Docaam's Z Journal

simota1 · 01-18-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by docaam

I bought the hood already in dec but just couldn't ship it till now, UPS quoted me 1000$ for shipping lol.

It's a Seibon TS style one.

holey moley man honestly ups sucks one time when i was still a kid i tried ordering long headers for my chevy... they qouted me 1080 for shipping i was so crushed and never ordered the headers lol i ordered them 4 years later when i was 18 and went through usps snail mail aka parcel post.... i only paid like a hundred plus i forget but all i remember was i was so freaked out i wanted to hug the summit guy who placed my order

docaam · 01-21-2011, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

thats one sweet looking Z...I always like checking this journal even though I've seen it 20 times. I like the roof overlay too. Very clean!

Comments really appreciated

BTW roof is painted not an overlay

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Originally Posted by simota1

holey moley man honestly ups sucks one time when i was still a kid i tried ordering long headers for my chevy... they qouted me 1080 for shipping i was so crushed and never ordered the headers lol i ordered them 4 years later when i was 18 and went through usps snail mail aka parcel post.... i only paid like a hundred plus i forget but all i remember was i was so freaked out i wanted to hug the summit guy who placed my order

No one except UPS freight is willing to ship the hood, so I will go through freight forwarders but just waiting for a friend to join something to save on shipping

RCZ · 01-18-2011, 12:02 PM

thats one sweet looking Z...I always like checking this journal even though I've seen it 20 times. I like the roof overlay too. Very clean!

docaam · 01-21-2011, 01:26 PM

Tein Super Street coilovers going on the car Sunday

, EDFC will be installed as well

Anyone has any idea about this corner balancing?

litesky · 01-31-2011, 12:31 PM

loving it!

docaam · 01-31-2011, 09:18 PM

Just updating my thread, though lotd of you might have seen it already

CarbonSignal Fenders and painted brake calipers yellow with black Akebono text, was thinking of doing red but last moment decision to go for yellow it looks a bit different.

Pictures courtesy of CarbonSignal

NewYorkJon34 · 01-31-2011, 09:24 PM

Did you have your fender walls cut to make these functional?

docaam · 01-31-2011, 09:56 PM

Thanks Toxik

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Originally Posted by NewYorkJon34

Did you have your fender walls cut to make these functional?

No, they are in place as normal, I am planning to drive a long route today to see how much hot air comes out of these fenders, as I did see some openings in the engine bay but frankly havent pushed or driven the car that much, usually I wait to drive the car few days after any new paint job

NewYorkJon34 · 01-31-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by docaam

Thanks Toxik

No, they are in place as normal, I am planning to drive a long route today to see how much hot air comes out of these fenders, as I did see some openings in the engine bay but frankly havent pushed or driven the car that much, usually I wait to drive the car few days after any new paint job

Didn't carbon signal say these would not extract hot air from the engine bay?

docaam · 01-31-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NewYorkJon34

Didn't carbon signal say these would not extract hot air from the engine bay?

They think that, but then there is no harm in cross checking isint

, as usually I havent seen fenders getting hot like hood so most probably they are right there is no air going out but as now there are scoops so lets see

I am just assuming if you look at the pictures where fender is removed and CS painted the body black there are some big holes so there might be possibility that hot air will come out from there, and next week my TS hood will be on, it will be nice to review it again then as well.

RCZ · 02-01-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by NewYorkJon34

Didn't carbon signal say these would not extract hot air from the engine bay?

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Originally Posted by docaam

They think that, but then there is no harm in cross checking isint

, as usually I havent seen fenders getting hot like hood so most probably they are right there is no air going out but as now there are scoops so lets see

I am just assuming if you look at the pictures where fender is removed and CS painted the body black there are some big holes so there might be possibility that hot air will come out from there, and next week my TS hood will be on, it will be nice to review it again then as well.

Its not to extract hot air from the engine bay...its to relieve a high pressure zone that forms around the wheel wells and under the car. That causes unwanted drag and lift at speed. That means that is is bad aerodynamically. This is why almost all closed-wheel sports cars and a lot of supercars have louvered fenders or big empty space behind them (i.e. the Carrera GT). If you have the fenderwell closed off, then the vents on your fender make NO difference aerodynamically. You need to relieve this high pressure zone by make air flow freely through the wheel area. This also helps cool down the brakes because there is more air flow going over the components.

toxik · 01-31-2011, 09:25 PM

fenders and calipers look great!

quagmire87 · 01-31-2011, 09:58 PM

Looks great man!

Trips · 01-31-2011, 10:35 PM

Thats looks awesome!! Those fenders look great.

Fly1 Motorsports · 01-31-2011, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Triple's

Thats looks awesome!! Those fenders look great.

+1 - looks fantastic

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