ya, performance-wise: FI headers and cbe FTW!

Sorry, Mothra's sitting out of this one...
:ugh2:
370Z Video attached:

YouTube - FreeRACE contact

What? wow, tat is quite a bit of contacts. hahaha
rep added!

Monitoring oil temps
 

The chief technician in charge of Project Mothra took some baseline numbers on the oil temperature before we put the NISMO oil cooler on. Using a CONSULT ECU diagnostic interface, he measured the following:

Under moderate throttle application: Oil temp= 224 degrees
Under heavy throttle application: Oil temp= 238 degrees

Air temperature outside was low 70s.

The NISMO oil cooler goes on today or tomorrow and we will post temp readings after a test run.

Thanks to all the forum members who've contributed here and on facebook:
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The Amuse body kit goes on soon. Stay tuned!

There's a rumor floating around that the Mothra car may be out at Planet Zero tonight, incognito, of course. The body kit is not on yet, but I hear Jason has made some real progress on the engine mods.

:iagree:

For all you oil temperature guys, this just appeared on the Project Mothra blog:

Warm reception, despite cold weather.

On Saturday night Mothra was at Planet Zero's monthly lot meet for a sneak preview. Although the weather (38 degrees) kept the lot fairly empty there were a lot of questions asked about the Z. Hopefully, as the weather starts to warm up, there will be a bigger audience at these shows. People seemed to be impressed with the direction that we are taking and are looking forward to seeing what's in store over the next few weeks. On Saturday morning the oil cooler and a Stillen intake were installed, while we wait for the Top Secret Cold air intake. This "double-take" on the intake is a little labor intensive, but we wanted to get some numbers with the benchmark Stillen setup for comparison with the Top Secret one. Again, the guys over at www.the370z.com have engaged in quite a debate about oil coolers and track-bound cars, as well as healthy discussions about intake designs. This should answer a lot of questions in one or two fell swoops.

We have noticed a drastic change in oil temperature since the install. Before, the oil temp under moderate throttle and acceleration would climb to 224 degrees. Now, with moderate driving, the temp will not rise above 167 degrees. Under hard acceleration and throttle conditions, before, the engine temp would rise to 238 degrees. Now, under those same driving conditions, the temp will not rise above 187 degrees. With normal driving the oil temp will barely register over 140 degrees. Keep in mind that these number were taken in 40-45 degree weather -- noticeably cooler than in days past. But regardless, there is a drastic improvement. Smoky should have one fine platform to work his magic. Now, if we could just get the Amuse body kit here before he lands...Stay tuned.

We hear the AMUSE body kit is in-flight right now from Japan. Pics will go up when available.

This build is looking pretty exciting. Let's see some pictures!

-Mike Bratcher

Dyno Today
 

Hello All,

Just a heads up, as promised we are going to the Dyno today, sorry for the delay, our parts were held up but have arrived. We will be dynoing the car today with the Stillen Intake as requested, as well as the Top Secret Intake, same dyno, same day, same car. As soon as we get back and get all the media together, we will make sure its posted!!!

Dyno showdown tomorrow. Check out the poll:

http://www.the370z.com/intake-exhaus...tml#post464465

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Discussions anyone?

Will heat be an issue long term?

That would be heat soak..... :ugh2:

Well, we were so surprised by the first results that showed the Top Secret intake won, that as soon as the technician got back to the dealership (approximately 30 minutes of a mix of stop-n-go and freeway driving) we asked him to turn around and go back to run the test again to confirm. That's an hour of driving and plenty of heat before a second set of runs that confirmed the initial findings -- in 10 degrees warmer ambient conditions, too!

So, we're pretty satisfied with the validity of our experiment and hope all on the forum enjoyed this debate and findings as much as we did.

Here are a few more pics. The first is one final look at the car before the Amuse kit goes on. The full set from yesterday are at:
Project Mothra | Facebook

We invite everyone to become a fan on facebook and to participate in this build through the discussions and debates. We really do value all the insights we get from this great Z community. Keep 'em coming!

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/n..._4733396_n.jpg

big ol' y-pipe you got there...