It appears the 3.00 did the trick. I'm going to change the oil when I get it back and then monitor it but Seb topped it off and it was fine.

I don't remember having the noise you're talking about but my car's been in the shop so long I can't remember. 😁

Thanks, I appreciate your help and support.

Anytime bro! Feel happy for you! Enjoy your new beastie Z!!

657whp and 452wtq! Those are great numbers to say the least.

Congrats Patrick!

Thank you. It's amazing what your kit is capable of. Torque is actually 491.

As I'm fitting the A2A kit onto the Yellow 09 Z...
I ran into a few issues.
Putting in that intake pipe is a total PITA.

Either that or I'm doing it wrong.

It is such a tight fit it isn't funny lol

The coupler from the end of the intake pipe to the intercooler (passenger side) is kind of squished a bit... not enough room to make it flow as it should.

Not sure if this is normal or not.

There is a black bar right behind the coupler that is preventing it from being not so squished. I mean it's on there but it raises some concern for me.

Anyone have any possible remedy to this issue?

If I remembered correctly I did encounter the same situation. I was informed by my mechanic of the difficult adjustment on it but he made a new one for me when I got back to him on the next day.

He made a new coupler?
Do you know the measurements or where I can buy these same couplers in case they rip or something cuz all the pushing and stuff is starting to kind of make scratches / small tiny tears in the couplers i may need new ones

Maybe you could help me out on where I could find the exact couplers online or something?

Sad news, he just PMed me that he asked a local shop to onsite measured the required size for coupling, followed by making it for him. He didn't know the size. He just outsourced it and it's commonly seen here for most of the modified cars. I asked him to drop the bumper and he refused it. The reinstallation of bumper will require mandatory labor charge. I can do that for you as I am planning to go flex fuel mods in the next two months but I think it is very likely that you have already got it done before my next mods.

oh well
thank you anyways, i appreciate it.
i dont think my car will ever be done.
too many people flake on me that tell me that they will help me out but they dont commit.
unfortunately i cant do anything myself because im completely useless when it comes to doing mechanical work which is why i pay others to help me

even paying them they flake on me
so i have the pretty sad life

im almost to the point where i want to just give up on my build because too many people that i trust let me down.
i'm actually almost to the point that if it isn't done this next coming week then im going to honestly think about selling the entire car with all the crazy after market parts in it for obviously a discounted price and then use that money to buy a diff car

if money doesn't drive them to help me, i dont know what will.

like honestly this is more stressful to me than enjoyable.

i literally had 7 - 8 different people touch my car so far in trying to put it back together because of the inconsistency people give me about helping me out. that's ridiculous right?

Why not just take it to a reputable shop instead, pay their price and just get it done. It would be cheaper and less headaches in the long run. My car is a year and a half old and it's probably been in the shop for 6 months out of those 18 months for mods. Hell, the car only has 1700 miles on it.

Because the shop that I trust, the mechanic there got laid off the week I was literally going to take it there. They made a huge mistake and are paying the repercussions now and reaping what they sowed.

They are now realizing they laid off the wrong person for the stupidest reason too. NObody saw it coming.

lUckily he's in my area and I had him come out to my house to help out with the car putting it back together and I paid him his hourly rate but he has been busy lately so he hasn't been able to come out really at all this past week

How do you keep yourself busy not thinking about the car and when it will be done for all that time...I guess people don't give you empty promises like they do to me lately huh

I know where you're coming from, I'm sure we all do. My mechanic has a shop to run (daily customer repairs) and could only work on my car in his free time (which he doesn't have a lot of). Work that would only take a few days to complete, took a month. Then my tuner is super busy and backed up, I had to make an appointment a month in advance. It's just the way it is. Fortunately, I still have my other toy (Mitsubishi Eclipse) to drive in the meantime.

The same as here in Taiwan! They are both busy guys so I have to make sure I left my car in capable hands. It has been almost three months since I drove it to the garage. Hopefully I can have it back before the end of the month. I will then send my Mini JCW to another garage for mods once I have my precious fairlady.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the sympathy & empathy. I'm glad there are others in the same boat as me who is able and willing to share their experiences similar to what I am cryin' about

I actually and honestly needed it tonight.

On top of that, the guy who I was talking about that was unfortunately laid off by his shop just called me to help calm me down and help put my mind at ease about all of this.

So thank you to both of you, and to the mechanic friend that gave me a call to calm me down about things.

You guys are the best, :)

I think my problem is I keep thinking it is going to be done soon but I have unrealistic expectations.
Maybe I need to set my mind on it being complete by 2020 so that if done any earlier I can feel really happy lol

I respected your devotion of time and money to the project. If it isn't too late for you when having my bumper removed by my mechanic in the next two months I'll do the measurement for you for the coupler at passenger side.

Thanks man, I appreciate that.
However, like you said, I more than likely will have it solved by then and when I do I will share the information because I am quite sure someone else will run into the issue and that I am not the last person who will run into this issue.

Why does it take 2 months for him to remove the bumper??

I know other people have had this problem, send Topgunz a pm and he'll tell you the solution.

YI think he just doesn't want to remove and reinstall it again as the car is under tuning. Everything has been installed so far so he doesn't want to change it. However, if I go flex fuel then he has to drop the bumper as I may ask him to install a boost controller so he can't refuse it but has to remove the bumper from my car. There are several other cars currently awaiting for mods and maintainence in his garage so he may simply not wanna delay his schedule for my additional requests. QQ

He won't need to drop the bumper for a flex fuel setup.

Cupckakes...remove that hood latch support. It is fine without it. The couple will fit better then.

Also, spray Windex in every coupler before you put them on. They will slide into place a thousand times easier.

Do not tighten any clamps at all until all the couplers are where they should be or you might create a fitment issue.

Hi, I certainly know he doesn't need to drop it for FF setup but I can take the chance to ask him for the installation of EBC-associated setup on the intake inside the bumper, which I wanna give it a shot in next mods. He has to drop the bumper under the circumstances. Otherwise I have no reason to ask him to remove the bumper from my car, needlessly to say I can have the chance to measure it on my own. Please understand.

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I need to upgrade my fuel rails and look into a turboguard! He said it would do 600 easy!

Totally didnt think of using any type of lubrication.
Going to try that
And also take off the black support bar behind the coupler on the top left of the intercooler (passenger side) so the coupler wont be so extremely tight as it is now.

Thanks! Also PMd you regarding some part numbers if you wouldnt mind sharing that ):
I had to replace my air filter since it was caked with dirt from the accident.

Now a few other parts too

Do you need the part # of the filter? If so, it's K&N #RX-4130-1

Buy a K&N filter cleaning kit. Just spray it and don't re oil if you want better flow.

Hah, well I wanted to be safe and just bought another filter xD
I needed part numbers to the couplers in case one or some of em ripped during the installation.

Also my BPV, the part where it opens up is facing the passenger side, should it matter which way the BPV is facing or it does not matter?

I know for putting on the front bumper, the BPV gets in the way if its sticking out too much.
I should need to rotate it behind the Intercooler bracket to make the bumper fit right? Or am i wrong?

Yes, place it behind brackets if needed.

It's better to not blow the intercooler down with hot air.

Nooo haha, to be ironic that is the part number I needed was for the top left coupler connecting the IC and the Y pipe that goes through the 3 inch hole we made in the support bracket.

Here are some photos of what the car looks like now.

We managed to put the BPV behind the bracket of the IC, and route the hose to the BPV in a nice way as well, yay!

Check them out!

To be honest, there is a kink in one of the coolant lines right under the throttle bodies, and I have no idea how to fix that...
I will leave that for my mechanic who will come on Monday to triple check everything before we pour all the fluids in and start it up.

He is also the same person that worked on my car and put everything together for my build in the thread, so I completely trust him.

As you can see I did remove the black support bar that was kinking the coupler connecting the upper left intercooler opening to the Y pipe so it looks A LOT better now.

I also went to the store to buy a 2.5" to 3" coupler (the blue one on the bottom right of the IC) because the last coupler that was used on there (the one that came with the a2a kit) was scraped and damaged, so it was definitely a goner.
We managed to clamp it down enough so there's nothing escaping, it looks fine and feels extremely tight to me so it's all good now.

The car should be up and running by Monday!

I'm confused. Why are bolts twisted? Why is there heat reflective tape on piping that does not see ambient heat and should be cooled? Why is a 50mm flange on the exhaust of the Tial? Your causing more harm than good.

Thermodynamics and pressure gradients (air flow)

Which bolts are you talking about that is twisted?

I just put it on there because I seen other people put it on there lol so I thought I should do the same -- honestly if it makes it worse then I will take it off, didn't know that. Nobody really said anything about it so I thought it was fine..haha glad you said those things though.

Where should the 50mm flange be instead??

I faced it the way it's facing because I was going off of other a2a kit pictures I saw.

Please help me correct the things that are wrong!

You already had this kit installed once, then wrecked your car right away saying your lucky to walk away alive. The kit fit the first time. You admitted to not having any mechanical aptitude. Yesterday you said you were giving up, then today said your car will be running by Monday. Read all your posts here and what was said on your own thread.

Sounds like everyone is trying to tell you there's no magic wand.


Best advice I can give you is to settle down and learn more first.

I'm not saying give up. I'm saying to be patient!

If you don't have that, your in the wrong hobby my friend. I and everyone else with any build experience can vouch.

P.S...I hope you didn't but a 2.5" to 3" coupler like you said. There isn't any 3" piping on this kit.

Thank you for your kind words sir. Appreciate it! :)

I did buy one and just clamped it down, but I am going to buy a 2.5" to 2.75" straight coupler (the actual one I need) online since the store didn't have it.

I just wanted to try it out and test fit it to see if it would still be okay (the 2.5" to 3").

I will replace it with the one shown in the picture haha

And you're absolutely right. If nobody has patience in this hobby then they are pretty much asking for a world of trouble, I can't deny that.

Hey TopgunZ, I sent you a picture of a few weeks back with some questions had. Would you mind replying yit when you have a moment?

Anyone notice your bracket flexing when reversing? Just made a video to figure out what the sound was. I don’t ever notice it going forward though and ironically didn’t seem to have the issue before rebuild/impeller change and tbatt kit but idk how those could be related? Before this i was thinking gear chatter.
And am i dumb for running a no-slip on the stock 8lb pulley?

I think i found the source of my gas smell and rough start (triggering misfire code at startup). Clamp was snug but you can still see fuel bubble between the hose and regulator. Not sure if putting the clamp even closer will help the leak. Hope i can get this worked out and fixes it—before i was suspecting a crack in evap canister which woulda been more complicated than this

For those that want to quiet their bpv noise, here's the silencer I installed on my bpv, it's super quiet now.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQO32hg...d=13xe35iz4999

Looks awesome!

It works really well. The car is a little more stealthy now (except at wot). 😎

Ordered mine. Will see of i need a separate tune if its on or off. I need more sleeper i feel like i’ve had a lot of people back out of a roll when i shift down to 3rd or second and they hear that loud blowoff. Some people are too proud especially cant lose to a G
Seb’s tunes are �� I beat Z with same setup on e85 tune with just my pump gas tune fromSeb. Z’s words not mine.