RD - Forged GT4

Urghh unfortunately another delay. Long story... Short version is lifters had to be ground so the engine had to come apart. Uprev had to be postponed On the bright side, should be up and running by the end of next week so I can finally get it mapped! I'll post the dynos up when I get them as promised.

Test pipes are literally just a plain bit of piping which essentially take the cats out of the equation. I have decats on my z. Cost me about 80 quid off eBay. They have a flexi in them and do the job perfectly. I personally wouldn't waste your money on branded ones.

@ Bennett Also decided against the nos. Bit of a fantasy I guess lol. Aftermarket ECU too pricey for my tastes at the mo. May look at the supercharge route in a year or so. You said before you think cams would just shift the power rather than adding? Do you think they would be worth it. Found some stage 2s for around £750. @ Rob not entirely sure tbh! Engine was around 100k and was using a lot of oil. I mean a lot! Then just blew the bottom end when giving it a bit of welly one afternoon!

Hi Bennett yeah slight mix up with the name. Yeah I was possibly overly optimistic in my first few posts! I'm still hoping for some good figures but no doubt you're probably right with your knowledge!

Big couple of weeks for the GT4! By the end of next week I will have added an H-Dev plenum spacer, Mrev2 manifold, some hr equal length headers (thanks to Zman Bennett for the help with them) and my beautiful ARK exhaust which finally got to come out of the box today and MY GOD it is the sexiest exhaust I have ever seen in my life! Uprev is booked for th 18th Feb at Horsham so I'm really excited to finally get some dyno figures for her! Pics will be coming very soon guys sorry for the long ass delay! She is going to be a beast!.. Excited isn't the word!

I would just add to anyone thinking about going for this, Adrian got the true dual ARK system for me. For one reason or another I only just unpacked it today and it is literally the nicest exhaust I have ever seen! Beautiful craftsmanship and awesome looking. Cant wait to have it on my Z next week! Adrian was really helpful and delivery was top notch.

Looking good man!

I'm in

Great pics. Lots of nice Zeds! Wish I could've made it! I look forward to bringing my beast along next time. Just done the mrev2 upgrade and new headers and off for Uprev remap on the 17th Feb ayeeee

Hi Guys. Unfortunately I'm going to have to bail on the meet this time. I've had to go down to London for work for the week at short notice . If we can organise another one fairly soon I'll be there for sure! Got some new mods going in my Z this month so she will be all the growlier!

Badass Z mate. Good luck with the sale. If I hadn't spent such crazy money on rebuilding mine I would have it off you in a heartbeat! GUTTED. Someone's going to be one lucky b*****d!

+1 to BF4. Beautiful maps end up like cratered wastelands

So yeah 27th 8pm count me in lads

I'm near Peterborough but would happily drive over for a meet. Only and hour from me... possibly 45 mins End of he month would be good for me as I'm still tweaking a few bits with my new engine.

Not that I've done it but you could always just leave the standard cats on for mot then whip them off and put some decats on. quick 15 min job

Thanks for that. All good info. Think I'll do mine!

I've played pretty much EVERYTHING (when I'm not driving or working or sha**ing, I'm gaming). Got to say a big +1 on BF4. I go from game to game and always end up going back to it. No where else can you fly Apaches through skyscrapers and blow so much stuff up!

wow i never knew there were so many clones of the same wheels! Thanks for the links though guys I'll keep them in mind in a few months!

Parts have got warranty but that's about it. I guess with these kinds of things you've just got to find someone that you trust to do a good job and if anything goes wrong that shouldn't you would hope they'd want to sort it out for you free of charge. But the answer to your question is no, I don't think any warranty would let you strip the whole engine apart and rebuild it. As for a good 3rd party warranty, I wouldn't really know mate sorry.

Those wheels look identical! Octet I see you do the ARK exhaust as well. £100 more expensive than tarmac though. Can you do any better? Also possibly a stupid question but what date does the 5% xmas deal finish? Getting my final exhaust funds together for xmas so will be purchasing the exhaust straight after you see.

Thanks Octet. I'll be in touch about that. Got the plenum spacer on already thanks

Wouldn't mind a set of these

Engine first for me bud. It's going to be a while before I get on to any styling. Think I've decided on 19s though. Oh and I'm looking into an MREV 2 manifold as i will need to derestrict the air flow being the rev up engine. Anyone had any experience with these?

Unfortunately I have a misfiring piston after the build so have decided to upgrade my coil packs for when I change the ecu. Went for some yellow jackets as I had read good things about them compared to the Splitfires and the come in at half the price. They are arriving Tuesday so looking forward to getting them on, ARK true dual going on in a couple of weeks. Might just do a DIY bumper tuck for now to show it off. Going for the stage 2 cams as I am using it on the road as well and I think stage 3 isn't going to be so great for traffic. Next it will be the link g4+ stand alone ecu (get some flames firing out the back). At about £1500 I'm going to have to get saving! Then some nice headers and it's onto the rollers to see what she is kicking out. Obviously all this work isn't cheap so it's going to take me a bit more time (the wife is moaning for a new car too ) but will post more pics up as I go. All I do know so far is when I got the car back from the build and I had done the run in mileage (1500 in 5 days and 3 oil changes), I took her out and I planted my foot. It made me shout "f****ng hell!" out loud on my own and I had one huge ass smile on my face! My 350z was a lot quicker than most when I had it before but now... DAMN... Super 350!