Oh and the weight difference between the stock and the Stillen is... dramatic.

Spohn, I think you owe it to yourself to get one of these.

Yeah. I used anti-seize on it as well. If you didn't, that could've made a difference. Either way, I doubt 60 degrees is going to cause you problems.

I put anti-seize on the junction between the crank and pulley, but I didn't put any on the threads....

****. I want to try and get it off and put some anti-seize on it now...

I think I may have done the opposite, the threads but not the crank/pulley interface (this was years before GTM's big expose on how they weld together over time, oh well :P). Probably best to do both, but screw doing the crankshaft bolt twice in a row, IMHO :)

Yeah, Stillen, I guess, updated their instructions to include putting anti-seize on the interface so that they won't stick together.

I didn't put as much as I normally would (say on a bolt or whatever) just a pretty thin film, and it still took torquing the bolt down to fully seat onto the crank.

I'm pretty confident it won't have any issues. I was loath to put anything on the threads because I didn't want any of it to ooze out and get on the rubber seal that's set into the underside of the bolt head and mess it up.

I've had the NST pulleys on my car for going on 40k mi now, and haven't had any issues. Just in case you were worried about long term problems. :tiphat:

I don't know. I plan to go FI eventually. Then after seeing the video GTM put up about removing a light weight.........

I plan to beat the snot out of mine NA until it implodes, and then use that as an excuse for an LSx swap :)

EXACTLY my plan.

I understand that. And I almost would. I just can't bring myself to overlook the sacreligious part of it. Lol. A LS swap is more expensive too.

me three

Finally here!

My customized Fast Intentions exhaust system.

Tips are 3" SS that they polished up a bit. Idea being to save some ounces, make the sound more rowdy (not a resonated tip) and leave clearance between tip and bumper so I can wrap it/not have to worry about melting (already have one side melted a little from a different exhaust haha).

Also hoped it would lower the cost some, but it worked out to be about a wash. Ah well :P

OMFG, you are going to blow out ear drums. PPE's and F.I. non res CBE? I need to hear this.

I see you had Nismo dampers and Swift Springs, how did you like those?

That's the idea! hahaha I'll post some sound clips once I get the car back together.

They're actually a really, really good combo for a street or daily driven Z.

The Nismo Dampeners with Nismo springs is harsh as hell and kind of miserable to drive if you aren't on smooth streets, the Dampeners with the Swifts tho.. it was like the car was meant to feel that way.

I've sold that setup now, there's actually a different set of swifts on stock dampeners (non-Nismo) just to hold the car up until I get the scratch together for the coilovers next month. (Hopefully)

Very happy to hear the dampers and Swifts is a good thing. I was thinking it would firm up the base model, increase performance but not anything super crazy.

I def want to hear that exhaust. I'm waiting for results to play my next card on my exhaust. If mine is too restrictive, I wanted to look at F.I.'s with 12" resonators and HFC's, maybe the 18" but I don't want it too quiet. Biggest thing is rasp and excessive drone. I have a tad bit of drone, and almost no rasp, only when the car isn't warmed up does it rasp. Supposedly X pipes help with the sort of thing. Anyways, I'm definitely waiting to hear the combo.