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

kenchan · 06-18-2015, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

At 2 am, you can almost pull it off... I'd say more like a trip to Waimanalo and back.

mishuko · 06-18-2015, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

Unless you have over 50k miles or have been doing lots of 60-0 stops, I'd say you need to find a new mech.

Well I did mention to him a vibration during 70kmh or faster braking.... said possibly so they looking at it.

Maybe I'm just a crappy driver

DIGItonium · 06-18-2015, 09:35 AM

TIFU - Snapped a bolt while carefully tightening up the intake manifold bolts in an attempt to fix a vacuum leak.

kenchan · 06-18-2015, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

TIFU - Snapped a bolt while carefully tightening up the intake manifold bolts in an attempt to fix a vacuum leak.

how did u manage to do dat, kingkong!

madwi · 06-18-2015, 12:03 PM

Moved the Z from one garage to the other

Most its been driven in 2 weeks

Did get the lights up while it was moved though

Yes, I know the right hand side is not lined up perfectly, will be done later.

DIGItonium · 06-18-2015, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

how did u manage to do dat, kingkong!

I couldn't feel the "click" from the torque wrench, and I was still dealing with vacuum leak from underneath one side of the manifold. So I thought it wasn't fully torqued yet and snapped the bolt.

kenchan · 06-18-2015, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

I couldn't feel the "click" from the torque wrench, and I was still dealing with vacuum leak from underneath one side of the manifold. So I thought it wasn't fully torqued yet and snapped the bolt.

ouch! sorry to hear.

sometimes experience tells me just use a regular wrench and go by feel.

jpkirk · 06-18-2015, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

TIFU - Snapped a bolt while carefully tightening up the intake manifold bolts in an attempt to fix a vacuum leak.

Would that be a vacuum leak or a pressure leak.

I guess it depends much on the frame of reference you pick.

DIGItonium · 06-18-2015, 12:52 PM

LOL thanks. It might already be an issue before I started maintenance work since I planned on doing a leak test, but I guess the leaky intake manifold pretty much explains it.

jpkirk · 06-18-2015, 12:55 PM

I do feel for your having to deal with broken bolts. Always a major pain.

kenchan · 06-18-2015, 12:57 PM

especially when the rest of the threads are binding (cross threaded)

DIGItonium · 06-18-2015, 02:46 PM

Ugh... I hope it's not too bad. I'm trying to get help as I don't want to further sink this ship.

km1346 · 06-18-2015, 07:30 PM

Got my Z dyno'd today at AWDTuning in Flower Mound, TX. They use a Mustang Dyno.
Good gains though. Temp. here was 90 degrees and very humid so the numbers seemed low at first glance but Keith, the tuner, put up a file of a stock Z's baseline he tuned last year and compared it to my bolt on modded +tuned Z and it's a drastic increase.

See pics below! (excuse the dirtiness)

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Results

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Video

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kenchan · 06-18-2015, 08:01 PM

good stuff

Pintsize725 · 06-18-2015, 09:27 PM

Traded her in. It's bittersweet.

06-18-2015, 09:35 AM	#4503 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 42	TIFU - Snapped a bolt while carefully tightening up the intake manifold bolts in an attempt to fix a vacuum leak. __________________

06-18-2015, 12:03 PM	#4505 (permalink)
madwi A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Michigan Posts: 31,400 Drives: Granma red Z Rep Power: 2684428	Moved the Z from one garage to the other Most its been driven in 2 weeks Did get the lights up while it was moved though Yes, I know the right hand side is not lined up perfectly, will be done later. kenchan, JARblue, jpkirk and 2 others like this.

06-18-2015, 12:52 PM	#4509 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 42	LOL thanks. It might already be an issue before I started maintenance work since I planned on doing a leak test, but I guess the leaky intake manifold pretty much explains it. jpkirk likes this. __________________

06-18-2015, 12:55 PM	#4510 (permalink)
jpkirk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Merry Land Posts: 5,515 Drives: '14 MidBlu ST MT Rep Power: 3376	I do feel for your having to deal with broken bolts. Always a major pain. DIGItonium likes this. __________________ intake \| exhaust \| wheels \| tires \| suspension ... um ... stock, do speed stickers count? intake \| exhaust \| TE37 SL \| RE-11 \| suspension ... um ... do speed stickers count? Signature under construction

06-18-2015, 02:46 PM	#4512 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 42	Ugh... I hope it's not too bad. I'm trying to get help as I don't want to further sink this ship. __________________

06-18-2015, 12:57 PM	#4511 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	especially when the rest of the threads are binding (cross threaded)

06-18-2015, 07:30 PM	#4513 (permalink)
km1346 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 370 Drives: 40th Anniversary Rep Power: 11	What did you do with your Z today VI (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY) Got my Z dyno'd today at AWDTuning in Flower Mound, TX. They use a Mustang Dyno. Good gains though. Temp. here was 90 degrees and very humid so the numbers seemed low at first glance but Keith, the tuner, put up a file of a stock Z's baseline he tuned last year and compared it to my bolt on modded +tuned Z and it's a drastic increase. See pics below! (excuse the dirtiness) ( Click to show/hide ) Results ( Click to show/hide ) Compared to stock Z baseline: Video ( Click to show/hide ) DIGItonium, kenchan, jpkirk and 4 others like this. __________________ 2010 Nissan 370z 40th Anniversary Build #785 Mods: F.I. CF CBE 12' \| Berk HFC \| Stillen Gen 3 \| Z1 25 Row Oil Cooler \| UpRev Tuned \| CF Lip/ CF Rear Spats/ CF Diffuser/CF Side Blades Last edited by km1346; 06-19-2015 at 03:10 PM.

06-18-2015, 08:01 PM	#4514 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	good stuff km1346 likes this.

06-18-2015, 09:27 PM	#4515 (permalink)
Pintsize725 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Austin Posts: 14,196 Drives: 2016 Mazda 6 Rep Power: 211844	Traded her in. It's bittersweet. kenchan, JARblue and madwi like this. __________________ Tracie

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