D350Z10

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Tuning Factory is building the engine.
Complete Shortblock build:

Turbonetics t-67 turbo
Turbonetics Newgen Wastegate
Maybe a BIGGER spearco intercooler
ACT- 6puck clutch kit
Defi Bfamber Fuel and EGT gauges
Wiesco 8.8:1 compression pistons
Crower rods
Arp Main Studs
Arp Head Studs
Arp Rod Studs
Cometic Head Gasket
Cyclinders bored and re honed with torque plate
oil passages cleanded
block redecked

zlessnomore

Would that be the old Godspeed store or not? If not can I get there number and location?

D350Z10

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YEs previously known as Godspeed, Their new number is 248-477-0700 and the are located at 10 mile and grand river, On grandriver name of the street is crestview.

zlessnomore

I thought that so good I know them and they will take care of mine when the TT time comes!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!

JonathanAboona

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Yancy
Any reason why you chose to go with Eagle Rods vs. Pauter ? I am going to be running a pauter/wiseco setup but just found out that the rods or pistons need to be machined to mate with each other. $200 now added to my motor build bill just because of that

Yancy

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As you know, I previously purchased the Pauter Rods with the Arias pistons but ended up selling those parts to ETX when his motor blew. This time around, I ended up going with the Eagle Rods for no particular reason other than they are less money and lighter in weight than the Pauter Rods, which means less weight in the rotating assembly of the engine. The forging process should make the difference between the Eagle and Pauter rod minimal strength wise. (ie. I know guys with domestic cars running 600 rwhp plus using Eagle rods).

After researching all the available rods for the Z, I decided that all of the forged rods should be capable of at least 600-700 rwhp. A lot of people on this forum believe that the Pauter and Carillo rods are the strongest rods, but more likely that not a piston will break before anyone sees a forged rod break unless you have some really ****ty tune.

Did your rods come with the ARP rod bolts? They should fit nicely in the piston, but maybe there is too much play and they think its best to tighen things up to just make sure.

BobaFettm

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something REALLY REALLY bad happened to the Z... ill explain later after Jonathan A. gets back to my PM... a huge write up will be posted on this section and on the Z site...

lets just say the car is dead and the engine has to be pulled... and its not from the turbo or misuse... but from the pulley

D350Z10

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what happend bro

Yancy

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Not good Sorry for the loss. Fill us in on what happened.

Albopballer

WTF BOBFETTM,

I WANTED TO PURCHASE A KJR....lol...dood maybe warranty will cover it?? lol.. i wanna see pictures and a write up, anddd....is a UR pulley any good?

Lenny G.

BobaFettm

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personally... after that... I WILL never go with an aluminum pulley again... to many people say the actual bonuses are not worth it... for the chance of what can happen... I'll explain after jon response to my msg...

I mean most likely im gonna get 0 dollars for a failed product that was 100% installed and tigtened down to spec... why do i know this... I tightened it down... had pensoil check it before also... then tuning factory after the TT installed... THEN it failed... I know it wasnt my end...

shifty711

damnit, i have a kjr pulley that hasnt been installed yet. Now im affraid to install it.

mberthia

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You may want to check this tread on an engine failure. Owner seems to think that the pulley could have been the cause of the failed crank seal and the bent valves.

https://my350z.com/forum/maintenance-and-repair/177091-9000-4.html

shifty711

is anyone meeting up anywhere with their cars this weekend?

zlessnomore

The weather usually determines when we meet, the better it is the better chances of us meeting someplace.

MySunset350Z

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too cold for standing around. besides, my car is still in its winter phase, AND im taking it in for the recall on tuesday.

BobaFettm

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I'm calling Jonathan A. out right here and now... my cars engine is dead because of his pulley... There has been another recorded case... and someone else that i've talked to now has heard of the problem with the KJR pulley...

I do want help paying for my damages... and I do want something to be done about this... and no jon... not to be mean but you will not be taking the pulley... its not I dont trust you but its the only evidence I have that I have to dish out 5k+ to fix my damn car... and miss 1 main track event and possibly others now...

JonathanAboona

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Derek
If this is where you want this to play out that is fine with me. I have tried calling you on the phone to talk to you and we did but the last time we spoke you never called back after you had to go. If you don't want me to run tests on the pulley that's your choice. I stand behind my product 100% and wouldn't be putting my pulley on my $7000 + longblock if I didn't. Everything you have told me thus far makes it seem more and more likely that the pulley was not defected. It was your choice to drive from your school to Novi with the loose pulley, not mine. And the issue you had was before the twin turbos were installed. You said it yourself you have gone through 2 or 3 sets of belts already. Toady's belts are designed to last a good 80k. If the Penzoil service department and Nissan dealer didn't seem to raise any eyebrows about the pulley being the possible problem why is it the issue now. With the TT being installed, no extra draw is pulled from the crank. The only thing that happens is the RPM's obviously fly up considerably faster. Like I told you on the phone, I have customers on the west coast with stage 4 superchargers on their VQ35 and they have absolutely no issues with deformation. That many PSI being drawn from the crank has done nothing to it. Every time I raised that point you kept on saying that doesn't mean the pulley you had was defective which is true but in my opinion, not possible. That's why I offered to take the pulley and run tests on it. I am still willing to go to the shop to look at it myself since I haven't even seen a picture of what happened and even take a sliver of the material off the pulley to get the exact properties of it. Taking the pulley with me would have allowed me to do a brinell hardness test on it but a sliver of material will let me do the same thing just cost $ on my part.
It's sad that this has come between us but I feel that I can't do anything more for you. You have it set in your mind that the pulley caused your motor to fail and I honestly think that no evidence in the world will change your mind. That was my business side of this. However you want to take this into our social relationship is your personal vendetta. You already know how I feel about that.

BobaFettm

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this exact samething has happened to other Z's with your pulley jon... The guy lost his engine also that I talked too... you released your product originally with the wrong numbers to spec it down too... I originally installed it with those specs and then had to redo it from that...

your pulley ate the belts... not my engine... I asked before if aftermarket belts squeeled and you said no... shouldnt... you didnt respond with a HEY maybe something is wrong... you just let me go the way it was... so I thought it was just noise... and I drove about 20 miles on a somewhat loose pulley... and it wasnt that it was loose... the KEY was destroyed and my crank was ****ed up...

Yes I do wanna call you out like that... this is costing me more then you probably have even earned on this product and thats bull ****... most manufactures would have tried harder to find out what happened with their failed product... that is why I DO not recommend your product to anyone...

and just because something works on a few cars doesnt mean ALL are perfect... it ran great on my car for a year... then it broke and now I have to dish out a semester of school for a new engine

mzack

Please take the situation off the site. This seems very personal and I do not come here for this.