Always Late To The Party

[Motoman325]

So...
After much time I man up and get a real car
Worked for months saving monies and building credits to buy this[IMG]IMG_20150727_123043 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

2003 Nissan 350Z track model (6sp )
I absolutely love this car, wanted a black or white one but this blue catches your eye in any light

This will be a slow and modest build; plans are:

Led tailights
Front bumper lip
Maybe a rear splitter
Nice set of 19s
HR intake or ITBs
Finish air ride and throw that on

[IMG]IMG_20150727_202055 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]
First fill-up, put in $35

[IMG]IMG_20150728_091224 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

[hinrichs]

Bagging this instead of the bmw?

looks clean.

[TWM Performance]

Off to a great start, love Z33s

- Renato

[Motoman325]

yep trying to enjoy all the stockness but i know me

probably will be low by december

[Motoman325]

I did something today
[IMG]IMG_20150802_122752 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

I only have 3 atm i'll get the last one after vacation

[Motoman325]

Back from the Dead

It's been over a year since I posted on here, I mostly been posting on my IG @yo_holle.

So whats new? not much I've loved and lost, Been through many tanks of gas and a few sets of tires and even installed my airride

a week ago
[IMG]IMG_20160815_152436 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

As of today
IMG_20160820_140157 by motomanb, on Flickr

Thats on some lowering springs I got for cheap and threw them on. This was the same height i had on the airride. I knew I could I get that low with lowering springs. Also the bags I had rubbed and the connections by the manifolds leaked bad so I took it off.

Another thing I did lately was my headlights. I had the Idea for a long time of having led DRL like the new GTR on my Z.
[IMG]IMG_20160812_234145 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

So far I haven't seen anyone else with it and it turned out pretty good. I'll be re-doing them because they're not bright enough to be seen in the daytime

I been taking it to the dragstrip and my best is 14.2 stock still going for 13s stock
I have test pipes and getting a y-pipe before winter and more mods after winter

My brother isn't an internet kind of guy but he has a few builds (2002, Ghia) and i'll do mini updates from here

[Jorgen]

I despise a lot of aftermarket DRL installs, but this seems genuinely well done. Do you have a picture of the car itself with the lights on?

[Motoman325]

It was on the car in that pic, I got more tho

How it looks in the daytime[IMG]IMG_20160812_130011 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

Not that bright
[IMG]IMG_20160813_200117 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

They light up the whole headlight housing which is why I'm re-doing them
[IMG]IMG_20160820_145813 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

[cblock406]

Wow nice man, looks good!

[Motoman325]

jorgen and cblock thanks for the compliments. I was scared they would look rice

[FearNLoathing]

I love me a Z. Though my only experiences with them are blowing a rod out the bottom of the motor, busting radiators and wiring nightmares the DRLs look good tho. If they were able to be seen distinctly when on theyd look even better. Like the idea behind that tho, clever.

[Motoman325]

I love me a Z. Though my only experiences with them are blowing a rod out the bottom of the motor, busting radiators and wiring nightmares the DRLs look good tho. If they were able to be seen distinctly when on theyd look even better. Like the idea behind that tho, clever.

Thanks man. sounds like you had a fun time lol Track car?

They are easily seen around sunset or an overcast day. I can see reflections of them from other cars. They're just really hard to take pictures of

[Motoman325]

I Did A Thing!

And not a good thing.

[IMG]IMG_20160913_135329 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]


The car has burned oil since I bought it. Been checking it every week but I guess it wasn't enough this time. Was rolling and died when I got off the highway, wouldn't start. Towed home, charged the battery and started with a knock.

Stay tuned for pics of engine guts

[Motoman325]

Pulled my d!(k out for Harambe

[IMG]IMG_20161002_165910 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]

Teardown begins tomorrow, I'll try to make it pic heavy

[Motoman325]

[IMG]IMG_20161003_151351 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]
inside the cat converter, bits of it gets sucked back into the engine and destroy the rings and the motor start burning oil. I thought it was BS but here's the proof

[IMG]IMG_20161003_134931 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]IMG_20161003_134728 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]
The O2 sensors that were in the headers, the ones after the cats looked normal

[IMG]IMG_20161003_144354 by motomanb, on Flickr[/IMG]
Exedy clutch I been beating on since I bought the car, makes a lot of chatter but does good

Tomorrow the heads come off and maybe the bottom end