What Model 350z do you have?

 

This is one insane build. If only I knew how to weld so I could custom fab work to my own vehicles... One day I'll be as cool as you.

 

'03 touring


thank you - a few hundred dollars, a used miller suitcase welder, and a pile of scrap steel...hardly cool...

 

Not bad at all for a low budget setup and scraps. Bravo

 

Got the passenger side blower off ... As best I can tell the oil line is clogged as well but the blower is still intact with minimal play in the shaft.

I'm leaning towards replacing both with new CHRA along with installing the aforementioned -4 AN lines, an inline filter, and running a thinner oil (currently running 5w valvoline synpower) opinions on oil anyone?

while the car is up in the air:

1. gonna get the first few ducts off the blower welded on (as opposed to using the couplers)
2. reverse my hardware on my oil return lines - fittings on the inside of the pan, nuts on the outside of the pan)
3. install the greddy wastegate relocation kit - Hat tip to Cux350 for pointing me to Total D who fabs them up... (Sucker Punching Motorsports)...
4. get the boost control solenoid fab'd up ... thinking about running hard copper line versus silicone / rubber hose

 

inline filter came in ... (bigger than I expected) ... need some -4 to -8 reducers ...

 

waste gate relocation kit came in... tip of the hat to Jeremiah @ Sucker Punch Motorspots - I was pretty happy that he fabricates them up! Beautiful welds ...

 

very nice pieces there!

 

^thanks Esco! I think I'm going to have little bit of a fitment issue on the passenger side ... If I remember right you had some issues with your SVR Tech kit??

I think a 1/2" spacer will fix the problem - I may ask Jeremiah to weld on a stub of pipe and he'll probably modify his jig while he's at it. But all in all, pretty happy with the kit...I knew there may be a fitment issue.

a few things came in...

-4 to -10 fittings came in for the oil filter ... (unintentionally large - didnt realize when I purchased it but gonna roll with it) fab'd up the feed lines.


The diaphragms came in, lube'd up the valve stem with antiseize and bolted everything back together - was careful not to pinch the diaphragm.

 

attended a professional public works conference and picked up 6 of these light-bulb shaped squeeze-stress-relievers ... ditch the (clean) shop rags for these:



wastegate relocation going well...

 

Building the waste gate assembly ...

If I knew then what I knew now...would have NEVER used the typical nut & bolt setup but rather used hex-head allen wrench bolts...would have solved all my clearance issues and made disassembling so much easier...onward and upward!

I had standard AN -3 hoses to from my vac block to the waste gate and decided to run hard lines ... I was going to order some steel lines but I can pickup copper lines from the hardware store pretty easy... throw some flares on them and I'm good to go...one from the vac block to the solenoid and two from the solenoid to each waste gate.

 

love this haha

always thought about doing braided AN steel lines for my vac. Had one of my rubber ones get burned on my driver manifold. Coulda been bad!

 

ahhh damm!t ... chalk this up to you get what you paid for...found a fabricator thought he would have TIG'd it but I think he squirt-gun MIG'd it...$80 later



but nothing the happy-wheel cant put a shine on...





all in all - happy with how it came out after the 30 minutes of grinding

wrapped up the relocation kit, waste gates installed, hardlines run ...

 

James, looks good outside now. But I would be rather worried about the welds from inside.

 

Looks good cleaned up but personally I would have left the welds alone. Adds strength and with welding cast aluminum there is a large chance of pin holes. I want to do the same thing with my twin setup. I hate the coupler being so close to heat and its a huge pita to get to the clamps.

 

Thanks man! A very good valid concern...especially if something were to break-loose...I'll investigate further...

I hear ya...not too worried about it's strength as long as it stays in one piece. I really wanted to lose those couplers...especially the passenger side right next to the header.

I was very worried about pin holes before I ground off the welds off but nothing was apparent - if I find any I'll have them re-welded...

 

dude your W brace is beautiful please mass produce

 

^thanks - we had a good 10 to 15 hours of fab / welding time in it ... we collectively fabricated everything to mimic the OEM W brace and a buddy did the welding. It's maybe a pound or two lighter than the OEM steel but nothing significant.

doing away with the copper vac lines ... they arent holding up like I thought they would...back to the AN-3 lines...

boost control solenoid hooked up & plumbed to the waste gates and vac block...

replacement CHRAs/blowers ordered last week - should be in this upcoming Friday...waiting on a few fittings between the turbos and the oil feed lines ...

 

nice to see your still working on this and making progress. I did have issues with fitting those svrtech wastegate relocation pipes. I could never get them to fit right with my down pipes. Ended up just having a whole exhaust system custom made. Best decision for sure. Everything fits perfectly. keep up the good work sir

 

-4 Fuel Feed is very small...... hummmmm

Mine is a -8 Feed, then Tee's to two -6's