Jeff your always welcome to hang out with me lol

Ill be dropping my car off at Failsafe Performance in Tulsa, OK. around the 19th of july if you wanna ride with me.

 

Back when I had an Type-S, I do recall that stock for stock those things would own us. Then they got a turbo (don't remember what year) and they'd walk us hard. Especially from a dig as type-s' have no LSD.
I actually would be down for that. I've been on the phone w/ fail safe & would like to meet em prior to doing business with em.
How you gettin back home though if we're droppin your ride off? Need me to bring my car?

 

Yeah Marco, the rev up was rated with higher HP, but lower TQ.
Also, I've heard a lot of good things about Failsafe thus far. I haven't talked to them, but it'd be great to have a damn good tuning shop decently close. Also yay for actually typing on a computer and not on my iPhone this time.

 

Well failsafe is around 3,30min from clarksville. If you would be down to drive, that would be awesome. I was gunna ask my pops to follow me in his x-terra but hes works all the time. My dad towed my 350 up there back in november i believe? I understand people are busy, worse case scenario I would get a rental for a day.

 

Chris is good people, I left my car with him for 2 weeks or so. His work is very neat (spellcheck?) and his knowledge on the vq is outstanding. I would recommend his business to others.

 

Are you staying in Clarksville? Or Little Rock? I'm way down here in Bryant, AR.
Yea this is what I was quoted from him:

Since then I still haven't heard back from Osiris if I will gain my CC function back if I purchase their product. Not to mention I'd prefer to find a used quaife as they come with a lifetime warranty anyways... Surely there will be someone that decides to trade in their Z and will part out this particular part prior to trading in.

 

ill be staying in Clarksville.

U should probably pm chris, he removed the haltech from his car since he is an authrorized dealer for uprev now. Last I heard is that hes running the osiris software on his HR. Im making payments on his used haltech and will be getting re-tuned by him. +1 for buying used parts lol.

I thought that w/osiris software you can select different maps by using cc? Does changing the vlsd and final gears affect cc? hmmm.... interesting topic

Im calling him in a couple minutes

 

Changing the gears for us AT owners does remove your CC functions.
And yeap, you're right, you change maps via the CC buttons on the wheel w/ osiris.
That's why I was hoping that going with a unit like osiris I can possibly get my CC function back.

 

^^^Im not sure what your a vlsd really does, so please learn it to me

If it were me, I would not give up my CC for a different gear ratio. If final gears have control over CC, I dont think by getting a osiris reflash u would gain them back.

If faster accerleration is what you are trying to acheive, then look into a transgo shift kit. superchargedg swears on that chett, he claims his trans response is amazing, and chirps tires in every gear except 4-5. Then again hes running twins... do they have a vb upgrade for the HR?

 

My VLSD does exactly what the quaife does. Except at the mileage that mine has it's about to crap out and i'll be running open diff basically when it decides to shet on me.
Yea, I agree if I lose my CC and I can't get it back via an aftermarket ECU then to hell with the final drive.
For you all with manuals you don't lose CC function. So it has something to do w/ the tranny. Not sure what though.
Yeap, nothing changed between the 2004-2009 for the AT thus we can use any valvebody upgrade if I'm not mistaken. I haven't researched much on valvebodies.

 

what is your mileage on your Z? My older brother and I did the stillen vb upgrade install together. lmk if you ever need help broskee

 

I have 57,xxx miles on her. Bought her when she had 52k. She came w/ a 100k certified used extended warranty which sounded enticing. Later I find out it only covers items like the engine, trans, axles, ect... Not interior parts.

I'd like to eventually get a VB upgrade. I think the only options available are:
-stillen (though I read not to get it)
- GTM
-SGP
-transgo
Am I missing any?
Also, I called Chris yesterday and left a voicemail in regards to my cruise control function. Only because I came across one post where an AT owner swears he has his cc functioning just fine.
If MT owners retain CC function after going w/ lower gears (numerically higher) I don't understand why us AT owners can't.?.?
Not to mention, unlike my history of Jeep Wranglers where we typically change out speedometer gears when going to bigger tires to retain correct speedometer read out.... I understand our 350z don't have speedo gear but a sensor that no matter what size wheel/tire you get or FD gears you get it will always read the correct MPH, so I'm stumped as to why everyone states AT's lose CC when changing out FD.

 

It will not always read the correct MPH. I have a different size wheel and tire combo on my car now and my speedo is off by 5mph at 70. As far as the CC issue, I am not sure why you guys wouldn't be able to maintain CC if you are simply changing gears.

 

probably VDC related, if so equipped. The CC works at lower highway speeds, but at some point will not stay set. I seem to recall someone telling me it was over 70... the reason I know is because they had just driven in from MS (to LR) and didnt get to use cruise very much. It was definitely an AT with VDC. I dont recall which gears they were running.

 

Interesting. I read we need not worry about speedo discrepencies (sp?) when changing wheels/tire sizes.
I've read, recently, that someone else felt it was VDC related. I think base automatics don't have VDC which may be the reason I found 1 guy reporting his AT 350 could still use CC after uping his FD

 

while it's true that you have independent wheel speed sensors for VDC, on the stub axles, so the FD ratio wouldnt matter, its also possible that the ECU thinks there is a tranny problem. Perhaps it thinks there is slippage. I know that is a value that gets reported back to the ECU (trans speed vs final wheel speed). I think it's pretty much the same effect as having tires with a larger than allowable difference between front and rear. But in this case, the out of bound value is the RPM of the drivetrain itself, used to detect overall slippage of the road or drivetrain... which would mean that you could conceivably put your car in limp mode with lots of wheelspin. (just like stock, just easier to do with a different FD)

 

^that makes sense when you put it like that.

 

J.Dub you posting responses w/ Offline status???

 

I am very sneaky sir.

 

The guy that I have always taken my vehicles to for body work quoted me $300 to weld shut the holes behind the rear emblem and the .963" hole left by my rear wiper. This includes painting the hatch, blending it in, and clear coat. He's always done perfect work. I trust him.

But, is this a good price? I was hoping for something around the $200 range.
Does anyone know of other places that do good work?