RD - Forged GT4 Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Bought my Z about a year ago. 05 plate GT4 in kuro black. She was sooo sweet. I am definitely what they call a spirited driver and one day after about 7 months i was giving her a good thrashing when something went very wrong. Took her to get checked out and it was terminal. I had blown the bottom end and the choices were one of 3 - new engine, engine rebuild or new car. Of course I thought f**k it and chucked another 5 grand into her for the full rebuild (and some other bits and pieces). As of Monday she will be back. Fully forged bottom end. Manly forged rods and oversized pistons in along with a lot of other uprated parts. Thought I may as well get rid of the Dual mass at the same time as I don't think it had long left so twin plate ceramic clutch going on with some decat pipes for a bit more volume. Final key parts left to do wil be a nice exhaust system and a link G4+ ECU. This will unlock the rest of my new Z's phenominal cosmic powwwwerrrrrr!!! It's had some big hold ups over the course of the build but she is going to be one mean machine and definitely worth the wait! Then maybe a do-luck style body kit and some 20s ............NOS? Pics will be posted up soon. 5 Quote
Stutopia Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Good on ya for bringing it back Wasn't Pritchard doing a load of digging on NA builds? I bet he'd love to hear about all your new goodies. 1 Quote
Keyser Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Get some pics up Sounds like it's gonna be a beast Quote
jimmy.farrow7 Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Sounds great buddy, glad your bringing her back to life!!!! Quote
GMballistic Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Welcome aboard. Hope the Zeds new built motor exceeds your expectations. Quote
Grundy Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Sounds interesting, but for the love of god do not put 20's on a car with that potential 3 Quote
Adrian@TORQEN Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Always nice to see a resurrected zed! So what sort of figures you're aiming for as a NA engine? Quote
Ogman Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Welcome along...like the sound of where this is going. Keep us all updated! Quote
glrnet Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Welcome. You should really start a build thread, we like a build thread!👠Sent from my Zed using Nangkang tyres front, RE040's rear Quote
Bodyboarder81 Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Hello Sounds interesting ! Pics Quote
steve916 Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Sounds good I may have seen you around before it went bang then, as I'm just down the road from you Quote
RD - Forged GT4 Posted December 1, 2015 Author Posted December 1, 2015 Sounds interesting, but for the love of god do not put 20's on a car with that potential Hi guys. Thanks for all the welcomes! Well I have her back on the road and she is pulling like a freight train! It's unfortunately still on the stock ecu so haven't really experienced the full potential yet but loads more torque than before and sounds beautiful. Stuck a plenum spacer on there after reading a lot on here about them but again need the remap really to see the potential of that with the new setup. I definitely agree with the no 20's statement now Grundy. May go 19's but looking at doing wheels last. Still got plenty more to do on the engine to get the performance up where I want it... So no dyno figures yet I'm afraid. Still a work in progress but I will get them up when I have them to show. ARK exhaust going on next, followed by stage 2 cams, link g4+ stand alone ecu and probably some berk headers. Get some flames firing out the back and then onto the rollers! @Octet hoping to get +400bhp with about the same torque figures. Got a few pics fro the build anyway which I will try and post up now. I'd like to credit LP Performance for a great build. There was some hellish long delays but it was definitely worth the wait. BIG potential! Quote
RD - Forged GT4 Posted December 1, 2015 Author Posted December 1, 2015 pics are up but ran out of upload space before I could put my shiney new brakes on! 1 Quote
veilside z Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) Sounds great. I have the 20's for you buddy should you change your mind, also should you be looking 2nd hand Edited December 2, 2015 by veilside z 1 Quote
harryjackson Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 pics are up but ran out of upload space before I could put my shiney new brakes on! Use photo bucket and link them here. Plenty of tutorials on here. Quote
Bodyboarder81 Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 400 in a n/a zed would be crazy .... Must have some very tasty cams and high revving for that !! Love to see some pics We are all waiting for pics We love pics Pics Quote
Hansburger Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Show some pics! What did you exactly changed to the engine? Quote
Roger46 Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Sounds interesting can't wait to see some pics! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
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