Adam@Z1auto.com

I'll message you tomorrow - yes, will have the 9000 rpm tach, tach is silver, the rest of the gauges are black, and has the NISMO logo on the tach as well, reads in MPH

no, the NISMO one with the grey tach will only be in MPH. To get one in KPH means you have to buy it from the 380RS, and NISMO Japan will not sell those unless you have a VIN # for that car (those models are very, very rare)

they dont sell just the rev counter, its only offered as a full replacement cluster

On the 07 + NISMO Edition Z (and the 380RS in Japan), the tach goes to 9000 and the tach dial is silver, the other gauges remain black. It will plug straight into the earlier cars as well. If your car does not have TPMS though, that bulb will illuminate, as the cluster is looking for the sensor data. I recently fitted a JDM 2007/8 cluster to my car, as I needed the 9000 rpm tach. I didn't opt for the NISMO version, but its quite easy to get. Mine reads in KPH, though its also offered in MPH versions too (the NISMO 2007 spec one we only can get in MPH version, as the Japanese won't allow you to buy the cluster without a VIN for a 380RS and I dont have access to that) There also is the NISMO JDM cluster for the 2002-2006 cars as well (NISMO says its only good to 2005, but it fits later ones as well ). This however is no different from a std unit, has same rpms, but just has the NISMO logo.

I have this exhaust on my car - it is not a true dual however that picture is very odd..the first on car pic makes it actually appear to be the stainless one, whereas the second pic is a bit tougher to decipher here it is on my car this is the stainless one...you can see the tips are much thinner walled. I used to run this one sound clip - it's anything but boring. At idle and cruise it is 100% mild. At WOT it sounds, to me...proper. If you didn't know, it could have come on the car. It does not sound 'aftermarket' at all

the problem is that you will need the automatic rear differential as well (Cusco does a specific one for auto's - we have 1 of these in stock too if you need)

let us know if you need the 3.3 final drive - we have one coming in on Friday;) Will absolutely help a ton with that power level

not sure how it is in Japan, but in the US, the transmissions remained the same as far as ratios, etc till the 2007 model. The later the model year cars, the more revisions it had for various internal bits

there really is no way to not fit the flywheel properly, save for improperly torquing the bolts. Again weight is a damper...you take away weight, regardless of where on the car it is, things get noisier.

Ian - sent you an email too - we're on vacation for a few days, but just logged in to check some messages and wanted to reply here as well. The stock flywheel is a dual mass setup - the weight that it has, acts as a damper for such noise. Any lightweight flywheel, regardless of the manufacturer, makes this noise to some degree. No amount of break in makes it any quiter, it is just a natural by product of reducing the flywheel weight. From NISMO, to ACT, to JWT/Fidanza (same unit), they all make this noise. The one piece ones, such as NISMO and ACT, tend to actually be a touch quiter than the 2 piece units, as the steel is a bit denser of a metal than aluminum used in the 2 piece units. But, they all make the noise. We have sold every single lightweight flywheel and clutch combo I can think of at this point, from JWT/Fidanza (JWT is just a Fidanza in a different box), Spec, Clutchmasters, ACT, NISMO, JUN. They all make the same type of noises. The integrated clutch-flywheels (those where the flywheel is bolted to the clutch, such as Carbonetics, Cusco, OS Giken, etc) are slightly louder because they also tend to use aluminum pressure plate covers, which further resonate these frequencies a bit). For example, I have the OS Giken single disk unit in my car, which has an integrated flywheel, and it is quite loud at these exact rpms. But the performance more than makes up for it In all, nothing to worry about - no harm is being done, and as long as it was properly fitted and the flywheel attached per the factory service manual specs for the bolts, you'll be good to go. Any questions, I will be back in the office Tuesday, so let me know, or pm me here. Thanks!

quick video of the car at Turbo XS's dyno a couple weeks ago

not even close to the new GTR - few cars are. So far, we don't have plans to get a GTR at least this year - perhaps next

I never really go into a project car with a budget in mind. I do the research, align with the right people. If the results prove worthwhile, I don't mind spending the money on it, but it's always a balancing act between real life and cars. The car was fine stock, so I didn't need to do anything to it. But where it is now is a totally different level, yet completely retains the original character of the stock car. I also was careful to make every aspect of the car better than it was when new - there is not a thing I have not changed at this point But to be fair, these changes were done over the coarse of a fairly long time (since 2003)...it's a marathon, not a sprint for me, as I completely love the car

bit of news to report from last weekend Last weekend I had some free time, so I paid Jermaine at Turbo XS a visit down in Maryland. An uneventful 4 hour drive down...car gets the same gas mileage as it did when new (and unmolested), and was just a pleasure to drive down. Good music, and nice weather with a long distance drive = fun Anyway, got there around 2 PM last Saturday, strapped the car down and made a baseline....306 whp. I have not touched the tune at all since it was done last July (when it made 303.9 whp). The only thing that has changed is I'm now on synthetic oil (20w50 Royal Purple XPR per my engine builders recommendation), and about 6000 miles on the motor total to date (motor had 900 miles on it the first time I dyno'd last summer). Anyway, Jermaine started playing with the tune a bit, and found I was quite rich up top (more than it needed to be). Played with the fuel and timing curves a bit, and cleaned it up nicely. My net result for the day was 320 whp (insert big grin!) Any way you slice it, a 14 whp gain in a given day from just further tuning, on an NA car, is a worthwhile trip in my book! Jermaine would know how many pulls we did in total (maybe 30?), but we didn't really take many breaks to let the car cool, which is another good indicator of real world conditions (plus its not an FI car, so the heat soak issue is not nearly as apparant). I had really looked forward to playing with the timing at this session, but it didn't prove worthwhile. Next time I promise to get some race gas ahead of time just to play around and see if the combo of the gas and increased timing nets any result. I was also hoping to have a Cosworth intake manifold to try too, but we know how that goes.....still no idea when they are coming back in. Oh well. Afterwards we drove the car around a bit on the local roads to fine tune everything, and it pulled like a champ. Noticeably improved pull from ~4500 and up to redline (8400) without any loss in the bottom end...the car just pulls from 2k onwards hard! I don't have the scans, Jermaine probably does, so I'll post them whenever I get them. Torque didn't change from the original tune and is still right around 248-250 at the wheels. After we were all done, we grabbed some really good, authentic Mexican food at a local place, and I hit the hotel for some much needed rest around midnight. Next morning, woke up around 6 AM, got some breakfast, and started the long drive home. By the time I got home on Sunday and brought the car back to the shop, I was completely wiped out. But, it was good practice for the drive down to ZDayz in 2 weeks! All runs were done on std. 93 octane pump fuel. I've got some things in the works that we'll be doing very soon. My main goal right now is trying to further improve the top end peak of the car (I want solid GT3 level power, which I am closer to now), and most significantly, to improve the torque. Right now I am about 10 whp away from where I wanted to be when I started the project, so I'm really pleased with the results overall. I know one thing I will be playing with is some new headers, some hopefully in the next 3-4 weeks, we can get some time to have some new ones fabbed up, and see what we get! I'm thinking long tubes, with a nice merge collector. I also want to put a single cat into the Y pipe, because the smell from the test pipes is just too much for me. I've also got some plans to change things on the intake side of things as well, but more on that at a later date.

The 07 + clutch is similar, but the slave is now inside the tranny casing, so extra parts are needed to fit one. Flywheel is completely different...previous gen units will not work at all

The KW sell for around $1850 from us (plus shipping), Bilsteins are $1600 + shipping..so around $250US less. Having spent extensive time with both units (and we're dealers for both brands), I vastly prefer the PSS9, as its far easier to setup, and the ride quality is second to none, among any coilover I've used to date for a Z. For a street car, the KW V2 would be another very good choice as well

there is only 1 unit that should be considered when comfort and performance is the top order: the Bilstein PSS9 As nice as the KW are (and we use them quite a bit here and are a dealer of theirs), the settings are far too complicated for someone not intimately familiar with suspension setup to tackle (since its adjustable compression vs rebound independant of one another). A good unit if you are planning some track time...complete overkil for the street though IMHO

most cars do have one, but unfortunately, a Z does not you can try to see if there is any gunk, leaves, etc blocking the condensor, as well as the vents at the top of the windshield.

Z's don't have such a filter

The exact same problem happened with my NISMO Y pipe which I bought as part of a complete cat back exhaust through Z1 Auto. Although I have received confirmation from Adam that a replacement will be made under warranty I'm still waiting for the replacement FOUR MONTHS LATER!!! Have since removed the Kinetix hi-flows in favour of a set of ss braced sport cats from Envy. The problem, as I have gone over with you numerous times, is no one at Nissan knew how to handle such an issue, as they had claimed it had never happened before. This is why I even offered to put you in touch directly with the dealership that supplies us, lest you think I was making something up. He would be happy to tell you how often I have bugged him about your situation. I myself have never had to replace any NISMO item under warranty and had no idea what was involved either. I have read several threads on various message boards where the flex section failed internally, and all were mated to Kinetix cats or Crawford cats, so I knew it had happened, but yours was the first intance of it occuring to a product we supplied (we don't, nor would sell Kinetix anything, nor do we sell Crawford products (who's quality is lightyears ahead of Kinetix) ). We have been at the mercy of the local dealership, which is who supplies these exhausts to us, and who all warranty claims go through. Apparantly NISMO has now ackowledged there is a problem and has "revised" the Y pipe with some sort of support brace. I have no idea what that means, or what it looks like, or whether or not it will work or not, but according to the gentleman I deal with at the parts desk, he is supposed to be receiving these newer versions in the next few days. Anytime any such problem arises, it is not our intention to drag things out, but there are times where unfortunately, we are in the middle the same as the customer. Once in, we can then make arrangements to get it to you.

love how clean it all is (not literally in your case, since the car looks like it did a 200 mile jaunt in a bad rainstorm!) but in a figurative, zen sort of way ; ) really good Stew, congrats, and thank you...bout time you had the time to fit these!

all Z clutches are hydraulic

I think the red seats on the black car is going to look awesome too!

Thanks again Jay, much appreciated and glad they arrived so quickly!

DS2500 are relatively dusty as well - good pad, but not clean