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I've had heating issues for many years in my Z and I was finally able to fix it last night. We removed my old 36mm Koyo and replaced it with the new Koyo 48mm. The installation wasn't hard but bleeding the system was a pain in the ***. We couldn't get rid of an air pocket. We ended up jacking the front of the car up very high and coolant was finally able to circulate the entire car and started spewing out the bleeder valve. We let the car run in my garage for 30 mins to see how it handled heatsoak and it stayed between and the operating range was 70-80celcius. This is amazing because my car would normally idle at 90celcius so the temp drop was significant. Can't be happier wish I had bothered to upgrade the radiator sooner.
I also started to play around with the interior and I want to mount my dual wideband and e85 gauge properly. I bought a double din gauge pod for 52mm gauges and since it was mild steel i was able to bend it slightly to make it fit in the cubby. I think maybe wrapping it in cf or maybe just overlaying the whole cubby area with a piece of carbon and ripping off the door thingy that pops up.
Still one of my favorite Z's on here. Glad you've held on to it
The cubby door is actually pretty easy to remove (just a couple springs and screws) once you pop the waterfall off. I thought about taking mine off back when I have my center console wrapped in the 3M CF stuff, but it leaves about a 2 inch gap above the cubby, kind of an eye sore, so I left it in.
There's a DIY floating around somewhere on here about removing the waterfall, I'd just recommend taking pics of the springs, so it's easier to put them back in if you decide to put cubby door back in.
I like the 03-05 retractable cubby door so much better than the 06 flip up, don't really know the reasoning behind that change Definitely interested to see which route you take with the gauges though.
Have you thought about making a pod that covers the entire cubby hole? I had one made for an 04 that fit well. Or possibly removing the door assembly and continuing the pod up and expanding it further and wider to the black trim all around.
Have you thought about making a pod that covers the entire cubby hole? I had one made for an 04 that fit well. Or possibly removing the door assembly and continuing the pod up and expanding it further and wider to the black trim all around.
Yes covering the entire cubby hole with a sheet of CF would be similar to what you are thinking.
Read your whole story and just wanna say you have a beautiful Z. Love the Super Laps i have the same wheels, and you are 45 min away from me in TX lol. Your build has definitly given me some ideas where to go with my car.
Read your whole story and just wanna say you have a beautiful Z. Love the Super Laps i have the same wheels, and you are 45 min away from me in TX lol. Your build has definitly given me some ideas where to go with my car.
I appreciate the kind words, let me know if you have any questions or need advice on your build.
Definitely interested to see which route you take with the gauges though.
