Took the Z to work last night :tup: On the way home I did some troubleshooting. I have a ticking noise coming from behind the instrument cluster area only when I get in boost. I had a feeling it was the solenoid from my boost controller because I have it mounted to the metal surrounding the brake booster, this is in line with the area the noise is coming from. Anyhow, an easy test was to turn the boost controller off, thus bypassing the solenoid, good news, no noise. So... I have three options, 1. Live with the ticking noise when I use the boost controller, 2. Move the solenoid, or 3. Isolate the solenoid from the metal in the existing location.

In other news I ran over a piece of tire debris on the highway. I had to straddle it to minimize potential damage. Good news is the body work is a-ok, bad news is it hit something under the car. I'll need to get under the car to investigate but I believe everything will be ok. The car sounds and drives the same otherwise :tup:

Get a rubber squish washer to put between the solenoid and the mount. Heck even a thick oring would do the job in place of the washer.

I am so scared to run over stuff on the highway you just cant see around vehicles in front of you till its to late. So far I been pretty lucky.

i ran over a hubcap thinking i could clear it on my lowered G... :shakes head: broke the under shroud. i used my heat gun to re-shape it and used some plastic sheets i had to fix it.

serously considering to get a metal one though if im going to keep my G longer...

The rubber o-ring/washer is what I was planning on. :tup: I am a little surprised how easily the noise travels into the cabin.

Yeah, if I swerved to missed the debris I would have royally messed something up. I think I lucked out. I won't have time to look until this weekend.

It didn't hit the undershroud, well, it didn't sound/feel like it. It ended up bouncing around the mid/back half of the car. Wastegates, driveshaft, exhaust is all I have to worry about.

A metal undershroud from Joe at Z-Speed is on the list. I'm holding out because the shipping for the part is almost as much as the part itself. I hate the IDE of spending that much money on shipping. :ughdance:

I want to get an under shroud to :stirthepot: think we could see if anyone else is interested in trying to get a mini GB for ONT owners with one central pick location to save on shipping. Worked good for my oil cooler I got......mind you there was supposed to be 7 kits ordered in the end it was only 3 :icon14: kinda RETODDED! But I still got it for cheaper (total price shipped everything) then listed here on the site at z1

Z1 Motorsports 370Z/G37 Oil Cooler Kit

EDIT: Stupid link wouldn't save the info selected :shakes head:

Let me know when you're ready to order one Mike and I'll give Joe a call.

Ok..............I am READY! :tiphat:

You want black or silver?

I was thinking black

I'll call Joe later this week. Let me know if you have any other serious buyers, but for now I'll ask about getting 2 black ones.

sounds good, I just asked who I thought would be 100% down but he says he's not interested in under shroud so :ugh2: mah all good

dang that's expensive to ship. :ugh:

hope everything checks out. :tup:

Idk if this helps or hurts but I'm in Florida and I'm down for a GB on the shrouds. I need one.

On the topic of running stuff over, I hit a huge chunk of tire while on a quick cruise to make sure I wasn't leaking oil after an oil change. I still had the shroud off. I hit this thing hard, and it tore a wire under the car that affected my power steering. I didn't realize it until I had to turn off on a cloverleaf exit, it caught me by surprise and I had to struggle for a quick second to keep it on the road. I got back under the car and luckily it had just broken a plastic electrical plug, so I was able to repair it and tuck it back up there, then put the shroud on. If its not one thing it's another.


I survived Zdayz 2013... (barely)

I'll ask Joe and get back to you.

Yeah, we get the shaft when it comes to shipping. :shakes head:

I thought about the metal shroud but with our relocated oil filters the door to change the filter is kind of useless. :/ either way I guess you have to pull either the stock one or this one to change the oil.

i know how you feel about that....

Yeah that's how I was thinking about it. I was removing the undershroud before the filter relocation so no big deal to me.

is that metal undershroud opening even big enough to screw off the filter without getting drips on the top side of the shroud?

That's what I was thinking but like Jason said if your already taking one off makes no difference taking this one off lol.

Galeforce, PM your final build details (psi, HP/TQ, etc) so I can add it to the forced induction finished builds thread. :tup:

Update, parts from Joe @ Z-Speed arrived today.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...75621287_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...06704540_n.jpg

I also have some Craft Square mirrors coming to me shortly. Unfortunately I won't receive them in time for Z-Fest. I'm very excited to get them, supposedly they are the only set in Canada.

mmmmm....parts!

these mirrors sound familiar to me.... ;)

Yeah! I should send your girl some chocolate for her help too. :bowrofl: Thanks again Jon!

Go Joe

Yep, Joe is one of the best. Top notch customer service. I highly recommend dealing with him.

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Hey let me know how well that fits and are you going to post a review of it?

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Hey, how are you going to address the oil filter relocation issue with the z-speed undertray

:iagree: :iagree: :iagree:

Sure I can do that. So far the quality is top notch.

The same way I dealt with the factory one, remove it entirely.

The trap door does look like you would have ample room to remove the oil filter if it was in the stock location. I'll try to get a picture of it installed.

I c, that sounds like a bit of a pita just to do the oil change :/

My filter isn't in the factory location so I need to remove the undershroud anyways. The trap door on the Z-Speed undershroud will work nicely if your oil filter is in the stock location. Easy as pie.

yes i know, i have the relocation too because of the GTM SC, but with the relocation, i just need to take off the 4 bolts on the rear section and fold the back portion to get to it. Not sure if this is different since i have a G instead.

Installed the Z-Speed undershroud today. Posted a review and install thread.

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...ml#post2450883

Teaser pic,

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...82605841_n.jpg

I have the Z-Speed under shroud and love it your right it makes it so easy.