Exhaust\Intake setup - needs some advise

AlWakRa · 08-04-2016, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Did you just use a picture of a V8 swapped Z with nitrous drifting to prove your point about turboed Zs on a track? Really?

He should be an idiot to not know how a vq37 should sound.

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Get an OBD scanner or water temp gauge, then. Switch to straight water and water wetter. Then see if the water temps are in line with what you should be seeing. The stock gauge isn't linear, and it's kinda hard to tell exactly how hot it's running. A vented hood would do wonders as well, especially since rain really isn't something you should be too worried about. Given your climate, if you plan on a lot of track time Z1's power steering cooler might need to be on your list as well.

At the end of the day, gears and a better diff would make you faster around the track than swapping out bolt ons.You can switch to TPs or headers, but you'll only pick up ~10whp over the HFCs you have and it's not a cheap move once you factor in labor.

Appreciate the informative replay, I will be looking in OBD scanners to get for sure, vented hood is something I was looking for, I checked if I can get a lightweight + vented hood but looks like I will be going on having vents on OEM hood.

Yeah labor cost is a consideration, but If I am going to spend, I want to make it in one go, however I found art pipes somehow locally, I will try to work it out and I will do the swap and sell my HFC, otherwise I will stick with what I got.

Coilovers, alignment kit, diff, gears would wait until I find the car limiting me.

Rains this year were more than what we used to but I drove the car just one time in rain (returning from track), climate isn't bad, but I don't want the car to limit me when it's quite hot. Mostly, it will be under 30 Celsius (86 F) because the season begins on September, but there is odd days where it could reach 40 C (104 F). This summer some claims it has been as high as 140 F

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Originally Posted by JARblue

OP, as much as I love the R2C intakes, the metal piping is just too much for this engine bay. I've had them for 4 years now and over 50K miles, and they heat soak the crap out of the engine. You may not encounter it too much on the track, but they will be hotter than alternatives like Z1 post-MAF tubes + stock intake boxes with aftermarket filters or the Z1 full CAI.

I wish there was a lot more data on IATs and engine bay temps in general when considered hood vents. I think I've decided Fujimura has the best hood/vent design for heat evacuation.

So, this decides it, either Z1 or Stillen CAI and position Mine's air scoops to blow air on them directly. Prefer them as dry filter is an option

as far as hood, yeah it is consideration, right, as we are already talking about track setups

will a vented fenders do their job?

Thanks a lot JARblue and Chuck for being informative

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