Snjur

Pads had the same thing week ago. Washed car after a drive as there was a lot of salt on the road and left it in garage. 

Maybe I'm not relevant on diesel topic as I never had a thing for diesel engines although for day to day daily activities I drive a small diesel Ford and I love it mileage consuption is great

Same thing as I read lately is with downsizing and engines included in that cycle. Majority of car manufacturers and experts agree downsizing in general was failure. 

My opinion is that with time they need to bring on market some "invention" which will be accompanied with big media propaganda that will justify flow of money and after the cycle is completed it ends up being called a failure.

Hm... So some 10-15years ago or so with all expert's and brains in automotive industry diesels where something like new revelation, miracle, future, brand's like Porsche who never had diesel in their range started developing them. It was the way to go.... And??

Diesel's are no good now. So much time, hours, money etc for what.... I must say great experts.

And new revelation batteries. Wonder what's next... Fertilisers?

I did mine in black and i must admit car looks more decent now.

For show off aluminium look

22 minutes ago, Ortega_9 said:

Thanks. It's a bit more discret... and then again... 

looking forward to putting the bumper back on and seeing how it all comes together....

Im also after a discrete look. Even i prefer intercooler in black colour. Stealth look

Looking good, specially all pipings in black. 

13 minutes ago, Kieran O'Quick said:

I love a crazy engine bay but it's great how stock yours looks. No coloured pipes or chrome, nice bit of anti-style.  

Thanks although in the beginning I had a wish to go with bling bling engine bay with shiny and colourful lines, fittings, silicone hoses I ended up with quest of building completely "sleeper" type of engine bay.

Funny now as people who have insight to this build or have heard about the car first Impression when they see the car is  wow looks cool (here Z is not so common or popular so it has a  bling effect) and second is can I see the engine bay and than silence. Following with disappointment and than sentences like

But this doesn't look like tuned car, are you sure on that horsepower, where are turbines, this is kind of stock etc...

I didn't want to draw attention on MOT's or with police. I passed MOT without they figured out car was boosted

1 minute ago, nissanman312 said:

I love those seats! 

 

Spoiler looks awesome to 

Sparco R100 seats for daily car ideal

Today I took bit time to collect and fit a duck tail which is now painted in piano black colour instead of carbon fiber water print 

23 hours ago, rabbitstew said:

If this is for a road car, it would be worth checking what your insurance thinks. In the past I have had a car which became virtually un-insurable after I fitted a cage in it.

Forgot to mention im living in Croatia so rules are bit different plus im after a bolt on type not welded

5 minutes ago, Ebized said:

Any help?

http://autopowerindustries.com/Roll-Bars-Cages/Nissan-350Z-2004-2009

 

http://www.agi-precision.com.au/product-category/roll-cages/cams-roll-cages/bolt-in/nissan-roll-cages/350z/

Thanks on links above.

I've managed to find those as well but i prefer to buy in UK or Europe.

Shipping cost from abroad to EU will be high and on top of that import and custom fee's.

If I don't find anything in EU or UK i think best option will be to custom tailor it

Apologies if this has been covered already I was using Search option but wasn't able to find much help

Im looking for half roll cage or how it might be called. Cage that is located in trunk compartment and behind seats, so rear half of the car.

I've been browsing Internet and couldn't find much. I know in past i have seen some pictures of this "half roll cage" which is used as well as harness bar and is providing extra rigidity and safety.

If any one can point me out in some brands or where I might send enquiries I would be grateful.

So far i have only found this from Cusco but i belive should be more options there as I understand this is oriented for RHD cars

https://www.nengun.com/cusco/roll-cage-safety-21

Congrats 

Cool looking bike

1 minute ago, StevoD said:

wheels suit yours so much more than mine

They really do. I was sceptical in the beginning and even before they landed i made few enquiries for re-painting them. 

They look awesome in person. 

For sale 2 Greddy Trust Airinx AY-SB  Air Filters 70 mm.

These came off my Greddy Twin Turbo kit for 350z.

They have done 20k miles but in very good condition 4/5. Cleaned degreased and ready for shipping.

Price 100 GBP shipped

PayPal

Location Croatia

Thanks on all comments.

I reckon this is it as far as modifications goes. I don't see any more point in power enhancement. This is scary enough.

From start of this build I wanted a car that can be used daily mainly and a car that can attend track days and be competitive.

Goal was to have a car on regular "pump gas" Im not a fan of methanol or ethanol.

Also I didn't want to lose grunt of torque from low and mid range for benefit of top end power and high bhp figures.

Although this kit is rated for 800 bhp im quite happy with mine figure's as i didn't sacrifice any of low end torque.

Only downside is that we ditch AC for better cooling.

Car is really usable in every day driving and can cruise at ease in low speeds. 

Actually unless you flor the pedal i dare to say it's regular natural aspirated Z.

Usually when I drive someone who isn't aware of mods they have no clue that car is boosted.

Im really happy on job what we done, there was no failure's in this 20k miles (few track days, quarter mile races) I did so far and car i coping quite well with this power.

I think from now on i will just enjoy driving on road trips and detailing.

2 minutes ago, PPod said:

Please give us videos of this weapon haha. 

Sure will do. I will wait for spring for that

I couldn't resist not to test new set up. Road was dry, sunny afternoon some 6 degrees temperature of air.

Car goes insane. I didn't have confidence to floor it all the way down in 3rd gear. I did a pull from 4th gear on 4000 rpm till full 5th with flat shift. Absolutely insane. It's been long since I got intimidated by car. 

Im still awaiting my duck tail from body shop

Rsv's are bit underestimated bikes. 

It's a really good packages specially in Factory version.

Agile bike with a lot of grunt from basement. With 140 bhp is a fast bike for twisty roads.

They are becoming exotic these days

9 minutes ago, RobPhoboS said:

Awesome stuff, and respect for taking out a 700bhp car in the snow

 

Thanks mate. It was stronger than me hahahaha. 

Actually odds are always against me. I was awaiting KN filters from UK which ordered 2 weeks ago. Usually shipping from UK to Croatia is 3-4. This time it took 10 days. Most probably seller didn't have them on stock and he ordered in another shop or supplier of course which he didn't mention to me.

In mean time from sunny 15 degrees weather changed to 0 and snow last couple of days.

I was really hoping i will be able to do tune and test drive before snow

Like this i doubt any proper test drive before April as I'm due for work abroad

Weather sucks to make a proper test drive. 

First impressions are awsome with new cams. Car feels much more responsive from "basement" and torque gains much better throughout rpm's.

Since temperature was close to freezing i haven't tried out flooring the pedal.

From this small drive i had I have a feeling im driving a car with enormous displacement NA engine under the hood.

It's really responsive from down and already from 3000 rpm you can feel the torque

5 minutes ago, Mark@Abbey m/s said:

Is the dyno local to Zagreb?

 

What engine management system are you using on the Zed?

Yes Zagreb, dyno is Dastek and engine management is Haltech Platinum Pro

D day done. What a crazy day. Woke up this morning and there was 5 inch of snow outside. Cool

 It was a lot of fun driving around with Yokohamas Ad08R on freezing temperatures

Goal achieved 702 bhp and 780 nm of torque 

Attaching a video of a sound of thunder down under

That's all folks

VID_20180207_164132.mp4

 Completed air filter replacement.

I went with KN RC9980 and they fit perfectly. 

Greddy IC painted in black and degreased

Ready for dyno

2 hours ago, EzeePzee said:

Looking good and very stealth engine bay! :-)

Thanks 

It was my aim to keep all clean and as much as possible OEM.

Few bits remain to round up all. 1 OCC mount i need to paint in black. But now is all about minor details.

Once i complete all i will make a proper cleaning with degreaser and high pressure wash and make few pics