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Rusty 06-26-2013 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by synolimit (Post 2380641)
If the washer bottle was removed would mounting be easier? Mines in the trunk :)

Yea! ;)

dmhenderson 06-26-2013 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by synolimit (Post 2380641)
If the washer bottle was removed would mounting be easier? Mines in the trunk :)

It's a bastard. I can relate.

Rusty 06-26-2013 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 2380057)
Hi Rusty - Thank you very much for the help. :tup:

Where exactly did you position your ducts; i.e. how close to the grille (vertical axis) and the bottom edge of the bumper (horizontal axis)?

I made templates by tracing around the outside edge of the ducts. Then I position the templates on the bumper. Held them on with tape. Drilled a couple of small holes in the center of the template to check on my positioning. Think I ended up about 1 1/2" away from the grille opening. Should of gone closer. Like 1 1/4". As for up and down. I position the template about in the middle of the body line on top and the spoiler on the bottom.

I can't get to my Nismo for a couple of days to look at it. I'm on vacation, 4wheeling my Power Wagon. :D If you still have questions, feel free to ask.

shaun66 06-27-2013 02:28 AM

Cool truck! Snorkal ever come in handy?

gurneyeagle 06-27-2013 07:19 AM

That's what I needed to know Rusty. Thank you for taking time from your vacation to answer my question.

My only concern is making sure that the duct fits flush with the bumper. I noticed that the top outside edge of each duct has a slight contour to match the bumper as it curves around and I didn't want to cut a hole that was an inch out of alignmnet one way or another.

Again, apologies for interupting your vacation. Have a great time and check back when you can.

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 2381414)
I made templates by tracing around the outside edge of the ducts. Then I position the templates on the bumper. Held them on with tape. Drilled a couple of small holes in the center of the template to check on my positioning. Think I ended up about 1 1/2" away from the grille opening. Should of gone closer. Like 1 1/4". As for up and down. I position the template about in the middle of the body line on top and the spoiler on the bottom.

I can't get to my Nismo for a couple of days to look at it. I'm on vacation, 4wheeling my Power Wagon. :D If you still have questions, feel free to ask.


Rusty 06-27-2013 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by shaun66 (Post 2381638)
Cool truck! Snorkal ever come in handy?

Yeah. Had the Power Wagon in water over the hood crossing a creek. :eek:

Rusty 06-27-2013 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 2381721)
That's what I needed to know Rusty. Thank you for taking time from your vacation to answer my question.

My only concern is making sure that the duct fits flush with the bumper. I noticed that the top outside edge of each duct has a slight contour to match the bumper as it curves around and I didn't want to cut a hole that was an inch out of alignmnet one way or another.

Again, apologies for interupting your vacation. Have a great time and check back when you can.

Hey, no problem. :tiphat: I check this forum a couple times aday. LOL It's an addiction. :eek: Right now I'm on my laptop with a dead slow wifi connection. :mad: Like I said. If you have questions, I will try to answer them. ;)

Rusty 07-20-2013 11:49 AM

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Did a track yesterday after doing a 12hr nightshift. Talk about being wiped out. :icon14: Well anyway. Had a good time and still learning. Finding my limits are higher now and needing to change a couple of things on the Nismo to suit. Like I need coilovers now. On a couple of corners, feel like I'm riding on the bump stops. Which is beating me up some. :icon14: And need more camber on both front and rear. Need camber arms for the front. Here's a couple of pic's of the tires. Will post video's later, after youtube gets done with them.

sig11 07-20-2013 02:11 PM

Doesn't look too bad. Camber arms will help a ton though. :P

wstar 07-20-2013 03:27 PM

Yeah front camber is really lacking on this car, especially once you put stiffer springs on that drop the car a little. Personally, I haven't had any real issue with rear camber at stock settings. I just adjust the rear Hotchkis bar to balance out the car a bit in the oversteer direction and my rear tires wear pretty evenly as they slip around. Maybe it starts becoming more of an issue after you *do* get the front camber kicked out to a good value and you need to balance things up again.

Rusty 07-21-2013 08:04 AM

Here's a video from the first session. The instructor had me working on a few different things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXuZr4azw-Y

gurneyeagle 07-21-2013 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1856990)
Got more work done. :D This is what the ducts look like now. I have the reducers epoxy to the ducts. That is the only way I could get the right side pieces to stay together.

Hi Rusty

It looks like you ended cutting the tubes on both ducts. On the right side, did you simply angle it down or down and to the grille side?

Thanks!

Mike

wstar 07-21-2013 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 2412376)
Here's a video from the first session. The instructor had me working on a few different things.

Nice vid Rusty, you're doing great! Seems smooth and calm and you're looking through the corners for lining up good lines, watching instructor's signals and corner workers, working the passing signals, etc. All good things!

My only $0.02 on that vid is hand (and maybe seat) position. IMHO, they should be telling you to plant your hands at 9 and 3 on the steering wheel and try to just keep them there unless a tight turn absolutely demands it. Getting this to work out for you may require adjusting your seat position backwards a little to get your knees out of the way of the lower hand, and/or adjusting steering tilt, etc. It's tricky to get the cockpit configured just right sometimes, but it really makes life easier once it's all Just Right.

ETA: Looking back at your previous vids, it seems you had your hands/seat/etc in a better position last time around. Experimenting?

Rusty 07-21-2013 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wstar (Post 2412399)
Nice vid Rusty, you're doing great! Seems smooth and calm and you're looking through the corners for lining up good lines, watching instructor's signals and corner workers, working the passing signals, etc. All good things!

My only $0.02 on that vid is hand (and maybe seat) position. IMHO, they should be telling you to plant your hands at 9 and 3 on the steering wheel and try to just keep them there unless a tight turn absolutely demands it. Getting this to work out for you may require adjusting your seat position backwards a little to get your knees out of the way of the lower hand, and/or adjusting steering tilt, etc. It's tricky to get the cockpit configured just right sometimes, but it really makes life easier once it's all Just Right.

ETA: Looking back at your previous vids, it seems you had your hands/seat/etc in a better position last time around. Experimenting?

Yea, I had the seat too far forward. About 3 clicks. :shakes head: Couldn't get comfortable in the seat all day. My left knee was beating off something on the door panel. Have a nice mark on the knee now. :shakes head: And my a$$ felled wedged in the seat. Just one of those days. The videos are at the end of the sessions. So I slow down and listen to the instructor a little better and have a discussion on the session. It's all about learning. ;)

Rusty 07-21-2013 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 2412388)
Hi Rusty

It looks like you ended cutting the tubes on both ducts. On the right side, did you simply angle it down or down and to the grille side?

Thanks!

Mike

The right side duct was a pita to get it angled right. It was trial and fit. I ended up cutting the duct on an angle that would allow for clearance with the reducer and hose to pass the washer bottle. Took me about 3hrs to figure it out. So take your time and look on how you want to run the hose. you may end up cutting the duct and the reducer a couple of times to get it to fit.

On the left duct. I cut it to match the right duct. Just so they look the same. ;) Oh, I used a 2 part epoxy for plastic to glue everything together. ;)


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