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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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bbs350z nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 10:10 AM
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any HR pics?!?!
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 11:06 AM
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Nice I plan on doing this over winter
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Old Dec 24, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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Weeelll.... i guess not many try this at home? lol.. Anyways i got a new driftlady and decided to do it all right from the start. no more shortcuts so this was part of my plan of things to do. I went ahead and did the wire tuck in myself, took me about 4.5-5 hours total. Passenger side and Driver side are easy. I did not have to cut anything and everything fitted perfectly, but if u are not running a wired aftermarket radiator those pins get a little tight on the passenger side just a heads up!

For grounds I used stock holes, love you Nissan for the amount of holes! lol Worst part was the engine harness big fatty plastic covering the wire going over the passenger side in the back. I made it easier by taking the fuel crap out and putting it to the side. Gave me a lot more room to work with back there. Once you have gotten all those little pieces of plastic off and tape and what not oh my God it is so freaking easy it ain't even funny. i think i did 4 hours taking crap off and plastics and 30 minutes to an hour taping it all back like OEM! just all hidden

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These are the cams, maf, 02 sensor and throttle body cables. All these will be hiding in the back . I went to autogay and bought the heat oem looking stuff and electric tape that can withstand up to 300 degrees. i know it aint much but all combined will be fine. Just tried giving it the OEM look


Finished process!


dont mind crappy pics and f'up winshield lol but here is a pic of what looks like. gotta take better ones when is light out.
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Old Dec 24, 2012 | 05:12 PM
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Looks great litoflow!!!
I did the easy strut towers bundles the past week. Thinking about doing the main center one next week.

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Old Dec 25, 2012 | 10:44 AM
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^^yeah bro do it!. You wont be disappointed.

Btw i would not use those hoses u are using for the catch can, u see how they start getting skinnier and skinnier because of the air sucking thru or whatever? u better off get black hoses like oil hoses
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Old Dec 25, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by litoflow
^^yeah bro do it!. You wont be disappointed.

Btw i would not use those hoses u are using for the catch can, u see how they start getting skinnier and skinnier because of the air sucking thru or whatever? u better off get black hoses like oil hoses

Thanx,
I was just thinking about going with the black braided hose. Cause these look like crap and collapses.
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Old Dec 25, 2012 | 04:04 PM
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Looks good Lito!
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Old Dec 31, 2012 | 04:00 PM
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Got bored this weekend and went for it.

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Old Dec 31, 2012 | 04:03 PM
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Nice man!

...can't wait to move into bigger housing...
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Old Dec 31, 2012 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by KingBaby
Nice man!

...can't wait to move into bigger housing...
Thanks Rod,

You mean move off that island. Lmao!!!
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Old Dec 31, 2012 | 04:17 PM
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Nope

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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 09:22 AM
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sradenton

the ground wires on the passenger side, can be moved to the bottom on that same side inside the engine and u can put the grounds on wholes the engine already has. that's what I did and it worked mint! lol
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by litoflow
sradenton

the ground wires on the passenger side, can be moved to the bottom on that same side inside the engine and u can put the grounds on wholes the engine already has. that's what I did and it worked mint! lol
Hmmm guess the ground wires next.lol

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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 11:01 AM
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You should also focus on your coolant hoses and the main battery cable.
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Cux350z
You should also focus on your coolant hoses and the main battery cable.
Yea!! I just bought the stuff to do the coolant mod
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 11:13 AM
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where are your tanks mounted? oil Catch can?
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Cux350z
where are your tanks mounted? oil Catch can?
Haven't mounted that yet. Got to get some hoses
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 05:02 PM
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yeah get rid of those coolant hoses u dont need.

Cux did u mess around with the battery cable yourself?

i need to do that too thats next for me
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 05:15 PM
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Yeah. I wanted to run it out of the backside of the battery box in reverse order like someone else mentioned but I couldn't make it work. Having TT charge pipes in the way makes it more difficult.

What I ended up doing is removing the clamshell plastic casing, replaced with braided sleeving, shrink. Since I removed the vacuum crossover pipe for the brake booster I had a spare hole open in the grommet and used it. Ran the cable down the brake line and to the alternator/start. Much more hidden but still not 100% what I wanted to do.

If I ever get a long break I would love to pull my motor again, redo the front brake lines, tuck the battery cable better and paint the engine bay since mine is showing its years of abuse.

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