Hello

My name is Sergio and I live in the Bay Area. I finally decided to start this thread after a couple months of owning my car to track my progress. For now, it's gone through a couple minor changes since i first posted in the Newby section here:

https://www.myg37.com/forums/newbie-...area-g37s.html

My dad and i have done all the installation work ourselves in our garage so you'll notice all the pics i have right now are just outside of it lol. I will eventually find the time to take decent ones elsewhere








Current mods:
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Suspension:
- Cusco front strut bar
- BC Racing type BR coilovers (RA Version)
- SPC Camber Arms F/R
- SPC Toe Bolts R
- EBC YellowStuff pads → Project Mu HC+ F
- EBC YellowStuff pads R
- Muteki lug nuts
- Project Mu Floating lock nuts
- Z1 2piece rotors F
- Rays GramLights 57DR 18x9.5 +12 → Volk TE37RT 18x10 +36 (3mm spacer) F
- Rays GramLights 57DR 18x10.5 +22 → Volk TE37RT 18x10 +39 R
- Nitto Invo 255/40/18 → Nitto NT555 G2 265/35/18 F
- Nitto Invo 295/35/18 → Nitto NT555 G2 285/35/18 R
- SPL outer tie rods
- Z1 poly diff bushings

Exterior:
- JDM Nissan 370GT Full Rebadge
- JDM amber tail lights
- Blacked out front grill
- Blacked out headlights
- Half cut rear bumper
- Yellow Nissan calipers
- 6K Osram HIDs
- One off Voltex style front bumper
- Top Secret sideskirts
- One off chassis mount carbon front splitter
- One off carbon front canards
- One off chassis mount side splitters
- One off carbon GT Mirrors
- Origin Labo 1600mm carbon GT wing
- One off carbon Z Tune style vented fenders
- One off front upper grill block off

Interior:
- Gutted (almost)
- Bride Zeta III driver's seat
- Bride Vios III Low Max passenger seat
- Bride FO rails
- NRG shorthub
- NRG quick release
- Momo Japan x Fortune Full Speed steering wheel
- Nismo polished aluminum shiftknob
- JDM navigation panel
- JDM Skyline kick plates
- Innovate MTX oil pressure and temp gauge

Engine/Misc:
- Tomei Expreme Ti 3" Y-pipe
- Tomei Expreme Ti 3" mid pipe / muffler
- Greddy/Trust 13 Row oil cooler
- Greddy/Trust Grex Thermostatic sandwich plate → Mocal plate
- Greddy Oil filter
- Injen long tube CAI
- Z1 magnetic drain plug
- Z1 14lb flywheel
- Z1 SS braided clutch line
- Z1 full face clutch + pressure plate
- Braille 21lb battery
- Dual UpGarage oil catch cans
- HKS radiator cap
- Tomei oil cap
- Project Mu PS reservoir sock
- EPS oil gallery gaskets
- CZP silicone intake pcv hoses
- One off carbon radiator duct
- Toyo 10 row PS cooler

Future:
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Suspension:
- Cusco rear strut bar
- Cusco F/R sway bars
- Cusco F/R power braces
- SS brake lines

Exterior:
- Rear diffuser
- Moon roof delete
- Carbon vented hood
- Carbon trunk

Interior:
- Full cage
- Takata Harness

Engine:
- Greddy high capacity/baffled oil pan
- Koyo radiator
- Ported intake Manifold
- Aluminum or Carbon drive shaft
- Battery relocated to trunk
- Tune





+ much more i can't think off the top of my head

 

Here's the first picture i have of the car as we drove it home after buying it



A couple weeks later and i had already started receiving packages at the door



While getting ready to remove the stock struts, i took the time to do some DIY caliper painting thanks to breftayka's guide.



Suspension was the first thing to get installed. Here's my dad helping with some stubborn bolts





Found the time in between to paint my headlight housings black

 

Rode around with the BC coils for maybe 100 miles while i waited for my new rims and tires to show up. I originally planned on getting my Rays in gunmetal but they weren't in stock anywhere so i decided to go with black and plastidip them white

In the meantime, i ordered some cheap daily tires which i will replace with some good rubber before hitting the track

Finally!



Test fitting the front and rears




Then after some painting



Tires got here soon after



I had originally planned on re-using my GodSpeed aluminum open ended extended lug nuts since they are ridiculously light but didn't realize the threading was different from my old Honda they were coming from. So i ordered some temporary Muteki nuts from Amazon while i decide what to replace them with



Everything installed (these are recent and hence the really dirty wheels )

 

During all of this, the interior stripping had already begun. I don't have many pictures of the weight reduction process but here is the most recent one i took right before getting another special package



Then these finally came in






The OEM seats must have weighed a good 90lbs each.. I need to get them on the scale soon. This seat and rail combo come in at a whopping 40lbs together. Unfortunately, passenger rails are backordered from Bride til late June along with the matching seat. I still need to clean up where the back seats used to be.

And that's basically how the car sits now

 

Haven't seen many of these go full blown track car build, but definitely like the progress. Why a G for a track car though? Instead on like a z33 or even a v35?

 

Why not?

 

Nice setup you're putting together Sergio, looks like you're well on your way to getting that ready for some hot laps!
Impressive list of parts there.

 

That's exactly why! The easy way out would have been to choose something like a BRZ, Z33/34, S13/14, etc. but those builds are so common i would have gotten bored fast. I also contemplated going with an STI or Evo but in the end I wanted to do something different and stand out from the crowd, so i decided to go with the more unconventional CV36 chassis

Thank you! I just need to win the lottery now so i can buy everything i want at once

 

so finally ordered an exhaust.. and ended up going with this



came in a couple days ago so i hit up Sean at Stmodified in Fremont to help with the install. Shoutout to him and the rest of the group up there for their awesome work. If you're in the area and need something done the right way definitely check these guys out! Custom Body & Collision Repair, Suspension & Performance - St Modified - Fremont, Ca

anyways, here's a quick pic of it installed

 

is there a way to embed an instagram video?

this **** is loud AF and here's a sound clip in the shop

https://instagram.com/p/6lC7YZg67d

better pics to come

 

follow my new instagram @aina_sahalin

 

Sweet! I bet the car moves with all that weight gone! I did a rear gut on my g35, but never more than that. Clean ride bro!

 

What is this a picture of?

Is that the condition that aftermarket bumper comes in?

 

thanks! and yeah, it's a huge difference from stock. i can definitely feel an improvement in overall performance, i love it

this is a Purist 1 of 1 prototype front bumper lol. I made it from fiberglass and this picture is from a couple days ago after only trimming part of the edges. I have a lot more work to do before its ready but i felt it was finally time to let you guys in on my little project it had actually been sitting in my garage like that for almost 2 months now and was just too lazy to work on it lol

 

Wow, that custom bumper is going to be wild, look forward to seeing you work magic on that one
Not a fan of the big single exhaust but if it's working out for you than kudos!