Vlads 350Z - UPDATE 15&16/07/14 pg14&15

Vlad wrote: Cheers Sal man!



Well well well... What arrived today...

Whoop whoop
Polishing it up tomorrow and fitting on Sunday...then off for a remap at abbey Motorsport again...ones they get back to me... Been waiting for a week now

Your welcome matey.. And nice to see another one there. Hopefully this one last longer!


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As you can see - I'm quite happy...
Just got back from Abbey Motorsport with this...

423hp@hubs and 336lbft of torque! Thats the figures I was always after, so really happy now....for now...untill I decide that i got to much money (which i don't lol) and start building engine with forged internals lol


So yea, thats now sorted...whats next?
Next is:

*Sort out bodywork - front end is pretty bad...cracks in the bumper and splitter after hitting a rabbit... Lacquer on the bonnet is going a bit dodgy...a bit of paint chipped away on both front aches as front a bit low... so new bumper to be ordered, bonnet re-lacquered or painted same color as the car but leaving vents carbon, arches resprayed and few other little bits touched up and added.

* Brakes and possible new wheels... brakes developed uite bad vibration when breaking.... dont see point getting them skimmed and want tto upgrade anyway - so probably will go for T2 rotors with some pads. Wheels wise - I think Rota Grids in black

* Steering wheel... already gt short hub and deep dish wheel on the way... just need to get quick release and we ready to fit

* Upgrade suspension/handling... camber arms, drop links, bushes etc

impressive figures there vlad! which i could afford that! (one day).

also cant wait to see the next upgrade on your car now.

Awesome bud. Bet it drives pretty sport in with that power and torque

Didn't realise you could squeeze that much out of them tbh

Oh are you still doing the dipping? And what's the biggest item you could do? Lol

sal wrote: impressive figures there vlad! which i could afford that! (one day).

also cant wait to see the next upgrade on your car now.

Thanks Sal! Yea, it wasn't as much as i planned it to be due to things going wrong...but i don't want to think about it now <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->
I even made up a spreadsheet at the beginning of supercharger build to see how much it all gonna cost in the end...half way thru I've deleted it <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

chambers_cupra wrote: Awesome bud. Bet it drives pretty sport in with that power and torque

Didn't realise you could squeeze that much out of them tbh

Oh are you still doing the dipping? And what's the biggest item you could do? Lol

Cheers man! yea, drives pretty god now, so im happy!
Standard block can take up to 500 horses... im 422 at the hubs, so that's around 460-470 engine power...so I'm keeping it safe lol

Sorry, don't do dipping any more mate as was taking up all my time and had no time for anything else

Chris CW wrote: Hooray! Chuffed for you Vlad, kind of figure it deserves
Nice list of plans too, how are the brakes buggered? Its hardly been driven <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> I guess when you do drive it, it gets driven hard...

cheers Christopher! Brake wise - im either didn't bed them in properly or didn't clean hub properly when was fitting new disks...
Front discs only cost me around 100... someone advised get them skimmed... but that's around £20 per disk + wasting time etc...so i just gonna get new set and want more upgraded ones anyway

Well, another update for today...
My new dial cards arrived today along with new steering wheel.
When I went to Russia last month, i took my dials with me and my mate redone it to blue/red LEDs. OEM dial cards are actually painted orange, so blue wasn't coming thru them, so ordered new cards from US.

Steering wheel

Dial cards

Dial cards fitted

Then it was time for steering wheel... already had NRG short hub adapter and was gonna wait till I get quick release, but thought I have day off - so i fit it today and to fit quick release will only take 5mins

Old wheel off, NRG hub fitted, air bag resistor fitted

New wheel wired up and connected

Very productive 2 days so far haha

Will test light output on dials tonight, when it gets dark

And a picture from yesterday@Abbey Motorsport

how many dials do you need!!! lol! love the steering wheel change! not too sure about that gear stick though, but each to their own!