thought I would share my turbo build,
2003 nissan 350z manual, this isn't a guide or how to, Im not going to go in great detail of the parts ive picked or what ive done, will update





parts, thanks to www.conceptzperformance.com for all there help and info,







forgot to take a picture of the flywheel


first things first lets get the engine out,




being the genius that I am I forgot to evacuate the A/C, Oh well I can work around it for now



broom handle worked wonders holding up the hood, the previous owner was replacing the oil pressure sensor and tighten it way to much and cracked the upper oil pan, got a new upper oil pan from him when I bought the car,

taking out the engine was pretty straightforward, ive had more hard times taking 4 cylinder engines out,



what a mess,













block and heads and crank are at the machinist

for the turbo
with four valve engine w/variable valve timing 95% VE

215.73 x .5 x 3000rpm / 1,728 = 187.26 215.73 x .5 x 6200rpm / 1,728 = 387
187.26 CFM x .95 = 177.89 387 CFM x .95 = 367.65

10 + 14.7/14.7 = 1.68 15+14.7/14.7 = 2.02
177.89 x 1.5 DR = 266.83 367.65 x 1.7 DR = 625
266.83 x .069 = 18.41 625 x .069 = 43.12

18.41 lbs/min of air at 3000 rpm and 43.12 lbs/min of air at 6200 rpm
Garrett GT3582R

 

right on ... great pictures!

what are you tuning with?

what are your power goals for the build?

 

Awesome build. What turbo kit are you going to use? Or are you building your own?

 

180hp @ 3000 rpm 440hp @ 6200 rpm
haven't decided what im going to be using for a tuner, up rev, haltech, (nissan opensource)
doing the turbo fab myself,
304 ss .0065

 

Assuming youre using 304 for all the hot-side stuff?

I used .06" for my Y pipe and down pipes with a small ~2" section of ~.08" (I cant remember exactly) but if I had it all over again I'd make my down pipes thicker. With that being said, my .06" stuff has been doing fine.

Do you do your own TIG'ing??

 

oil was leaking into the spark plugs chambers because of the worn out seals on the rocker cover,
you can see the saturated oil sitting on the bottom,
soda blasting the heads to save a couple of bucks or so I thought, machinist ended up putting them in the ultrasonic cleaner,





after soda blasting



heads are cleaned and the machinist is putting the new valve guides in,

 

blocked cleaned, bored and honed, install ARP studs




got the crank cleaned and polished

 

Looking Good!

But not much detail about the Motor, like what parts you used.

 

haven't decided what turbo I'm going to use one on the right is a Garrett 60-1 the other is a rev 9 tx 72 38mm turbosmart wastegate (tech at turbosmart said that id be ok to use it long as it was 6 inches away from the turbo

 

@bealljk I think you have another fabricator to contend with for sexy builds...

 

Fine by me!

his look wayyyyyy better anyways!

 

Without a doubt one of the best newb threds on this site ever, good luck on your project, keep updating and congratz!
"Subbed" for "Subd".

 

thanks guys, I appreciate all the positive comments, Z community here seems great

 

we got you fooled ... were a bunch of d!cks ... were just butter'ing you up and then we'll rip you down like the crazy narcissist we all are!! ha ha ha!

just kidding!

Great thread and keep up the good work!

 

i want all new posters in the FI thread to come see this..... he started 2 years ago, not sure of the delay, but they need to realize it takes time and not going to happen over a weekend

 

marathon, not a sprint...

 

Time, money and money,

 

exactly, time and time again we see people on here thinking they are going to do this or that, then either fail, dont realize the true cost or dont follow through.

good for you by posting the follow up.

 

well I spent 6 months learning how to tig weld, physically doing it and watching countless videos on you tube,
spent a couple of weeks reading a great book called "Turbo: Real World High-Performance Turbocharger Systems" because I knew nothing about how turbos worked
watched 100s of fabrication videos, on youtube

 

oh we beat it into them … they just don't listen, then call us ******!

yea … hat-tip … I got sick of a buddy thinking I was an open-check book and invested in a tig setup and I've screwed-up a bunch but I'm getting better.

Another good book (you've probably heard of it) Corky Bell's Maximum Boost - I still reference that book!