lol what the hell did you do man?

Nothing. Headlight randomly went out. Tpms has been bad for a year and wheel speed sensor went bad yesterday.

A dealership quoted me $150 each for TPMS sensors, and $50 each for the install. I laughed to myself.


Debating whether or not to order the ones online for $40 each instead. Just gonna be pissed if I get them, and have the dealership sync them, and then they still don't work.

:facepalm:

:excited: :icon17:

Damn...that's a lot. I'd look for a used set on here honestly I think all 4 will go for $200.

Yeah I've been conversing with that guy. I just can't justify that price for a set when I could get aftermarket ones for $40 less...

Though the chance of aftermarket sensors not syncing with the ECU because nissan ECUs suck anus. :shakes head:

I'd buy them. Use what you need and then just wait for people to come along who need sensors and part them out. $55 a piece shipped would be quite reasonable.

I need all 4 that's the problem... :icon17:


When I sold my stock wheels, I sold them wheels/tires/tpms as one unit, easier to sell.

When I bought my aftermarket wheels, I bought aftermarket TPMS, no big deal. What I didn't realize was that in 2010, they changed the part number. So the part number I listed for my aftermarket TPMS was wrong, hence why they don't work...

So I've gotta replace them with the correct part number TPMS sensors. :icon17:

Ah this all makes sense now haaha. Idk I would still buy the OEM. $40 isn't worth the potential headache.

With a SC you should be fine then, the only real next step would to look into heat extraction from the engine bay. You hit all the major points on the system for controlling it, maybe a vented hood in the future?

Turbochargers work off of waste heat energy, keeping as much heat as possible in makes them more efficient (until material failure obviously).

Your supercharge doesn't run off of waste heat, however compressing air produces heat as a by product, that heat is shed through the intercooler, supercharger body, etc. Basically you want to remove that heat as fast as possible. By heat wrapping your supercharger you'd be insulating it and effectively be heating the air faster and keeping it hotter.

Also I would spend more money on good ducting then vented hoods, etc. Any extraction hood needs to be properly designed to put pressure zones where it will actually pull out of the engine bay. Many of the "style" vented hoods actually adversely effect cooling. However a car like Cody's with giant turbo in cramped bay with all manner of important things near it would benefit from a vented hood just idling/slow moving traffic because all the heat could rise out rather then be trapped. However ducting its definitely the way to go an Cody's car will be getting that sorted as soon as all the bugs are worked out.

An example of effective ducting is my car. I removed the splash tray 3 years ago, it still cooled fine, no biggie. However now my A/C works again. At 80degrees ambient I can cruise the highway with A/C on fan speed 1. Above that it triggers a warning light for overheating because the cooling system can't handle the additional load. If I were to throw my undertray back on though it would most likely be fine because more air would be forced though the radiators.

TL;DR Heat wrapping a supercharger is a waste of time.
Edit: I also really enjoyed my Thermo class.

And Boom goes the knowledge bomb.

Do you have any data on the pressure zones with the 370z?
Asking more as a point of, no one does and knowing the actual areas and working around them will help everyone on cooling. As of right now we have no data and what aftermarket hood will or won't work efficiently.

With Pat's engineering/fabrication background and me with the wallet, car, and extra hands for helping everything is possible on this car at this point. Pretty much all of the things people want to see but no shop bothers to attempt will be done to my car....diffusers, solid underbodies, vented hoods, custom forced fresh air/heat ducts.

But no as of right now that isn't something we have.

I personally don't. You can always do the yarn test.

I have been trying to research the 350z, obviously similar design of course, and see if there are any details but no one really seems to dig deep into into.

I am picking up a Seibon TS hood in a couple weeks, though I have to get it repainted, I will see if I can acquire some stuff to test between the two hoods.
I plan to do some basic cipher logs on the car, engine oil temp, air temp, water temp, speed, rpm, etc to get a baseline for my car now.

This is one of the more informative articles I have been able to find.
AutoSpeed - Undertrays, Spoiler & Bonnet Vents, Part 3

Long read but worth it for the data inside.

the hood I designed will be aerotested and refitted for maximum sucking power..

I did note that there was a temp difference of about 10° idling with the 2 center vents

That's nice!!! Maybe I will just let you do all the work developing it first :p :tiphat:

So they'll design it based on your mouth...?? :rolleyes:


:inoutroflpuke: :bowrofl:

<3

no no no, this was designed following FP... im not very good at the suckin :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

Your photochops say otherwise... :ohsnap1:



:bowrofl: :inoutroflpuke: <3


Get that hood done s0n!

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl: oh lawd! you had me in tears!

This is why I bought vented fender liners :3
Thanks - just wanted to be sure. I worry an awful lot.

Road trip to Visconti in Connecticut is scheduled for Friday! Going to be one hell of a ride home!

Also turbo blanket purchased. Small power steering leak found...will be resolved shortly. And cleaned up some more wiring in the engine bay today. Did take another idle video today...unsure of sound quality just yet.

ARRGH!!! where did you find the leak? under the turbo area right? because that's where mine is I am pretty sure

Yeah its leaking at the inlet. The stock hose clamp doesn't look to be strong enough to handle the thicker hose. Bought a new SS hose clamp today that is able to be tightened. If that doesn't do it....we will use some sealant and hopefully make it air tight. Its barely leaking but its letting enough air in to where I get a faint whine when turning left.

damn.. go fix my car!!! I wanna be able to drive her after a 10 month absense.. :tup:

Haha if you were under 30miles away I certainly would. Let me know if that's where yours is leaking. I wonder if SR changes any hoses like we did on mine.

they moved the reservoir... so I would assume yes

hmm. Might be a similar issue. Which would suck. Luckily it isn't too bad.

:tup:

Power Steering noise and leak: Fixed
Small Oil leak: Fixed
Turbo Blanket: Installed
TPMS: Fixed and warrantied
Headlight: Bulb warrantied but not fixed. Later fixed at home.
Warning from Police: Handed in.

WHAT A MOTHERFUCKING SUCCESFUL DAY!!

Tuning tomorrow at the Visconti Tuning shop!!!! CANNOT FREAKIN WAIT. We have yet to do a WOT shakedown but everything looks great still after 2 weeks of daily driving...and we have adjusted/fixed ALOT. so we shall see.

what did you do to fix the PS leak

new oring and stronger tightening hose clamps.

Ill grab a pic tomorrow where the leak was. It will look a little different as Pat made a custom inlet.

its cool, might help me fix mine.. I want my boost baby back! lol

Haha I just want mine TO boost

I put on an o-ring that was too big on then hammered that mofo in.

I just want to say that John and the guys at M R Performance are fantastic!
Really helpful. Ran into a few hang ups here and there with the car and they just let us work on the car and really spent the time to make sure we got what we came for. Honestly 10/10. Would recommend to anyone.

Final pull on 8lbs.
Had a boost leak. Still made 400whp351tq.
Still lots to work on before we turn up the boost. However we will see roughly 420-450whp @8lbs once a few changes are made with the leak and exhaust. Aiming for 10-12lbs max boost but I need to be careful. Not in a rush to blow it up.

Also the bits where I talk in the video. I am literally shouting as loud as possible because the car is that loud. I didn't think my phone would even catch it.lol It was louder than the shop owners open midpipe gtr.lol