So I've put on about 1,500 turbocharged miles since the car was finished with the HKS Setup Kit. The only minor issue that I ran into was a fuel leak. The o-ring from one of the fuel rail's had gone bad; easy fix. I drove the car from LA to Vegas for SEMA without any issues and has been running very strong since completion of the turbo work. I finally installed HKS's new EVC VI and cranked up the boost to 7.7 psi and is now making 383RWHP and 390RWTQ. The initial power that the car was putting down was at 315RWHP which was some what of a disappointment but I was still very happy due to the fact that with all the custom fabricated work, the car was reliable. I wanted to crank up the boost a bit more but it seems though that the actuator's on the GT-RS turbo that is supplied with the kit is already maxed out.

All in all; even with my skepticism of turbocharging a car that wasn't meant to be from the manufacturer, I am very pleased with the results. The ideal goal was to be able to have a reliable twin turbocharged car that can be driven daily and even long distance and this goal has been accomplished. The use of high quality HKS parts has proven that you can still build a reliable twin turbocharged 350Z with minimal maintenance and engine issue's. In addition, with the expertise of fabrication and install from Georgheinz Rios and the highly experienced HKS Pro Dealer; SP Engineering, performing the tuning of the F-Con VPro; the combination was nothing short of a great success.

Special Thanks:
Rick Lafferty @ HKS USA
Garrett Wong @ HKS USA
Ryan Nufable @ HKS USA
Alex Shen @ SP Engineering
Eugene Lee @ SP Engineering
Georgheinz Rios @ Gearheinz Power & Service

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Sources:

HKS U.S.A Inc
13401 S. Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90061
310.491.3300
www.hksusa.com

SP Engineering
424 Turnbull Canyon Rd
Industry, CA 91745
626.333.5398
www.sp-power.com

Gearheinz Power & Service
2086-B Central Ave
Duarte, CA 91010
626.215.6037
www.gearheinz.com

 

That is one sweet *** z.

 

Forged actuators/springs then open dumps....

 

That WAS the plan but I'll be putting up the car for sale soon so theres really no point.

 

Ok your car is official too hot. Please stop....LOL. I was drooling on your car at sema. Really fine work, Andy.

 

just wow.

 

yeah i would be pretty depressed with those numbers too

 

Oh, stop it, Sharif. You're making blush, LOL! I really appreciate your kind words though!

 

Sick setup Andy. Congrats on your build

 

Who designed and did the graphics on the car? I like the look.

 

very nice set-up. we all say we are going to sell, but its just too hard to let go of such beauty

 

Awsome

 

Very Nice Andy!!!

 

Well the design concept all originated with the color change of the car. Since I was sponsored by HKS and Johnny wanted me to change the color of my car for cover feature, naturally red made sense. The graphic scheme concept was my idea which I was inspired by recent HKS car's (I even changed tire sponsors to Yokohama from Bridgestone just to get the look right!) and I had SandA Design put it on paper, make adjustments, and then cut and apply it. They did a great job, chrome vinyl is very difficult to work with and my design has 2 layers of it. They literally did the car in one day, no joke!

 

All the stripes are symmetrical and line up around the car. SandA Design FTW!

 

Car looks really nice Andy! Congrads!

 

Sweet Andy! So are you moving on to 370Z next?

 

he's gonna go bimmer

 

i heard Andy's getting a Honda Fit because he cant handle rwd :P

 

it looks pretty badass... except the damn flying camera with wings.. they could've used a more subtle watermark
I guess you'll be selling it before trying to hit 400whp?