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

Spooler · 06-19-2017, 08:35 PM

Had to swing by the grocery store on the way home. Ugg. Buggy full of groceries, had to stuff them in the car. LOL The things we get hornswoggled into by the wife.

I was laughing the whole time.

ChopsZ · 06-20-2017, 12:28 AM

Did my first "long-ish" drive today since having the full exhaust and tune done on the Z. Was 35 miles each way highway driving. While on the first leg of the trip (training class in Tampa), went out for lunch and the "Service Engine Soon" light came on.

I always have my Bluetooth OBDII in the car, so hooked it up and found the code P2906. So as I sat there eating my Big Mac, I cleared the code. Drove back home in the evening and all was fine.

Now Seb told me that his Ecutek tunes were supposed to get rid of those CAT codes and such when running test pipes, not to mention one of the reasons I went with the ART pipes is that they are supposed to avoid CEL's.

I've had these ART pipes on the car for over 4 months and this is the first time this has happened. In fact, this is the first ever CEL I've had with my Z.

I guess I'll shoot Seb an email and see what he has to say about it.

ChaseZ · 06-20-2017, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

Did my first "long-ish" drive today since having the full exhaust and tune done on the Z. Was 35 miles each way highway driving. While on the first leg of the trip (training class in Tampa), went out for lunch and the "Service Engine Soon" light came on.

I always have my Bluetooth OBDII in the car, so hooked it up and found the code P2906. So as I sat there eating my Big Mac, I cleared the code. Drove back home in the evening and all was fine.

Now Seb told me that his Ecutek tunes were supposed to get rid of those CAT codes and such when running test pipes, not to mention one of the reasons I went with the ART pipes is that they are supposed to avoid CEL's.

I've had these ART pipes on the car for over 4 months and this is the first time this has happened. In fact, this is the first ever CEL I've had with my Z.

I guess I'll shoot Seb an email and see what he has to say about it.

I wonder if it's an O2 sensor? Don't believe I've heard a case of ART pipes tripping a code, and that's from personal experience as well.

Just thinking out loud..

HIZZY · 06-20-2017, 01:30 PM

scheduled an appointment for tomorrow morning to get my Z tinted

will post before and after shots

30% all around

ChopsZ · 06-20-2017, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaseZ

I wonder if it's an O2 sensor? Don't believe I've heard a case of ART pipes tripping a code, and that's from personal experience as well.

Just thinking out loud..

That's what I thought as well, but today, in the same situation, at the same time. Let out for lunch during training, and... P2096 and P2098 today.

I also had a typo in my first post and said "P2906". When I sent Sebastian an email last night, I even typed it wrong. That's what I get for doing things at 1 am and half asleep. LOL

Of course, I cleared them out again before coming home...

DeliriousClam · 06-20-2017, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

That's what I thought as well, but today, in the same situation, at the same time. Let out for lunch during training, and... P2096 and P2098 today.

I also had a typo in my first post and said "P2906". When I sent Sebastian an email last night, I even typed it wrong. That's what I get for doing things at 1 am and half asleep. LOL

Of course, I cleared them out again before coming home...

I'm willing to bet the gaskets around the cat aren't making a full seal. That's what happened with mine when I got those codes

ChopsZ · 06-20-2017, 04:25 PM

And then I took this pic... :-P

ChaseZ · 06-20-2017, 10:55 PM

Check the v-bands too. I had to tighten just about all my Motordyne v-bands this summer, after less than a year. One even needed a bit of RTV. Bunch of little leaks that could only find in a smoke test.

ChopsZ · 06-21-2017, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaseZ

Check the v-bands too. I had to tighten just about all my Motordyne v-bands this summer, after less than a year. One even needed a bit of RTV. Bunch of little leaks that could only find in a smoke test.

No V-bands in my setup. Just the stock manifolds to the ART pipes to the HKS High-Power exhaust. All gaskets present and all bolts/nuts tight.

I just admitted to having tight nuts. LOL

ChaseZ · 06-22-2017, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

I just admitted to having tight nuts. LOL

Head down the coast a ways, you'll take care of that no problem

ChopsZ · 06-22-2017, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaseZ

Head down the coast a ways, you'll take care of that no problem

LOL!!!

Ghostvette · 06-21-2017, 07:45 AM

Replacement dash cam arrived last night.

Installed and set all parameters, including date & time.

This morning, fired up the car, dash cam starts.....................

Date & time are correct.....

P's_Z · 06-25-2017, 08:34 AM

Broke in new brake pads and rotors today after replacement yesterday, which included:

Pad/rotor replacement(stoptech/duralast golds)
Brake fluid flush(motul 5.1)
A disc fall on my foot
Bang my head about 20 times on wheel wells
Busted knuckles
Cussing every word in existence
Throw 1 of the 4 seized rotors a distance 10 feet after removing

Changing brakes/rotors is not hard, but i found it very time consuming, especially since i have spacers, i had to find a way to remove the seized rotors/spacer using some nuts/bolts/washers and pushing them out from behind the rotors

Im ashamed to say it, but i think next time ill just take it to a shop

/vent over

ChopsZ · 06-25-2017, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by P's_Z

Broke in new brake pads and rotors today after replacement yesterday, which included:

Pad/rotor replacement(stoptech/duralast golds)
Brake fluid flush(motul 5.1)
A disc fall on my foot
Bang my head about 20 times on wheel wells
Busted knuckles
Cussing every word in existence
Throw 1 of the 4 seized rotors a distance 10 feet after removing

Changing brakes/rotors is not hard, but i found it very time consuming, especially since i have spacers, i had to find a way to remove the seized rotors/spacer using some nuts/bolts/washers and pushing them out from behind the rotors

Im ashamed to say it, but i think next time ill just take it to a shop

/vent over

Surprisingly enough, both my friend and I completed the full task totally unscathed. And since he doesn't cuss very much if at all, I didn't either. The only thing that sucked and I could have cussed about yesterday's project was the muggy nasty heat.

P's_Z · 06-26-2017, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ChopsZ

Surprisingly enough, both my friend and I completed the full task totally unscathed. And since he doesn't cuss very much if at all, I didn't either. The only thing that sucked and I could have cussed about yesterday's project was the muggy nasty heat.

You were lucky, man. I had no help except for bleeding the brakes. Enlisted the help of my grandfather, 83, for the task.

He looked happy after we were finished, either he liked the Z or was just glad that we were done

06-20-2017, 12:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
ChopsZ Track Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Florida Age: 50 Posts: 965 Drives: 2016 370Z GM 6MT Rep Power: 2302	Did my first "long-ish" drive today since having the full exhaust and tune done on the Z. Was 35 miles each way highway driving. While on the first leg of the trip (training class in Tampa), went out for lunch and the "Service Engine Soon" light came on. I always have my Bluetooth OBDII in the car, so hooked it up and found the code P2906. So as I sat there eating my Big Mac, I cleared the code. Drove back home in the evening and all was fine. Now Seb told me that his Ecutek tunes were supposed to get rid of those CAT codes and such when running test pipes, not to mention one of the reasons I went with the ART pipes is that they are supposed to avoid CEL's. I've had these ART pipes on the car for over 4 months and this is the first time this has happened. In fact, this is the first ever CEL I've had with my Z. I guess I'll shoot Seb an email and see what he has to say about it. __________________ She's For Sale! PERFORMANCE: Aero Workz \| Akebono \| BC Racing \| EcuTek \| HKS \| MaxBore \| Motordyne \| Nismo \| RJM \| SPL \| StopTech \| Z1 AUDIO: Arc Audio \| Bazooka \| Helix \| Pioneer \| Stereo Integrity

06-20-2017, 04:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
ChopsZ Track Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Florida Age: 50 Posts: 965 Drives: 2016 370Z GM 6MT Rep Power: 2302	And then I took this pic... :-P __________________ She's For Sale! PERFORMANCE: Aero Workz \| Akebono \| BC Racing \| EcuTek \| HKS \| MaxBore \| Motordyne \| Nismo \| RJM \| SPL \| StopTech \| Z1 AUDIO: Arc Audio \| Bazooka \| Helix \| Pioneer \| Stereo Integrity

06-21-2017, 07:45 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ghostvette A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Shawnee KS Posts: 5,698 Drives: 15 Magma Red 6MT Rep Power: 2684378	Replacement dash cam arrived last night. Installed and set all parameters, including date & time. This morning, fired up the car, dash cam starts..................... Date & time are correct..... Magic Bus and Hotrodz like this. __________________ 2015 Magma Red 6MT Sport Tech/2012 Fairlady MB 6MT Base (RIP 08032018)https://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/370Z/Coupe/

06-25-2017, 08:34 AM	#13 (permalink)
P's_Z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: PR Posts: 1,530 Drives: Zeta Rep Power: 470	Broke in new brake pads and rotors today after replacement yesterday, which included: Pad/rotor replacement(stoptech/duralast golds) Brake fluid flush(motul 5.1) A disc fall on my foot Bang my head about 20 times on wheel wells Busted knuckles Cussing every word in existence Throw 1 of the 4 seized rotors a distance 10 feet after removing Changing brakes/rotors is not hard, but i found it very time consuming, especially since i have spacers, i had to find a way to remove the seized rotors/spacer using some nuts/bolts/washers and pushing them out from behind the rotors Im ashamed to say it, but i think next time ill just take it to a shop /vent over axmea? and ChopsZ like this. __________________ Zeta

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