Part out! Donate all of it to the Black Pearl! JK, get that beast back to Ron so it can kill the track again.

 

Dang that sucks. But I'm sure it'll be even better than before once you get the head sorted out. Good luck

 

I was able to drive the car over the holidays and the head was still lifting after 4-5 pulls at 21psi. I only had a few hours to spend with the car so I loaded up the Uprev ROM Editor, dropped the boost controller to 16psi, took some timing out, and fixed the AFRs. The car stopped pushing coolant and appears to run just fine.

The main reason I took the car out was to get a festive picture for the holidays; it didn't come out quite as well as I had envisioned since there was traffic, but it was decent enough.



I should have some more time at the end of this month, but I think the plan will be to learn more about Uprev tuning and street tune the car on 93 since I am only running 16psi now. Once that is done it will likely stay untouched while I develop the plan (and funds) for the next stage.

 

Great build thread. Can't believe I didn't come across it before. I was always curious about your car. Love it. Love it so much. Between you and Mike, you're both killing it. I wish I could do the TT/engine build thing but it's just not in the cards. I'll live vicariously through you guys.

 

^ Thanks! I'm sure Mike's car will be insane once he gets a full tune!

I had grand ideas for the car at the end of '16 but the reality of '17 seems to be punting those further down the roadmap.. I did manage to change the oil when I first got it back:


I have been messing with the car's tune and found that 18-19psi seems to be the threshold where the headlift occurs and coolant starts to push.

Since I no longer can run high boost levels I decided to switch back to 93 and start a new tune at 14psi. It's been fun learning how to tune the car myself and I am looking forward to getting it to a point where I can put it on the dyno to make some power runs - mainly to see if I'm "doing it right"

I did find some old unedited pictures when I setup my computer in the new house and have slowly started editing them:

 

Beautiful Pics, Tony. Glad to hear you finally made it into your new house. Bet is was worth all the work!

 

Car looks great! Nice to see you getting into the tuning side of things to play around with it.

 

^ Oh you kids and your toys!

 

Guys picking up a load for your Toys for Tots run? Great looking Pair Mike & Tony, didn't happen to leave any rubber on the loading dock perhaps???

 

^ I actually picked up a creeper with streamers!

Currently hanging around..

 

Finally on the ground after weeks (months?) in the air because I've been too lazy to finish the maintenance. Maybe I'll actually drive her this weekend after I charge the battery.

 

Nice tall garage you've got there, Tony.... Plenty of room for a lift! I'm extremely jealous!

 

After the head lift last fall I have been preparing to rebuild; I guess every great story eventually has a reboot?

The motor started knocking recently so I think time is running out, it's too bad it is on it's last leg but considering how I drive the car it's held up quite well. Overall the smiles per hour over the past 2+ years have made everything worth it and I've learned a lot about our platform.

Fortunately some pieces of the puzzle came in yesterday.


I have acquired a few smaller pieces in preparation but haven't taken pictures of them:
Z1 Solid Motor Mounts
ATI Super Damper
ID1300 Injectors
CJM VQ37VHR Fuel Rails
VQ37VHR Crankshaft
Synolimit Ported Upper and Lower VQ37VHR Intake Manifolds
Synolimit 63mm Ported TBs (s/o to Upscale Speed)

Hopefully I can get everything else that I want/"need" in the next few months and be the first ever 2007 G37 Sedan VQ37HRTT?

 

I look forward to seeing it/hearing it if I'm still around.

 

Nice update, Tony. I'm sure it will be nice to have her back at full power (and then some)!!