Scruffydog's Journal
 

I've been on the 370z forum enough but never had a chance to create a Journal - so here it goes.

I appreciate any feedbacks/inputs/suggestions. Enjoy!

Delivery: 04/2010 with 8 miles.
Car: 2010 Nissan 370z
Transmission: 6MT
Trim: Sports / Touring
Options:
- OEM Navigation
- Nismo Brake Pads

I think I was stupid enough to check off everything on the list when I pre-ordered it. It was my birthday present to myself.

congrats on purchasing a Z, it's nice to see that your modifying cooling first! Smart man! :D Especially if you plan on doing any road racing.

nice Lexus! my wife has the white one of that.

thanks man. I love the Air Conditioned seats :tup:

I wish they have that and the back up camera

Meet Sammy
 

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Powder Coated Rims
 

For my last years Birthday present, my gf got my wheels powdercoated @ Wheels Techniques in SJ. I'm so happy it did as I've always wanted it like the 40th Anniversary edition. I thought the 40th was a little light so I wanted to replicate the LF-A, IS-F, GT-R look....here goes it....enjoy

I had the caps painted soon after to match the wheels.

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Lookin really good. What's next on the mod list?

quite a few actually =P so stay tuned...I still need to back post what i did to my car up to this point.

Is that really going to make that much of a difference?

If you're referring to the brake duct, then yes it does - especially when you track your car. There's not a lot of air flow to the brakes in the 370z.

I was able to reduce the rotor temp by at least 100° from my R/C Car Temperature gun. I would think the hotter you push the car's brake, the more you'll reduce.

Under hard braking in my last track day, my front rotors (stock - not cross drilled) read ~285° after a cool down lap.

Compared to my buddies that drove under the same condition with a:
2008 E92 M3 (Cross Drilled Rotors) - his front front rotors reading 390°
2008 350Z (Not sport Brakes) - over 400°+, my temp gun couldn't read anything over 400°.

couple quick question are your temps in F or C?

second did you use a 3d printer to make brake ducks?

I believe it was in F
Yes, I did you a 3D printer to FDM it.

those brake ducts are beautiful man.... :tup: great job

thanks man!

Stillen's 2.5" diameter
 

Stillen's Brake Cooling Kit claimed:

"During testing the non-cooled rotors reached 600 degrees while the cooled side only reached 456 degrees. This is a temperature difference of over 140 degrees or 25%"

I prolly haven't benefitted drastically with a 3" diameter vs 2"/2.5" diameter air duct hose as there are limitations thru bends and the cross section are of the inlet, but anything is better than none with the stock 370z Akebono sports brake when tracked.

Did you put a coupler on your oil filter?? THAT'S INGENUOUS SERIOUSLY

A coupler? do you mean the thermostatic sandwich plate? I'm confused

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Though it was a coupler to easily remove oil filters... I thought it was a great idea but I assume its not a coupler now lol.

haha you just gave me really cool idea though!

Nice. :tiphat: Now you need an oil pan spacer. And how is your garage floor holding up to the jack and jack stands? Mine chipped and from motorcycle side stands too.

Holy crap that's a neat garage. What jack stands are those? And am I the only one around here that uses beam torque wrenches...

Sadly, it's totally beat up and I've had it for less than a year. I don't think epoxy is meant for Jackstands and such. Motorcycle stands are holding up okay, but the wheels are leaving marks.

My fiance helped me paint that red strip. It took literally 2 weeks for us to get that line perfect haha.

I definitely want to get the oil pan spacer!

Thanks! Those jack stands are just the cheap-o ones that came in a package haha.

One day I'll have a neat garage... one day...

A SLR camera mount for upcoming track day would be cool...
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this is an awesome thread

If you get a second do you think you could shoot me the details on your wheel powdercoat? I'd like to replicate that color :tup:

I appreciate it, thanks!

See this thread when you get a chance....Link

Hopefully you'll find what you're looking for. ;)

Powder Coated Rims - More Pics
 

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Xmas Pics w/ Asian Santa from Pet Food Express...lol
 

Sammy wishes you all had a great xmas break.

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Forget the garage... I want the dog.

Exhaust?

Oh nvm lol. Wing looks good!

haha, yea....I would love a Fast Intention CBE.

This sounds like a bad idea. Hard object is not good flying around. You are better off using those wide angle Go Pro or Contour. Quality might be slightly off, but it's far from unaccepttable

I thought of the same thing too. I only have 1 go pro but I don't have anywhere to mount it on that can capture the in dash view. I was originally hoping to do something that can mount something universal camera tripod fit. 1/4-20 I believe is the size.

I also realized that My SLR won't have enough of a good stabilizer compared to a go pro. Perhaps a helmet mount is the only place for now. I can't think of a small enough of a bracket that can leverage off from the cross beam.

invest in a cheap obd 2 reader and some cheap software. do a search on 370z lrp and you will see what I did. I did everything for less than 300 except my data logger cost more

Thanks Cossie! So far all I have is a KIWI PLX Wifi (~$160) hooked up to my iPhone 4S with Harry's Laptimer (~$19) and a suction mount (~$30).

It'll have to do for awhile before I get more serious and make more money. My buddy is promoting this Qstarz lap timer...
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I don't know much about it, but it sounds pretty cool. No input from OBD II though.

dont bother with anything over $100 outside of what you have. Save up by and buy a AIM timer for 500-600.

http://www.aimsports.com/index.html

It is down to $399 now