Well it’s officially been a month since I got the car, and I thought I would give a little post build review. The car runs like a top (with the exception of my weird slip instant redline issue the other day). I had a small fuel leak in a Y adapter that took me about 15 minutes to fix. Other than that the car has been issue free for 3200 miles (it’s been on 2 long trips).

The AAM exhaust is LOUD to me. Everyone else seems to think it isn’t bad at all, but I’m an old guy I suppose. My wife seems to love how moisture will condense in the pipes and spray out carbon filth when the car is first started some times after a rain or humid night and completely owns the car port. One thing I find amazing is how quickly you become acclimated to the power. For the first 2 weeks I never came off of 10 lb’s, and now I rarely go to 10 unless I’m in town. I had originally lowered the car, and not aligned it which cause a slew of issues with traction. This has since been cured, and the car really only spins a little in 3rd and not every time.

The car acts very stock-like when putting around, and I swear I would have never guessed that given the mod’s we did (Cams fcon etc). The clutch is still a bit of an issue for me, but I’m getting better at it (I have a **** load of respect for you guys who drag race with these things). Anyway I just thought I would give a little post just to let Jeremy, and anyone else who cares know how the car and I are getting along. I know there is a lot of “nut hugging”, but Jeremy really did a top notch job at a price no shop could come within a reasonable range of.

 

good to hear its holding up

 

Build it right, use the right items and it will be a gem in most cases.
Good to hear that as is well at the moment.

 

Do You Have Any Idling Issues?
Has The Car Ever Stalled When Coming Off The Gas Hard To Make A Quick Stop?
Was The Idle Bumped To Compensate? To 1000 Rpm Idle?
Did The Fcon Address This Issue?

 

hey thanks jason!! i really love to see when everything is working correctly. its fun to take a stock car and turn it into a complete monster!! its having great customers like yourself that keeps us in business...

 

i always raise the idle on every car. the car shouldnt ever stall. the fcons should idle rock solid except for i have noticed that every once in a while when it gets hot it will search around for a about two seconds and find the perfect idle.

 

1) Like Jeremy said, on Hot days it will bounce around for a minute and then level off. It doesn't happen a lot though.
2) My car has never stalled. Usually when i do something like this it's after a 4th - 5th gear pull and i have to jump on the brakes as the car is flying.. It never even bobbles.
3) Yeah it was raised to 1000 i believe. (ill have to look and be certain)
4)I have only ever had a UTEC, and that was on my older TN setup. I didn't notice a lot of issues with the UTEC really. It would act flakey if i had to come on and off boost (tight roads etc). The car would lunge a bit.

 

I am more concerned about how the car reacts now that the cams are in. I don't think you had the cams with the TN set-up.?
I had my cams put in while I too was running the TN kit, and had to bump the idle to 900 rpm. After that any stalling issues were resolved. Now that I have the built block and TT kit installed, I find the idle to be more unsteady and it will and has stalled coming to a quick stop, unless I downshift and gear brake.
Keeping in mind that I am not tuned yet, some of the problem may be resolved once thats done. I may also have to bump the idle to 1000rpm.

Do you get any misfire codes? cel lights?

 

Nice to see you are enjoying the set-up...your car is sick. I also was back and forth on loving and hating the ATS clutch (triple) after about 3000 miles I love it once fully used to it, couldnt imagine not having it, it holds like a **** and is fine for DD even stop and go which my car occasionally sees...

 

I'm quite amazed how stock the car seems just cruising around.

 

once the fcon is tuned properly, its just crazy how stock the car feels...



till 15 psi kicks in!!

 

I did not have them with my TN setup. Like i said my car never bobbles and i routinely go from big boost to completely letting off and coasting. My idle is right at 1k from what i can tell.

 

Thanks Alberto,
Yeah the clutch is growing on me but like I said , I can't believe you guys can launch with these.

 

I had the pleasure in taking a 7hr grueling ride in this sucker and i enjoyed every second of it. Great car Jason

 

HAH the ride home was brutal!
Dodging animals at 3 am FTW!

 

good thing you had those coilovers installed so your car would be so responsive . That incident justified your purchase right there.

 

Since it is now the norm to bump old *** threads, I thought I would bump mine with new pics

https://my350z.com/forum/media-share/340512-sundays-pics-volks-greddy-rotora-etc.html

 

I love the Black on Gold LE37t combo. Your car is very understated, which I like.

 

Thanks man

 

Seen this car in person at Zdayz, sick car and a great guy!

It was great meeting you Chris, Greg and Jeremy. You guys are crazy!