What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)
 

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Waiting on rear spring adapters for the Fortune 500 coil setup. Front coil overs are on. Forgestar wheels put on, Tanabe medallion exhaust.. most of the Z1 brake kit done. Hope to be be driving this soon so I can get the exterior mods done!


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Added in the carbon fiber nismo shifter, GTR start button and GTR dome lights (showed comparison for fun). Definitely a nice little bump to the interior, but I will say, this shifter is much smaller than I anticipated. I like how it feels shifting but I think I like a little more girth...I’ll get used to it lol.

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Car got backed into today 😕

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Got new rims and tires


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They leave any info? :shakes head::shakes head::shakes head:


Non-observant azzholes......:shakes head::shakes head::shakes head:

Ugh!

Older gentleman and he actually came back into the store to find me.

Bummer bro. What part of IL are you in?

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Far enough away to know to stay away from you

:owned:

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Didn’t happen “today” but couple days after finally getting her going this happened. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c0da1820f0.jpg

Not sure if I’m gonna get another Z or get something JDM. *


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You pulling back your invitation to stay at your place when we go to the Finger Lakes? Typical rural New Yawker - all talk no kok :stirthepot:

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CEL for cat efficiency is back, so I'll put in the copper gaskets and look at getting retuned.

My VLS Oil Pressure gauge is here so I might install it this weekend. We'll see if the pressure is still in spec, lol.

Southern Illinois, around Carbondale.

I installed the sensors and the fittings tonight for the oil pressure gauge. I had a tiny leak at the fitting for the gauge sensor so I backed it out and added Teflon tape (I must have forgot). No obvious leaks after running the car and doing a slight rev. I didnt drive it down the street but it should be ok. All of the fittings don’t thread in all the way, but I guess that is expected with tapered threads. I was able to get a reasonable amount of turns on all of them and tightening them so I was sure they are not being backed out easily. Any tips on dealing with those fittings? I’ve been reading through the threads, and I think I’ll add some RTV to the base of the fittings so it will at least give me an extra seal. I saw absolutely no leaks at the BSPT fittings on the block or the OEM sensor.

Also I went ahead and ordered a new undertray. Trying the Z1 version this time.

Drained the old power steering fluid and replaced it with fresh Redline ATF. I also emptied the catch cans. both were FULL, which cant be good for driving around; admittedly, i have not checked them in a while. Cleaned the air filters, changed to the copper header-to-cat gaskets, and then started routing the wiring for the pressure gauge. I definitely need to extend the wiring to have some options for the position of the gauge. Still waiting on my add-a-fuse kit so I can leverage a 12v source. Likely going to use the tap for the cigarette lighter since those are not on when the car is off.

Installed some K&N drop in’s today. Definitely the toughest install out there lol.

Pretty impressed. Throttle response is noticeably better, engine feels like it’s running more smoothly, and I low key feel the slight HP gain. Not bad for the price. I think there is a slight sound difference as well, but it’s hard to notice over the short tails.

Nice work :tup:

I know how you feel. I put gas in the car once :icon17:

I remember on a dyno day, we had 2 Zs with the same cat back only and nothing else) same model year. The one with drop ins made 10 more wheel horsepower than the one with stock filters. Not the best test but it's something.

Looked at Harry. Admired his lines under the cover ������❤️

Get another one. I did when I was hit in the rear.

Blasphemy. Where is your loyalty?! :p

Fix it or purchase another Z! That looks fixable my previous Z looked worse than that and I had a body shop repair it.

What was his name? :rofl2:

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Changed the spark plugs yesterday to confirm if mine was running lean. Just ordered a tune through SpecialtyZ to correct it until I pull the trigger on a supercharger

adjusted seating position...I used to like sitting more upright...now I adjusted the thigh support all the way up, moved seat forward one click, and tilt the back support a click or two back, got better butt feel for the car and the seat holds me much better during corner.

I've installed the gauge and routed the wiring. I took it for a test drive and importantly, nothing leaked from what i could see. The cold startup pressure was 80psi (34 row oil cooler installed, i know there's some debate on how that affects overall pressure) but i got it up to about 160-170F and it went to 21-22 psi at idle. Waiting on the Z1 undertray that should come in today before i button everything back up and then go for a drive

Edit: It's 95F here today. So that may play a factor into the "cold" start.

Mine is 100 psi cold start and 35 psi hot idle at 90F air temp.

Yeah I saw that. You're also running a heavier oil as well right? either way, If it's in spec, I'll take it for 128K miles. good enough for weekend drives which is all i do these days.

I had to do that too a little over a year back. My foot was coming off the go pedal. 2 clicks forward solved that.

Still waiting on my undertray. I'll blame that on FedEx, but i took another careful drive around the neighborhood to get some data.

Start pressure: 80psi
Idle Pressure at 180F: 22psi
Idle Pressure at 195F: High 18PSI to low 19PSI, it kept jumping back and forth
Pressure at 195F 2000RPM no load: 45PSI


Still no obvious leaks, the max RPM i took it to was a little past 4000 RPM as I still dont have the undertray so im being careful driving anyway. I'm honestly quite glad my car is running alright given 128K miles and 25+ track days (quite a few from hellish summers in TX).

I guess for the purposes of archiving more data here, I've basically serviced this vehicle myself most of the time. I got the car lightly used at 8200 miles and daily drove it until about 110K miles. I've used Redline 5w30 for over 90% of the time except the first change i did, I used mobil 1, and i tried Motul eco energy a 2-3 times. I did use Motul 300V for a back-to-back track day once but removed it the week after. I've had an oil cooler on the car ever since about 27K miles. 25 row stillen gold series until I bought a new 34 row setrab core in 2018.

I'm using Mobil 1 0w-40 Euro blend.

Rolled over the 203,000 mile mark this last weekend, still going! Also got around to having the transmission fluid changed and swapped out the old and starting to rot factory transmission mount for a brand new shiny z1 polyurethane transmission mount....what a difference that made when paired with my already existing poly mount on the differential, really makes it feel like the driveline is more solid and shifting feels more direct and smoother now

Nice! Keep on driving!

While my oil pressures are stable, I'm now having issues with the damn code again, this time i think i feel some resistance when driving (not sure, i've been driving the WRX alot lately). I'm going to revert the catch cans back to the stock PCV routing this weekend.


I have some ECUtek cruising logs if anyone is interested. I doubt the P2A03 and sister codes are coming because of the exhaust now. When i went to replace the gaskets i used last time with the copper ones, there was no leaking on either side of the gasket. I did read in some places that the code will not go away unless you do some reset procedure if you did have a leak before (which i've confirmed way back last year)

Reverted the PCV system to stock routing today. The engine seems fine but now I’m thinking it’s a driveline issue. I’m getting really bad vibrations after i tried to push it just a little. On top of that there’s some sort of ticking noise coming from under the car when it’s in motion, I thought it was exhaust rattle, but It doesn’t seem like it if it continues down the street.

It’s just going to end up sitting for a while until I figure out if it’s worth fixing.

Got dyno’d today. I wanted a baseline before I start doing serious mods. I currently have drop ins and an axelback, so it’s relatively stock. I was spot on with my prediction of 290 though!

Any one have an idea why I was getting a dip in power around 55-6500 RPM? It was different for each pull too. I am waiting to hear back from the shops tuner to see what he says but figure I’d ask y’all as well.

it could be pulling timing, but i've never seen that on our cars.

Did they dyno it with the VDC off?

Feels SO much better with an actual good tune. Now need to figure out this noise coming from the rear end at 80mph :icon14: