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03-20-2009, 05:37 PM
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since I can't seem to leave well enough alone - here goes!
I would have been all set to basically get the ITB setup tuned, but I decided before we did, it would be a good time to do all those "little" things I had thought about. To me it's forward thinking, to others, it's alot of work for nothing. Either way, it's being done. So, in preparation for possible ducting or even some sort of airbox at some point in the future (nothing is even remotely on the burner right now), I decided to swap to the 07 + radiator support. Pretty straightforward overall, though it does require you to either totally hack up the passenger side headlight bracket assembly, or, get one from an 07 + car. Mine should arrive here Monday, then we can at least get that part done.
Right now, you can just see the mess of parts scattered all over. I hate when it's like this, but it's the easiest way to do it and not loose your place when you're going to be back on it in a couple days. Thank god I've got a shop I can do this at!
I'm also going to somehow get rid of that ugly front coolant hose that runs in front of the engine. I'm on the fence right now if I want to totally eliminate it, or, if I want to simply reroute it to make it prettier. I know alot of guys take this opportunity to get rid of all sorts of stuff, like the water cooled filter housing, etc. I really don't want to tear the whole wrap around coolant line apart to do that, so I'm going to take a less hardcore approach to hopefully make it cleaner looking. If anyone's got any ideas, let me know, as I've only just started thinking about it. I want to get that part done next week.
The ITB setup will be tuned soon I promise, and I'll post the results here. To speed things up and get the car running asap, I decided to go with the cable throttle for right now. The DBW was totally workable, but it was going to take too long to make it all in a small enough package, since space is a premium in the engine bay. Gives me something I can toy around with next winter - can't do everything on day 1, or else nothing tends to get done at all! The cool thing is we ended up fabbing a nice little bracket to handle the conversion to the cable, and the whole throttle cable is maybe 1.5 feet long total, from the bodies to the pedal. Throttle response is going to be insanely fast now, I can't wait to try it!
Sorry for the crappy pics, I just snapped 'em quick before headed home
I would have been all set to basically get the ITB setup tuned, but I decided before we did, it would be a good time to do all those "little" things I had thought about. To me it's forward thinking, to others, it's alot of work for nothing. Either way, it's being done. So, in preparation for possible ducting or even some sort of airbox at some point in the future (nothing is even remotely on the burner right now), I decided to swap to the 07 + radiator support. Pretty straightforward overall, though it does require you to either totally hack up the passenger side headlight bracket assembly, or, get one from an 07 + car. Mine should arrive here Monday, then we can at least get that part done.
Right now, you can just see the mess of parts scattered all over. I hate when it's like this, but it's the easiest way to do it and not loose your place when you're going to be back on it in a couple days. Thank god I've got a shop I can do this at!
I'm also going to somehow get rid of that ugly front coolant hose that runs in front of the engine. I'm on the fence right now if I want to totally eliminate it, or, if I want to simply reroute it to make it prettier. I know alot of guys take this opportunity to get rid of all sorts of stuff, like the water cooled filter housing, etc. I really don't want to tear the whole wrap around coolant line apart to do that, so I'm going to take a less hardcore approach to hopefully make it cleaner looking. If anyone's got any ideas, let me know, as I've only just started thinking about it. I want to get that part done next week.
The ITB setup will be tuned soon I promise, and I'll post the results here. To speed things up and get the car running asap, I decided to go with the cable throttle for right now. The DBW was totally workable, but it was going to take too long to make it all in a small enough package, since space is a premium in the engine bay. Gives me something I can toy around with next winter - can't do everything on day 1, or else nothing tends to get done at all! The cool thing is we ended up fabbing a nice little bracket to handle the conversion to the cable, and the whole throttle cable is maybe 1.5 feet long total, from the bodies to the pedal. Throttle response is going to be insanely fast now, I can't wait to try it!
Sorry for the crappy pics, I just snapped 'em quick before headed home
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03-21-2009, 07:05 AM
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check the blog outcornerbalance.wordpress.com
a few pics are up there - more to come down the road
tuning wise, I have a friend of mine who is going to be doing it with us...will post up all the details once it's completed
lolol - delete that president crap, it's corny lololol
As much as I love working on the car and learning new things about it, I can't wait to take it out again! I'm going through severe withdrawal
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03-21-2009, 07:57 AM
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'N/A 350z = Adam', isn't it? Really...
When i read that post on first page long time ago, i was like ' humm we'll see' but now i can really say that tho, your Z never stop! going more and more, try and try. That's BIG
Adam..
Damm you N/A freak!!!
Btw, the custom headers you told me about before, is it almost done making? Also, do you think that, it could possibly throw more power/torque on SC setup too?
Jay
'N/A 350z = Adam', isn't it? Really...
When i read that post on first page long time ago, i was like ' humm we'll see' but now i can really say that tho, your Z never stop! going more and more, try and try. That's BIG
Adam.. Damm you N/A freak!!!
Btw, the custom headers you told me about before, is it almost done making? Also, do you think that, it could possibly throw more power/torque on SC setup too?
Jay
03-21-2009, 08:11 AM
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Jay - I'm concentrating first on the ITB then the final drive, since that itself needs major work to complete. I'll worry about new headers later in the year. Not sure how it would do on a s/c setup, as I don't have alot of experience with them except for basic bolt on mods (exhaust, etc)
03-21-2009, 07:34 PM
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Jay - I'm concentrating first on the ITB then the final drive, since that itself needs major work to complete. I'll worry about new headers later in the year. Not sure how it would do on a s/c setup, as I don't have alot of experience with them except for basic bolt on mods (exhaust, etc)
Also, I really want to see how that cluster looks on car. well good luck adam! i keep my eyes on your thread chefj
