Mr. G. Brettin's Slow Motion Leg Hump

gbrettin · 02-24-2020, 09:02 AM

From IG @gbrettin:
Hand sanding pie cuts kinda sucks. The not so glamorous parts of a build. 🤷*♂️

Maven quality is no joke. "Zero tolerance for mediocrity" and it shows. The mounts should make life a whole lot easier. Turbo placement is going into the bumper and a duct cut in straight to the turbo. The plan was to re-purpose the brake ducts but that's not going to work at all. I'll keep the brake ducts for the intended purpose of cooling brakes.

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Moment later after the post to IG... Thinking about the possibility of weather and how it rains sometimes ... and my car isn't a specific drag car... It has been decided to make an air box out of aluminum that can sit above the intercooler. we can also figure out how to slot in an air filter into the box. Who knows, maybe I'll use the "brake coolers" to the air box.

And when I say that's what is happening, I mean that's what is happening for the next 5min. As you can tell, I try to stay somewhat fluid on ideas so I don't box myself into a corner.

Aside from that. I think this is the exciting part y'all will dig.

Rusty · 02-24-2020, 02:56 PM

If you use the brake ducts for air inlets. You would be catching birds in them.

gbrettin · 02-24-2020, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

If you use the brake ducts for air inlets. You would be catching birds in them.

Well.. I have accidentally decapitated a cardinal on the back roads with the old Nismo bumper... found it a couple weeks later after a racoon decided he wanted to go across the road and then randomly dart back out to the road from where he came.

The racoon was an insurance claim...

Rusty · 02-24-2020, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gbrettin

Well.. I have accidentally decapitated a cardinal on the back roads with the old Nismo bumper... found it a couple weeks later after a racoon decided he wanted to go across the road and then randomly dart back out to the road from where he came.

The racoon was an insurance claim...

You're lucky. I got 7 deer with my truck so far. 3 deer with the truck before. 1 turkey, 1 coyote with the truck before that. 1 cow with a motorcycle. Had a bird try to fly through the front wheel of one motorcycle. He never came out the other side. The spokes made a mess of him.

02-24-2020, 02:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rusty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 70 Posts: 35,579 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684440	If you use the brake ducts for air inlets. You would be catching birds in them. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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02-24-2020, 09:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
gbrettin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Portage, MI Posts: 2,304 Drives: Tricycle Rep Power: 589452	From IG @gbrettin: Hand sanding pie cuts kinda sucks. The not so glamorous parts of a build. 🤷*♂️ Maven quality is no joke. "Zero tolerance for mediocrity" and it shows. The mounts should make life a whole lot easier. Turbo placement is going into the bumper and a duct cut in straight to the turbo. The plan was to re-purpose the brake ducts but that's not going to work at all. I'll keep the brake ducts for the intended purpose of cooling brakes. --------------------- Moment later after the post to IG... Thinking about the possibility of weather and how it rains sometimes ... and my car isn't a specific drag car... It has been decided to make an air box out of aluminum that can sit above the intercooler. we can also figure out how to slot in an air filter into the box. Who knows, maybe I'll use the "brake coolers" to the air box. And when I say that's what is happening, I mean that's what is happening for the next 5min. As you can tell, I try to stay somewhat fluid on ideas so I don't box myself into a corner. Aside from that. I think this is the exciting part y'all will dig.