She's gone
 

I owned a 2008 g37s 6mt...no more. Totaled out in the beginning of July, then went into a funk where I became more hermit than I already was. Fast forward to end of August, I flew down to Orlando to see my lil brother get married and pick up the new project...a 2006 g35 6mt. Already partial built and TT, I've been keeping busy with fixing everything that's wrong. Previous owner says they invested over 40k into it, but it sure as he'll don't look like it in the condition I got it in. Overheating, partially stuck (more shut than open) thermostat (replaced), one fan shorted out (replaced), passenger side turbo oil leak from gravity return line, head cover leaking (it's still a DE), front ball joints shot (replaced), diff bushings leaked out...Pretty sure the camshaft sensor(s) are shot, so I have replacements on hand...tune is also **** past 5k rpm in any gear, 5psi is the boost limit at the moment....****, there was so much wrong with it, I can't think of it all in one sitting. But y'all get the gist of it. It's a pain in the ***...not to mention I know next to **** when it comes to boost.

Any tips or tricks would be awesome, I'm more of a fix-it-before-it-breaks kinda guy.
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Self explanatory.

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Before I realized how close to death she really was. Driven back home on a trailer.

Ouch, that's an ugly G sandwich :( Glad you are back w/ cars again, looks like a fun project, hopefully not too many more surprises there. Post up some progress posts as you get it going. G/L

Sorry about your previous car, but it looks like you have a great one that is also worthy of attention and work. Good luck with your build and restoration hope it works out

Good luck on the new project! One thing about turbo cars - watch out for vacuum leaks! They will make you chase your tail and replace sensors everywhere when in the end, it's just a leaky coupler. So best advice I can offer - get a smoke tester and test the whole intake path first whenever you have any problems.

damn nice the car came with the volk gts'? thats my fav color combo

So update on the progress....

As I've stated above, I've replaced those things...there's a terrible exhaust leak: passenger side down pipe flange is bent at a 12 degree angle, so it doesn't mate up right with the exhaust (discontinued AAM true dual 3" exhaust- winning). I'm debating whether or not i want to just re-weld a good flange on to replace the f*@&ed one, or if i want to cut it all off completely and go v-band. I'm thinking for ease of working on it or switching out exhaust later on, I'll just replace the single flange. The bolts broke because of it, and it was dangling...so now I have it metal ziptied in place until I can work out a deal with my homie on getting the welding done. The car is still throwing the codes p1084, p0507, p0037, and p0057 (all x2). I know that the p0507 can probably be eliminated by doing the idle re-learn procedure, but I think the problem is directly tied to the p1084 code- camshaft sensor bank 2 gone bad. Because of it, my idle is high, around 1.5k on average, but I can live with that. AFR is high too, idle is 14.3-15.6 fluctuating. Under load (throttle), most of the time it'll drop to 13.3 +/- 0.3 AFR unless I slowly ease into it; cruising speed it remains what idle AFR is. I've narrowed it down to the camshaft sensor down by the oil pan, the one that reads the flywheel. Still have yet to order it, but I have to find out what the serial number for it is. The coolant expansion reservoir was originally some milk jug lookin a$$ cheap piece of sh*#, replaced that with a 20oz stainless steel one that I relocated in the front fender in front of the passenger wheel. I have to relocate it because I found out that due to it's position, it's sucking minute amounts of air into the coolant system, which explains the overheating problem. Replaced bank 1 camshaft sensor, and that got rid of the sputtering acceleration (thank god). However, now, I have to figure out why I'm only hitting wastegate pressure and not going the full 12 psi it was tuned for. Like I said before, I'm not too knowledgeable on turbo systems, so it's a learning process for me at the same time. Originally I thought it was a boost leak, but it would peg higher, then settle back down to 5psi (which is all I see in any gear under any position of the throttle when in boost). Going to a friends this weekend to use his boost leak tester to see if it's that, or if it's just me not knowing how to use the greddy boost controller that I have (profec B spec II- still learning how to use that properly). I got a set of whiteline differential bushings, but that's going to go on once the powertrain problems are solved and the codes are gone. Also, I think the...camshaft solenoid actuator? I dunno what it's called, but it's the solenoid actuators that control the pressure/oil going to the cylinders...one is replaced, but the other looks old af, and I think has gone bad...like I said, idle is high, around 1.5k rpm. during stop and go traffic, whenever I depress the clutch, as long as I'm holding it, it'll seek like a vacuum leak from 1.2k to 1.8k rpm, but will settle out immediately back to 1.5k when I let off the clutch. Not too sure, but I still have to figure that one out. Hopefully it's just the tune...

Then off to Z1 for a retune to get rid of this sh*@ty one. I'll get to harass Jon in person. Again. lol.
'preciate it mayne...this car is basically what I wanted to do to my G37s, but only on the DE revup platform. A small step back, but it's all good. I think lol.
I don't think it's a vacuum leak, idle is pretty steady.

Yerp. I had a chance a looooong time ago to get some gold gt-s', but passed it up because the transmission 5th/6th gear syncro went out on me.



Thanks for the support, I know I'ma need it from this point on.:DOMO:

Oh yeah....surprisingly enough, even though she has a fuel return kit (AAM, I think),1000cc injectors a walboro 400 (replaced the dead DW300)....you'd think the previous owner would have installed an oil cooler too.

NOPE. So I'm fabricating one from scratch...25 row aluminum core, 10-an lines. There's a plate on oil filter already (unknown brand), but I think I may just replace that too, just for peace of mind.

You should post up a build thread in this folder, even though you're now rockin' a 1st gen 35 it would be fun to see this all come together. Build Threads - MyG37

Word. I'll get one going later...gotta compile the list of stuff done to it, and what I've done. I'm cleaning up after someone else's mess...

Word. I'll get one going later...gotta compile the list of stuff done to it, and what I've done. I'm cleaning up after someone else's mess...