Also folks keep in mind...we have made any VVEL VVT or timing adjustments...John will most likely be coming down to Harrisburg to do that on a dyno.

yea cant do that then. oh well 54 mins bro lol

just tell john not to tune another rental lol :stirthepot: :bowrofl:

Vinyled the car today. Spur of the moment. Turned out nice. Also did racing stripes.

Very impressive. What are you planning to do as far as keeping the heat away from everything?

if ur out driving ur z hit me up. ill come out..

Thank you :tiphat:

As far as heat goes I will be wrapping all the manifolds and getting some aero space foil on the intercooler piping. Were working on some air ducting plans right now as well. Also new mishimoto radiator is in the plans as well.

And Paul you have a text.

Are you planning on putting on a turbo blanket?

Also, are you using Ecutek for the boost control?

I seriously cant wait to see it in person.... mad props to you for doing this build!!!!!!

Exactly. It's always so more impressive when you just order a bunch of parts and build the damn thing yourself. I wish I had the skill set to say, "I'm going to boost my car. I need a turbo and some pipe."

bro.. LOL I could have told you that! lol same **** happened to me at first...
I actually have to be really careful on base when driving the NISMO... because I will spin the tires and the cops on base realllllly frown on that

Way to step off the beaten path.... keep the progress coming!

SOOOOOOOOOOO MANY QUOTES hahaha.

Probably going to pass on the blanket. They have pros and cons.

And Ecutek will eventually be used for boost control. Right now its just on there for data logging and tuning. John told me scaled traction control and...hold on to your hat...speed density tuning is right around the corner. I cannot WAIT to ditch these MAF sensors!

Thanks a lot bud. Really hope I can get another tune from John tomorrow so that we can step a bit more into boost. Right now anything past 60-70% throttle still bogs. He has been busy this week and so have I so progress hasn't been through the roof but I am VERY pleased.

Well believe me I am certainly not in that category either. I understand how it all works and what is good on paper...but when it comes to the doing part that is all Pat. Im mostly an extra set of hands for working on the car....I have learned a TON of stuff from this project. Easily the most fun and educational summer I have ever had.

Haha Im sure the cops love that...I cant even keep my car quiet around them now so its interesting. :ugh2:

Thanks for the kind words brother! We will certainly keep the updates coming. We have ALOT of stuff still planned..including a recent idea formed today to mess with the stock rear bumper to make that single exhaust look more natural and add a BIG rear diffuser. Similar to the lotus exige rear.

Yeah the car is super fun. My problem with heat wrap/turbo blankets is over heating the components. Though a blanket is pretty much a necessity.

Its pretty impressive how much crap HASN'T melted. A few pieces of plastic hit the exhaust and melted a chunk on but it should be almost burned off by now.

I had him roll into boost in 3rd on the highway. 4psi feels like a rocket. I can't wait for it to be fully tuned. We hit full boost and its "safe". But its so rich its losing power and if you were to go WOT it would bog it was so rich. Like anti-lag sounding it will bog so bad.

And one last pic. You can see the racing stripes here. It is mimicked on both sides. Looks awesome from the front with the hood breaking the lines up.