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[1badg35]

thank you

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car will likely be coming all apart this week again. onto some of the fun stuff... 6 pt. cage, a little ass widening, and some adjustments.

just redesigned the radiator hold down again, and the new one should be cut this week, so that will go to powder. Few little details here and there, but for the most part, the rear fattening and cage work should keep me busy for the next few weeks...

[hi its me alec]

immaculate taste

[Drock30]

Me: "Baby, which car did you like the most at the show?"
My GF: "That red Z with the really clean engine! I've seen it before and always **** them, but that one was one of the best ones."

Sweet work man. Never thought I'd see it in person. Well worth it

[axelillo_PR]

^^^^ Dat pic. drool....

[1badg35]

I really appreciate that.

heres a quick pic i just pulled off the camera. lots to come.. there are some really good ones that seem to be popping up all over fb today too from random photogs



and a mayday garage snap i really like



oh and my brother may or may not have farted in my 7k$ passenger seat on the trip back.... damn kids

[Strawhat]

the first place trophies are stacking up. pictures to come soon from wekfest east

If theres one car that I think deserves them, this is it.
Rather than just having copious amounts of money and buying all the top end parts and having a show car, you've put time and effort and thought into your car, and engineered it to be better than stock form.
Without a doubt one of the most inspiring builds I've read.

[pejsa]

in absolute love with this car

[1badg35]

the first place trophies are stacking up. pictures to come soon from wekfest east

[dave2221]

Awesome work mate.

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[244Brick]

Honestly, it's so clean that i can't really tell the difference

[Tubaman]

Looks amazing...

[1badg35]

A little more cleaning up.. Removed the old radiator, new 3 core koyo to replace it. Then found out that my E fan setup that i had spent so much time work on was too large for the width of this radiator, so things needed to be figured out. So rather then modifying the e fans more, and probably never being happy with them, I decided to get 2 custom ones made that were a slightly smaller diameter (10" this time) and take my chances. They now pull in conjunction 3600cfm, which is slightly more then before, and they are smaller in every dimension. Haha

finished it off by doing some more wire tucking, a new aluminum 1.5qt overflow unit that i mounted along the frame rail under the passenger headlight, a new bracket to hold down the radiator, modifying said bracket as it needed some simplification, and here she is.



bracket now needs to go for powdercoat(wrinkle black) , as does the new hood prop (old one doesnt clear the filler neck on the new rad) and that will be all set.

Drove her hard on Sunday morning to make sure all was good, and all was good. as expected, runs cooler then before with the new upgrades.

[DUBSPEC]

its actually getting too little of both from my own personal experience on my car. flow of fuel on the stock rail starves the last cylinder as we all know, and the air flow seems to be also doing something similar once i modified the entire fuel system and did the dual feed routing (most recently). When tuning, it became apparent to me after I did the dual feed setup that i needed to modify and get a little more air in there to even out things for that cylinder in particular.. she still runs just the slightest bit rich, but thats not a problem in my book. With that said, the car is going to change quite a bit more, so tuning will have to go with that.. and as of now, she runs spectacularly well and pulls some very healthy power. Have to dyno again, but this time as it sits, i am expecting 270 rwhp which is amongst the highest NAs. we will see though at some point once i make the next round of changes.

the pcv thing in my head is all a myth. after a few years the system gets clogged and doesnt function anyway, so i started blocking things off until i decided on entire removal of the system. I have a small internal filter that i placed inside the valve covers behind the baffles (intake side) but otherwise thats all. a little oil smell occasionally since they basically breath to atmosphere, which doesnt bother me. there are a few guys on 3zc that have been running their cars for years with exactly that setup, and have not had any internal issues over time. Which was part of the reason why i was ok with going this route. again experimental, but seems perfectly fine by me so far.

before this, my pcv valves were brand new from nissan and were letting slight amounts of oil pass through them, so that for me was a major telltale sign that things needed to change. so i did a bunch of reading, and formed some of my own thoughts. but again its experimental to an extent.

OK. I talked with a few drag racers regarding their catch can setups as am looking at doing this to mine to eliminate the PCV as well, and the major thing most mentioned was the increase in HP due to the reduction in crankcase pressure. For them HP is everything, so maybe if you're chasing as much HP as you can then it might be worth considering down the track.

You're right when you say the engine just floats there. Such a good look

[1badg35]

its actually getting too little of both from my own personal experience on my car. flow of fuel on the stock rail starves the last cylinder as we all know, and the air flow seems to be also doing something similar once i modified the entire fuel system and did the dual feed routing (most recently). When tuning, it became apparent to me after I did the dual feed setup that i needed to modify and get a little more air in there to even out things for that cylinder in particular.. she still runs just the slightest bit rich, but thats not a problem in my book. With that said, the car is going to change quite a bit more, so tuning will have to go with that.. and as of now, she runs spectacularly well and pulls some very healthy power. Have to dyno again, but this time as it sits, i am expecting 270 rwhp which is amongst the highest NAs. we will see though at some point once i make the next round of changes.

the pcv thing in my head is all a myth. after a few years the system gets clogged and doesnt function anyway, so i started blocking things off until i decided on entire removal of the system. I have a small internal filter that i placed inside the valve covers behind the baffles (intake side) but otherwise thats all. a little oil smell occasionally since they basically breath to atmosphere, which doesnt bother me. there are a few guys on 3zc that have been running their cars for years with exactly that setup, and have not had any internal issues over time. Which was part of the reason why i was ok with going this route. again experimental, but seems perfectly fine by me so far.

before this, my pcv valves were brand new from nissan and were letting slight amounts of oil pass through them, so that for me was a major telltale sign that things needed to change. so i did a bunch of reading, and formed some of my own thoughts. but again its experimental to an extent.

[DUBSPEC]

Saw your reply on aus300zx forum. Stella build mate. I can really appreciate the time and effort this has demanded from you, and you've still kept it fresh and current. I'm trying to do a similar engine bay but with a TT while retaining AC and power steering. Definitely has given me a kick in the motivation dept. seeing your engine bay complete (for now, I know how it is lol).

Just two questions as I see you make reference to this a few times. Where have you read that number 6 intake runner has a restriction? I can see it really is a munted shape in OEM form, and I have more experience with TT's over NA's admittedly, but I've constantly read the number 6 cylinder is the one to run lean (ie too much air, given the fuel mapping remains constant for all cylinders). I'm keen to do the same kind of mod to mine still, just never heard that theory.

Another thing I don't quite understand is the removal of the PCV. How are you scavenging blow-by gases from the crankcase, and also reducing the buildup of pressure inside the sump without them? How about the possibility of oil drain-back restriction to the sump if you have a build-up of pressure in the crankcase?