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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Brew_haha
Also a little birdie told me they have some old guys from full race on board helping develop twin turbo kits for both the S and Z/g chassis. I will have more info on this in the next couple of months.
a full-race designed turbo kit for lsx z/g chassis? That would be AMAZING! I had a full-race prostreet kit on my civic before I bought the 350z and it was top notch quality.

Brew_haha, whats the difference between your new mil spec harness and the one running the car now?
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 08:18 AM
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My old harness loomed in the Nylon braided loom- Does not come with a Cannon plug disconnect - What we call a CM1 harness. Goes directly from the motor to the ECU like stock

The Mil-spec harness comes loomed in the Raychem DR25 high heat and diesel fuel resistant heat shrink and individual sensor labeling. It will also come with the Mil-Spec cannon plug quick disconnect

The original harness was only used for mock up and testing. No sense in using the expensive loom ad cannon plug for mocking up and testing

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here is a picture of the individual sensor labeling


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here is a quick picture i snapped with the iphone while we were taking better pictures with the sweet nikon d5100
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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jesus, whether my "custom" harness works or not, i might be buying one of these just because its so damn sexy.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 05:35 AM
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I should have some pictures of it installed this weekend, installed it, the 92TB and no2 plate and the new sikky shifter and im just happy that i can use my stock shift **** now. Before it wouldnt even think about threading on.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Brew_haha
No problem edafe always here to help.


Quamen - thats what i thought as well, i have a feeling when it arrives today and i install it tonight nothing is going to change but we will see. If it doesnt ill be swapping to the fueled racing kit. Ill prob be swapping either way. If they use the stock shifter then the motor has to sit a goo couple of inches further back.

Also a little birdie told me they have some old guys from full race on board helping develop twin turbo kits for both the S and Z/g chassis. I will have more info on this in the next couple of months.

Oh may Logan are you serious about the twin turbo kits.. If so I would love to get my hands on that..
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 09:16 AM
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I can't wait to get my custom CM2!!! it just looks so much better! and please let me know about the twin turbo!
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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I will know more info in the next 3 months about the tubo kits and i hope they are not BS ing around. But i dont think they are.

Vas - i think you are going to love your CM2 it comes with the mil spec connector and the nylon loom.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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For guys like me who are potentially going for an LS7, the dry sump system may not fit. There is a bunch of info around on doing a wet sump conversion

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e...n/viewall.html

People are reporting tiny gains in power, but all in all it might be worth looking into.

And if you're real bold

http://store.katechengines.com/bille...lock-p201.aspx

Also I'm not sure if this has been gone over yet, but Tick Performance does TR-6060 swaps for GTO T-56s.

http://www.tickperformance.com/tick-...6-pontiac-gto/

http://www.tickperformance.com/tick-...6-pontiac-gto/
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 01:13 PM
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Where are you trying to locate the dry sump to. If you drill out the spot welds on the secondary firewall you might get the room needed to locate the dry sump where the factory battery location is.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Brew_haha
Where are you trying to locate the dry sump to. If you drill out the spot welds on the secondary firewall you might get the room needed to locate the dry sump where the factory battery location is.
I'm not. I'm going to do a wet sump conversion. Makes more sense to me.
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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bad news sikkys still got stuff messed up. Now keeps poping out of 1st and 3rd. Urrggg. And yes was working perfectly fine before i traded them out. This is starting to get stupid.
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Brew_haha
bad news sikkys still got stuff messed up. Now keeps poping out of 1st and 3rd. Urrggg. And yes was working perfectly fine before i traded them out. This is starting to get stupid.
That sucks. Seems like Sikky is dropping the ball. Kinda glad I'm auto.
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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Mods, don't you think it is about time for a swap sub forum?
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 10:10 PM
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I hope I don't have problems with any sikky bs shifter .. I already spent an arm and a leg for there harness
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brew_haha
bad news sikkys still got stuff messed up. Now keeps poping out of 1st and 3rd. Urrggg. And yes was working perfectly fine before i traded them out. This is starting to get stupid.
LAME! I wonder if the new stiffer centering spring is too stiff and pulling it out of gear? You could test it buy removing the spring and seeing if the transmission still has the issue. Did the issue with the amount of play in gear go away?
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 06:37 AM
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Man that sucks.. I have the new shifter too, but wont be able to test it out until I get my built tranny.. Keep us posted Logan
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Quamen
Mods, don't you think it is about time for a swap sub forum?
Unfortunately Mods don't make this decision, its more IB and Admins. I fell it will come eventually.

Sorry to hear about the new shifter fail Brew
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Brew_haha
bad news sikkys still got stuff messed up. Now keeps poping out of 1st and 3rd. Urrggg. And yes was working perfectly fine before i traded them out. This is starting to get stupid.
Is there any adjustment you can do? Can you post some pics?

It sounds like they might have it working at their place but may be having issues when they build them in batches...This would point to me that they have some parts that are not coming in spec or their design does not account for assembly variability in the T56. Which could explain why they have a working one on their end and customers have issues.

This news is pushing me even more toward the fueled swap kit. IMO it is a simpler kit with less stuff to go wrong even though there may be some cons with it being back so far. Correct me if I am wrong.

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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 12:13 PM
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^not at all, the only limitation i can see with the fueled kit is the fact that taller valve covers might not clear the battery firewall. sikky shifter is garbage, sikky wiring is garbage. mounts, an oil pan are beautiful but it stops there.
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bbs350z
^not at all, the only limitation i can see with the fueled kit is the fact that taller valve covers might not clear the battery firewall. sikky shifter is garbage, sikky wiring is garbage. mounts, an oil pan are beautiful but it stops there.
Well if I cant shift that to me is a show stopper. I am a few months away from ordering the kit, so hopefully they can fix it. I am not going to run a large cam or 1.8 roller rockers so the tall valve covers should not be an issue.
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