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370zForever · 05-01-2010, 10:33 AM

I'm getting the Arias Piston kit from GTM, great lightweight set...

Yeah, I imagined you'd be surprised how over the top I'm going, but these specific engine tuning (i.e. crankshaft, pistons, sleeves, and rods) are not coming from my money...My cousin is a pretty crazy tuner and is helping me out, so I asked him if we could work together with some engine upgrades for the Z. He's pretty loaded with a great job, so he's giving me a lot of money to help (a little too much if I'm honest...never imagined to get pistons, sleeves, and a freakin $3000 crankshaft). BTW, I've had technosquare boost up the redline to 8000 rpm and I took it on a very short test drive...It wasn't just the power, but mostly the noise, I mean 8000 rpm + High flow cats + Altered Atmosphere exhaust = the most awesome sound out of the Z. Honestly, Altered atmosphere did a great job with this exhaust. It may not be as powerful as stillen, but man it makes the Z sound the best IMO....LOL, that whole explanation was LAME....I'll see how it all works out when I get the kit from GTM...I'm still thinking about saving weight in the engine bay. Those Darton sleeves are gonna add some weight, but the crankshaft is 4 pounds lighter than OEM....I saw GTSPEC's carbon strut bar for the 350z and it weighed 3 pounds. I'm freakin obsessed with this weight distribution stuff.... Sorry to give such a long post, but thanks for the help and good luck with the s/c. Can't wait to hear the Z scream and whine

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370zForever Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California Posts: 159 Drives: 09 Black 370z Rep Power: 17	I'm getting the Arias Piston kit from GTM, great lightweight set... Yeah, I imagined you'd be surprised how over the top I'm going, but these specific engine tuning (i.e. crankshaft, pistons, sleeves, and rods) are not coming from my money...My cousin is a pretty crazy tuner and is helping me out, so I asked him if we could work together with some engine upgrades for the Z. He's pretty loaded with a great job, so he's giving me a lot of money to help (a little too much if I'm honest...never imagined to get pistons, sleeves, and a freakin $3000 crankshaft). BTW, I've had technosquare boost up the redline to 8000 rpm and I took it on a very short test drive...It wasn't just the power, but mostly the noise, I mean 8000 rpm + High flow cats + Altered Atmosphere exhaust = the most awesome sound out of the Z. Honestly, Altered atmosphere did a great job with this exhaust. It may not be as powerful as stillen, but man it makes the Z sound the best IMO....LOL, that whole explanation was LAME....I'll see how it all works out when I get the kit from GTM...I'm still thinking about saving weight in the engine bay. Those Darton sleeves are gonna add some weight, but the crankshaft is 4 pounds lighter than OEM....I saw GTSPEC's carbon strut bar for the 350z and it weighed 3 pounds. I'm freakin obsessed with this weight distribution stuff.... Sorry to give such a long post, but thanks for the help and good luck with the s/c. Can't wait to hear the Z scream and whine