dmhenderson's Nismo '12 GTM supercharged build thread where I freak out a lot
 

Vehicle in-question:
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First and foremost I want you to know that I have accepted the fact that I am a klutz. Although I have made some minor modifications to my vehicle (with varied success), I have left the heavy lifting to the professionals here. Those that were willing to let me hang around their shops and let me pretend to help, "thanks".

Cosmetic Modifications:
-Custom red LED pod interior and ultra white license plate lighting from JW Motoring
-Tommy Kaira "Hebi Bebi" shift knob
-GT-R start button
-H&R 5mm DRS spacers (Front only)
-"Lazer Crystal" wheel powder with hand-painted hardened enamel nismo inlays by Figure Finishing of Sterling VA
-Custom BBK powder and "Nismo" stencil by forum member "Mike"
-KellyEFields hood strut kit (I love this thing a lot)
-Painted door handles by D&V Automotive of Sterling VA
-Custom quad LED halos by Oneighty Customs.
-Triton V3 blinkers and ballasts. Found out this was a necessity after I realized people couldn't see my front blinkers anymore.
-Authentic JDM Nismo carbon B pillars from ZCar Zero in Yokohama Clashed with the car's color scheme. Sold
-2014 JDM Nismo badge
-Evo-R satin/carbon front & rear "Z" badges
-P-Tuning custom tow bolt solution including: tow hook & license plate bracket.
-Pioneer AVIC-Z140BH HU, with XM module and BT A-pillar mount and iphone dock
-Alpine 4 channel amp
-Pioneer 800w shallow mount sub
-Infinity door speakers/tweeters
-Black dipped coolant tank
-Black powdered mesh grille
-Keyless entry disabled (for safety - can be re-enabled)
-JDM slash rotor caps. Would not fit with new rotors.

Performance Modifications:
-GTM Stage 1.5 Supercharger Tuner Kit with black couplers, black intercooler and red intake powder
-Setrab 34 row oil cooler
-UpRev Osiris tuned (re-tune after SC install, and again after E85 conversion). Custom maps for 93 octane, E85, valet and fuel cut.
-Authentic Nismo RC front brake ducts with Stillen hose & backing kit
-Stillen G3 intake
-Z1 red silicone hoses
-Fast Intentions Hi-flow cats
-Defi racer red oil pressure and boost gauges
-Innovate digital AFR gauge
-Motordyne ART pipes
-NISMO oil filler and radiator caps (we'll call these performance ok?)
-Fast Intentions TDX with 18" stainless resonators
-Walbro 255LPHfuel pump
-AEM 320lph Fuel Pump
-Bosch 650cc injectors
-Injector Dynamics 1000cc injectors
-Z1 braided stainless brake lines / Motul RBF600 fluid
-Yokohama NEOVA AD08R performance tires (275 x 19 x 30 and 305 x 19 x 30)
-Zspeed Nismo vented front undertray/diffuser.
-DBA front/rear 2 piece slotted rotors
-Project Mu HC+ brake pds
-Quaife ATB Differential
-CJ Motorsports Stage 1 Fuel Return system
-Synapse Engineering Bypass Valve
-South Bend Stage 3 Daily Clutch/Flywheel Combo with "quiet disc" option
-South Bend braided steel clutch line

Wish List:
-Upgraded Clutch, CSC and Flywheel - Looking at Southbend stage 2 drag.
-Upgraded Radiator
-Black powdered mesh grille Purchased
-Beefier brake pads
-Zspeed nismo undertray
-AAM fuel return system
-Upgraded tires. Either the high-end Advans or the PSS P2s
-3" downpipe/exhaust more suited to FI builds
-Upgrade to 1000cc injectors and a bigger fuel pump for an E85 map

I'm tired.

Woot! Name drops ftw!

Good luck on the build buddy. Cant wait to see it finished.

stock height?

Stock height for muliple reasons:
A) The Nismo kit is lower as it is
B) Dropped oil pan and...
C) The nismo Zspeed undershroud is like $400 which is just dumb.

D) This supercharger build is almost at 10k with supporting mods and another 2k for coils would break me. Also..
E) those 18" cans scrape as it is. I don't think the car needs to be dropped vOv
F) Please don't hate me but I think dropped cars are dumb (sorry I'm so sorry god)

No hate here... I was going to do the same thing because of the roads here in Chicago are killer on cars that are low.

Its a hell of a lot cheaper than the oem plastic one for some reason.

Does the inter cooler for the sc kit get rid of the row hook mount? It does for the turbo kits.

I really hope so. I will ask GTM on Tues.

Yeah.

I believe you keep your front crash bar :)

Speaking of supercharger bills... I'd be over $16k under normal circumstances (+ install). I have nightmares of mine. All because I wanted to keep my headers :) I've been doing something similar in making sure the supporting mods are on the car or with GTM to put on my car. If you put down numbers like Baer, there is some magic going on with that 1.5 kit. They really need to name it 1.75.

I got a crazy deal on install + re-tune which I can't repeat here.

Haha, likewise. Who is doing it all for you?

Moore Auto in Fairfax. They did my exhaust/cats + tune last year.

Not doing it yourself? FAIL... :shakes head:

nice list cant wait to see more photos

Nice. You've come a long way with it. :tup: Still more to go. :eek:

Car looks great and you will love the SC kit.
And I can tell you, being lowered does suck but I like the improved handling and just learned to slow down for bumps.

Some consternation over the location of my future oil cooler. The Z1 kit won't fit with the SC and relocating it to either wheel well would interfere with my brake ducting.
GTM says they have an intercooler mounted solution (???) but will have to requote me. I'm going to call sam in a few and see what he says.

Also looks like I am going to lose my Z1 silicone hoses so those will go up for sale soon as well :(

I'm subscribing to your build thread, fgt.

Which hoses? I kept my radiator ones, the upper one you flip and the lower one works fine.

Well the breather hose has to go obv but SS Firehawk said he couldn't keep his. He is also going to run a twin SC so I dunno yet


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Oh god here we go.

so jealous

Spoke with the guys at Moore and they're confident we can find a workaround for the brake ducting kit/intercooler/oil cooler mounting conflict.

GTM basically said "yeah so there's not much we can do without your car in the shop". Considering the shop is in CA, I don't think that's an option.

Next up: Mod timeline followed by Christmas SC kit delivery date.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :yum:

Sorry to hear about the ducting issue.

But sub'd to see the awesome progress!

Here's where we started: March 17th 2012

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Stereo Install: May 2012.


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Nothing special here. Swapped the door speakers and tweeters with Infinity Kappas. Couldn't go up to 6x9s because the brackets wouldn't fit but I'm happy with the result.

Alpine 4 channel amp under the passenger's seat, Pioneer shallow mount sub in the spare tire well in a custom mount.

Pioneer AVIC-Z140BH HU with bluetooth and XM.

Ran the iphone cable through the glove box. The neat thing about this system is that other than the HU, everything is totally invisible.

Should probably mention that the bluetooth functionality is now worthless because the car is too damn loud to take hands-free calls inside it.

Headlight Mod Attempt #1:

So this didn't go all that well but we did have fun. MKG's headlights came out great. The rest of us? Not so much.

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Not pictured: Giant melty spot on passenger headlight. Heat damage to driver's side housing as well. End result: $750 for a pair of salvage headlights off of ebay (mostly just for the housings) and a couple valuable lessons learned:

-Use a heat gun. Do not put your headlights in an oven unless you have a very large oven. If your headlights get too close to the heating element, they will melt.

-Be patient when opening your lights for the first time. Go SLOW. The corners of your headlights are extremely fragile and will chip and warp due to heat very easily. Pay special attention to the front points (closest to the nose of the car) and the "boomerang" area>

I would imagine there is a solution for the brake duct, there might be some extra cutting required. My only question is will there be a loss of airflow versus how they are ran now?

Running some short crazy radius elbows with 1" tubing. The ducts themselfs take up alot of space. And they point right at the intercooler tubing. This is one of the reasons I've not gone FI.

I'm thinking I may have to get a longer duct tube on the driver's side and get creative with its location once the IC goes in.

Kit is being built. Estimated delivery: 2-3 weeks from last Fri.

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you having a mod install party for this too? lol

no

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NO

awwww i was gonna come help :tup:

Melting headlights: mildly inconvenient
Melting pistons: ???


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