Yes finally!
After 2 years of planning and obsessing I took my car to SGP in Houston and this is the end result: 346rwhp and 345lbft @ 5.5lbs of boost and 405rwhp and 401lbft @ 8lbs of boost. The car is very fun to drive and I am happy for now but I will build the motor in the not to distant future. The bad thing was I wasn't really sure about where I was going to put the boost controller and AF/knock amp monitor at the time of install so they just kinda left it open for me to do what ever I what later on. Like said I am very pleased with the outcome and am glad it took the time to research all the kits. EACH of the kits are great IMO but the Greddy seemed to be the best value and had plenty of headroom for later on when I decide I need more power.

Here's a list of what I had done.
-Greddy TT kit with FMIC
-Greddy Type RS BOV
-HKS complete V-pro EMS including knock amp
-HKS EVC VI boost controller
-Walbro 255lph fuel pump
-Fluidamper harmonic crank pulley
-PWR radiator
-Nismo T-stat
-JWT clutch and stainless steel line
-SGP 2.5" down pipes
-Ceramic coating the manifolds,housings and downpipes
-Motul synthetics in the crankcase, trany and dif

The Crawford plenum, grounding wire kit and Stillen dual path exhaust were on the car prior to the turbo installation.

I would Like to thank the following:
Mark and Thomas @ SGP for all their hard work and tolerating my OCD. lol
All the other vendors on this site that I called and/or e-mailed for info; Tim@SFR, Sharif@forged, Clint@Altered and Julian@MRC
And last but not least, MY350Z.com and all the great info and threads on this site (Yes the SEARCH function works quite well)lol.

Dyno graph @ 5.5psi and 8psi.

Before ceramic coatings.



After ceramics.

Engine bay.


My ride.





The cockpit.

 

great looking car. Congrats. I saw this car Last Tuesday!

 

very nice. I am waiting to do a similar Greddy set up, if Greddy will get off their as and ship the turbos to Forged.
What spoiler is that on your car?

 

what did you have done to the manifolds, turbine housings, turbine outlets, and downpipes? Is that just black paint, or is it some kinf of special coating?

 

congrats on your new found power

 

Thanks everyone.

Both the upper and lower rear spoilers are made by Stillen. Both CA and NJ warehouses were low on Greddy kits when I ordered. Mark said order now or you'll have to wait till the end of the year.

Quadcam, those are ceramic coatings using Tech line ceramic coating products which are rated for 2400F degrees. see my previous thread:https://my350z.com/forum/forced-induction/311845-ceramic-coatings-again.html

 

Congrats! Be carefull!

 

QFT

 

damn, very nice.

 

Awesome setup!

 

Great setup!

 

nice....... enjoy the new found power and car looks good...

im sure you saw my baby down there too!! she's been there for like 6months now.... lol i go to pick her up when i get home... woo hooo.. lol

 

I saw it. They are taking good care of you. I was pretty impressed. My brother just back to Iraq and was with me when I was down there. As a veteran, he was overwhelmed by the lengths they were going to accommodate you.

 

Thanks. I saw your car and Ashmo was right they are taking good care of it. Be safe over there.

 

yeah thats a relief to hear that from another person....
i been hearing that from alot of people that see's it there..
thats why i like doing business with them and plus the fact that Mark helped me out alot and fit me in thier busy schedule when i came home on R&R to tune my car...

 

btw what exhuast are you runnin?

haha dont have worry about me stayin safe.... i come home in jan and i barely work(go on the road now)

 

Looks awesome! Congrats and enjoy the newfound power!

 

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OP-congrats, numbers look good.

 

Ive got a Stillen dual path exhaust, which ive had for a while. The guys @ SGP said it might be holding me back just a little. I will upgrade to a Greddy evo TT exhaust in the future but this little project left my finances bone dry for now.

 

Many things have happened since I started this thread. The biggest one for me was blowing my motor back in Oct '08. So to make a long story short, I'm flying out to ATL tonight and will be at Forged Performance in the morning to pick up my car. I can't wait to get her back! w00t!!!!!