building the motor, japtrix is doing the whole thing and honestly all the work i havent had to worry bout anything but paying for stuff, these guys are great, im sure gus(westpak)will tap in over the next few days on the process, im the guy who blew his motor n/a and dealer couldnt figure out what was the problem so I got a new motor under warranty and then put on the turbonetics turbo kit and blew my motor again, and now after alot of decisions ive decided to finish this car for good, built motor and all.

 

Thats awesome, glad to hear your finally going to have th car running great!

When should it be finished? I'm soppose to bring my Z in japtrix in about 2weeks to have my APS kit put on, and would love to see the process on your Z.

Good luck on everything!

 

well the car is going in on feb 13th probs youll see my car, im sure westpak will help out with pictures on the process, hes awesome when my car first ever got the kit put on the stock motor he knew i couldnt go up there b/c i live in miami so he took a picture of the car for me to see it, i wwas so excited, im hoping with what i asked reggie with turbonetics a while back when I had just blown my motor, that i guess ill be one of the first to try and get 500 whp on the turbonetics kit

 

heres the list for whats going on b/c i figured no expense spared and i have to do everything right this time so here it goes tell me what you guys think

MOTOR Specs:
a 8.8 to 1 compression short block:
Wiseco Pistons .020 over
Eagle Rods
ARP Rod Bolts
Block oil passages cleaned
Block redecked
Block Bored and Honed using a Torque Plate
Crank balanced
Crank journals polished
New Rod and Main bearings


Tuning will be done with a UTEC with map selector
-550cc injectors
-fuel return system
-turboxs dual stage boost controller

and i will be running
-jic full titanium single tip exhaust
-crawford v5 plenum(black)

 

by the way if anyone can recommend a radiator that will fit with the turbonetics kit that would be amazing b/c i was gonna run a koyo but people say with the fans itll hit the piping so as of now All i have is the stock radiator and i would prefer to have everything i have a still oil cooler to help in cooling the oil, but for temp levels i got a nismo thermostat but since i will track the car(road course)i really do want to get a radiator for reliability you know

 

That's great man i hope everything comes out how you want it to come out.
Good luck on it.

 

Yea but their are two type of koyo's a thick version and a thin one see if the thin one works

 

Wow your car will be quite the machine.... good luck with it, hope everything works out

 

Should be cool.

BTW, this is what a period looks like => .

 

i talked to someone bout the koyo radiator and someone said that if its a thin one you might as well stay with the stock one dont knwo if thats true or not though?

 

You're spending all this money to have the engine done why not spend a couple of hundred $ more and get pauter rods and CP or Arias Pistons? I know you are only going for 500whp, but there is no such thing as overkill IMO especially if it only cost a couple hundred more.

 

im going with wat japtrix recommended, im not really a hardcore drag racer, actually for that matter ive never been to the track, i understand what your saying but i trust japtrix and if they think its a good setup then im sure itll be strong enough to run, besides im gonna have 2 boost settings and for the road course ill never run 500 b/c thats uncontrollable, the 500 hp will be there just to know i have it lol, im sure gus can tap in and explain why they went with that setup, you are right though that the rods you speak of would of been overkill but stronger i agree. oh and the gauges im running are air/fuel, boost, and fuel pressure, and im using the stock oil pressure gauge, anybody recommend any other gauges i need or did i nail it all?

 

Oil temp gauge... and EGT Gauge...

 

yea but i hear an air/fuel gauge is almost the same thing but better then an egt, true or false?

 

Eagles are much stronger than most 350Z owners are lead to beleive. The 300Z owners push them near 700 whp without issue. Considering they are 600 bucks cheaper than pauters I think they are a great deal.

The wisecos are fine as well, but the difference between those and say the Arias is only a hundred bucks or so.

It is all up to the end user and both will be fine for his build.

 

Oil temp is another gauge I would recommend. I don't think an EGT is needed with the a proper wideband AFR. That said, pushing 500 whp out of the single 3" dump pipe might warrant a need for an EGT gauge.

To put things into perspective, I don't think any TT owner would go for a build into the 500s with anything less than 3" - 3.5" Dual dump pipes (now that they are available) - not that it's needed, but regardless, you will attempt the same HP out of a single 3" dump pipe.

 

WOW

 

i was thinking oil temp for sure but I see what your sayin bout the dump pipe, egt would probs help, bout the radiator, does anyone have the thinner koyo radiator and think it works better then the stock???, i hope that wow from you(downshift) lol is a good wow

 

Try the PE radiator or Stillen...

 

hey miaplaya which one are you running b/c you have the kit so you know what im talking bout, with the pipe and the fans hitting it, just wondering anybody think you can give me an idea of what kind of boost im looking at to get 500 on a single turbo Z