sickk car and pictures, hah

thanks guys

Newest install: Rogue Engineering Short Shifter with BLOX 490 Limited shift knob in Electric Blue

difference in shifter height and throw when lined up by the pivot point:
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Rogue Eng shifter require you to install the factory plastic pivot shift cup and lower bushing. Both removed with the help of a vise, hammer and screw driver.
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greased and installed
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and finally with the knob
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Haven't driven it yet, but the throw doesn't seem extremely shorter. The 'sloppy' feel is gone and throws feel precise and click into place. With the weight of the knob, the throw is still easy. The height is much better than the stock shifter+the blox knob; matches up with the center arm rest well.
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Hard to see in the pics, but I also did the DIY stitch coloring with a medium blue. Results were great, very subtle change, and hard to tell in direct light/flash. In the daylight it looks awesome.

well, car is taking a detour...oil cooler is put on hold again.

Got a few Motordyne parts pending :icon14:

Looking great! :tup: Gotta keep us Monterey owners looking strong on the forums! ;)

Thanks Tony. Hail to the smurfs

Smurfs have to unite

Boost, you probaby have one of the nicest and cleanest monterrey blue Z on the forum. Always having a great time following your progress sir ;)

Insane pictures, great car! Kudos to a fellow MB owner!

You MB guys are making me sick...get a room! Haha

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Birdman, Nynhex - thanks for the kind words!

Strange how in my original post, I said the plans were mild. I never expected this much success, thanks all.

Ryan - this is an NA thread sir :D I'm so jealous of the single turbo setup, you know where you stand in my book :tup:

"This is an NA conversation, so FI your way out of it"

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I'm lucky to still have my boost fix on my other car, otherwise I'd be really in debt lol

Oh and for the meantime...I got some Motordyne lovin waiting for me

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Deals on these were too good to pass up. Thanks to TBSS2008 and Kastley for these parts :tup:

^^ :drool::drool::drool:

cant wait for my tax return check to come in!!

lol I cant wait to install these!

I've been wanting to hear the ART/M370/Fast Intentions combo.

Ive been debating swapping out my ERZ cats for the ART pipes, very interested in hearing how it sounds.

Nice. I bet it's going to sound sweet. :D

I have vids of the current setup. I'll be sure to get a flyby vid for the complete setup also.

ART pipes were the first to be installed. The install took about 2 hours on a lift - 1 demon bolt snapped, the other came out fine. Another cat bolt seized on the opposite end and had to be cut off, I'm just glad those bolts are out and over with. We tried to hammer out the broken stud from the stock cat, and it bent the entire flange...what a POS.

I do need to order another gasket set as I do have an exhaust leak.

(sorry for the crappy pics)
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Thoughts:
Quality/Fitment - I had high expectations for the price and they were all met. Perfect fit, awesome quality even as it was a used product.

Sound @ idle
Warm start up and warm idle is hardly any louder, if not, the same as before.
Cold start is louder. Sound more full and deep. Fumes are there since these are test pipes, but it is not unbearable. I like it :) I did the ECU reset, so it may take time to adjust.

Sound while driving - love it. FI CBE w/ 18" resonators left me wanting a little more. Its a great sound, just tame. With the ART pipes, this sound perfect to me. Throaty, aggressive, but still smooth and not crazy loud.

Hiss - the VQ hiss is present around 1800-2200, mostly on decel. I can hear my exhaust leak though, so I'll revisit this subject after the gasket is replaced. I cant tell if there is rasp, but I'll get a flyby video, similar to my other once for comparison.

Feel - Gain in low end power for sure. Of course I'm throttle happy right now, but the low end feels great. After a few pulls through the gears, I definitely feel a gain in power all over the rev range. Wish I had a dyno to verify, but for now as long as my butt-dyno and wallet agree, I'm happy.

Vid's in a week or two. Motordyne M370 to follow after that.

Nice man. Loving my ART pipes too.

So jealous of the Art pipes, you should see a very nice bump in torque between the Art pipes and the M370. I love the idea of the M370 but am put off by the inconsistent gains/losses, it'll be interesting to see what your results are with tuning!

Your car is coming along VERY nicely, sir. Mont. Blue FTW! Wish I had more patience to wait for the ART pipes, but went with the FI RTP's instead. Either way, I'm happy with the route I went. :)

Thanks for the kind words. After these mod's, I'm doing an oil cooler and calling it quits for motor stuff.

The gains feel great, I want to see how the manifold feels too. I got such a great deal on the M370 and AP, I couldn't resist.

Very nice. How in the hell do you get away with 20% tint when inspection time comes around?

^money =)

Great photos with the ART pipes! I want em now!

Roll down the front windows and tell the inspector some really good fart jokes. Works for me every time.

^ lol.

I dont know to be honest, I haven't had to reinspect the car as I've owned it for less than a year still :D

do you still have the broadway rear view mirror?

Never had one in this car. I do in my accord

ya i love your accord.

lol thanks andrew. I finally bought slicks for it, we'll see what she does...

I am looking forward to see the results!:tup:

How did you like the broadway mirror? Are you not recommending it for the 370z? Will it even benefit our cars since we don't even have rear quarter windows?

Love it in the 4 door... I don't think it will have any use in the z.

M370 manifold has been installed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...3/IMG_9370.jpg

Kelly's hood struts installed also
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Test drive tomorrow :)

Clean engine bay:tup:

Thanks. I think it needs some carbon under the hood:)

How is the motordyne intake manifold? I'm thinking of getting one and just keep my HPS tubes and drop-ins. Worth the cash?

How are you liking those? I was considering his kit, but I was little worried about his caution about holding the hood to let it raise slowly. Does it really try to fly away too hard? Someday I'm bound to forget, or a friend helping work on the car is.