Old School

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No more rebuild? Did I read that right, Bert? That turbo kit and accessories would pull in a nice down payment on a bike.....sorry, you know I gotta get you on two wheels now. It'll make you forget all about the dead VQ!

You'll go from to I gotta be careful getting on my Gixxer. It gives me wood so hard and so fast, it jerks me clean out of the seat! lol. The Z couldn't do that!

CFaddict350z

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Has anybody on here blown up a vq all-motor without any internal mods? let me know ,, kinda interested in that.. And thanks for the utec info,, Is there any other ecu system that you guys recommend on here?

taurran

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Look on the bright side - you're one step closer to the first ST in the 10's.

Good luck with the rebuild.

GZire

Sorry to hear about this man.

roncfpz

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Very sorry to read the news. Good luck with the rebuild.

Audible Mayhem

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yeah man, sorry, i just got home from work. it will all be ok in a few months man... then you might be able to keep up with me!! well.... maybe

superchargedg

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screw what i said before bert,im down. but if i fall asleep in your drive way dont fck with me.

Alberto

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Keith we'll all be meeting up shortly Im sure, we can handle some shots then...

craigo'sznprgrs

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To be safe, I am having Sharif take a look ASAP! Thankfully, he is closer to me now, lol.

Between you and Jet going down, with similar numbers as mine, this is making me consider a new project, lol. 30k takes my car right now, any takers???

ON a side note, I wish you luck with your rebuild and I am sure Sharif or 350zdcalb will help you out. With a built bottom end and your set-up, 475-500 whp will be easily attainable.

nissansource

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AWwww man alberto im sorry man. all i can say is pull that bad boy out now so we can have pics =) I am about to be ready for a build soon too my motor gets beat on everytime i take the car out. Its all about the FI game you boost you pay and how fast do you want to go. rules to live buy fi games are fun but pay later

PumpedVA

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man bro another blown motor . I feel you bro.

sentry65

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I'm not suprised it blew at 4000 rpms though instead of in the higher rpms. I mean by 4000 you're running full boost and that's right where the engine naturally makes peak torque - where it's the most sensitive. Then combine that with how hard and fast the turbo spools up, it makes sense to me that people a lot of times end up blowing the engine at around 4000-4500 rpms as opposed to something like 6000 rpms.

still though, sucks that it happens

so the engine was detonating a few times in the winter?

Alberto

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Thats right guys, you pay to play....here are some pics.

mario23

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Sorry to hear about your loss bro.
A lot of us have been watching you for guidance.
I'm sure you will keep schooling us though.
The rebuild should be an all new ground up project for you.
How much is a rebuild running these days anyways. I figure all F/I guys need to prepare for this possibility anyways. I know I will once I do have the boost.
Soon enough your Z will be in a different league. Keep us posted on your progress please. You still have a kick *** Z...

superchargedg

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that just made me

PumpedVA

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mine will be just under 13k with paint and powder coating on the motor

Unorthodox_Z

God that hurts to look at man... But that little intake scoop on the nose is sick as hell, where can I get one of those?

Alberto

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Thanks man appreciate the kind words. I share all my experiences good and bad so people can follow the good and learn from the bad. To do a basic built block-forged internals on stock sleeves + labor to swap in is about $6500. Of course I wont do just that as Ill likely sleeve (add roughly $2000-2500) and add cams and valvetrain to rev higher safely (1200-1400) + tuning + price of a new block cuz obviously mine is crap, you see it adds up FAST.

Senty-the car detonated on the stock TN flash thats why I went with the UTEC, injectors, fuel system, and tune. I had experienced inaudible detonation before while datalogging but that was due to bad gas, after the tune the car didnt detonate and ran great.

PumpedVA

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Sorry just did the math should be under 12k.

Alberto

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Its a Varis Air Duct-look up SPL parts on here (SN = sfarrah) they usually have them in stock as they are kinda hard to find.