Well the Racer Factory event that was supposed to be at Buttonwillow is now canceled. They need 40 cars to enter to break even and with only 16 pre-registered, they werent confident that they were going to reach that number. Unfortunately this was the only track day that I had before the Redline Track Events Time Attack at Cal Speedway March 5th. That means I will only have March 4th at Cal Speedway to get all of my suspension tuning done and get used to the car before the Time Attack the next day. Not to mention I have never driven Cal Speedway before.

So now the first event that my car will be at will be the Performance Nissan Meet February 25th.

 

wow! Quaife! is a really good company! i kno they make a lot of good stuff. CluTCHes, LSD, and Etc!a lot drive train things! good sheit!!!! keep it up!!! when is CHAPTER 4 commin???? hey NV? did you say you have a TRACK Z?? by any chance do you still have your Track RIMS??? are they for sale??? i know "money" to you doesnt mean much but i got a lot of goodies up for trade.hehehe

 

Chapter 4 is coming very soon. It was dynoed and tuned by Jim Wolf this morning and is now probably somewhere around Barstow. Pictures on the dyno as well as results and the first test drive are coming very soon in Chapter 4.

I do have a track model and the OEM wheels are for sale and/or trade. PM me with what you have to trade and we can possibly work something out.

 

PM sent! u can AIM me too if you like

 

Can't wait to see your car in person! Keep the good news coming

 

I wanna see update!!

 

Its coming...geez lol. Chapter 4 will be up by the end of the day. For now here's a picture to keep you company...

 

This thread was getting kinda long so I started a Part Two that includes Chapter 4 and the first dyno chart which was at 8.5 lbs of boost on pump gas!

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-induction/167489-project-double-down-from-start-to-finish-part-two.html

 

MB,

You should be proud. Will give you race fuel numbers in a few.

M

 

Hey Mikey,
Car looks great! Congrats. I look forward to seeing the car run on the track. If you want to hit Buttonwillow in February, Speedventures is hosting an event there on the 25th and 26th: http://speedventures.com/2-25-2006_event.asp They are a good group.

I might try to make it out to that event and give my new ride an initial shakedown. It's going to be tough though, because I'll be out of town for the next couple weeks. Also, I'll probably have to run stock wheels and tires, and may not even have a chance to get a good alignment on it. Regardless, I'm probably going to try and make one of those days. If I don't see you out there, I'll see you at the Perf. Nissan event for sure.

I had thought long and hard about doing something to my Z similar to what you did to yours..Instead, I just decided to sell the Z and buy a new platform to start with. If I make it out to BWillow, I'll be driving this...I'm picking it up in Texas next week and driving it back to LA. Also...sorry to hijack your post!!!

 

Hey Jeff! So much for the family car lol. Good choice though. I would run with Speedventures that weekend, but I will be at the Performance Nissan meet on the 25th. Oh and don't worry about hijacking the thread. This one is old news lol. I have started a seperate thread for part two.

 

Great! Now jeff is a cocky domestic guy JK

 

Hahaha...hey Rick. I would hardly consider myself a 'domestic guy.' This is actually my first one, and really the only one I'm even remotely interested in. I was soooo close to buying a brand new Evo IX...oh so close. I just couldn't resist the Z06 though. I've wanted one for so long. I have a Subaru Legacy GT 2.5 Turbo wagon with a 5 speed as my dog/people hauler, so I had to have at least one impractical and fun car. One family car is plenty for any family!

The Z06 should be fun. It's completely stock and put down 364 whp when the owner had it dynoed...and ran a 12.3 1/4 mile on stock tires...should be interesting on the track.

Shoot...forgot the Performance meet was on the 25th...well, I'm going to that too. I hope I don't get kicked out with my Chevy! Why don't we go to the Performance meet, then up to B-willow that night and do the track day on sunday the 26th? Now that sounds like a cool weekend.

 

Hey i think i've seen that Z06 driving around my work area a few times in alhambra/rosemead lol

 

Now there's an idea. I will have to think about that one...

 

Hahah, just pullin your chain. I definitely respect domestics and the Z06 is no joke. I'm sure that you will be tearing some *** at the track with that beast. I'm sure it will be much better than that guy at BW a while back that got passed by a civic hatchback on the straight away coming out of the esses hahahaha

 

Wow, nice setup! congradulations.

Can you elaborate on your oil cooler setup as far as brand and location. I noticed in post #52 the undercarriage pic shows the adapter and lines. Thanks for the info.

 

Thanks! I am using a Stillen oil cooler and it is mounted right on top of the intercooler.

 

I would have used the Nissan Motorsports cooler -- its bigger and better.

Awesome project btw.

 

Actually I took a look at the oil cooler and its made by Setrab. Don't know why I thought it was Stillen.