Just when you think you are done spending money...
10-15-2011, 10:56 AM
#166
Well, after trying to sell it for a while, and being very unsuccessful... I am toying with the idea of just keeping it and putting it on the side burner right now, clean up some debt, I took a personal loan out to fix the engine and racked up my credit card... BUT, I paid off the credit card today! And I have a settlement on the way that SHOULD pay off the personal loan, I am just going to have to get alittle older of a second car, I am thinking like an 04 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro, should be a decent DD so I can get the finances straight and revisit my 350z when time and money allows again...
10-15-2011, 11:02 AM
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Great idea man, I'm very anti debt when it comes to modding cars. It's just not worth it. Get your **** straight and then come back to it. My car is paid off and I can't see the point in using debt you can't immediately pay off right away. You are making the right decision. Good for you
10-29-2011, 04:14 PM
#173
Anywho, I want to try and revive this thread with my plans for the future. After I clean up my financial situation, I plan on putting an OS Giken 1.5 way diff in with most likely 4.08 gears (you will see why I am still deliberating this in a second), then an aluminuim radiator, slim shroud and an oil cooler. At some point I will dump my HKS knock off exhaust and go with a Motordyne XYZ Y pipe (with resonator) and I will make a single exhaust with some vibrant mufflers. After all of this, I will be buying a Vortech V3 tuner supercharger kit, 600cc (maybe bigger if I want to run E85) and a walbro 255lph. I plan to run a conservative pulley and run it for awhile before I chance pushing more than what my compression can handle. I do plan for about 425hp to the rear wheels.
All of this must come first, I don't want to jump into a supercharger and not be able to handle it and run it efficiently. I am currently trying to decide what to do with gearing to plan for the future of the car as well as the present. The differential work will most likely be first along with 295/35/18 rear tires when I smoke off the 275's I currently run.
All of this may not be the revival of the NA forum because in all reality, I will be combining it with FI. I am not saying all of this will happen over night or even in the next year. But it is a serious plan and I will keep this thread updated as I go.
All of this must come first, I don't want to jump into a supercharger and not be able to handle it and run it efficiently. I am currently trying to decide what to do with gearing to plan for the future of the car as well as the present. The differential work will most likely be first along with 295/35/18 rear tires when I smoke off the 275's I currently run.
All of this may not be the revival of the NA forum because in all reality, I will be combining it with FI. I am not saying all of this will happen over night or even in the next year. But it is a serious plan and I will keep this thread updated as I go.
Last edited by Classy; 10-29-2011 at 04:16 PM.
11-10-2011, 12:46 AM
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So your thinking about an 11 to 1 SC setup next on E85, sweet. That i was i was thinking on doing after i do my NA build. I would think it will put down some nice power at 10-12 psi.
11-16-2011, 11:51 AM
#176
I do aswell, I am excited to get there, but I want to get my life back on track financially before I go down that road. Gab3d should beat me to the Supercharger, but we will see.
I have turned over 8k miles on the motor now, and it is running like a freaking champ. I have had ZERO issues with the motor besides replacing one VTC sprocket and a few rounds at the tuner. I swear it is making more HP now than it did when I had the final tune done. If all goes will, I will be swapping to the Motordyne XYZ w/ resonator and having the same guy who is doing Royal T's fab work make me a 3 inch singe exhaust, After which I will have a new dyno run and hopefully have over 300hp and 275TQ on paper
I am still kinda concerned about going to a smaller pulley when I do get the supercharger, I have read alot of stuff (ironically mostly Mustang guys) who run about 11:1 with a supercharger. We will see how all goes.
I have turned over 8k miles on the motor now, and it is running like a freaking champ. I have had ZERO issues with the motor besides replacing one VTC sprocket and a few rounds at the tuner. I swear it is making more HP now than it did when I had the final tune done. If all goes will, I will be swapping to the Motordyne XYZ w/ resonator and having the same guy who is doing Royal T's fab work make me a 3 inch singe exhaust, After which I will have a new dyno run and hopefully have over 300hp and 275TQ on paper
I am still kinda concerned about going to a smaller pulley when I do get the supercharger, I have read alot of stuff (ironically mostly Mustang guys) who run about 11:1 with a supercharger. We will see how all goes.
Last edited by Classy; 11-16-2011 at 11:52 AM.
01-07-2012, 02:05 PM
#177
It is forsale again, and here is the car
https://my350z.com/forum/texas-marke...uspension.html
And here is the part out
https://my350z.com/forum/texas-marke...-and-more.html
https://my350z.com/forum/texas-marke...uspension.html
And here is the part out
https://my350z.com/forum/texas-marke...-and-more.html
Last edited by Classy; 01-07-2012 at 02:09 PM.
01-24-2012, 03:51 PM
#178
This is where this thread ends, I have sold almost all of the parts off of the car and I finished the deal for the new car and traded in my 350Z. It was fun, but I am happy to move on, my new car is amazing and I look forward to a new project in the future. Thanks for the support and I do plan to still be around to give advice and help out.