JLarson's build thread

[JLarson]

Originally Posted by Hotrodz

Since you have long tube headers and you don't want to remove them, going twin turbo is out as any decent kit requires you to use oem or custom manifolds.

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Correct, and my goals don't really align with a need for a TT kit. Since I'm planning to stay daily driven, 500ish whp is more than enough. I do like the elegance of the turbo setups - free power as opposed to belt driven. If I were to seriously consider a turbo, the BP would be at the top of my list.

[Hotrodz]

Originally Posted by JLarson

Correct, and my goals don't really align with a need for a TT kit. Since I'm planning to stay daily driven, 500ish whp is more than enough. I do like the elegance of the turbo setups - free power as opposed to belt driven. If I were to seriously consider a turbo, the BP would be at the top of my list.

BP is a good and FI is better imho. You can safely daily 600whp now. I quit driving mine on a daily basis when I started tracking but I do drive it other than just the track. I'm not sure how many miles you put on the Z a year as I have been boosted for just over 4.5 years and 30k miles and the car still runs strong as ever. The secret is no different than being NA, just don't uselessly beat up the car, use good fluids and change them regularly.

I am enjoying your build thread and I had a great time hanging with you and Magen at ZDAYZ.

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[JLarson]

Originally Posted by Hotrodz

BP is a good and FI is better imho. You can safely daily 600whp now. I quit driving mine on a daily basis when I started tracking but I do drive it other than just the track. I'm not sure how many miles you put on the Z a year as I have been boosted for just over 4.5 years and 30k miles and the car still runs strong as ever. The secret is no different than being NA, just don't uselessly beat up the car, use good fluids and change them regularly.

I am enjoying your build thread and I had a great time hanging with you and Magen at ZDAYZ.

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We had a great time with you too man!
In your experience, what sets FI apart as the top tier kit?

[Hotrodz]

Originally Posted by JLarson

We had a great time with you too man!
In your experience, what sets FI apart as the top tier kit?

The number one thing in my opinion that sets FI apart from the rest is craftmenship and fitment. All are spot on and time proven.

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[Spooler]

Getting the tranny to slide back in is always the worst part. Wiggle and a Jiggle is your friend as you found out. Sometimes they slide right in, sometimes they are a pain in the butt.

[JLarson]

Everything is reinstalled, car is off of jack stands. Will not shift into gear. I believe I've improperly bled the clutch, so tonight that's my project. I'll enlist my wife to work the pedal. Hopefully that's my issue.

[JLarson]

Also learned how to drain and refill my transmission housing! Redline MT-85, and used this pump here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Surprisingly good product for sub-10 dollars. Took me only a couple minutes to fill the transmission casing.

Regardless of the fact that this project has been way more work than I anticipated (and I anticipated a lot) it's certainly been informative.

[Rusty]

That's the same pump I got from Habor Freight for $6.00.

When working on cars. Sometimes thing don't go your way. Then you have to figure out on what you need to do.

[JLarson]

Originally Posted by Rusty

That's the same pump I got from Habor Freight for $6.00.

When working on cars. Sometimes thing don't go your way. Then you have to figure out on what you need to do.

I feel ripped off At least I didn't have to go anywhere to buy it, Amazon delivered it to my door same day.

[JARblue]

Originally Posted by JLarson

Will not shift into gear. I believe I've improperly bled the clutch, so tonight that's my project.

If you have pedal pressure, maybe double check the shifter lock-out plate is properly positioned?

[JLarson]

Originally Posted by JARblue

If you have pedal pressure, maybe double check the shifter lock-out plate is properly positioned?

Good thoughts, I did check the lock-out plate and it appears correctly positioned. I lost pedal pressure immediately when I started the car, so I'm thinking there's a bubble. Also when I did the bleed previously, I didn't have anyone to operate the pedal while I bled it, so I'm guessing when I closed the bleed valve with the pedal in the "up" position, I probably had sucked air back inside. Does that sound like a fairly reasonable assumption?

[JARblue]

Yup. Did you pump the pedal yourself and then close it? Definitely get air in the system that way. Gravity bleed the last bit and you should be good to go.

[JLarson]

Originally Posted by JARblue

Yup. Did you pump the pedal yourself and then close it? Definitely get air in the system that way. Gravity bleed the last bit and you should be good to go.

I did, I was flying solo by that time. Never having gone through this process before, I didn't quite realize what I was in for

[Rusty]

Yeah, you got air in the system. Get your wife inside the car. Have her pump the pedal 3 times and hold down on the last pump. you open up the bleeder until no fluid comes out. Close the bleeder and have your wife repeat. Do this a couple of times until you see no bubbles. It's best to have about one foot of clear hose on the bleeder to see if any bubbles are in the fluid coming out. Keep the reservoir full the whole time you are doing this.

[JLarson]

Attempted repeatedly. No luck 😞 after about 4 attempts, did get the ability to shift with a lot of effort, mostly into 2, 3, and 5. Multiple repeats did not improve results further.