Nope ! Just making use of what I got to help me go quicker! Same with the black look

 

Eh, I'm not doing much to mine at the moment - so at least this keeps the thread moving some.

@JME377 You should consider your own build thread. Don't have to be fancy.

FWIW, When I was competing drifting in my $500 1st gen RX7 I used 4 spare tire steelies with trailer tires on them to get it to spin better with only 85 HP.

 

Put the oem sport sedan springs back on the rear of the car. The red Z springs were way too low and the ride was a little too harsh. Length comparison of nismo (red) and oem (black).




next, need to swap non- nismo front Z springs for the nismo ones. For now I’ve given up on fixing the under-quarter-tank no fill issue as that really needs a lift to figure out.

 

Redo of Long Tube Cold Air Intake.

Back in (fillinyear) I built a custom CAI for the G. I used older Z1 throttle body silicone, air flow meter housings from an Altima or Sentra, and a cheap(ish) intercooler piping kit from ebay. I added R2C Black Hex filters as those seemed to be the most popular with the performance folks. The thing was all black, even the piping was crinkle-coated black powdercoat. All 2.5" outer diameter.

THEN, I scored a deal on some fancy air flow meter housings that were solid aluminum and had a honeycomb air straightener, but were big enough (2.75 OD) that I had to have the car dyno tuned to account for them. I patched them in the day before my tune at Z1 October 2021 - less pretty, but functional.

Since there was a clear air restriction, I decided to revamp the system to be 2.75 all the way. I couldn't find crinkle-coated black tubing in the right size, so I went polished. I'd already started doing some trim in red, so I went all red silicone too. New Z1 throttle body silicone, couplers and elbows from ebay and Amazon, pipe from a Summit Racing seller (only needed the 45* bends, much cheaper than a whole kit), and since R2C is gone I recently mathed my way into some AEM 21-2029 filters. As you'll see below... those filters may be a *wee bit* overkill.

While the car runs fine with the new setup, I haven't had a chance to see what it does (if anything) performance-wise, and likely won't notice - I haven't driven the car since June 2022 at this point, so the butt-dyno isn't really calibrated for the car any more. Also, I replaced the radiator hoses with Z1 silicone at the same time, so I have to burp the air out of the cooling system.

 

This is what I started with (piping setup shown off the car for clarity):





Here's the fancy AFM housing:




And here is CAI 1.5 with the less-graceful transition from 2.5 to 2.75:

 

On to new stuff. Had to open up the radiator support substantially more; issue there is that on the driver side there's these delicate HVAC pipes running through there too.

OK, pics will take a while. They're all HEIC apparently and the forum doesn't work with that format. Off to find a converter...

 

Teaser:





Yes I know the car is filthy. Priorities.

 

Nice lighting that hides the basically ruined paint from acidic pollen this year.

 

Acidic pollen? Never heard of that before, but it doesn't sound good.

You going to get that front chin painted eventually?

 

That's my guess. It was covered solid yellow in pollen and when I washed it off, the paint was wrinkled up - almost like a wrinkle finish like you'd see on a (cooking) grill.

The chin IS painted - just flat black. Too prone to hitting curbs to be worth making shiny (and having to repaint it 4-5 time per year).

I will note - not just responding to John - that the stance is Nismo red springs up front and OEM Sport Sedan springs in the rear. I've got non-Nismo 370Z for up front when I get a chance to install them - the Nismo rates are NUTS. I've ridden in children's wagons with more suspension play. OTOH - great for a track-only car. Not so great for real world road conditions.

 

Pine pollen is very destructive to car paint finishes. The sap is even worse. After 16-years of sun, sand, and tree crap my paint is next to shot- especially on the roof. Always something...

 

Conversations like this give me new appreciation for my truly crappy garage, heroically performing garage duties throughout the years, because the painted finish on my 12 year old sedan is gorgeous.

 

I think a paid paint correction is in my future - it is too much for a clay bar to take out.

We have 3 different pine pollen seasons down here. 5 pollen seasons total.

I'm campaigning heavily for us to rent a small commercial building for me to wrench in - and likely keep the car in since I drive the work car most days.

 

I've seen a post somewhere that has the rates of the 370z base, Nismo red, and black springs and the Nismo black front rates are very similar to the G37S sedan.

I've had my stock G37S sedan springs in the back and 2015 Nismo black springs in the front paired with koni yellows and it rides similar to stock with a better looking rake.

 

So I just discovered that my Z1 radiator hoses (and the overflow hoses) are spotting. No discernable coolant loss, but an appearance upgrade that does this isn't idea. I've emailed their tech support to see what's up. Standard blue Nissan coolant. This might be my excuse to switch to the Mercedes/GL-05 HOAT yellow coolant.