dang. crazy.

Good pic

Thanks Pat!

1:14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGvg...&feature=feedu

^ Awesome

Mike, you're famous!

what was it? Video was removed

It was just a split second of you car on the track.

Ok, thought it was something embarrassing! Wonder why they took it down

Not sure. It looked like a ZCON vid that was being put together.

Its been a long time since I updated.

These were supposed to be winter projects, but my bumper was out of control from scraping and wearing the bottom out and then scraping the undertray at the track, so I decided to do a bit before Z nationals.

1. Replaced my modshack oil cooler with the Z1 34 Row:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3757/dsc01123v.jpg

2. The Z1 kit doesn't require cutting fender liners, and mine, along with several other plastic under pieces were really screwed up from my accident at VIR, and the low scraping, so all new plastic in the front end. Everything damaged was either replaced with new or used parts from Z1.
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5161/dsc01131ea.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1166/dsc01132au.jpg

3. While I was at it, repowdercoated the strut brace metallic black and my Gen 3 in my custom orange color
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9116/dsc01124pi.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/949/dsc01127i.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5057/dsc01128ls.jpg

4. Uninstalled aftermarket stereo and laser shifters, so I decided to take most of the rear interior out in preparation for phunk's much awaited fuel system upgrade and am just going to leave it out.
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5584/dsc01133r.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/715/dsc01134yz.jpg

I should have my new Stillen bumper back from paint on Monday or Tuesday, just in time for Znats, but I don't think my seat mounting bases will be here in time.

New set of 295/40-18 Hoosiers arrive on Monday also, hopefully that will raise the car enough to stop scraping since I've been running 275/35 and 285/30s.



Also have seat bases on order from Wedge Engineering so I can finally install the seats I bought a few months ago.
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1985/dsc01130b.jpg

Nice!

btw, I am loving the Stoptech Trophy system I got from Forged Performance! The XP12s are a bit much when I run the AD-08s, but perfect with R compounds.

Looking forward to the hoosiers, I've always gone cheaper on the race rubber since it doesn't last too long.

Do you already have a harness? And if so where will be your mounting points for the shoulders?

Stoptech= sexy.

lookin' good mike! can't wait to see it next week!

not yet, but the seats themselves will hold me in better. the side mounts have a provision for removing the seat belt receiver from the factory seat and putting it on the bracket, so that will work for now.

Can't wait to finally see this Beast in person.

Coming to Znats?

Yes!

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6755/dsc01143c.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/3457/dsc01139o.jpg

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1037/dsc01140jz.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1335/dsc01141is.jpg

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8351/dsc01142xq.jpg

*chomp, chomp*

Sexy red lips.

Orange!

and I made the main grill front mount, so I can take it off as needed to access the oil cooler or anything else that may need a little work.

Love the wings. personalized!

wow, even more intense than before! :tup:

Looks nice just remove the stickers :)

Pretty drastic change there mike, Porsche style for sure ;)

Reminds me of Staten Island, NY.

His stickers support Nissan while some are for advertisement for his business and one which has symbolic meaning. Plus it's just a track car. A bada$$ track car. Lol.

that, and the stickers let me write the car and all my track events and mods off as advertising expense.

^ really. That's a plus.

Dope build - looks good, nice to see you doing your own thing. Keep it going.
How's the road noise w/the rear interior removed? I'm thinking about doing the same just to gain some additional space ...

I don't know. I haven't driven it on the street without the interior. I will a little for ZNationals this weekend, but its not really street driven.

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.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/76/frontimm.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/797/ductcloseup.jpg

On the drivers side, I routed the hose just above the firewall, behind the fenderliners.
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5800/lefthose1.jpg

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
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3092/lefthose2.jpg

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6805/lefthose3.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7793/lefthose4.jpg

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.

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5598/righthose1.jpg

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3092/lefthose2.jpg

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

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6964/dsc01199u.jpg

Good job Mike. Wheels look nice too.

Looks great !

nice man! looks good :tup: