FPenvy's Journal
 

Hi guys! sooo i figured i been on this site about a year and have owned my Z almost exactly for one year sooo i guess it's time for a journal thread.



i will be posting pics once i get them transfered from my old iPhone.



2009 Monterrey Blue 7AT - Touring/Sport/Nav



Mods:

F.I. non-res TP and non-res CBE with CF cans (Oct '11)

Michellin PSS (May '12)

Osiris UpRev tuner kit

now on 265/305 RE-11s

dyno'd at 324WHP/258WTQ

i purchased my Z last fathers day weekend (6/13/2011) in LA from the original owner with 1800 miles on it. flew down there handed him a check and drove it straight home 1200 miles back to Pittsburgh PA. before leaving i hit up best buy and got a very nice radar detector lol this $250 purchase saved my *** atleast 5-7 times on the long drive home.



only after about 2 weeks of owning my Z the mod bug bit and i decided that the Z needed to sound more like a sports car. it seemed too tame for my taste. i hit up Tony of F.I. and oprdered my exhaust in early July '11. got my exhaust on Oct 1st '11 i think and installed it the same day. best investment so far. the quality is amazing and the sound is unreal. best part of my day is starting up my car going to and from work. i now have just under 6K miles on the exhaust. yes i DD this car.



only other mod i have done recently is adding my the370z.com & Z1 stickers to the small windows on the driver and passenger side. also i swapped out my stock tires for new Michellin Pilot Super Sports. so far i got about 500 miles on them and a few 1/4 mile runs and i love them so far.



best 1/4 time so far was 13.39 @ 105.25 on 6/15/2012

new PB 12.899 @110.74MPH - 3/8/2013



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In for pics :tup:

i'm gonna try and use wifi and email all my old pics tonite but if that doesnt work i do believe i transfered them all onto my laptop before i deactivated it.

As far as what other mods you can do, have you thought about getting a CAI? I know you want to get a TT set up, but you can get one until you do. I bought my G3's used for like $300. You could always try to find a used set and then sell it when you get your TT kit without losing too much money on it.

:worthless:

sorry I had to...

i am trying to go TT if my wallet allows it and i have been searching threads for used CAI but most wont give up the windshield washer fluid reloction kit/fluid tank for it so thats more stuff i'd have to but. i'm glad i waited though since i saw Z1 has the new nismo r-tune intakes and you dont have to cut a bunch out like most people have to for the G3's

yea yea yea lol don't worry pics should be up later tonite if i'm not dead after work and having to go paint this flip house i'm helpin my pops with.

Not too familiar with how the TT piping goes, but wouldn't it be routed similar to the G3's and also require you to do some cutting?

i dont believe they take the same path as the G3's since the g3's go around and in front of the padded piece behind the bumper

Just got all my pics off my old iPhone onto my laptop so I will update the first post later with pics. Gotta go paint this house for my dad now.

'bout time you started your build thread. :tup: Waiting for some :pics: What part of the 'burgh yinz in?

I know I know lol I just never got around to it til now. I'm a bit behind lol. I put up a decent amount of pics last night. I still have to post my 1/4 mile slips from 2 weeks ago but I'm waiting since I'm goin to the drag strip in Ohio tomorrow.

I'm in ambridge it's like 12 miles NW of the city.

If u have any interest in hittin the drag strip tomorrow I'm going after work to a test and tune at Quaker city Motorsports complex in Salem Ohio. Gates open at 6 and racing starts at 7. I'm gonna post this info and a link to the website in my. PA thread tomorrow morning.

Nice mods so far! Car is coming out great!

I know where you're at. Had an uncle that lived up in that area years ago. No makie drag strippie. This is my weekend to work. And I'm on night shift. :icon14: So, what is all your plans for this Z? :stirthepot:

Finally some pics! Now we just need some decent ones :icon17: :stirthepot:

I want to see the full version of the pic in your av.

Thank you :tiphat:

ah that sucks.

as for my plans i was going to get my wheels and handles powdercoated black and then a MB pinstripe on the lip of the rims butttttt when i pulled the car back out for spring i remembered how good the stock rims look just the way they are lol

i really wanna go with a stage 2 twin turbo kit once i get the funds together. if i had the money it would have been done already. i'm looking to shoot for 500-550WHP soo that would probably be running 11-13 lbs of boost i'm thinking. i'd probably switch to the fast intnetions 3" exhaust as well but tell Tony to just bend em and ship lol no CEL cats or baby mufflers just give me straight pipes. i also have friend who owns an exhaust shop and he said he would love to try and make me a set of exhausts down the line too.

i got my uprev kit just been scarred to try and tune it myself especially without a dyno so i'm just gonna wait. not like i really need a tune since my only engine mod is my exhaust.

my main goal is to hopefully get my money in order in the next year or 2 and get a 2012 GT-R. my life would probably be complete after that lol i could die a happy man :tiphat:

hey now those are off my old iphone with a 5MP cam. i got the 4S now so those ones are with a 8MP now.

and the one in my av i forgot where i found it. i'll look for it and post it for you.

Same here, I just gotta buy a house first :icon17:

Then post the ones from the 4S :p

Is that your car in your av?

eh i rather live in a GT-R so that comes first. then a house. i'm just tryin to knock up a rich chick and taking the easy route haha :tiphat:

and i think one or 2 that i posted are from my new phone. def not the exhaust pics that was right before i got my 4S

and noooo def not my car. that car i think is running a single turbo 350Z engine judging by the intercooler. also i have never tried to drift my Z yet sooo again def not me lol :shakes head: i just liek the pic and how the smoke is colored (most likely photoshop)

speaking of drift 370's i just saw the pics of forsberg's 370 for this year and i just love the titan v-8 in it with those old school intakes. i'll post a pic in a minute once i find a good one.

Lame, I've been thinking that was you this whole time :(

im sorry to burst your bubble but cmon now i wouldnt roll around with a primered hood and doors lol if my work PC didn't die i would have already posted to larger version of that pic but im on a loaner laptop (for a week now thanks shtty IT people) and i'm searching as we speak on google for it just for you blades lol

Yay! I just thought you were being a super badass with your Z :icon17:

haha yea i wish i could drift like that, throw blue,purple, and pink smoke, and also wish i had turbos :(

anyways here's a pic of a titan v-8 in a 370 lol

http://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-conte.../FORSBRG20.jpg

Yeah I've seen that.

i'm sure alot of people have but it's still soo sexy lol

i need to go twin turbos very soon. i need more horse powa haha

If you want a GT-R. John Sisson in Washington Pa. has a 2012 Black Edtion. Sticker is $107,000. :yum:

Mmmmmmhmmm I just went 6 to midnight

If anyone is interested I'm going next Sunday to the Greene county airport in Waynesburg PA for another flashlight drags event.

Info is on their website...

http://www.flashlightdrags.com

It's a good time and last time there were almost 300 cars there racing!!

You can just do fun runs against friends or challenge others you don't know.

Also they do a couple different classes for "pink slip" races. They hand out 8 "pink slips" randomly to people in each class and you battle all day to get one or defend yours until about 5:30 then they run the 8 people with slips for a nice handmade trophy usually of old auto parts.

It's a good time. Last time I ended up in second in the import tuner class.

Sound off if you have interest in going and we can all meet up and park together.

Ps I was the only 370 there every time I went and there have been a few 350s including a twin turbo monster that I saw beat a gt-r once.

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Almost forgot to post this from last friday when I beat a new SS camaro.

That's a good time there. Looks like the Camaro really fvcked up his launch. I've never directly ran against one, but I was regularly getting better times than two of them when I went last summer.

Sometimes havin a good car ain't nothing with a bad driver lol

Exactly :tup:

hey guys!

ok it's that time of the month again. this sunday is another flashlight drags event down in Waynesburg PA at the Greene County Airport. note that these are 1/8th mile drags due to runway length and safety reasons. regardless still fun.

Flashlight Drags

Sunday June 24th
Greene County Airport
Gates open at 12 noon
Racing 2-6pm
i think it's $25 to race all day

these events are alot of fun. staging doesnt take long and you can get alot of runs in. i usually end up doing the "pink slip" races where 8 "pink slips" are randomly given out to people in each class and you can battle all day to get a slip and at about 5:30 they race the 8 slip holders down to a champion for a nice handmade trophy of old auto parts.

i will def be there. also my one friend is proabably coming with a hyundai genesis. also talking to my friend with a 350 to see if he can make it

last time i went there were almost 300 cars running!!!
also there were 4 350Z's one of which was TT and ran down a GT-R....once lol
i think he cranked his boost to do it and blew something lol

if any of you guys are interested let me know. we can all meet up there or roll together depending on where you are coming from. if anyone goes we can all set up together and if thats the case i can bring my 10x10 pop up tent to give us some shade since there is no tress or anything around the air strip. if anyone wants more info or talk more just post in here or PM me.

Just got a PM from a new member and he spotted me not realizing we work at the same place lol pretty awesome coincidence.

Nice :icon17:

Finally someone in PA close to me lol and not I'm not forgetting about Rusty either lol

ok soooo i havent posted in this in a long time. actually to be honest i forgot i had it.

since my last posts i havent done much besides put alot of miles and some 1/4 mile runs on the Z

mod wise i recently added my Akuma long tube prototype intakes. also along with the intakes they provided a "light" tune which changed the MAF tables to adjust for the larger diameter intake tubes. performance wise it feels like it gained a decent bit.

maybe once spring rolls around i'm gonna go put it on a dyno. i'd love to get a full tune but not paying $600 for what should cost way less. i get the $100 a hour for dyno time but cmon $600 for that and a tune? lol

You can always rent a dyno and tune it yourself :stirthepot:

dont tempt me lol from what i understand only thing that tuners truly change is the a/f ratio and possibly the throttle control. regardless i plan on rented a dyno for an hour (3 pulls) and it'll be like $80-100 which im fine with lol

Well you won't get the max power out of your car until it's fully tuned. IIRC UpRev can be used to tune the 7AT too as well as some help with cooling.