Wolfman Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Hi all, I have been lurker on this site for while and haven't posted any content. Mainly due to being lazy and not having time. Finally decided to collect all the pictures I have taken along the way of my 350z build and will post it here. Hope you guys like it. I got the Z as a gift from my wife 2.5 years ago. A lot has changed in her since the time I got it. I will try and list all the things I have done so far in chronological order. Unfortunately I do not have pictures of everything at the time they were done, I will upload all that I have to give as much detail as possible. List of mods (So far) Full service with all gaskets and sumps changed. (Engine oil sump, gearbox sump and oil ) Full suspension upgrade with drift works kit (True coil overs with spring delete) HSD MonoPro Coilovers Diftworks camber arms (Front and Rear) Driftworks traction rods Hardrace lower arm (Needed for spring delete) White line roll bars front and rear Cusco strut bar Torqen decats Short RAM intake Fully striped interior Works bell paddle shift kit Sparco steering wheel Sparco Rev seats Takata drift 3 harnesses Link G4 ECU Link lambda can sensors Custom half roll cage Fully painted and refurbished interior Kinetix intake manifold Hitachi throttle body Edited July 2, 2020 by Wolfman 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Future plans? Or are you just enjoying it now.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, zelda said: Future plans? Or are you just enjoying it now.. Tons of future plans. Just getting started. Things on my list. Radiator upgrade Oil cooler with braided lines and sensors wired to ECU Transmission cooler and sensors wired to ECU Valve body upgrade to the gear box Vortech supercharger kit BBK upgrade (Not sure which kit yet) Probably start on body kit upgrades after that. Not decided which way to go on that yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Took it to Abbey 2 weeks back and got it fully mapped using the Link. Green is before, Red is after. Edited July 2, 2020 by Wolfman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Welcome to the OC You've been a busy bunny! Done so much in such a short time. Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 17 hours ago, HEADPHONES said: Welcome to the OC You've been a busy bunny! Done so much in such a short time. Looking good Thanks man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Manged to do couple of small things this morning. Refurbished the dead pedal Refurbished the Bose amp and installed it back in, at least now the 2 door speakers are back in action. Need to relocate and make some custom fittings for the rear speakers and the sub woofer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Miester Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Welcome along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Looks really good with BIG plans!! Don't often see this many engine mods given to an automatic 350z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 3 hours ago, davey_83 said: Looks really good with BIG plans!! Don't often see this many engine mods given to an automatic 350z Yes this is true. I thought about swapping to a manual before I started all this. But the car has a lot of sentimental value to me, which was one of the reasons I decided to go ahead with it. Thinking about it afterwards I was pretty glad as its pretty unique in that regard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Adding the head liner back in. This week I have slowly been refreshing the headliner that I took off. Cleaned it fully using upholstery cleaner. Replaced the bulbs Fitted it all back in. It was not straightforward as the cage was in. Had to trim the edges to get it fit correctly. Trimmed edges Need to get some edgings to finish it off. I dont have any with me yet. Next up need to refresh the door sills. That's the plan for the weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Did a couple of small mods. Since my car is JDM decided to swap the center gauges to UK miles cluster. All installed and working Next up was door sill refurbishment I used some trim tools to remove it. Still managed to snap a few clips Primed then using etch primer Painted them gloss black after that Had to use some double sided tape on the bottom to compensate for the broken clips when I installed it back in. That is all for for this weekend folks. Hope everyone had a good one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vroom811 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Nice work so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 NRG quick release mod Adding a NRG hub to a Works bell hub and Sparco wheel needs some modding as the cables for the horn dont fit straight out of the box. I had to build a few adopters using clips and wires Final assembled the full setup I also got some Neo chrome NRG screws to go with the install. Pretty happy with the way it turned out. The carbon effect on the hub goes well with the carbon on the Works bell paddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Power steering cooler upgrade Got the Stillen kit from Torqen. Cracking kit with perfect fitment. Thanks @Adrian@TORQEN Here are the pictures fitted on the car. Fits on the factory mount points, no fabrication needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Led reverse bumper lights Got a delivery courtesy of Torqen. Thanks @Adrian@TORQEN for the prompt service as usual. The lights were a perfect fit and are very good quality Need to take the bumper fully off. While I had it off decided to clean / wire brush a bit of rust which was there and spray the underside with some hammerite silver direct to metal. Decided to wire everything up perfectly with connectors so, if I need to disconnect in the future it will be easy. Also took the opportunity and wired up a reverse camera since I had the bumper off and connected it all up to the reverse signals to switch on. Since mine is a JDM the rear fog lights are hard wired externally and come as a individual set of wires. Decided to wire it as running lights to the cluster so that I can switch it on when needed. Final setup 1. White Led : Reverse lights 2. Red Led : Running lights as fogs (Slightly dimmed red) 3. Red Led : Brake lights (Running lights get brighter if they were on) 4. Orange Led: Signal lights (Turning and emergency) Very happy with how it all turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) Hi guys, Been a while but a massive upgrade is in progress. Things that are getting addressed are Gear box upgrade with Transgo kit Gear box cooler Oil cooler Mishimoto radiator with Mishimoto fan shroud Mishimoto silicon horse kit All coolers are fitted with sensors and wired back up to the LINK G4 The work is currently in progress and its all done by Abbey Motorsport. Massive thanks to Mark and his team. Edited October 9, 2020 by Wolfman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msitpro Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 That's some slick work - loving the ducted oil cooler. And a transmission cooler! That's going to be able to take some abuse on track! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) Been a while since I posted here. As its been winter and nothing much could be done. Only a couple of minor updates. Managed to get fire extinguisher setup done, and with a massive thanks to @ZMANALEX got a cracking set of alloys. Hope to get more done during the summer. Edited February 22, 2021 by Wolfman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Looking really good Ram, keep up the good work mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) Audio system upgrade Summer time good weather finally time to do some work out side. Bought a new head unit Decided to remove a lot of the interior for easy working and neater cable routing Did some drilling and cutting to get the usb-c cable to the centre cubby Then put it all back together. Loving the new system. Edited May 31, 2021 by Wolfman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Happy days nice work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I envy your DIY skills. I had a new single DIN unit nearly 10 years ago. Never got round to going back when I noticed the top of the trim behind the triple gauges hadn't been popped in properly. Is it a case of just forcing it to click back in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 9 hours ago, HEADPHONES said: I envy your DIY skills. I had a new single DIN unit nearly 10 years ago. Never got round to going back when I noticed the top of the trim behind the triple gauges hadn't been popped in properly. Is it a case of just forcing it to click back in? Hey, yeah. Triple gauges have a connector at the top, just make sure the wire doesn't get in the way when putting it back in. The tricky part is the bottom where you kinda need to make sure all the audio cables are tucked away towards the back as you need space to push the AC control unit back into its space. Its a bit of a balancing act if your doing it by your self. If you get someone to hold the center console while you tuck the wires away, its super easy . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Good stuff ! Which company did your cage ? And how do you find it driving with I guess half interior ? My Z is basically just for track stuff now, so I'm thinking I may as well gut the rear and sort a cage at some point this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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