Infiniti Q45 Flagship Luxury Sedan, Track/Autox/Drift Build!

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a quick video of the Xcessive Manufacturing seat mount and the radiator/fan/controller installed.

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]Xcessive Seat bracket install!

http://www.excessivemanufacturing.com Sells Q45 parts!


Old Seat





I got the Bracket for no carpet, but decided to leave the carpet so i had to cut some out, no big deal.
But if you want a nice seat installed with the factory carpet, they carry two versions on hand, one for carpet, and one without. As you can see, the carpet and material is quite thick.



I was given a good deal on a really nice Carbon Kevlar Racing Bucket seat and Simpson Harness. I Am very thankful for the good price. It will help me finish this build in time for the race. Thank you James!


Stock Seat weighs in at 76 lbs! holy crap!


Xcessive mount lined up!








I love this setup, im not sliding around on the stock leather seat, and its much lighter and much safer to drive.
I am using the stock seatbelt for now, and I will be making a 5-point harness bar later for racing use.

Thank you Xcessive Manufacturing for The awesome seat bracket, its absolutely beautiful and it saved me hours and hours of time!

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There aren't too many racing application pads for the stock q45 calipers. So I decided to convert to a set of aluminum calipers from a r32 skyline gt/z32 300zx, the 30mm ones.... (edit) I ended up with the wrong calipers. 26mm. I just made due with what i had. I took off some material to clear the rotors.

Parts list for front:
1996 300zx tt rotors,
1996 300zx tt stainless braided hoses,
skyline/z32 30mm aluminum calipers imported from japan from a wrecked skyline,
spacer/washers to offset caliper to fit rotor properly,
line fitting or custom hardline to attach 300zx hose to my caliper, (was missing)
hawk hp+ track/streetable pads, z32 tt or subaru wrx 2006-2007 limited same application






check they are 30mm


check rotors


they fit ;-p












as you can see, not much difference or major advantage over stock.
my reason, was lighter, and race compounds are available. there is no real good reason to swap over to these brakes if your running street pads, unless you want race pads or for looks. IMHO....


Stock front g50 calipers.


stock hoses.


oem calipers off


calipers need more room,


time to cut backing plate and make room, I also plan to weld on a brake cooling duct to the backing plate later.


need a washer with this thickness to center the caliper on the rotor, 2mm or 2.2mm is good.


install washer between caliper and bracket to move it outboard.


yay it fits!


I had to make brake lines to adapt to my z32 brake hoses.


new adaptors and hoses attached, Planning to reinforce the hard line adapters with a custom bracket.





sweet deal. just install pads, bleed, and check for clearance issues and leaks.


needed some spacers to clear the wheels.

I need to buy some extended wheel studs. What part number is the correct stud from arp? i want longest ones available, and i am going to use some pbm spacers...

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Sneak peak of the finished product:

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Thank you for checking out the continuing build log of this beast of a track car! Please dont hesitate to ask any questions or post comments!


"Autocrossing" my Q45 at Last Year's International Zcar Convention hosted in San Diego, CA. My passengers loved it!



Last year I brought out my Subaru WRX and took a very strong 2nd place against a modified GTR in AWD at Optima Ultimate Street car Challenge . This year I am returning with a RWD car for the over 3,000 lb class. (keep in mind, a stock first gen q45 can range from 4,100 to 4,300 lbs..... thats curb weight!)

I am building my 1995 infiniti q45 for multi-duty. So far she's been to autocross and drift competitions a few times. I want to retain the luxury and streetable aspects and at the same time make it capable and durable at racing events. MY overall goals are to increase awareness of this g50 chassis/vh45de v8, and help make it more mainstream. I am building it to do some damage and show up on national TV this coming October on MAVTV
Goal is to have full HVAC and interior and keep it sleeperish and streetable and reliable.

I will need financial help, and parts. I am doing this on a small autocross budget and will take all the help and discounts I can get and I can return the favor buy posting here and on my other social media accounts and if you provide a sticker I can post it for the cameras to shoot for boob tube on national tv.

So far I have gotten help from:

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The things I need done and stuff to buy or get:

purchase and install oil cooler,
Purchase and Install Coil-over system from Xcessive
Purchase set of 18" Cosmis wheels with 200 treadwear sticky tires,
fix all leaks,
build custom 3" strait through exhaust with electric cutout, and dual "magnaflow" inline mufflers,
Paint, and custom livery vinyl from Ethan Hollander Designs,
Brake Ducting,

time permitting:

Aero,
alternate differential options for more traction,
tear out and redo the tint,
convert to e85 ethanol,
supercharger,
replace clutch with new oem unit or better,
accquire spare z32 transmission and q45 diff


Stuff I already did/have:

need new stock oil pan (mine is cracked and dented)
acquire and fabricate a parking/emergency hand-brake setup, Lexus sc300
replace all cooling hoses, fuel, and heater hoses in engine bay,
Purchase racing seat and 5-point harness,
Installed Flex-a-lite Radiator cooling fan,
Power Steering Cooler,
ARP Extended wheel studs and spacers,
Xcessive Racing seat braket,
converted to z32 5-speed using elwesso adapter plate,
3" thick crossflow aluminum radiator,
Subframe spacers,
adustable ruca's
Adjustable tension rods,
one-piece drive shaft,
Nissan Skyline r32 aluminum brake upgrade with Hawk HP+ Pads,
Stainless brake hoses,
Custom flowmaster dual 2.5" exhaust with turndowns,
Xcessive Manufacturing upgraded Engine and transmission mounts, NO MORE BROKEN OEM MOUNTS
Xcessive Manufacturing Skid plate, LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!!!
I NEED WHEELS and 200tw tires!

I will post pics of my progress here, please if you have any suggestions, race car wisdom, parts/tires/brakes/fluids you want to send for me to use or try, or have ideas for the race vinyl livery please post here. thanks!

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