700hp twin turbo project

tonythetiger · 07-21-2016, 01:22 PM

damn! wished i was mechanically inclined to do this myself! build looks amazing!!

V1H · 07-21-2016, 04:08 PM

Wow impressive work. Jealous u got the balls and know-how to mess with engine internals. I used to do all that with my VTEC motor but hell I wont touch my VQ37HR

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AV8rZ · 07-21-2016, 06:54 PM

You are my freaking hero! My next Memphis trip lunch will be at your house drooling over this

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zguynate · 07-21-2016, 07:11 PM

Thanks guys! It has been a lot of work and I have learned so much about the motor. There have been moments of frustration, but mostly really exciting and enjoyable. I still have plenty more frustration ahead of me I know lol, but hopefully not too bad.

Elmo370z · 07-21-2016, 10:54 PM

Awesome

iBenJAMM1N · 07-22-2016, 11:12 AM

Coming along nicely! Take your time?

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zguynate · 01-18-2017, 05:56 PM

Hey guys, its been a while. Almost 6 months actually. I have made a lot of progress on this thing. So in my normal fashion I'm going to pic dump lol.

The motor was prepped and ready to put in! Talk about excitement.

After taking my rear subframe out and removing the old bushings I did what every other normal person would do.... get it powder coated. I actually went ahead and did a few different things as well. The funny thing is that you won't really ever see any of this, but I couldn't just put it all back under there all rusty and nasty lol.

Moving forward I got the front end assembled and most of the engine components back together.

I also put my factory gauges back in. I liked the old setup I had before but I wanted the factory gauges back in for if I decided to switch to ECUtek, which it doesn't look like I will at this moment in time. It cost me about $250 to get the factory gauges back in their spots after removing them the first time because I had to buy the hoods and bezel rings. You live and you learn.

Also, I was in the pre-order for the AAM intake manifold. I decided against it due to various reasons and ordered some suspension parts in lieu of the manifold. I got BC coilovers with Swift springs, SPL arms, and lockout bolts to keep the finish on the subframe somewhat nice. Well after everything shipped to my house, I found an issue. I was shipped OEM style coilovers when I wanted true style. The reason for that was so that I could use the SPL toe arms. I called BC who advised me that they actually don't sell true style coilovers for the 370z, however they did have some in development. Im assuming that any vendors who sell true style BC's for the 370z are doing this themselves. Anyway, after some phone calls and disappointment I had to bite the bullet and purchase the SPL midlinks. Talk about a ton of money I wasn't planning on spending. I do want to send a special shoutout to Kyle at IPP who was able to give me a deal on them and shipped them to me with a quickness. If ANYONE needs anything, definitely give IPP a call. Kyle is good people. Im going to have to order new springs in the rear as mine are a little too tall and won't allow me to lower the rear where I want. It sucks because its like half an inch lol. Oh well. Also, if anyone wants to buy some SPL toe arms, I know a guy who's selling some lol.

I bought the new RJM master cylinder and installed that. For some reason it failed during bleeding. Im not sure why, but I contacted Ryan and he sent me a new one ASAP. Sorry Ryan, I know I'm still supposed to send you that other unit back lol. Sorry for the delay! After that I tried to put some coolant in the motor. As soon as the first gallon was finished I heard what sounded like a water fall. Coolant was pouring from the drivers side head. Oh well, I started it anyways lol.

The coolant leak was from me installing the gasket backwards where the heater hose pipe bolts to the head. Stupid! You can even visibly see that it was wrong lol. There were a few other issues after start up and drive but Ive gotten them sorted out. Now all I'm waiting on before a real tune is the rest of my fuel system from CJM that just shipped today actually. Needless to say I'm really excited to get this thing tuned. Ive driven it about 250 miles so far without any issue but seeing as how the car hasnt been to 7500rpms, Ill be trailering the Z to Z1 for the tune lol. I don't want it blowing up while I'm down there and being stranded lol. Here are a few more pictures of everything done. I have one of Galeforces pillar pods. That thing is top notch btw! Im sure that because of the time elapsed that I'm forgetting some stuff but if any of you have any questions feel free to ask!

AV8rZ · 01-18-2017, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonbreath

Hey guys, its been a while. Almost 6 months actually. I have made a lot of progress on this thing. So in my normal fashion I'm going to pic dump lol.

The motor was prepped and ready to put in! Talk about excitement.

After taking my rear subframe out and removing the old bushings I did what every other normal person would do.... get it powder coated. I actually went ahead and did a few different things as well. The funny thing is that you won't really ever see any of this, but I couldn't just put it all back under there all rusty and nasty lol.

Moving forward I got the front end assembled and most of the engine components back together.

I also put my factory gauges back in. I liked the old setup I had before but I wanted the factory gauges back in for if I decided to switch to ECUtek, which it doesn't look like I will at this moment in time. It cost me about $250 to get the factory gauges back in their spots after removing them the first time because I had to buy the hoods and bezel rings. You live and you learn.

Also, I was in the pre-order for the AAM intake manifold. I decided against it due to various reasons and ordered some suspension parts in lieu of the manifold. I got BC coilovers with Swift springs, SPL arms, and lockout bolts to keep the finish on the subframe somewhat nice. Well after everything shipped to my house, I found an issue. I was shipped OEM style coilovers when I wanted true style. The reason for that was so that I could use the SPL toe arms. I called BC who advised me that they actually don't sell true style coilovers for the 370z, however they did have some in development. Im assuming that any vendors who sell true style BC's for the 370z are doing this themselves. Anyway, after some phone calls and disappointment I had to bite the bullet and purchase the SPL midlinks. Talk about a ton of money I wasn't planning on spending. I do want to send a special shoutout to Kyle at IPP who was able to give me a deal on them and shipped them to me with a quickness. If ANYONE needs anything, definitely give IPP a call. Kyle is good people. Im going to have to order new springs in the rear as mine are a little too tall and won't allow me to lower the rear where I want. It sucks because its like half an inch lol. Oh well. Also, if anyone wants to buy some SPL toe arms, I know a guy who's selling some lol.

I bought the new RJM master cylinder and installed that. For some reason it failed during bleeding. Im not sure why, but I contacted Ryan and he sent me a new one ASAP. Sorry Ryan, I know I'm still supposed to send you that other unit back lol. Sorry for the delay! After that I tried to put some coolant in the motor. As soon as the first gallon was finished I heard what sounded like a water fall. Coolant was pouring from the drivers side head. Oh well, I started it anyways lol.

The coolant leak was from me installing the gasket backwards where the heater hose pipe bolts to the head. Stupid! You can even visibly see that it was wrong lol. There were a few other issues after start up and drive but Ive gotten them sorted out. Now all I'm waiting on before a real tune is the rest of my fuel system from CJM that just shipped today actually. Needless to say I'm really excited to get this thing tuned. Ive driven it about 250 miles so far without any issue but seeing as how the car hasnt been to 7500rpms, Ill be trailering the Z to Z1 for the tune lol. I don't want it blowing up while I'm down there and being stranded lol. Here are a few more pictures of everything done. I have one of Galeforces pillar pods. That thing is top notch btw! Im sure that because of the time elapsed that I'm forgetting some stuff but if any of you have any questions feel free to ask!

Heck yeah! Congratulations!

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Memphis370Z · 01-18-2017, 06:18 PM

Happy for you, bro!

Hotrodz · 01-18-2017, 08:05 PM

Right on!!! Hell of a good job...Congrats!

Jhill · 01-18-2017, 09:12 PM

This build is pure awesomeness. Very clean and attention to detail. Must be a tech or ex tech?

zguynate · 01-19-2017, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jhill

This build is pure awesomeness. Very clean and attention to detail. Must be a tech or ex tech?

Thanks man! There has been many hours of planning, analyzing, and work done to this thing. Believe it or not I have no "proper" training in mechanic work. Most of my knowledge comes from hands on experience from just diving into this stuff. My dad taught me at an early age that if I want to mod cars, I'll save an enormous amount of money if I do it myself. I went from barely knowing how to change oil, to installing one lowering spring on a 2004 Sentra S-ER Spec V. I only did one because I paid a guy to do it for me and they sent me 1 wrong strut. So I ended up doing it myself. The next thing I did was put a turbo kit on the same car with the help of a friend lol. Balls deep from the beginning. It's all just a hobby and fascination. Maybe an obsession lol. Now my professional experience is from Sonic Drive In and being a cop. So if you need someone to make you a #1 with cheese or take a police report for your neighbor leaving bags of dog poo on your front porch, I'm your guy.

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Jayhovah · 01-18-2017, 09:09 PM

Helllll yeah!

ChaseZ · 01-18-2017, 09:12 PM

Awesome man! Well worth the wait.

Can't wait to see some WOT video once you get that tune done. Thing is going to be an aminal.

It sucks being on a base tune and can't play with your new toy lol I know that one all too well right now. Keep that skinny pedal out of it until it's proper - don't want to be a statistic!

zguynate · 01-19-2017, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaseZ

Awesome man! Well worth the wait.

Can't wait to see some WOT video once you get that tune done. Thing is going to be an aminal.

It sucks being on a base tune and can't play with your new toy lol I know that one all too well right now. Keep that skinny pedal out of it until it's proper - don't want to be a statistic!

Yeah, it's actually pretty easy to stay out of the throttle because I don't want to ruin everything lol. But if/when it makes it off the dyno, I'm going to drive it like I stole it!

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07-21-2016, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
tonythetiger A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SA, TX Posts: 1,035 Drives: 10 Nissan 370z PG MT Rep Power: 193	damn! wished i was mechanically inclined to do this myself! build looks amazing!! zguynate, Elmo370z and YzGyz like this. __________________ KWV3/Eibach/StillenG3/FI CBE+LTH+34Row/Uprev/SPL/SouthBendSS/QuaifeLSD/4.08/TommyKaira/Status/VolkZE40/AP Radical BBK/Seibon/Amuse/VIS/Sparco/WorksBellGTC/RJM/Nismo

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V1H Base Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 244 Drives: 2013 370Z-TT GT Edt Rep Power: 3367	Wow impressive work. Jealous u got the balls and know-how to mess with engine internals. I used to do all that with my VTEC motor but hell I wont touch my VQ37HR Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk zguynate likes this. __________________ 501 BHP, 590 Nm (422 rwhp) *AAM* TT+I/Plenum\|*CJM* S1 FRS\|*C/Clutch* Stage 2\|*RJM* CMC\|*ZSpeed* CSC\|Z1 Oil cooler\|*Motordyne* Turbo ShockWave)))\|*Torqen* Coilovers\|*Stanceparts* AirCups\|*Amuse* bodykit\|*GReddy\|AEM\|ONEighty\|Mishimoto\|STILLEN\|Eibach\|SPL\|B&M\|Radium\|EcuTek\|BC Forged* RS45

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AV8rZ Base Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: The other LA Posts: 192 Drives: 40th Build#374 Rep Power: 11	You are my freaking hero! My next Memphis trip lunch will be at your house drooling over this Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk zguynate likes this.

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zguynate A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Strangeland Posts: 1,054 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 74	Thanks guys! It has been a lot of work and I have learned so much about the motor. There have been moments of frustration, but mostly really exciting and enjoyable. I still have plenty more frustration ahead of me I know lol, but hopefully not too bad. __________________ 2009 370z touring w/sports package

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01-18-2017, 05:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
zguynate A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Strangeland Posts: 1,054 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 74	Hey guys, its been a while. Almost 6 months actually. I have made a lot of progress on this thing. So in my normal fashion I'm going to pic dump lol. The motor was prepped and ready to put in! Talk about excitement. After taking my rear subframe out and removing the old bushings I did what every other normal person would do.... get it powder coated. I actually went ahead and did a few different things as well. The funny thing is that you won't really ever see any of this, but I couldn't just put it all back under there all rusty and nasty lol. Moving forward I got the front end assembled and most of the engine components back together. I also put my factory gauges back in. I liked the old setup I had before but I wanted the factory gauges back in for if I decided to switch to ECUtek, which it doesn't look like I will at this moment in time. It cost me about $250 to get the factory gauges back in their spots after removing them the first time because I had to buy the hoods and bezel rings. You live and you learn. Also, I was in the pre-order for the AAM intake manifold. I decided against it due to various reasons and ordered some suspension parts in lieu of the manifold. I got BC coilovers with Swift springs, SPL arms, and lockout bolts to keep the finish on the subframe somewhat nice. Well after everything shipped to my house, I found an issue. I was shipped OEM style coilovers when I wanted true style. The reason for that was so that I could use the SPL toe arms. I called BC who advised me that they actually don't sell true style coilovers for the 370z, however they did have some in development. Im assuming that any vendors who sell true style BC's for the 370z are doing this themselves. Anyway, after some phone calls and disappointment I had to bite the bullet and purchase the SPL midlinks. Talk about a ton of money I wasn't planning on spending. I do want to send a special shoutout to Kyle at IPP who was able to give me a deal on them and shipped them to me with a quickness. If ANYONE needs anything, definitely give IPP a call. Kyle is good people. Im going to have to order new springs in the rear as mine are a little too tall and won't allow me to lower the rear where I want. It sucks because its like half an inch lol. Oh well. Also, if anyone wants to buy some SPL toe arms, I know a guy who's selling some lol. I bought the new RJM master cylinder and installed that. For some reason it failed during bleeding. Im not sure why, but I contacted Ryan and he sent me a new one ASAP. Sorry Ryan, I know I'm still supposed to send you that other unit back lol. Sorry for the delay! After that I tried to put some coolant in the motor. As soon as the first gallon was finished I heard what sounded like a water fall. Coolant was pouring from the drivers side head. Oh well, I started it anyways lol. The coolant leak was from me installing the gasket backwards where the heater hose pipe bolts to the head. Stupid! You can even visibly see that it was wrong lol. There were a few other issues after start up and drive but Ive gotten them sorted out. Now all I'm waiting on before a real tune is the rest of my fuel system from CJM that just shipped today actually. Needless to say I'm really excited to get this thing tuned. Ive driven it about 250 miles so far without any issue but seeing as how the car hasnt been to 7500rpms, Ill be trailering the Z to Z1 for the tune lol. I don't want it blowing up while I'm down there and being stranded lol. Here are a few more pictures of everything done. I have one of Galeforces pillar pods. That thing is top notch btw! Im sure that because of the time elapsed that I'm forgetting some stuff but if any of you have any questions feel free to ask! swiss370Z, blueranger, Hotrodz and 7 others like this. __________________ 2009 370z touring w/sports package Last edited by zguynate; 10-06-2017 at 05:50 PM.

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Jhill Track Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: San jose Posts: 854 Drives: 2013 370z sport Rep Power: 3385	This build is pure awesomeness. Very clean and attention to detail. Must be a tech or ex tech?

01-18-2017, 09:12 PM	#14 (permalink)
ChaseZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2016 Location: Calgary Posts: 3,799 Drives: 16 370z Rep Power: 94683	Awesome man! Well worth the wait. Can't wait to see some WOT video once you get that tune done. Thing is going to be an aminal. It sucks being on a base tune and can't play with your new toy lol I know that one all too well right now. Keep that skinny pedal out of it until it's proper - don't want to be a statistic!

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