blimon63

So I've been building this setup for a while now. I'm sure I'm going to forget to mention something. Now all the work was done by my dad and me, except for me sending the turbos out to be rebuilt. The motor is completely blue printed and balanced. Heads are port, polished, decked and valve job. Block was Bored .020 and the crankshaft was micro-polished and balanced. The connecting rods and pistons were weighed to be EXACTLY the same weight. All the rotating parts and bearings were treated with a dry film lubricant. Combustion chambers and pistons are heat treated. We took our time on this build and I'm actually still in the process of the build. This is pretty much the list of parts that I have so far. I thought that I had the build done but my baby was smoking from the exhaust. The tuners said that I had an issue with the oil return lines. So I plugged the AAM spacer and tapped the oil pan to move them up. Started the car up and it was still smoking but now I have an oil leak at the turbo on the driver side. I decided to pull the motor again and send them back to make sure the seals are ok. While doing this I am going to upgrade the oil feed lines to -AN fittings. Now my main concern now is what other upgrades can be done? Any other little tricks or "secrets" that I should be aware of?!? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. THANKS in advance!! I have a lot of pictures that I'll post once I'm done with the actual car.
PERFORMANCE MODS:
Greddy TT kit, Greddy intercooler, Hydro dipped intercooler piping, Arias 9.5-1 compression pistons, Pauter Rod, Port and polished, 3 angle valve job, balanced and blue printed, bored .020 over, wsx dry film lubricant on all bearing/friction surfaces, heat treated coating on pistons, valves and combustion chambers, Fluidampr Pulley, Micro polished crank, HKS head gasket, Nissan HR valve springs, Arp head studs, Arp main studs, Arp rod bolts, ACL rod bearing, ACL main bearing, ACL thrust washer, AAM oil pan spacer, Cosworth Plenum, Custom fuel feed/return system, Aeromotive A1000-6 fuel regulator, AAM Fuel rails, RC 750cc , Deatshwerks DW301 fuel pump, Pathfinder cooling mod, Mishimoto aluminum radiator, Mishimoto aluminum fan shroud w/ 2 electric fans, Mishimoto oil catch can, Mishimoto hoses, 19 row oil cooler, Steel braided clutch line, CD009 transmission, steel braided clutch line, OS Giken twin disk clutch, Quaife LSD, Energy suspension differential bushings, Motordyne ART test pipes, Injen SES exhaust, Wilwood BBK front kit, Big 3 wiring upgrade, Recoiled high amp alternator

taywan

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Those L19's ?

hulkout

Sounds legit man... But where's the pics!?

blimon63

NAbuilderZ33

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Lots of neat parts! Nice pics! Good luck with everything.

hulkout

That's more like it! Props on doing it yourself. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Is she running yet?

blimon63

yes and no.... I thought that I had the build done but my baby was smoking from the exhaust. The tuners said that I had an issue with the oil return lines. So I plugged the AAM spacer and tapped the oil pan to move them up. Started the car up and it was still smoking but now I have an oil leak at the turbo on the driver side. I decided to pull the motor again and send them back to make sure the seals are ok. While doing this I am going to upgrade the oil feed lines to -AN fittings.

bealljk

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Fairly sure we're brothers-from-another-mother...

here is my350z.com thread which isnt updated,
https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...win-build.html

here is my updated thread from the local forum,
http://www.conoc.net/forums/showthre...t=8924&page=22

what color is your smokey exhaust?

what are you tuning with?

OldManZ350

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What do you use to coat your Bearing?

tcode

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What clearances are you having on bearings?

bealljk

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what are you tuning with?

A few things -

Look into a vacuum block for your tuning/waste gates/BOV/etc.

Install exhaust flex hose on your downpipes and exhaust. I installed 4" flex hose on my test pipes and 6" flex after my x-pipe - make it much easier to install/reinstall the exhaust and will reduce/eliminate the chance of cracked headers - which the greddy kit is known for. The hoses are reasonable I paid $20 each and a buddy and I spliced/welded them in.

Can only assume youre running 1 or 2 step colder spark plugs?

are you running a catch can?

The AN hoses will be a good upgrade but may not be the cause of your smoke.

Zivman

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with all the goodies, I would think you would want a better exhaust than the injen.