I thought about doing the half tank to get rid off fuel starvation but you would have to get gas nonstop.


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Better than fuel starving

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For sure as long as you don't finding yourself running out of gas all the time!


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Hey Thomas, with the fuel pump and the assembly snapping on you, I had the same problem and my entire assembly had to be replaced too haha so you're not the only one. These Z's can be a handful

Lots of wild stuff has been going on. Apologies for the lack of presence on the forum :( Been working so much lately but also making some progress on the car.

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Wowww!! a made a lot of changes my friend!

This weekend was quite.. Well sad.


Track prep

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4 laps into track day

RIP
Time of death: 86,708 miles

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Quite the nasty rod knock.

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Nooooooooo! Man that really sucks. Do you know what you are gonna do, build out your motor?


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A friend of mine has a motor I might take from him. I was really looking forward to Znationals. If I can get the new motor in time I could probably swap it before then and make the drive. Crossing my fingers.

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That's good at least, still lots of work. Are you able to do the swap or do you have to pay a shop?


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You should know me by now :) no one touches my car

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Figured, lol. Just an engine swap is a little more intense, I know I couldn't tackle that one.


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Damn bro! :( anyway... I hope you can fix the car before the Z Nationals.

How'd you fab the mounts for the chassis?

dude... umm care to share where ya got the new aero? lots of things have changed!

Lowes :-p

Decided to take the car full racecar. Stripping all of the interior harness down to just the bare track necessities and prep it for a roll cage and paint :)

Picking up a new motor on Wednesday

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Oh my, you have become a full track tard! I think going to the track changes a person's brain chemistry! :p

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Holy cow!!! Congrats on getting a new motor and taking it to the next level


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Quite the big step but I am pretty excited about it. It's been something I've been pursuing for a while now.

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Right on brother, if you are going to do it then do it big. I look forward to your progress and a much better ZDayZ 2017!

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He better take care of this motor!

Update. I guess I'll let the photos speak for themselves. Tomorrow should be the day I can get rolling again :)

The engine bay is painted pearl white. Interior will be painted the same as well after 10pt roll cage and the exterior a nice custom blue metallic.

I have also tucked the engine bay harness just to make servicing easy. Doing a nice bash bar and splitter bar extension for extra support. In just 6 days this is how far me and a buddy have gotten. So much happening at once I can't believe it only took this long. I am constantly making last minute decisions but we are knocking them out like it's nothing. Can't wait to show you guys some more updates.

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Great to see the build taking on new life! I can't wait to see your vision come to life...

Good job Thomas. My only question is where do you find time to sleep? LOL.

Thanks Bob! Me neither

In the past year's time... occasionally I find time to sleep.

awesome work Thomas :tup:

Sweet, good call on painting the engine bay.


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Best of luck Mr Thomas :tup:

:ugh2: that Sir is allot of work

-Clifford :tiphat:

Had to put the startup on hold since I only got my motor mounts and fluids in the evening. So I just finished fabricating my bash bar and ducting.

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Still having issues. Everything is pretty much complete mechanically but the NATS and IPDM are locking me out of ignition. Waiting on my uprev cable to come in on Monday and I can disable the NATS and delete my IPDM. Then run fuses and switches to my fans, abs, fuel pump, etc. So close yet one final step behind.

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Quite a bit of change happened since the last time remember your Z !!

Keep up the good work ;)

Thanks Megan!

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Finally had the car back down and for a ride. I'm throwing a p0011 and trying to figure out what's at fault since I'm limited to 2300rpm..

Also 10 minutes into the drive I was creeping in the neighborhood over a speed bump and the clutch blew. So I ordered a single disc 6 puck clutch and lightweight flywheel from Z1 last night. Going to pull the trans on Sunday and replace it and figure out what's wrong with the timing. I swapped the VCT solenoids off the old motor into this one as well as the crank sensors.. Don't know what else I'm missing. Its on bank 1. I'll have to try and replace the VVEL solenoids and see if that does anything.

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Heres probably why I had a cutoff. These are the vvel actuators and solenoids. I doubt the owner ever changed his oil. I'll have to reuse my actuators since these are probably fried

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What that smell like?

Got my clutch in. I ordered some Billet Oil Pump Gears from RJM. Should save me from any starvation.

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Also with today's black Friday sales I ordered my Buddy Club seat and I can start fabricating the hard mount rail and roll cage.

Got my color all sorted out and excited to give the Z a new paint.

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I would like to see your Z in actual progress.

Oh Eric. Don't be cruel bahaha. You'll see it come to life very soon. Probably this next week and you might get to see it in person again.