Diggerman

Just wondered if anyone has a copy of a 2008 HR stock map?

49 minutes ago, Steve3085 said:

 

sorry bud, it's a front bumper

If it's not too damaged I'll take it if you still have it? And don't mind posting? Unless your in north east and then I'll pick it up

6 hours ago, Davectr said:

I’ve got a black Range Rover Evoque front bumper 

Any kind any colour, preference to black and oem though

On 18/05/2019 at 19:58, Steve3085 said:

I have a damaged fibreglass Nismo free if you collect from Gloucester area. Pm me if you want some pics

Is this a nismo bumper or side skirt?

Thought I'd add a few photos from the gallery gaskets, thought id add a touch of colour to match the silicone

one thing I did notice while I was about to put the sump back on was a piece of gasket was stuck in the oil pick up so if anyones doing it themselves make sure to have a look in there

The oil feed is t'd in from the pressure switch using an4 braided hose, and then drain is an10 to scavenge pump back to upper sump via bulkhead fitting drilled in, well I have no issues with boost down low in the sense of what I want from the car, but, you could go quite small with turbo size if you only want a little more power but even then how much lower you can get the boost online in my eyes would be negligible, let's face it if need power from sub 2500rpm then your in wrong gear that's how I see it anyway

12 minutes ago, Andy_Muxlow said:

Car looks good buddy, nice build. Nice power as well. Keep up the good work. 

Thanks it's a labour of almost love Haha just need to get everything finished off engine wise then get back to the interior

1 hour ago, Rgvtel said:

Nice build really interested what you have used on the rear mount turbo on my list to do next but so hard finding info on it like turbo to use a s pipe sizes looks like your getting good results here tho 

It's just a cheap Chinese gt35 until I'm confident in the oil system, probably go for genuine Garrett once I am, I looked at a few other makes but cant make my mind up yet so may change, do you mean the oil hoses?

So I started the dreaded gallery gaskets tonight, got home from work at 5 and tried to get on with as much as I could hoping to be ready when the gaskets arrive from Torqen.

I havnt done a DIY but I'll put some pics up and if anyone wants to ask questions then fire away

Managed quite a bit in just 3 hours, I need to rethink the crank pulley bolt though as my impact gun didnt budge it :/ 

Found that my radiator is a little worse for wear but it's a little silver lining I suppose as I don't fancy that going on me when I'm out so upgrade it is

Got to the cam cover at last and the moment of truth, was my low oil pressure definitely the gallery gaskets? Thankfully yes, you can see in the picture it's totally blown out but I've got the new gaskets on the way anyway. 

Yeah that was exactly my thinking but soon as peoe hear its rear mounted the laughs and scoffs come out about how laggy it "must be!" But I think with a few more tweaks I shouldn't be noticeably different to normal placement systems at least not on butt dynos anyway

Well things have been quiet for another couple of weeks dur to working non stop and trying to get back on top of the house refurb.

Found d a few photos of  underneath though as I've has a few people asking on Facebook for details.

First one being when we got the Turbosmart 45mm hypergate fitted which by the way is a very nice bit of kit for 300quid! 

And the second was when we started making the framework to support the weight using the existing exhaust hangers.

I'm going to try and make a short clip of a pull as some people keep telling me how laggy it must be when in reality it's not really. I've still got some more fine tuning tuning to do on the EBC but I've got it dialled in so far that it will start generating boost at approx 2500rpm and I'm on full boost by roughly 3300rpm (I need to record it to make sure) so I don't think 800rpm of lag is to bad, or is it? I'd be more than happy to hear peoples opinions

So over the last couple of weeks I've managed to fix the boost issue, and then, hit a deer and smash my bumper canards and power steering cooler to bits.

Firstly I tracked the boost issue down to a faulty solenoid on the boost controller, only when I cut the wires to put on a new genuine mac valve did I see the one already on wasn't the greddy original and was infact a fake mac valve. Could have so easily blew the engine.

Then after travelling to my mums (in the sticks) Haha I was greeted by a deer, which decided to meet my canards and front quarter, needless to say we both lost out. He died and so did the car with power steering fluid all over the road.

So bought a new 4 core from toyosports and got that fitted so hopefully future proof any issues that appear from being on track.

I'll try that one again then, that's where I went first time round but didnt work :/

Ahh, this why I'm struggling cause I don't think anyone taken photos of the actual joined wires lol

Which plug did you go into? Was it the grey one joined with a yellow one at the back or the white one by itself on the side?

I don't suppose you got any pics of where you spliced the wires back in? That's where I'm struggling with conflicting photos/info

so.... ive read a few diy versions from the yank forum but i still cant seem to get the controls to work, has anyone in the uk done this and can guide me where i must be going wrong?

Ive tried going from the workshop manual with the pin out and still doesn't seem to work, ive spliced into the connector on the wires i think i should, but do i need to remove the connection from the plug or should it still work? 

Desperate to get this done for when u get the uprev mapping finished :/

On 07/04/2018 at 15:55, EzeePzee said:

29. EzeePzee - 350Z DE, APS TT and supporting mods (Uprev, 8psi boost) 392bhp @ wheels & ??? Lbft (TBC). 

30. Diggerman - 350Z HR, custom rear mount turbo and supporting mods, Uprev from ti north, 10psi 465bhp and 417ftlb but currently on 5k rev limit due to maxing out injectors, will update soon 

Took it to tdi north yesterday as well for the mapping and have to say I was blown away by the results so far, still some issues to sort and go back for more mapping but we ran 10psi and hit 465bhp and 417ftlb at 5k but unfortunately at 5k it started to lean out and the injectors maxed out  so 5k limit currently.

So the niggles were, the wastegate has a 3psi spring but yet we were hitting 10psi so....There may be an issue with the boost controller but we also have slight creep so that's to sort, bigger injectors needed for definite but after speaking to Paul the turbo may well be too big and produce more power than we want but once we sort the above maybe it will okay 

So after 2 months and a few niggles to get past I've ended up with..........

So the extinguisher was placed there as I need to do seats and I didn't want to infringe on that first plus with the quick release its quite easy to get to really plus I know it's smaller than a plumbed kit but anything is better than nothing while you wait for the pros

I know the graphics were a bit of a sod it why not but there all coming off soon anyway

14 hours ago, Bry said:

Looked better standard, but as it’s a track I guess looks are not top priority. What tyres are you using ?

I'm using nangkang ns2rs that I managed to get in an 80 compound but I don't think you can get them anymore only 120 and 180

1 hour ago, davey_83 said:

Real nice car pal and don't worry about those two above. I really like the exterior styling and at a glance looks like an Advan sponsored car!!!

 

Any exhaust sound clips or track time vids? Donington is the best track I've had the 350z on, loved it. 

I've got a couple go pro vids I'll try and find them again and post them up

13 hours ago, ZMANALEX said:

I think that the extinguisher positioning is functional providing the boot does not jam shut.

The quick release clamp on the extinguisher will provide a quick release.

I have my extinguisher on the passenger side floor, however, as being a Roadster I have no option unless I fix to the floor of the boot.

In case of fire, the first priority is to get the belts off and out the car, so retrieving the extinguisher from the rear strut brace should not prove difficult.

Regarding the look of the car, absolutely fine for track use, but ott for road use.

All you need is some extra power to match the looks.

Keep up the good work.   

The extra power is almost finished so got more writing up to do

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so another little change i wanted to make was the steering wheel, i still need to relocate the cruise control switches for the uprev map but heres a little before 

and after 

i was surprised at how easy it was to be honest as id read that the wires can be tricky if going for the slimline type boss, but i think when i go to relocate the cruise buttons ill cut the airbag plugs off and solder the resistors in and take some more out the boss and hopefully less to potentially go wrong

Stickers done some suspension work done, wheels done, next needed was a combination of somewhere to jack the rear of the car up in one go and also some rear aero. Enter drift scene ideas and so i decided to make a rear bash bar and thought i might as well go for a chassis mounted wing

then painted yellow cause thats all i had at the time 

then..........BGW time