Man I want to see pictures with the cage in and everything!

I'm going to guess a weight of 2964lbs.

Travis I bet that you are the only car out there with a rev matcher

huh?

SRM is standard on the sport models...

Great following your build! I'll guess 3130 lbs with fuel and driver.

Sorry I mean on a Z

whats this?
http://i35.tinypic.com/23t07yt.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2eujtcy.jpg

but thats it!

Those are some serious door bars :eek:

The rear ducts are awesome!

need. more. pics.

looks insane...WOW!

amazing Travis, good work so far.

Looks awesome man.

Okay, so I lied about no pics until paint is done ! Junior's prerogative considering all the time he's put in over the last few weeks... for anyone considering caging their Z in the future - let me just say that you get what you pay for ! junior is not cheap but his work is the best ! and now that he knows every square inch of the 370Z, he's got a baseline to work from.

Our general approach was to balance safety and weight, while complying with NASA, SCCA and other sanctioning body typical rules... yes, the door bars are meaty, but that's probably the only place where we may have slightly 'over invested' in metal... and it looks bad-*** !! the net result is very balanced IMO... and when you guys see how the door bars line up with the cage in the rear, you're going to sh-t a brick - it's beautiful work !

Also, I talked with junior today and he managed to move my seating position towards center... it's a shame we can't resell the setup we made for the seat ! i think it's going to be the perfect driving position for folks in the 6ft range

Why the forged sticker on the front? Anything special going on with the engine?

Three companies sponsor my car: Redline Motorsports, DDM, and Forged Performance. Sharif and Ryan have been invaluable in my build - providing coaching and advice on parts selection, design decisions etc for the last 6 months! I picked these three to work with b/c all three are just like most of us - they love to race, love to build cars

So far as the engine, for now, it is stock... just the usual bolt-ons and maybe some ECU tuning over next few months

Did you get a custom dash or did junior manage to keep the old one and move it over

philosophy in general is to re-use as much as possible from the stock car... the stock dash is great, so we re-used it... some custom stuff on center panel, including custom aluminum center piece and some switches, but that's it

Sharif and I are good friends, just wondered what your build is. AZ and GA are kind of far apart.

huh?

SRM is standard on the sport models...

Can you get pics of the dash.

right on... as I said, we're not building the motor... in order to keep the costs manageable on my car, I will run *only* sealed nissan factory motors... period... sharif and his company exist for more than just rebuilding motors, as I'm sure you'd agree! :tup:

patience, bro, patience

Hey, Travis, other than the splitter, any aero adjustments planned?

looking at options for both rear diffuser and rear wing... see a few pages back for potential rear wing from kognition

... btw, it turns out that lexus stole our idea for scoops and put them on the LFA !
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....lfalive_01.jpg

Hey Travis, I am working with a local company to develop carbon Replacement bits as well as new functional aero parts. I will be doing the testing myself on my car. Maybe we can help you out with some stuff...

Hey - if you are making a rear diffuser - let me know too RCZ

Yeah Im making everything i can think of. I will sell all this stuff to you guys once it's done. If you know me, I'm not one for waiting too long for these things. I am getting back home from a business trip this friday, monday I have a meeting with the CF guys and if all goes well I will leave some stuff already to test the quality out. Might be able to have something posted by late next week. I saw some pics of their bits that they make for motorcycles (ducati ++) and it looks like its great quality. These are going to be replacements, not overlays.

Please post on my profile wall if anyone needs info, I will not answer more questions on Travis' journal.

Just curious, how is the testing on the aero parts going to be done?

Count me in if all goes well.

Thanks. I'm definitely going to follow your progress with these parts... will watch for it on your journal


UPDATE:

• car is back with Redline Motorsports in Tempe
• today we removed the stock rear spoiler, and will eventually be adding a Kognition rear wing in it's place... in the meantime, I will have the holes filed in and painted
• we also test fit the front wheels from Forgestar... as much as we are all po'd at Forgestar for crap customer service, the wheels look great ! offset is perfect and the matte black on brilliant silver works well... I may end up getting another set
• over next ~2 weeks plan to get the following done:
• set up steering column and new hub/wheel... will post more on this later
• get the car running again... we've pulled so much crap from the car (immobilizer, airbag computer, steering wheel position sensor, etc) that the computer has freaked out and put it in permanent limp mode <1K rpm... we are looking into workarounds but may have to restore some of the electronics connections... SHARIF, what are you doing on your build? putting in resistors to terminate lines?
• set up suspension for new wheels / tires... going to drop the car another inch or so... I will still run the stock 19s on the street, so needs to work with both
• may swap the Stillen CBE for straight pipes... more aggressive + creates room under the car to mount a rear diff cooler
• alternatively, we may leave the CBE for a while longer and locate the rear diff cooler on the rear deck inside the hatch... haven't decided yet
• either way, will be using the new scoops to cool the rear diff cooler
• we will NOT use the scoops for air to rear brakes... looking at a simpler solution there
• will be routing 2.5" or 3" hose from the 'fang' area on front bumper cover to the front brakes
• then back to fathead fabrication to add front window fairings and to setup the front splitter
• then off to paint... going with flat black everywhere except possibly a satin black finish on the roof... rationale is that luster on body panels should match... input welcomed on this point... perhaps it'd be better to just go flat black on the roof too ?

Targeting to be ready in exactly 1 month for 2-day event at PIR with NASA

Since you asked for opinions on the flat black, don't do it lol. Flat black looks pretty good when its all clean, but in a track environment with dust and dirty fingerprints it looks terrible real quick. I also suggest going for a glossy finish on the interior because you will have no windows and I can tell you from experience on a track car with no windows the interior gets gross very quickly. Also another reason not to go flat black on the outside, since you have no windows, chances are you won't wash it nearly as much or as well as you normally would so it would always look like crap. Also I suggest for the engine bay, if you are painting that, to stick with the silver or go white or some other light color to make it easier to spot any leaks.

Thanks Mike for the input. Will leave engine bay as is... Will put some thought into satin finish inside and out.

On the topic of steering columns and hubs... several options to consider

1. weld the "Joe's" quick release hub directly to the stock steering column
2. return the Joe's hub and buy an NRG setup like Mike's
3. return the Joe's hub and buy a Porsche Cup Car setup... they are universal so would fit this car, but pricey... benefit it one less part to worry about breaking/not working right

1
http://www.hrpworld.com/client_image...06_hdr_2_l.jpg
2
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/racinglab_2077_1264382188
3
https://www.dassport.com/store/produ...ase__49870.jpg

I say go with the NRG setup

Long ago, from a galaxie far, far away...
 

Travis, the build so far is spectacular! My jaw has hit the floor (no smilie for that)! I can't wait to hear how you do at the races! Greg

So after waiting a while I decited to post pics because i dont like waiting. Here they are.....
First and fore most I would like to post the pic we have soo many questions.....
the dash.
http://i35.tinypic.com/14wvw60.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/28wne48.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/aviefk.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/358vzav.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/2hdmi49.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/r01ir5.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/29kq24l.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/1zcfp92.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/vwvofq.jpg
If you guys want more of a certin spot let me know.

I might drive to AZ just so I can touch it...

wow thats serious. Awesome!

only drive down here to buy one.

Looks great!

i wonder what the resale on your car is!:icon18:

sweet cage:tup:

Alot now! More when we are done.

Can you get more of the dash from further back so I can see how much junior moved you seeting position. Thx

Are you done working so we can see the final weight or do you needmore time

more time.