GT4 Zed

Thanks guys. It was about time and I'm still going through 3k pics on photobucket to be able to put up the mod under categories if not it will just be chaotic! Should get complete by tomorrow and post up. Will also keep updating as I know I've missed loads🙀

THE CAR: How I picked her up. Had ask the dealer to powdercoat the GT4 wheel already Inspirations: Mean and black GT. Chargespeed rear V2 bumper without horizontal bar. V2 with double canards Evolutions: Genuine veliside front lip and Nismo rear wing Nismo side skirts, carbon eyelids, lowered and spacered. Seibon CF bulge bonnet with yellow stripe = Bumblebee Bumblebee Wales 2013 - vortech supercharged, nismo V2 bumper with carnard. Sneak preview of final incarnation. Just need yellow stripesðŸ‘

Finally I've put together my build thread to share my journey with "bumblebee". I have had a very rich and varied drivers car history and between 2001 and 2008 I had owned 3 M3s(e30, e36, e46), Alpina B3.3 conv, e36 328i, 2 TVRs(4.5l V8 cerb LW,Tuscan mk1 S), lotus elise 111R, Bug eye STI with 550bhp, BS 350z coupe. I had got to the point I had to slow down and pick a platform to develop over time to my requirements and keep for longterm. That platform came as the 350z. I had just lost 6k on the lotus buying from brand new after under 8 months of ownership. It was doing my back in so it had to go! I should have got a Sagaris - See their value now! I went to my habitual performance shop to look at a stunning fully modded R34 to replace the lotus and in the end left with the 350z! I was smitten by its looks and the drivers involvement and could spot the potential. Up to that point i'd never seen or heard about a 350z before🙀 The R34 was +£40k but I was deterred by the fact I was buying a complete car and no room to build my own. After under 6months of ownership and testing various limits I got my friendly dealership to source me the ltd edition GT4 in kuro! So the BS coupe was chopped in! My thoughts were if it was going to be a keeper it may as well be special edition and with a bit more power! About the same time I joined the forum here and the US. Best move too! I covered every material I could lay my hands on on both forums and the Internet so I knew what I had to do. Everything mod was planned and staged and at the end I hoped she would end up a powerful, safe, reliable fast road and track GT car capable of under 8mins at the Ring. "Built not bought". With objective set my journey began. I'm not done yet but almost there. I also thought that rather than do a chronological build i'd rather put up pics of specific mod areas as per the list below(eg suspension) and where applicable I will comment, highlight problems or provide rational for doing things in a particular way. CURRENT LIST: THE CAR: 2005 Nissan 350z GT4 Kuro No. 46/176 6 speed manual 1 previous owner FSH INTERIOR: Black suede headlining conversion Cobra Suzuka pro racing bucket seats Buddy club side mounted seat rails Pioneer D3 HU with integrated sat nav (full European maps & post code search) DAB radio, iPhone/iPad connectivity, Bluetooth audio streaming & phone support CD/DVD, rear camera support Genuine Nismo floor & boot mats OMP suede deep dish steering wheel Works Bell Rapfix 2 removal wheel boss. S2K starter button. Glowshift Oil temperature gauge Tegiwa gear stick extension Aluminum ball gear nob Suede gear and handbrake surrounds. Fire extinguisher. White LED interior bulb conversion Nismo accelerator pedal D1 throttle controller😈 To do/get: Half weld in roll cage 5/6 point OMP harness WHEELS & TYRES: Ruff 19†lightweight wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 2 N1 tyres 295/30/19 rears & 255/35/19 Fronts Eibach 10mm and 20mm hubcentric spacers F&R. Nitrogen inflation To do/get: Fit Orange tyre pressure and temp monitor Rays 18" 18x9.5 wheels front and rear with 245/45/18 and 265/45/18 R888 tyres for special trackdays. EXTERIOR: Facelift LED tail lights Rear wiper delete Trico aero wipers Bodywork by RT performance -Nismo V2 bumper smoothed with integrated flushed carbon fibre air scoop, flushed chargespeed side skirts, flushed chargespeed rear bumper. Seibon OEM style vented bonnet with flush fit Aerocatch bonnet pins, Espirit carbon fibre GT rear wing, painted wing mirror plate Circuitsports uprated rear boot lifters Uprated boot popper springs Circuitsports bonnet lifters S2000 antenna 6k xenon bulbs 100w H7 full beam bulbs 6K LED sidelights De-tango side and rear cluster repeaters Clear rear cluster with LED foglight replacement bulb. White Led number plate conversion Z speed engine under tray. To do/get: Bixenon headlight conversion Blacken headlight mod SUSPENSION: TEIN Monoflex 2way adjustable coilovers TEIN EDFC Uprated racing linear Swift springs 12kg front/10kg rear. KW V3 3way adjustable coilovers. Eibach front & rear adjustable Anti Roll Bars SPL racing pro droplink F&R SPL racing pro camber arms F&R SPL racing pro rear traction arm SPL racing pro rear midlink arm SPL racing pro lockout camber and toe bolts Superpro/ Energy suspension complete urethane bushes replacement. - all front arms, ARBs, steering rack, all rear arms, diff, rear subframe, Torque solution solid urethane gearbox mount Dynosty solid engine mount Stillen engine damper Timrod supercharger radius rod. To do/get: Full race geometry setup with corner weighting Fit solid engine mount when swapping built engine DRIVETRAIN: JWT heavy duty clutch JWT Lightweight single mass flywheel HEL braided clutch line Motul 660 RBFfluid. Uprated chromoly pivot Nismo needle pilot bearing B&W short shifter Fluidampr harmonic balanced crank pulley Cusco type RS LSD (set to 2way and 60% lock and 50% preload) To do/get: CD0009 gearbox Carbonetic/exedy triple clutch BRAKING: Ksport BBK: callipers 8pot front, 6pot rears with 14" discs F&R k sport braided lines F&R Motul RBF 660 racing fluid Pagid racing RS15 front & rear pads. To do/get: Refurb callipers in Ferrari yellow. ENGINE: VQ35DE REVUP Vortech V2 T trim race(HD) supercharger with uprated FMIC 2.87 pulley Custom braided -8 oil drain line Stainless steel oil feed nipple Race bypass valve filter Professionally tuned by Mark @ Abbey motorsports 430whp /370lbft & 15psi ( limited to 5.5krpm for safety!!! Was hitting 470whp at 6.5k rpm still short of 7k revup redline 🙀!!!!) Black satin powder coated piping Black powdercoated 1 piece MAF tube Radiator black coated supercharger casing Vibrant racing black silicone hose couplers Vibrant racing SS T- bolt clamps CJM stage 2 fuel return system Aeromotive 340lph fuel pump injector dynamic 725cc injectors Uprev MAFsensor Uprev License HKS 1.3bar radiator cap HKS oil cap HKS M40il 1 step colder iridium racing plugs Kinetix SSV V2 racing intake - powder coated black. Mishimoto High capacity polished radiator and fan shoud Mishimoto low temp thermostat Fluidampr crank pulley AAM High capacity oil pan spacer with ports 19 row series 6 black Setrab oil cooler Mocal thermostatic sandwich plate Aero quip black AN10 fittings & HEL braided hoses Mini oil catch can - removed. Stillen engine damper Polished coolant and PAS tanks Custom grounding kit. To do/get: Powder coat tanks satin black. Supercharger CAI Dynosty(USA) built Revup engine in progress. Rated to 700whp and 8k rev limit. Just wanting 600/7.5k rpm 👀 -Specs: CP/ wiseco forged 9.5:1 low comp pistons and eagle I beam rods, L19 fasteners, Dynosty pro gasket/seals, ACL race bearings, injected performance billet girdle, 5angle valve job. JWT C8R cams(272/272) with JWT HD springs, titanium retainers, Ferea OEM size valves, OEM HR DLC coated lifters, ferea valve stem viton seals, bronze guides, OEM crank, pathfinder, coolant bypass mod, nismo thermostat, full blueprint, balancing, clearancing and dressing for drop-in assembly. Upgrade to CJM stage 3 twin fuel pumps Injector dynamics 1000cc injectors ??Cosworth intake due to space issues with kinetix SSV or relocate FPR ?? Custom 8rib belt set up +/-upgrade SC head unit to V2 Ti trim ?? Syvecs or haltech pnp with race logic ?? Water/meth EXHAUST: DC sports SS DEI black heat wrapped headers Motordyne ART Pipes Invidia Gemini true dual exhaust Torque solution urethane exhaust hangers. To do: ?? Motordyne TDX V2 SERVICE/SCHEDULE: Gulf competition engine oil 5w40 x2/yr or 4k miles Redline MT 90 gearbox x1/yr (switching to Redline shockproof lightweight) Gulf competition LS diff oil x1/yr (switching to Redline shockproof lightweight) Motul RBF 660 brake/clutch x1/yr Motul inugel expert coolant x1/yr Wiper blade x1/yr PLANS: As per the to do/get list! 600whp here we come. Long term bumblebee would become a garage queen track only car once I get a suitable road car to replace her for fast road duties. Safe to say its going to be a Nissan :wink: THANKS: Iromania aka Octet aka Adrian Ifabricate aka Darren B aka Darren Mark @ abbey Motorsport Coz @ concept z performance USA RT performance Torquespeed Motorsports Worcester. Dan @ AME Thor racing City motors Worcester Many friends and traders within this forum all of whom I can't possibly list. My family for putting up.

I've just ordered 8! It's it enough or too much? PMSL :lol:

+1 When does it happen? And do you seriously say 300bhp RWD is not powerful? You should think again.😉

Ok I'll kick this off😎 This list is only by my opinion, research and experience. Best to me means value for money, unatainability or proven performance: Best Intake(NA): OEM 2006 box with Apexi panel filter Best Exhaust (N/A): Any full titanium exhaust Best SOUND for exhaust: Apexi revolution. The only sound tuneable exhaust. Nismo, k1 ,HKS etc all rolled into 1 unfortunately discontinued. Best Exhaust (F/I): Invidia Gemini Best Headers: Momentum Best Plenum Config: Motordyne MREV2 + 5/16" spacer for rev-up engines Motordyne 5/16" spacer only for non-rev-up engines Best HFC: Any 100cell unit Best Test Pipes: Any Best y-pipe: Motordyne XYZ Best Tuning Option for N/A or F/I Remap = Uprev Standalone = Syvecs Best Cams for N/A: Any 264/264 can with moderate lift eg Nismo Best S/C kit: Vortech V2 T or Ti trim Best ST kit: Boosted performance mid-mounted ST Best TT kit: APS

Didn't know you had all this planned! Anyway well done. I'm nursing a bad back and would have just been an onlooker.

Was this mine😜? GLWTS

For the rev up engine(2005 GT4 edition and 2006-2007 cars) the manifold was designed with shorter runners for more power 296 vs 276 but a the expense of low down and peak torque. The solutions for this was from: -Motordyne: MREV2 which is a specifically reprofiled DE lower plenum. Both engine variants require spacers to address the inherent design flaw which slightly starves the front runners of air. - Spacers: Motordyne AAM Blox Wasso H-Dev Skunk 2 racing amongst others Taller upper plenum: Kinetix APS Crawford etc Complete plenum solutions for both cars are: - cosworth - kinetix SSV V2( V1 had poor weldmanship and the runners where designed without Venturi bells for better airflow. All fixed with the V2) I suspect if you reprofile the revup lower manifold it will address the power loss from starving the front runners but you will still have less torque than the DE as this is inherent with shorter runners. I have my GT4 lower plenum going cheap if you want to have a go at modifying it saving yours if it went tits up😉

I love the do luck side skirts but not come accross a good replica yet. Let us know if you find some.

Where did you get that from mate? Like the cosworth, Motordyne MREV2 or various spacers in the market they are all proven to make power especially with remap and it comes down to value for money.

Agili, I think you need to focus your questions after you have resolved where you want to go with your build because you will not only get more confused but receive uninformed advice. Secondly you need to think hard what you want the car to be; GT or drift or track or fast road eg. The zed is all round a good GT car but to get it to be the others requires specific modifications. Finally and ultimately it comes down to budget. So look at that too. The good thing is whatever route you choose you can get there in stages but only if its clear what path you want to opt for. Overall a built high revving NA car will be exciting but if it power you want then you have to go FI.

My kinetix SSV V2 maybe up for sale soon so watch the FS space. It's powdercoated satin black but polished finish underneath. Nothing nitromors will not remove. Before powdercoat:

I will be there on a trade day too! Been going every year for last 6 years on public days then last year i blagued a trade pass😉. Less crowd. The show is not what it used to be its still a great day out.

USDM

+1 Good articles. Read them years ago and had forgotten about them!

I disagree! This general perception that coilovers are better than OEM is flawed. First of all none if us are building a pure race car so coilovers are not a necessity to improve the handling. The factory damping is very good and takes into consideration general comfort/ rude quality across a very wide market so there is some compromise. A slight stiffer spring and drop matched to the dampers can do wonders and that's the quality you get with the likes of eibach. Cheap springs will sag woefully over time and put you worse than you started! Finally the OEM setup is a true coilover at the front and outboard spring at the rear so what are you saying. It's normal racing practice to change the springs depending on track or application/ setup. The like of eibach just sacrifice a bit of comfort for handling while within the OEM damper which is quite good. The real advantage of coilovers or adjustable systems is tunability! And you need to know what you are doing. My zed has no OEM suspension part left and its been a learning curve to get it to do what I want and it's still a compromise👀

RT performance has great fitting kits and ship worldwide all the time and currently have an Xmas discount going on so why not have a look there too?

No disrespect to Apex or the Corsa brigade but for an item that critical to handling if only touch the offerings from companies that R&D the product for the given car and also good quality manufacturing not just some generic and cheaply made springs. Eibach, H&R or Tein come to mindðŸ‘

You got you answer right there!

✨。 🌟。 ✨ 。 🎄 。。 ✨ 🎄🎄。 。 ✨ ✨ 🎄🔴🎄 ✨。 。 🎄🔴🎀🎄 。✨ 。 🎄🎀🎄🔴 🎄。。 ✨ 🎄🎄🎀🎄。 。。🎄🎄🔴🎄🎄。 ✨ 🎄🎄🎀🎄🔴🎄 🎄🔴🎄🎄🎀🎄🎄 ✨ 🎄🎀🎄🎄🔴🎄✨ 🎄🎄🔴🎄🎄🎀🎄 🎄🔴🎄🎀🔴🎄🎄🎄 MERRY ✨CHRISTMAS ✨

Too busy! Looks nice but i suspect that when you have to live with it especially at night its gonna be a nightmare just like the blue headlight indicator aka evil eye👀

+1

I combed the US thoroughly, all Nissan dealerships and established traders/stores and there us none to be found. Everyone wants it now that its discontinued 🙀 The Tanabe super medallion touring exhaust is the same configuration, sound, better build quality and cheaper👀 so that's an option.