At least, that's what I have been thinking. Someone asked me if I planned to pick up a new Supra. I replied that it is pretty redundant if I have a twin turbo 370z, aside from the Supra having a transmission that produces RESULTS. Results that a platform needs to encourage big projects and developments.
I cant change the past, but I can bring the 370z performance up to this decade without relying on Nissan to give me an all new car.
In November, I picked up a 7-speed DCT Getrag. Its from a 2015 BMW that was totaled with 1700 miles on it.
I bought some stock 370z 7AT shifter paddles from ebay, and the steering column lower cover.
First I started with some basic 3D scans of the engine block and transmission.
Then I put the block in the CNC and triple checked some critical coordinates. I also got some 3rd party high precision CMM coordinates off the transmission.
Ive spent a lot of time in CAD, and came up with an adapter plate design that will work if I have a custom flywheel made to my design.
The adapter design is nearly done, I am just going to refine the starter area a little more casually in my free time as I wait for the first 2 custom flywheels to be produced. Today I bought the 2 pieces of billet to build a pair of adapter plates (one for Seb at SpecialtyZ, and one for me).
Once the flywheels arrive, we will put this on the back of my engine and build the transmission mount. Then of course the driveshaft will need to be sorted, along with a whole bunch of wiring and electronics. We are working with someone who is experienced building controllers for these transmissions, and we are confident that we will be able to make this work in harmony with ECUTEK.
The flywheel is *the* speed bump right now. Once they land, we are back in control of the timeline. There is currently no ETA.
Its a little premature to post about this. But its all I can do for now while I twiddle my thumbs and wait.