da.murf

here is a shirt video of how the car is sounding right now. 
 

decats 

milltek cat back and Y pipe

JWT pop charger 

On 25/08/2020 at 00:53, SteveW said:

So on the 350z Miltek the tail pipes have resonators/silencers in them. The resonator is basically a smaller diameter pipe with perforation s and sound deadening in. It gives a conical look to the tailpipe which I didn't really like and when one started buzzing they had to go.

 

Removing them makes the oulet look like this

 

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

I thought they looked better. Made no difference to the noise except for the removal of the annoying buzzing.

Was it just a matter of chopping it up from inside the pipe and removing it in pieces? Was it actually welded or glued in or just in place? 
 

im not a fan look of the internals

either lol. 
 

Been trying to be more intentional recently about getting the zed out for drives. So last sunday night I txt'd a friend with his R35 to see if he wanted to head out on a short run/hot chocolate trip lol. 

just short blast over to Bangor Northern Ireland and back, few hilarious (on my part, that GTR is like a space shuttle taking off) carriageway pulls together and decent hot chocolate from red berry.

few little snaps from the other night. It also helped make my mind up on the exhaust, I'd been really close to pulling trigger on an Agency Power Single exit and run decats and Y pipe etc for full fat VQ Asbo goodness but Ive realised that with my current setup there is a nice balance of induction/engine and exhaust and I can slink about if needed, without being all shouty. (may still by cheap ISR blast pipes at some point just for banter)

Few Snaps

On 14/08/2020 at 14:46, SteveW said:

Agreed matches the GT but still fun when you want it to be without causing headaches after a long day!

Can I ask how/ who removed the resonators in the end can?

Stormy night and nice opportunity 

Again class! I was chatting on RMS about this car with you. Lovely!! Had in my head you where in Northern Ireland lol. Should be handy to sort it with parts if you are living out in Japan 

Weather here in NI has been terrible recently. But was out with work recently and took advantage of a storm and tree lights lol. 
 

currently looking at options on hydro dipping interior pieces to modernise the look and then dye the headliner. 

thread bump here but did you ever sell the agency power??

48 minutes ago, SteveW said:

@da.murf thank you for posting this

no bother at all. 
 

zero drone, just bit more grunty at low rpm and nice loud rip on wot 

proper GT exhaust set up in my opinion. 
 

but I still occasionally find myself looking at a tomei single exit with decats lol

On 09/08/2020 at 03:25, Lewis Schwier said:

Any video footage of how this set up sounds like?

On 09/08/2020 at 08:11, SteveW said:

Sadly no I don't. 

pretty much identical to my current setup

Weather here was amazing yesterday! Car got a quick wipe down

Thanks for the link, another thing added to the continuing list of things I want but don't actually need. 

plans are to start to look at interior to smarten up with long term aim of bride/recaro buckets with a dipped interior.

thoughts, experiences and opinions welcome as always 

2 hours ago, davey_83 said:

For my old GTi had a XTD flywheel from the US, still have the OE one on my 350z. 

Sorry meant to ask what pulley you went for on the zed lol

23 minutes ago, davey_83 said:

I know what you mean. I had a lightweight crank pulley on my Almera GTi along with lightened flywheel for years and never had an issue. You of course hear about what can happen when removing the OE dampened steel pulley, however I very much doubt the SR20DE was engineered better than the VQ35DE. Inherently a V6 better balanced internally than a in line 4 too. 

 

No negatives so far, only driven it once for a couple hours - wished I had fitted it sooner but it's on now. 

 

That really cool, It's nice to see. Above modded cars and even cleaning cars that's my no.1 interest so can appreciate that. 

What flywheel you go for? Have you a link ?

39 minutes ago, davey_83 said:

Nice side by side video, shows the difference straight away.

 

Liking your other much earlier uploads too, all praise to Yeshua.

yeah hard to do a driving video but it’s more noticeable on WOT etc and makes Rev-marching slightly easier I find. You got me seriously considering the pulley now lol. I come from a motorbike and Honda background so love free reving stuff. You notice any negatives?
 

lol they where going back 13yrs. Little project for a church I worked for then. Still hoping one of them to hit the million views mark lol! 

Thanks guys. 
 

biggest difference so far has been the xtreme uprated clutch and lightweight flywheel. 
 

here is a side by side video comparison 

Been looking at this myself. Was it a big job to fit ? Did you follow a guide ??

so bit of an update, last few months have been busy for the zed, as above the lmgt4's where fitted but then I bit the bullet and decided to do something I'd really wanted to do for a long time, smoothed front bumper with no plate and nice rocket bunny style spoiler. 

photos of the finished look.

I then added a cheeky alcantara retrimmed Royal Steering Wheel 

So the updated spec is

2006 350GT in Universal Silver

64250 miles

19'' LMGT4 staggered wheels 

30mm Eibach springs

5mm spacers front and rear

LED side lights and rear light upgrades

Alcantara Steering Wheel

Fully smoothed and de-plated front bumper

Mines Style Front Splitter

Tarmac Sportz side skirt extensions

Milltek Exhaust

Stillen Y Pipe

JanSpeed Decats

PopCharger Intake

Tarmac Sports Ducktail revetless spoiler

Homemade colour coded de-wiper kit

Zunsport front grill replace

Removed weight from boot (just why nissan??)

Smoked side tints and heavy smoked rear glass

Pioneer Double Din digital Headunit

Mintec Dimpled and Groove discs & Brembo high performance break pads

HEL Orange braided brake lines front and rear

polybushed front and rear arb bushes

HEL Braided clutch line

Upgraded Clutch Slave cylinder

Xtreme Upgraded Clutch Kit and Lightweight Single Mass Flywheel

350z-Forum Burnout and tcs module

WhiteLine Upgraded W Brace

New OEM Nissan Kidney Brackets

Very happy with visually how it looks now, plan is to tidy/touch up some of the small marked areas in the interior and then long term look at a set of bucket seats.

Thanks for looking. 

5 hours ago, GoHashiri said:

Will do, particularly when I'm back in the UK. These things are tough to find in good condition - makes me worried about using them!

thanks. As mentioned, my dream seats lol!!! 

Those are my dream seats right there lol. If you ever think of selling them Please keep me in mind lol. 
 

car looking great!!

38 minutes ago, ZMANALEX said:

Best to go back to whoever supplied the clutch kit and also the garage that fitted it.

 

Under the circumstances, that is the only way for an informed diagnoses and hopefully a free fix.

yeah garage is taking it back Thursday, and I’d be 100% confident in the mechanics ability as he is a good friend and really took his time and care on it 

Ive touched base with supplier to let them know im having issues and it’s being investigated. 
 

im so hoping it’s just a faulty bearing or faulty slave cylinder. 

12 minutes ago, Stock said:

Sounds like blockage/debris in the clutch line to me, first thing I'd do is a flush, and if you replace them, replace both cylinders.

But less than 6 months after full flush and, new lines and slave cylinder ?

It’s a DE Rev Up. 
 

pedal feel is there but, would a failed

slave cylinder on lose the pedal??

Hi Everyone, In a complete pickle here!!

In march I installed a new xtreme clutch/lightweight flywheel, koyo release bearing/oem slave cylinder and braided clutch line to my 350z.

it has done 2500 miles since then, all the miles have been relatively easy to run everything in etc.

Car was going great until saturday. 

On way home gear change started to get a bit 'resistant' it was getting tough to push it into each gear. And then at a stop it became impossible.

Clutch in, and nope not accepting the gear. No grind etc etc.

Car was sitting still, no handbrake etc

car was def noisier pulling away just before it became impossible to drive. 

Then weirdest part was when the car was at standstill, clutch in, when it wouldn't go into gear, but as I tried to push it into first, the clutch still in, the car began to start to creep forward. 

turned car off. got the gear shift into first with clutch in, when to start and the car bumped forward on the starter motor with the clutch in.

Then when I put car back into 'neutral' and switched off engine, released the clutch, something seemed to free up, and i could deject gears etc ok again and car was 'drivable' 

Clutch pedal was very stiff though and also small clunk 1/2 way up pedal travel.

It's off to mechanic this thursday to drop the gearbox to inspect the release bearing, clutch and flywheel etc etc. 

BUT has anyone come across this or something like it before and shed some thoughts or light???

I fear it's inside the gearbox, but as mentioned it was driving and selecting gears ok after something free'd up again.

Any help, thoughts or experiences welcome.

Thanks