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Update: sitting in traffic with 80 degree ambient temperature only brings the oil temp up to 210. As soon as you start moving, it never budges from 180. The car feels so much more responsive and the reduced valvetrain noise with the Redline oil is great too, the only two downsides I see right now is that I need to relocate the exterior temp sensor and that it takes a long time for the car to warm up.
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Nice looking parkers, if only V-LEDs shipping was cheaper to aus. Cost as much as the item =(
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The Z34 TT is back in my hands! Dyno tomorrow! (Saturday)
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Uh oh, I hope you get some footage of it! That car will be so gnarly, I miss the surge of power I used to get with my gt28 Saab that you can only get with turbos.
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Do you have any vids from behind the car revving, or from outside accelerating? If you could post those or take some I'd really appreciate it.
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Hey 6spd, I do not have any right now apart from a few cold and warm starts with my current exhaust setup. Once I get my new video camera, I will be taking a bunch of high quality videos and will post them. Also, I got an offer from a professional videographer to have a free pro-level video of the car in action so I will post that if it happens too!
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Wow, lucky man! I cant wait to see what happens, youve got the exact mod line-up I would love to have one day!
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Quick Walkaround and Cold Start
This is more of an excuse for me to test out my new phone's video quality but it pretty much gets the exhaust note down well on the cold start.
If you want to cheat and skip to the exhaust section, that starts around 0.50 seconds. |
Nice! So this is the stock muffler with the HFC's and Y-Pipe?
Is there any rasp to it? It's a little difficult to tell from the video. (It sounds like there might be, but it might be that the phone's mic just distorted some of it because it was loud.) Great quality video by the way! What kind of phone? |
good stuff Christian!
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It is a Samsung Vibrant by the way, I absolutely love it so far. My car mount got here so I am going to test out how well suited this phone is for capturing video while driving! Quote:
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My hats off to you, on everything you have done so far, you are doing it good and doing right I absolutely love your set up, and it's funny I never would have thought of powder coating the intakes, here in Hawaii it's a real PiA to get a safety without recon permits for our cars to be modified. So I thank you for this awesomeness you have displayed and I am stealing you idea and powder coating mines... When I get them :)
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Nice phone by the way. The video quality is great :) Enjoy your car mount, and post some vids if they turn out! |
First Edited Video
I decided to do a drive around Malibu to show how my current setup sounds and performs since I have recieved questions about it recently. Sorry about all the sitting in traffic, I did some editing but I think it shows what the car sounds like in almost every type of driving condition. I still need to work on my phone mount though!
I do want to point out that my 1-2 shift was not the clutch slipping, but the joys of my open differential allowed one wheel to spin freely! |
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make one :tup:
I'm sold! |
holy mackerel its loud at WOT. pretty tamed at low RPMs though.
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sounds great at wot
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I just ordered sport package spoiler today, I ultimately would like to pair it with a Mines carbon add-on. I will be ordering the factory chin spoiler shortly as well.
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I will have to check that out, I guess I have one thing to do tonight after studying!
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I noticed the 370z and 350z Tanabe ypipe has the exact same part number. Interesting how the dimensions are all the same. Nice that Nissan decided to make the exhaust path this way.Makes it easier for people to buy if their looking for used I guess. Tanabe Ypipe T50063
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hello crist//370 i just got a nismo,i'm also in the proccess of moding it and like most of u i want to find out as much possible info before ordering parts///my question is should i go for hps pipes with k&n drop in filters or get injen cold intakes? berks or test pipes? and last my nismo comes with a h configuration pipe not a y. would a y like the one you have be able to fit and would it even give more low to mid hp/torque by the way thats what i'm looking for as far as gains in the rpm ///any help would be appreciated from you or anyone else thankkkkss great job on your 370z sounds great by the way///:driving:
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1) Out of those intakes, the Injen is by far and away the best choice. I personally have the Stillen G3 intakes but the Stillen and Injen intakes are the best for this car in terms of power gain by a good margin. 2) I would get Berk High Flow Cats because you get less rasp in the exhaust, the car's exhaust doesn't stink, and you aren't losing much power over test pipes. Also, you have less chance of throwing a check engine light with the cats. Plus, it is better for the environment in terms of emissions. 3) You cannot fit a Y pipe unless you get a completely new cat-back system. The stock catalytic converters are the most restrictive part of the stock exhaust system so those make a huge difference if you go for high flow cats. |
thanks for you feedback,any idea why people ask if ecu was reset after mods,and how is it done///does it help?reason a'm asking is in my town there is no tunning shop,so if i just reset ecu would i gain anything at all after mods? here's my nismo// thanks //http://www.westtexasnissan.com/AP/20...D/10495149.jpg
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All you do to reset the ECU is take off the Negative cable on your battery for 5-10 min and then re connect start the car and let it idle for a few min and then take it for a spin. Yes it will help it correct the A/F ratio and adjust for the new parts you put on Intake/Exhaust DAN |
Here is the method I use to reset the ECU without disconnecting the battery:
Read the process a few times before you try to do this its ALL ABOUT TIMING: 1) With the key in your pocket/car, push the Engine Start button TWICE (so the car is fully on, but not started) 2) Within three seconds of the car "ON" (again NOT started), Floor (all the way down) and Release the gas pedal fully 5 times within 5 seconds. Do not do this too fast.. 1..2..3..4..5 3) Wait 7 seconds then floor the gas pedal and hold for 10 seconds. After that 10 seconds the Check Engine Light will start to blink slowly. 4) Release the pedal and floor it down once again and hold for 10 seconds. After these 10 seconds the check engine light will disappear then begin to flash much more rapidly. After you have done the following turn the car off and then back on. The ECU is now reset!! |
Sport Package Spoiler
I finally grabbed a S/P spoiler for dirt cheap, I cannot be happier with the deal I snagged. I want to paint it satin black since I love the way that particular look works on Triple's brilliant silver Z but I am up in the air now since I could polish it to perfection and sell it to cover the cost of a carbon fiber version: what do you guys/gals think I should do? (Carbon fiber or satin black)
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huh? so...you'd work on it, then sell it off to buy a carbon fiber version of a sport spoiler?
unless you plan on putting more CF accents, a CF sport spoiler is pointless imo |
Great thread Chris. Really like your mods!
I think the CF spoiler is the way to go, but agree with Phelan, you should have some other hints of CF to make it complete. |
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I say go for cf. I've never seen a black spoiler on a pg, but i'd think there wouldn't be enough color contrast to pull off a black spoiler like you can with a silver. I feel the texture of the cf weave coupled to the fang cover will look much better executed. Just my $0.02 tho.
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hahah i'm good man. counting the days til i can pick up another z. probably a used one this time and maybe a 7at. dude, the thing is....if you don't go with cf parts rite now due to cost issues, you're gonna eventually do it over later with cf which will cost more in the long run. thas what i noticed atleast with me...so i always try to do things right the first time.
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Or I could sell it outright and put that money towards revamping the brakes.... Too many choices, I am inclined to go for the brakes as I have always been more of a performance guy before adding pretty stuff anyway. :)
That is great to hear you are doing well, it is definitely a bummer that you are on the opposite coast now. How long do you think you will be in the Northeast? |
Cars looking sharp!
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Thanks Super! My Swift springs came in today, but the lady who works in the school mail room was not happy about the 40 pound box... Then again, neither was I since I had to carry it half a mile to my dorm haha. The springs look great and were well wrapped, the powder coating was even and unblemished and in general they have a much higher quality feel/look than the Koni springs I had for my Saab.
Install is slated for December 8th so I will update when that happens, I am also going to try and get away with the factory camber adjustment range. http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...1-17102827.jpg http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...1-17104200.jpg http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...1-17104220.jpg |
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