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JLarson · 10-09-2017, 09:37 AM

This ended up being a lot of fun. Mike (Socce) and I tackled several of the projects on the list this past Saturday, starting around 11 am and working till around 11 pm. Our biggest handicaps were:

1) Some jerkoff sold him a used Stillen Gen3 intake for a G37 instead of for a 370z. For anyone not familiar, the G37 has shorter intake piping and slightly different shape - it's not possible to fit it onto a 370z without some serious alteration, it's just way too short. We wasted quite a bit of time figuring this out. I spent close to an hour thinking I was just an idiot and there was something else we must have to remove/modify to get it to fit, finally concluding it must be for a different vehicle. We ended up having to put the stock intake back in place. The good news - my wife and I ended up buying the intake since she has a G37x and Mike had done a stellar job wrapping it (went on her car in no time at all).

2) The oil cooler kit was just flat out missing hardware. A quick trip to Lowe's fixed most of this, and we ended up running it in place but leaving it disconnected until Mike gets a few replacement gaskets. This was the Z1 kit, and the quality of it and fitment were great! We had no real issues other than the missing pieces, but this cost us serious time.

General part feedback:
-Synolimit's kit (ported TB's, upper, and lower mani) was a cakewalk to install, and really nicely done. I'll be very interested to see the dyno numbers Mike gets with this setup.
-As stated above, Z1 oil cooler was pretty easy to install, even considering I've never tackled this before.
-Z1's sprinkle slotted rotors looked great. Mike can probably comment on them better than I could. We ended up only installing the front 2 before it was time to pack things up. Does anyone have any feedback in how to get rotors off more easily than beating the crap out of them with a rubber mallet until they finally release?

Good luck with your setup Mike!

10-09-2017, 09:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
JLarson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Media, PA Posts: 4,074 Drives: 14 Nissan 370z MR M6 Rep Power: 2684369	This ended up being a lot of fun. Mike (Socce) and I tackled several of the projects on the list this past Saturday, starting around 11 am and working till around 11 pm. Our biggest handicaps were: 1) Some jerkoff sold him a used Stillen Gen3 intake for a G37 instead of for a 370z. For anyone not familiar, the G37 has shorter intake piping and slightly different shape - it's not possible to fit it onto a 370z without some serious alteration, it's just way too short. We wasted quite a bit of time figuring this out. I spent close to an hour thinking I was just an idiot and there was something else we must have to remove/modify to get it to fit, finally concluding it must be for a different vehicle. We ended up having to put the stock intake back in place. The good news - my wife and I ended up buying the intake since she has a G37x and Mike had done a stellar job wrapping it (went on her car in no time at all). 2) The oil cooler kit was just flat out missing hardware. A quick trip to Lowe's fixed most of this, and we ended up running it in place but leaving it disconnected until Mike gets a few replacement gaskets. This was the Z1 kit, and the quality of it and fitment were great! We had no real issues other than the missing pieces, but this cost us serious time. General part feedback: -Synolimit's kit (ported TB's, upper, and lower mani) was a cakewalk to install, and really nicely done. I'll be very interested to see the dyno numbers Mike gets with this setup. -As stated above, Z1 oil cooler was pretty easy to install, even considering I've never tackled this before. -Z1's sprinkle slotted rotors looked great. Mike can probably comment on them better than I could. We ended up only installing the front 2 before it was time to pack things up. Does anyone have any feedback in how to get rotors off more easily than beating the crap out of them with a rubber mallet until they finally release? Good luck with your setup Mike! __________________ 2014 370z Touring Sport Magma Red MT // BP Single Turbo 6467 // 63mm TB's // Z1 Ported Upper Mani // RJM Pedal // Zspeed Stage 3 Clutch // 526 WHP, 451 WTQ 2006 350z (Sold) // 1990 300zx (Sold) // 1985 300zx 2+2 (Sold)