Mike's Journal

Mike · 04-24-2012, 07:28 PM

Haven't updated this thing in a while!

Got the Stillen cooling kit installed today. Went to change brake pads and reinstall my calipers and realized they needed a rebuild, so those parts are now on order and the car will be back on the road Friday.

On the drivers side, I routed the hose just above the firewall, behind the fenderliners.

Used a 2" hole saw to cut a hole in one of the panels behind the liner to smoothly get the hose back to the outside

The right side has stuff on the frame rail and is too close to the exhaust, so it went partially inside the wheel well, then out again. I also relocated my powersteering fluid lines to get them out of the way, but you cant see that here.

Mike · 04-24-2012, 07:33 PM

Three of my Nismo S-tune wheels that will be my new street wheels. Have a set of Ventus V-12s waiting to mount on them. 4th wheel is cooling in the shop, just out of the oven

SPOHN · 04-24-2012, 07:42 PM

Good job Mike. Wheels look nice too.

sixpax · 04-24-2012, 08:14 PM

Looks great !

HKYStormFront · 04-24-2012, 09:11 PM

nice man! looks good

LakeShow · 04-24-2012, 09:12 PM

That's cool running those brake coolers. Let us know how they work out.

Mike · 05-14-2012, 09:49 PM

Z1 installed my GTM Diff cooler and Quaife ATB, and we replaced the muffler section of the Invidia Gemini with glass packs to make room for the cooler.

exhaust video:
Hybrid exhaust - YouTube

Baer383 · 05-14-2012, 10:07 PM

Looks good Mike can't wait to hear that exhaust.

Mike · 06-15-2012, 08:48 PM

I only have the car on a two year lease, so mods are going to be minimal and resellable. I go through cars quickly.

It wasn't an easy round of mods.

First, I ordered a two tone wheel from Tire Rack, same wheel as what I went with, but with their recommended 255 tires. The tires were narrower than the wheel and didn't look right, and I didn't like the two tone. Sent them back and reordered these.

2nd, one of the front Brembo brakes that I ordered from the dealer was apparently dropped in shipment and the hole that the banjo bolt goes in was flattened out, so I had to get a replacement. I noticed this after I had the brakes stripped off the car, so it added two days to the process.

In the end, I think it was worth it.

First round,

Brembo front caliper upgrade, custom powdercoated by me (I do this professionally, don't try at home!).

Sport Muscle 20x10" wheels

Sumitomo 275/35-20 tires

BMR Panhard bar

H&R springs.

the only other thing I'm going to do to it is Corsa axle-back.[/img]

Mike · 08-25-2012, 04:53 PM

Long time since I've really done anything.

Took the interior out today. Don't know when the cage will go in, but I'm ready for it now. Also all prepped to install the CJM fuel starve fix. Hopefully I will get it finished in the next week or so. Probably between the 4th and 7th, the next stretch that I am home.

The inside of the fuel tank

Mike · 09-01-2012, 09:14 PM

CJM Fuel starvation solution installed. Drove a 290 degree cloverleaf at greater than 5000 rpm in third gear and accelerated down the straight, with only 1/4 tank, and the car didn't stumble at all!

Track testing to come at the end of the month.

Also, these goodies came in:

Mike · 09-19-2012, 02:45 PM

Mike · 04-24-2012, 10:04 PM

thanks!

Mike · 05-08-2012, 10:48 PM

car is at Z1 now.
getting quaife atb installed,
GTM diff cooler installed
and replacing my invidia rear mufflers with glasspacks so the cooler has a place to mount.

SPOHN · 05-15-2012, 05:26 AM

Super nice Mike. LSD is going to be your next love. Car sounds beautiful.

04-24-2012, 07:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	Haven't updated this thing in a while! Got the Stillen cooling kit installed today. Went to change brake pads and reinstall my calipers and realized they needed a rebuild, so those parts are now on order and the car will be back on the road Friday. On the drivers side, I routed the hose just above the firewall, behind the fenderliners. Used a 2" hole saw to cut a hole in one of the panels behind the liner to smoothly get the hose back to the outside The right side has stuff on the frame rail and is too close to the exhaust, so it went partially inside the wheel well, then out again. I also relocated my powersteering fluid lines to get them out of the way, but you cant see that here. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

04-24-2012, 07:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	Three of my Nismo S-tune wheels that will be my new street wheels. Have a set of Ventus V-12s waiting to mount on them. 4th wheel is cooling in the shop, just out of the oven __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

04-24-2012, 07:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 47 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 223	Good job Mike. Wheels look nice too. __________________

04-24-2012, 09:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 54	nice man! looks good __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

04-24-2012, 09:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
LakeShow A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: L.I., NY Posts: 5,307 Drives: Everything Rep Power: 27	That's cool running those brake coolers. Let us know how they work out. __________________ \|2013 Audi S4\|Ibis White/Black\|S-Tronic P+\| \|2013 370z\|PearlWhite/Persimmon\|Touring/Sport/Nav\|F.I. CBE 18" CF\| \|Sold\|2011 370z\|Gun Metallic\|Touring/Sport/Nav\|

05-14-2012, 09:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	Z1 installed my GTM Diff cooler and Quaife ATB, and we replaced the muffler section of the Invidia Gemini with glass packs to make room for the cooler. exhaust video: Hybrid exhaust - YouTube __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

05-14-2012, 10:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
Baer383 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lawrenceville,Ga Posts: 4,293 Drives: My foot up your azz Rep Power: 31	Looks good Mike can't wait to hear that exhaust. __________________ 2013 ZL1 754 rwhp 747 rwtq

06-15-2012, 08:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	Not the Z, its away at Z1 getting the rear gears fixed. I only have the car on a two year lease, so mods are going to be minimal and resellable. I go through cars quickly. It wasn't an easy round of mods. First, I ordered a two tone wheel from Tire Rack, same wheel as what I went with, but with their recommended 255 tires. The tires were narrower than the wheel and didn't look right, and I didn't like the two tone. Sent them back and reordered these. 2nd, one of the front Brembo brakes that I ordered from the dealer was apparently dropped in shipment and the hole that the banjo bolt goes in was flattened out, so I had to get a replacement. I noticed this after I had the brakes stripped off the car, so it added two days to the process. In the end, I think it was worth it. First round, Brembo front caliper upgrade, custom powdercoated by me (I do this professionally, don't try at home!). Sport Muscle 20x10" wheels Sumitomo 275/35-20 tires BMR Panhard bar H&R springs. the only other thing I'm going to do to it is Corsa axle-back.[/img] __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

08-25-2012, 04:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	Long time since I've really done anything. Took the interior out today. Don't know when the cage will go in, but I'm ready for it now. Also all prepped to install the CJM fuel starve fix. Hopefully I will get it finished in the next week or so. Probably between the 4th and 7th, the next stretch that I am home. The inside of the fuel tank __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

09-01-2012, 09:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	CJM Fuel starvation solution installed. Drove a 290 degree cloverleaf at greater than 5000 rpm in third gear and accelerated down the straight, with only 1/4 tank, and the car didn't stumble at all! Track testing to come at the end of the month. Also, these goodies came in: __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968 Last edited by Mike; 09-01-2012 at 09:19 PM.

09-19-2012, 02:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	__________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

04-24-2012, 10:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	thanks! __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

05-08-2012, 10:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	car is at Z1 now. getting quaife atb installed, GTM diff cooler installed and replacing my invidia rear mufflers with glasspacks so the cooler has a place to mount. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

05-15-2012, 05:26 AM	#15 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 47 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 223	Super nice Mike. LSD is going to be your next love. Car sounds beautiful. __________________

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