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So this is my 2008 350z Touring. I bought it in July with 13k miles(currently 19k), drove it around for a few months and decided that I want to turn her into a track car.
With that new goal in mind, here is my progress so far.
Starting Point:
Excuse her for being so dirty.. It's winter here in Chicago!
My thoughts at this point - I can't believe I'm actually doing this..
Took out the rear speakers and little compartments.
OH! I forgot to tell you guys.. I'm stripping her out for obvious reasons AND I'm planning on getting her caged! At first, I will get only the rear section done and after She becomes a track only car, I'll get the door x's and the rest of the cage done.
Along with all of this junk, the amp on the left side was unbolted and taken out. No music anymore
I took maybe a week break from all of this stuff.. I had a lot of work and unfortunately, too little time to work on my car.
I did, however, take the time to order a new Agency Power exhaust! This thing is a beast and I don't regret it for a single moment!
Installed and lookin' sexy! I also did a bumper tuck which really looked awesome!
Total install took me maybe 1hr 30mins.
Hardest part was getting the existing seized exhaust bolts off...
After that, easy as pie!
So here I am a couple days later, back at it again.
One thing that I am currently doing is trying to take out the unnecessary metal from the rear end. Sooo the whole glove compartment and speaker area is going out..
DAMN YOU SPOT WELDS!
This is definitely the hardest part so far. If anyone knows of any good way to cut through spot welds, PLEASE TELL ME.
Okay so this is the spot I'm on right now.
I will be updating the thread as I progress but keep in mind that I am a young college student and do not always have the time to work on this!
Hahahaha I knew someone would make a comment about that! But don't worry, the auto to manual swap is coming and will be a separate thread!
So you're going to spend thousands of dollars to make it into a manual trans. Also you're completely stripping the car & putting a roll cage while at the same time(if I'm not mistaken) installed new intakes that I think eliminated the air boxes & now will be getting hot/humid air from under the hood that will reduce H.P. & then you'll go racing. Is that right ????
Well good luck with "the beast"
Last edited by tommy smith; 02-02-2015 at 08:10 PM.
So you're going to spend thousands of dollars to make it into a manual trans. Also you're completely stripping the car & putting a roll cage while at the same time(if I'm not mistaken) installed new intakes that I think eliminated the air boxes & now will be getting hot/humid air from under the hood that will reduce H.P. & then you'll go racing. Is that right ????
Yes SIR! Well intakes were done soon after I got the car.. Didn't really know what I wanted to do yet. I guess you can say they were just for looks. But damn dude, is there a problem lol? Raining on my parade haha
Yes SIR! Well intakes were done soon after I got the car.. Didn't really know what I wanted to do yet. I guess you can say they were just for looks. But damn dude, is there a problem lol? Raining on my parade haha
What triggered my "interest" was because after reading that you found & bought THE BEST 350z (year) made & with ridiculous low mileage and then proceeded & DID rip up a really nice car. At that time it was NOT of my BUSINESS and I was just going to move to another thread but then I realized it was an AUTOMATIC. Something you failed to mention. So I was a bit stunned. Tearing up a lovely car & installing a roll cage is serious stuff. Road racing is something good & also serious but I NEVER heard of a stripped, caged, serious "race car" running with an automatic.
STILL it wasn't my business and then I realized that you also installed intakes that work fine in snowy weather but wouldn't on a normal day and pushing/heating up the car at the track on a racing day. So I GOT CURIOUS and now I know all I need (NO COMMENT) and I'm moving on.......Good luck....
What triggered my "interest" was because after reading that you found & bought THE BEST 350z (year) made & with ridiculous low mileage and then proceeded & DID rip up a really nice car. At that time it was NOT of my BUSINESS and I was just going to move to another thread but then I realized it was an AUTOMATIC. Something you failed to mention. So I was a bit stunned. Tearing up a lovely car & installing a roll cage is serious stuff. Road racing is something good & also serious but I NEVER heard of a stripped, caged, serious "race car" running with an automatic.
STILL it wasn't my business and then I realized that you also installed intakes that work fine in snowy weather but wouldn't on a normal day and pushing/heating up the car at the track on a racing day. So I GOT CURIOUS and now I know all I need (NO COMMENT) and I'm moving on.......Good luck....
Why you gotta be so negative? just because I couldn't pass up the great deal with this automatic, you come here and you're like WOW I can't believe you would do this. All I want to do is post my progress for the people that are interested. Like cmon! You're really killing my motivation here haha! Also, it gives me the opportunity to work on a project like an auto to manual swap. Yeah yeah, if you wanted a manual you should've bought one with it in the first place. I've really heard it all. BUT, if one does go about this swap, I think that they would learn a lot from it. In my opinion, that's what's important.
Thank you! ^ And yes I have thought about that but I'm leaning more towards an N/A build. I want to focus mainly on weight, aerodynamics, stability. More power can come later
Why you gotta be so negative? just because I couldn't pass up the great deal with this automatic, you come here and you're like WOW I can't believe you would do this. All I want to do is post my progress for the people that are interested. Like cmon! You're really killing my motivation here haha! Also, it gives me the opportunity to work on a project like an auto to manual swap. Yeah yeah, if you wanted a manual you should've bought one with it in the first place. I've really heard it all. BUT, if one does go about this swap, I think that they would learn a lot from it. In my opinion, that's what's important.
I acted Bitchy and I'm sorry. I wish you luck & have fun doing this project.
just keep the a/t, do a transgo shift kit, 3.7 final drive, full bolt ons/tune and you'll be hurting the m/t guy's feelings.
Decisions, decisions. Transgo does sound interesting tho but we will see in time I mean is there any reason why I shouldn't go with the swap? Other than the obvious money factor? And time and effort?
Decisions, decisions. Transgo does sound interesting tho but we will see in time I mean is there any reason why I shouldn't go with the swap? Other than the obvious money factor? And time and effort?
I would image that headers are a PITA! But I think I'm just gonna wait until I do my emissions check and I'll slap em' on right after
get ready to cuss, and wish you didnt do it.... a buddy did his and they took about 10 hours... easier to take the motor out to do it than leaving it in the car.
listen to bmurray, he knows what he is talking about
02-02-2015, 07:03 PM
Timmy's 2008 350z HR Build
