Just to touch on this subject. The standard turbo is a Billet 6266 with the T4 twin scroll 1.0 a/r turbine housing. This housing has shown to flow up to 550whp, and that is about the limit of that turbine a/r.

The kit is also available with two larger turbine housings, a 1.15 a/r and a 1.32 a/r. These larger turbines provide more flow capability, hence an increase in power. So the 1.32 a/r housing on the same turbo would yield 650whp on pumg gas.

These different size housings do not cost anything extra, it is just a matter of spcifying it when purchasing the kit.

You can find the turbo specs here:

http://www.precisionturbo.net/Street...T6266-CEA®/479

Hey! Need an electronics tech? I'm in!

But they have awesome food... :yum:

Yikes :eek:

Gross, you just ruined Florida for me. :icon17:

Mitco39 answered the red filter question. About the dual BOV's, I did two just for looks. I plan on showing the car and the BOV's under the hood are just to have something to look at.

Mitch, it's on my to-do list. After a quick look, I don't think we can reuse the passenger side hose to have the filter stand up. I'll have a look to see if the driver side can be ported over to the passenger side or if we need to make something.

Keep me posted if you come up with a solution before me.

Hmm, I should have thought ahead better, I case I build he engine. Oh well. I can't imaging the housing will cost too much if I swap it out down the road.

That is the nice thing about this kit, the housing is only $250 if purchase separately/upgraded down the road, and is very easy to swap out due to easy access of the turbo.

Next Winter! :D

Z1 hood struts
 

I installed the Z1 hood struts today. The only problem was on one of the struts the C clip inside of the cup was stopping the ball from fully going in. As a result I couldn't insert the locking clip. The fix was to take a small flat screwdriver and rotate the C clip until it was sitting in such a way that the ball could be fully inserted.

As far as the "hood bulge" issue,

I studied my hood prior to the install and noticed the driver side sits higher than the passenger side. This was consistent for the length of the hood. I did not notice a change after the hood was installed.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8...5fe32f39_z.jpg
IMG_2672 by J M Gale, on Flickr

Looks great! I love mine!

Loving the build! I ran the breather filters for awhile, but noticed under boost oil would seep out the filters and drip down onto the exhaust manifolds, not much, but enough to see smoke on long trips boosting. I ended up running a custom oil catch.

Nice job and I love how you always give a detailed review with good facts/tips! Also liking the look with hood struts :tup:

Do you have pictures of the set-up in your build thread? I'll have to do some research on the catch can set-up.

Thanks Mike. :tup:

I forgot to mention that I also notched out the battery and clutch covers so they could be removed without needing to remove the lower bolt on the hood strut.

http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...journal-5.html

^this link should take you to the page, I just ran hose from each brether filter location to a can to collect the oil, like I said, it isn't much but you'll probably notice it eventually. The attention to detail on your build is going to pay off big time! Great job!

The link didn't work, but it gave me a chance to read through your build thread again. :tup: Awesome stuff!

Thanks for the compliments!

Pg. 5! Thanks bud!

It's a problem on my end. Your link went to page 5 but I have the forum set up to show the maximum number of threads/posts per page. So I think having that setting threw it off. Still, I love looking through your build thread again.

Z1 hood struts and hood bulge
 

There has been some problems with hood bulge after installing Z1 hood struts. I set up my camera and tripod trying to catch the difference in hood bulge with the Z1 hood struts installed and without. Well, by eye the difference wasn't really noticeable until I took the pictures with the camera and went back and forth looking at the photos. Very noticeable. I'll see if I can make some kind of slide show alternating the photos so people can see the difference.

Long story short, after witnessing it, I had to fix it for peace of mind. How? I carefully heated the area with my Steinel Heat gun (this gun can produce temps up to 930˚F) folded up a microfibre towel lengthwise 4 times and placed it between the hood strut and plastic clutch cover while it was still hot, then closed the hood and let it cool. Then I took with hood strut and without hood strut pictures for comparison and was happy with the results.

I forgot to mention, The Z1 hood struts have model information painted on them. It would look like crap after installation so I sanded them down with some 1000 grit sandpaper and resprayed them satin black. Much better now.

I also downloaded the new Uprev base map to the ECU today.

Z1 hood struts
 

Here's a video I made to show the hood bulge issue for anyone interested.

Video is private

Yes the bulge issue is real unfortunately :ugh2: I'm not as creative as you with the heat gun, I just took mine off.

Fixed now I think :ugh2:

Question for you Jason -

How did you plumb up for an oil pressure sensor ( I think you have one, right?). The DIY here on the boards uses the stock location and then you place a T to add the new sensor and retain stock sensor as well. I thought a saw a pic of the kit installed and it looked like this location was already used in the turbo kit to feed the scavenge pump or something like that. I need to pull out the manual and check it out further but wondered what you did.

Thanks!

I did it just like the DIY (adding a T fitting) but placed the stock sending unit on the side of the T fitting and the Defi sending unit on the end. That way I didn't have to move the factory wiring like mentioned in the Turbo installation manual.

I can try to get a picture tomorrow. I'm not sure how much can be seen now with the rest of the oil lines in place.

Hey thanks! That helps - did you order the parts listed in the DIY by spearfish?

No. I thought I would have trouble finding that stuff around here so I ordered it from Sasha.

Can that be done after the fact? :ugh2:

I have no idea what you just said, but I think it's good? :tup:

You could, but it would be better if you remove the covers to make the cuts.

:icon18: :tup:

:icon18: Don't wus out on me now I still need to see this car dang it!! I promise I'll bring a pair of steel toed boots to take care of the palmetto bugs! :roflpuke2:

So it's not completely off topic...BAD *** Build dude!















If it makes you feel better the last time I saw one I was 8 years old...That was 26 years ago. :tup:

I thought you might like that comment in light of your very similar one to me. :tup:

Well all I gots to say is: ill be damned if I'm taking that lower nut off again. Those things were a pain in the left nut. :ugh2:

Nice vid for the hood struts! :tup:

Do it the next time you jack the car up to take the wheels off. Easy peasy!

Thanks bud. :tup:

:tup: you ALWAYS say that! :tup::icon17:

Yeah, but that really is easy peasy :tup:

This car better be ready Feb 18th... I'll be at the airport at 7am, waiting for a ride north to Borden! :stirthepot::p

Sent you a PM

Fly into Trenton, I'll pick you up there. :tup:


Received. :tup: It's something to think about... It's a good chunk of motor building money... Need to talk to my accountant.

No, you need the drive to Pearson to get the grin off your face so I can drive it to Borden! :bowrofl:

Is that code for wife? :tup: