All I have to say is .... HOLY SH!TBALLS!!!!

I finished the exhaust and a few other goodies and the sound and feal is incredible. My AF went from arround 10.4 to 12.5-13.0 just from what I did today. I definately feel the diffrence.

Too busy at the moment but pictures and video to come!

 

Ok here we go the pics.

I found the best way to install and align an exhaust of this size is to put one side on at a time completely, then do the other.




DO NOT TIGHTEN BOLTS!!! Just put every thing on finger tight and let it hang.

Once every thing is on adjust and align front to back. You can easily move things arround and fit every thing where it needs to go this way. The only issues I had with alignment was the SGP Down pipes were a little off on the passanger side flange. Not realy too much just like 2mm or so off from where they needed to be. This put the APS pipe at an odd angle and they were pushing against each other at the 1st set of 4 bolt flanges.



Other than that every thing aligned perfectly. Didnt even have issues with the GTSPEC bracing.





Here is a GREAT photo to show the shear size diffrence in the INJEN and the APS.



And here is a small video of the first start up of the APS on the car. Yeah yeah I know there is a bit of smoke rolling out of the tail pipe... I forgot to plug in the O2 sensors. OOPS!



EDIT: The first pic is a little too big... Im sure you can deal with it. for some reason its all screwey. Suposed to be 4X3

 

As for the other little things I did. I cleaned up a few misc squeeks and rattles and re-relocated the intakes. Look for an update in the Engine forums later.




EDIT:

DID I MENTION I HATE PHOTOBUCKET RIGHT NOW??? If not... I HATE PHOTOBUCKET RIGHT NOW!!!

 

all the blue on the exhaust look pretty =). good work

 

There the resizing took!!!!

Yeah it was frusterating with the mislabled parts listing.

It realy wasnt that hard to align any thing just some attention to detail.

 

cant wait to finish the engine part of my build. then i can start on my suspension and pretty blue things under the car =). i just realized though. theres no way im gonna be able to come up with the money i need anytime soon =/

 

True man soooo true. All the money that I have made extra from traveling went to my car. So you would need a second (maybe a third) job to get every thing done quickly. You know being a student and all.

 

im about to bust *** in the summer. lol

 

The exhaust looks and sounds awesome. It also looks a lot heavier though, which is not good

 

i seen seth working on this car. i didnt know that this was yours. tight car. i heard that you are trying to make at least 600 to the wheel.

 

Congrats on the APS...any fitment issues the GT-spec braces ? was thinking about these as well.

 

None what so ever. I didnt even have to drop the main chassis brace to fit the pipes.

 

Exhaust sounds sick!! FAILURE for not posting pics of the final product on the car from the rear end!!

 

Um yeah.. there is apic from the rear on the lift and a video from the rear with sound. So if a picture is worth a thousand words, the video from the rear is priceless. ESPECIALY WITH SOUND!

 

True.. But Im asking to see what ur car looks like on the ground bro.. I cant tell the sickness from a lift..

 

Well its gonna be a week or so before I can get ANY pictures. Im currently beebopping arround Tokyo, then off to Guam for a few days of relaxation.

So if you can wait till the 24th or 25th to "FAIL" the thread I can ablige your picture request.

OH... BTW Im in hunt for a nissan dealership in Tokyo so I can see the new GTR up close and personal.

 

350z are like dime a dozen now.. i seen at least 6 today all in various places. but thats ok because i am waiting for my new car to come in. btw, new city nissan only has one more available to be pre-sold so better put your order in!

 

Only if you are one for status symbols do you look at how many cars are on the road for comparison. If your wanting fassion, go ahead and trade in and trade up. Im more than happy to see more Z's floating arround. Thats a larger Z community so pull from at meets and support.

The key is getting the word out and sharing knowlage. Im more than happy to sit and car talk with any one who has questions I can answer and on that same not more than willing to ask questions to learn. That s the key thing thats missing when people look at the numbers as just that, numbers. As a community you need to look at the nubers as support and comrads. Like it or not no matter how diffrent we are we all have at least some thing in common from you and your wide body all the way to guys that just roll off the lot in a bone stock base modle.

I personaly bought my car for me, not for popularity, not to get women. Hell when the Z first came out I didnt see what all the hype was about and personaly thought it was an ugly car from the pictures. It wasnt until I sat in my friends back in 03 that I started to like them. It all went down hill form there. If I wanted a status symbol all my dollars, time, sweat, and blood was wasted. Im about the love of the build and performance not how much pooney the car can net me. Hell this car hasnt gotten me one phone number more less a peice of ***.

Personaly this is the last new car I will own. I tinker and the money I spent new I could have bought used and reduced my overhead. Also the problem with new modles, to include the GTR; is that they will have unforseen bugs and quarks to work out and that usualy takes a dozen or so TSB's and modle years to refine.