What did you do with your Z today IV

GaleForce · 06-09-2012, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Sounds like fun. Did you let your son do any of that cool stuff too or did you hog it all?

I could totally picture that. If Mrs.GaleForce was with us, it would have been game on!

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Originally Posted by Fire

Kewl day Gale.

Yep, the little dude and I had a great day

happytheman · 06-09-2012, 03:09 PM

Hello there Mr onzedge! Hows the hand?

Ahhh you went with the red Z1 hoses. I'm curious about the longevity of the color. Thanks for keeping things on track.

I've got my appt to install my spacers tomorrow morning!

alcheng · 06-09-2012, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

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Originally Posted by happytheman

Really? You're gonna show me your azz now?

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Originally Posted by happytheman

Oh hell yes you can! I love it!

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Originally Posted by Fire

Pint you can show your a$$ anytime. LOL Well within moderator rules that is

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Hmmmmmmmm.

mmm...... this thread has somehow changed to "What did you do with your AZZ today IV"

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Since no one else seems to be talking Z's, I will.

I took the 370 into the dealer for the 30,000 mile check-up. I (or one of my sons) do most of the work on my cars, but I had them do an oil change for me because my hand is not cooperative still. I gave them some ENEOS 5-30 and a K&N filter. They charge 10 bucks for labor. I also had them replace my serpentine belt -- again I provided the Gates Belt and they installed -- I think about 45 bucks. Oh yeah, cabin air filter replacement was 35 and the inspection was free.

We skipped the coolant flush which is due as we are doing this the week after next when i replace my 4 hoses with the groovy red silicone hoses from Z1. They have beeen sitting in a box since Black Friday. So I picked up a couple of gallons of Nissan coolant cheap along with wiper inserts.

While waiting I looked around at the invnetory -- 5 Z's, but all autos and 20 Jukes -- also all autos. The 2013 white GTR was drool-able -- too bad, it was an auto also.

Two good things about my dealer – they are great folks and there are free donuts on Saturday mornings.

Mr.onzedge, nice to hear your local dealer is willing to deal with the aftermarket parts you brought to them

. Lots of dealers will give a sh!t load of hard time to the customers....

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

Our local Nissan dealer was having a grand opening today (they built a new dealership). They had a bunch of things for the kids so I took Mini GaleForce and we checked it out. Priced out a Juke for Mrs.GaleForce had some BBQ, sat in a fire truck, got a fancy balloon, pet the ponies, etc. It was a good little guys only day.

We did stare at daddy's "race car" (Z) on our way out of the garage. That's all the Z love for today.

Mr.GaleForce, sounds like you and Mini GaleForce have the weekend very well spent

Off to work now, have a new date tonight.....

wish myself luck now, hahaa.

Laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Pintsize725 · 06-09-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

mmm...... this thread has somehow changed to "What did you do with your AZZ today IV"

Off to work now, have a new date tonight.....

wish myself luck now, hahaa.

Laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

You and Mr. Onz take all the fun out of talking about rear ends.

Good luck on your date!

Bucketlist2012 · 06-09-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

Off to work now, have a new date tonight.....

wish myself luck now, hahaa.

Laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Well, I would wish you luck, but you know the definition of Luck ?

It is the meeting of Preparation, and Opportunity...

So be prepared, and if the opportunity happens......well, I am just saying....

Giggiddy....

JARblue · 06-09-2012, 03:35 PM

Yay new thread! Nice first post, Steve

Fire · 06-09-2012, 03:54 PM

Nice selection of cars to welcome people to this thread eh? I think the moderator planned that.

Mt Tam I am · 06-09-2012, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Nice little turnout for our meet this morning. Chris410 brought his new GT500 and ZCarMan brought along another new friend in a Fiat 500.

I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday. I'm going to sit down and finish watching F1 qualifying and relax.

Sounds great. I love the fact your meet has multiple 370's as well as that monster GT500. Very cool beans!

martin82 · 06-09-2012, 04:01 PM

Replaced rear pads, went from stoptech street pads to hawk plus pads all around. I barely had any pad left!!!

bigsix · 06-09-2012, 04:10 PM

Replaced the 6 spark plugs as well as the distributor cap & rotor. A very difficult job - - -

Lemers · 06-09-2012, 05:26 PM

It sat in the garage all night

kenchan · 06-09-2012, 05:55 PM

re-posting for mr.gale:

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Originally Posted by GaleForce
That picture is love the set up Mr.kenchan

Edit - how fast does it roll off? 12db? 18db?

thanks, mr. gale.

roll off is 12dB/octave per their spec. it sounds like those noise-cancellation headphones when you turn this on in a plane. lol

at 0dB attenuation facing the rear, the input level is too hot in the low frequencies and my audio clipped. not only did the exhaust tone clip the signal, low frequency noise from road bumps also clipped it. the physical suspension bands were doing a good job isolating bumps though.

since the mic was facing the rear there's no depth in the sound, almost sounds like putting a mic in a plastic box. my tascam recorder had great depth when placed in the cupholder. (just jammed the unit in there partially wrapped in mf towel. )

so tomorrow im going to try front facing and attenuate by -10dB. will try both flat and high pass filter. i prefer to have no roll off as it sounds more natural. in a car 40hz roll off imho is better as you can maintain the rich tonality of the exhaust. the tascam offers this and real-time input levels, but the rode is just a mic and so only offers 80hz roll off.

unfortunately the high pitched noise is still in the audio, generated by the gopro. but even with the failed attempt today, when the audio was not clipping, it sounded much better than the gopro's built-in mic.

more tomorrow.

GaleForce · 06-09-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

re-posting for mr.gale:

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Originally Posted by GaleForce
That picture is love the set up Mr.kenchan

Edit - how fast does it roll off? 12db? 18db?

thanks, mr. gale.

roll off is 12dB/octave per their spec. it sounds like those noise-cancellation headphones when you turn this on in a plane. lol

at 0dB attenuation facing the rear, the input level is too hot in the low frequencies and my audio clipped. not only did the exhaust tone clip the signal, low frequency noise from road bumps also clipped it. the physical suspension bands were doing a good job isolating bumps though.

since the mic was facing the rear there's no depth in the sound, almost sounds like putting a mic in a plastic box. my tascam recorder had great depth when placed in the cupholder. (just jammed the unit in there partially wrapped in mf towel. )

so tomorrow im going to try front facing and attenuate by -10dB. will try both flat and high pass filter. i prefer to have no roll off as it sounds more natural. in a car 40hz roll off imho is better as you can maintain the rich tonality of the exhaust. the tascam offers this and real-time input levels, but the rode is just a mic and so only offers 80hz roll off.

unfortunately the high pitched noise is still in the audio, generated by the gopro. but even with the failed attempt today, when the audio was not clipping, it sounded much better than the gopro's built-in mic.

more tomorrow.

So we hook up an external mic and deal with the high pitched noise, or... use a stand alone mic set up like your Tascam for the best sounding option. Is that right?

kenchan · 06-09-2012, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

So we hook up an external mic and deal with the high pitched noise, or... use a stand alone mic set up like your Tascam for the best sounding option. Is that right?

yah, so far that is what i have. tomorrow i will see if the forward facing rode will do more justice. it's a pita though cause the power slide switch is on the back end of the mic which means i have to reach behind from the driver's seat to turn it on/off. green led's bright enough you can light your cupped fingers to determine if it's on or not.

Pintsize725 · 06-09-2012, 08:40 PM

Was going to meet up with some Zs but it looks like it's a no go.

Guess I'll take a drive instead.

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06-09-2012, 05:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	re-posting for mr.gale: Quote: Originally Posted by GaleForce That picture is love the set up Mr.kenchan Edit - how fast does it roll off? 12db? 18db? thanks, mr. gale. roll off is 12dB/octave per their spec. it sounds like those noise-cancellation headphones when you turn this on in a plane. lol at 0dB attenuation facing the rear, the input level is too hot in the low frequencies and my audio clipped. not only did the exhaust tone clip the signal, low frequency noise from road bumps also clipped it. the physical suspension bands were doing a good job isolating bumps though. since the mic was facing the rear there's no depth in the sound, almost sounds like putting a mic in a plastic box. my tascam recorder had great depth when placed in the cupholder. (just jammed the unit in there partially wrapped in mf towel. ) so tomorrow im going to try front facing and attenuate by -10dB. will try both flat and high pass filter. i prefer to have no roll off as it sounds more natural. in a car 40hz roll off imho is better as you can maintain the rich tonality of the exhaust. the tascam offers this and real-time input levels, but the rode is just a mic and so only offers 80hz roll off. unfortunately the high pitched noise is still in the audio, generated by the gopro. but even with the failed attempt today, when the audio was not clipping, it sounded much better than the gopro's built-in mic. more tomorrow.

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