, new rear fujimura diffuser, swift springs, new titanium camber arms, new brakes, new front 2 piece rotors, new rear slotted rotors, new light weight racing battery, new 18 inch ssr gtx03 wheels with contact extreme tires, had my 19 inch rays powder coated, and new ssr valve caps (the oil guys always lose my caps ), r2c black hex drop ins

purchased: new lph340 stealth fuel pump with extras from Charles at cmj (very nice and responsive), bosch 1050 injectors, fast intentions tow bar
….oh and also TopGunz air to air stillen supercharger kit that as of this week is sitting in it's entirety in my office waiting to be installed.

next to buy: transmission cooler

By the way, this is a notice, anyone in the tampa bay or north florida area that is interested in making some realy good cash and has installed a kit like this before. Hit me up and I'll give you my number. I'm looking for someone to supervise and assist me and my buddy on this supercharger project, food and beverage will be provided as well, I've got a large garage and a ton of tools. I'd like to get this done in a full weekend and get it out of the way. Aaron (awesome guy by the way) wants me to get it remotely tuned with Sebastian upon completion.

So anyway, that about brings my story up to date. I really look forward to participating with everyone on here, hope everyone has a great week.

Here are a few pics, the only ones I have at the moment of Ophelia.

Attached Images

	side view Z-min.jpg (742.3 KB, 29 views)
	black rays z-min.jpg (755.0 KB, 21 views)
	front angle Z-min.jpg (748.7 KB, 18 views)

axmea?

Why not oil cooler first instead tranny cooler?

__________________

jchammond

__________________
MazWorx built long block | FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 | IPT built 7A/T

http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

jchammond

Engine & transmission oil coolers...just find out from Topgunz about clearance with the kit.
34 row oil & either 19 or 25 on A/T.....really as large as you can go there.
P/S cooler is easily relocated & unsure if upgrade is needed for tracking

__________________
MazWorx built long block | FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 | IPT built 7A/T

http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

jchammond

It’s early & have a little brain fade....don’t forget to upgrade your diff bushings & think about a traction device other than oem vlsd ~ Quaife offers the only one (used to) for the A/T pumpkins with RC33 rear diff (3.357 gears)
But if you pick up a manual pumpkin; you have many options to choose from...as all are generally plug & play (with exception of swapping gears inside)
09-14 manual diff gets you 3.69 gears & 15’ up Nismo diff gets you 3.92:1 gearing.

__________________
MazWorx built long block | FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 | IPT built 7A/T

http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

Quicksilvers

Welcome to the 370Z forums. Post some pics if you can. Definitely ask Topgunz first what clearances you will have installing an aftermarket engine oil cooler and transmission cooler. I do know one person with the Topgunz kit and they were able to fit a 19 row transmission cooler in there.

__________________
Mr. Clean

Sed8u

Excellent advice jc. It’s funny that u mentioned the bushings, gears and the new diff from Quaife as I had just been speaking to a friend with a lot of knowledge with these cars about How I could improve my launch and he mentioned exactly the same thing. I was searching and it looks like Quaife would be my best bet with the automatic as Kaaz appears to be strictly manual oriented. I believe this will be my next project after the supercharger install.

It’s a moot point because I’m gonna get a cooler for the tranny and oil, (as big as I can go) but it is interesting that some suggest getting the tranny cooler first and others mention getting the oil cooler first. Living in Florida I want as much cooling as I can get but I am curious in the reasoning for one having priority over the other. Speaking with Aaron and looking at an example on his site it appears I could fit a 34 row for oil and 25 row for tranny behind the intercooler. So those are being ordered now so I can install prior to the sc.

Thanks guy for the responses.
I’m still looking for someone with some experience in the area. Does anyone know if there are local clubs or boards that I’ve missed? I’ll post on craigslist as well.
Thanks