ZaneDylan

Results - I've included both the power graph and the air/fuel - boost graph too Overall it meets my original expectation from when I first bought the car around mid-4s, still very strong numbers out of this kit 467 isn't bad at all and I will be back to Hdev at some point with goals to climb towards the mid-5s Overall the power looks to be super linear and the torque curve looks nice and flat which is definitely a positive for how I intend to drive the car

Considering the kit is from Z1 you'd likely find it cheaper to buy from Z1 directly - usually their stuff is quite good anyway

The car from the beginning was giving me an intermittent limp mode issue, it wasn't very often in the beginning, but became more and more frequent, all 4 fault codes it was throwing was pointing towards one thing and unfortunately it is a fault with the stillen supercharger kit. Luckily for me Horsham Developments make a replacement loom for the throttle body and they fixed the issue quickly, as well as my exhaust leaks. I do have the say the new loom not only fixed the issue but also looks a lot nicer, so massive shout out to them. While I was there and now the car was running better than ever we decided to do a dyno run to see if the 530hp I was told when I bought the car was a fib like I thought it was...

I swapped out my spark plugs for some GTR plugs (one step colder) then went off the PetrolHeadism and took plenty of pictures that weekend, had a great time with great people

To show off the 2nd coolest mod on the car (boost), I decided to put my genuine Nismo V2 front bumper under the knife. I cut out the grill section and gave my charge cooler a clean and a coat of VHT silver. I used a multitool and a Dremel to perform the surgery and in all honestly its way cooler to see the cooler. I need to cover up those old license plate holes too.

Part 3 of the little things, the side skirt extensions 1) aren't to my taste 2) make it harder to jack up the car 3) were battered and loose in places So with a variety of 10, 8 and 7mm self tappers being removed, I took those extensions off and sold them for dirt cheap on market place

Around febuary is when I started to get frustrated with all of the little issues and decided to tackle all of them - first was the intake pipe and polishing in the last two posts. In this post is where I finally attempted to fix my squeaking chair, I removed it from the car, disassembled it and coated everything in spray on silicone. I destroyed the air quality in my house (because UK weather) but I could finally drive my 70 in peace

As shown in the last update the timing chain cover is also pretty dull, so I gave it two passes with alubright and tried to polish everything I could reach

This is a job I've been putting off... The intake pipe has been covered in gold heat tape - its peeling and it has been applied terribly, is bunched up in many places. I personally don't believe gold tape makes enough of a difference to intake temps to make it even remotely worth it for how bad it looks. So I first struggled with peeling it off and using a heat gun with plastic razors but that genuinely only made it worse. Then I used a chemical sticky stuff remover (goo gone wasn't strong enough) I then gave it a bath in some washing liquid and water before hitting it with a generous amount of metal polish on a drill attachment, I'm happy with the results

Keeping with the theme of improving the interior, I wanted to tie in the head unit with some more modern touches, I know Ambient lighting isn't to everyone's taste and it can easily be overdone. I removed the door cards, separated the suede part from the rest of the door and laid in my LED strips, then I removed the glovebox and used superglue to stick the glovebox section down as 3M tape wasn't strong enough.

On to prettier things, the carbon hatch I had bought had a lot of scratches and defects, I wet sanded and used several grades of polish to bring the carbon back to life and take out the majority of scratches. I then gave it a healthy coat of Bilt Hamber Double Speed wax. I also took to widening some of the clip holes which allowed me to finally put the interior plastics back in - this reduced a lot of rattle and cabin noise and made everything feel a lot more OE and complete.

During this time I had a frequent issue of the intake pipe popping out, on one of the pipes the ridged section that was supposed to help hold the silicone couplers was cut off and on the other it was dented and caved in. I ended up using a hammer to fix the dented section with some percussive maintenance and the other side is held on well enough as is so is going to have to wait until I eventually change my intake setup, don't mind the ugly peeling heatwrap

Had a little Christmas photoshoot as well to show off the new wheels

Been a while since I've updated this, so rewinding back to December I gave the set of Volk Racing SF Winning wheels a clean and was finally able to install them with new rubber all around I decided on Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires 255/45/19 up front and 275/45/19 in the rear

This happened to my 350 before and I know it sounds silly but try a new set of pads - fixed it for me at least

Love this - where'd you get it from if you don't mind me asking?

Finally gotten around to removing the welded on spacer - had the help of my friend @J.L.engineering (on insta). We used a dremel with a carbide bit and a small chilsel to remove the welds and threw a new stud in its place. Also got the discs off to have a look at condition - overall not bad at all - no heat marks, barely any lip - however there are some stress cracks around drilled holes on the disc (not significant enough to change them yet however will keep a close eye on them) The bell for the floating disc does have some damage caused by the welding - thankfully its not enough to cause issue

Found the cause of the exhaust leak - where the manifold joins to the "cats" the gasket appears to be non-existent

Keeping in the carbon theme the car appears to be developing I ordered a set of carbon front wings - with my 350 I was never much a fan of vents or carbon, but the way the 370 looks to me I think it suits it much more as its less smooth and has a ton of sharp aggressive angles. I wanted it to do a clean install so ensured to make holes for the stock bumper brackets to fit straight back on and reinstalled the weather stripping. (also found the right size to get the sideskirt clips to pop in without issue ) Due to fitment on aftermarket carbon parts not being the best I did have to file down the lower part of the wing as it was contacting the door - luckily its not visible from the outside and I gave it a little black paint to hide it further when the door was open I weighed the stock wings and carbon units and I'm saving roughly 2kg per side

MORE MODS - swapped out the fog light for this fancy LED unit that gives me a bright reverse light, also includes running light, brake and indicators (not one of those flashing ones as I severely dislike that kind of 4th brake light)

This same week a carbon fibre duckbill I ordered turned up and I kinda love it but am still open to changing it down the line Sequential side indicators too

So that week I was both unfortunate and lucky enough to find two sets of wheels I really wanted, which means my impulsivity got the better of me and I bought both sets... I intend to strip and polish whichever set is staying on the car - opinions are welcome

So addressing another issue that the car came with was wheel wobble above 60 mph and in braking. Took the z for a wheel balancing to hopefully narrow down the issue and by god did we find the issue (as well as some fun extra issues) The primary cause of my wobbly wheel is the state of the wheel that was on the car - it was buckled - great excuse to buy a shiny set I guess But it would've been naïve to believe that was the end of my woes as it was found that every spacer was missing at least one nut, with multiple cross threaded studs and the passenger side front spacer had been WELDED ONTO THE BOLT all of the techs in the shop and myself were gathered round to have a look at the pure ridiculousness of it