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Yeah after killing my first set of rear lines its now sorted :)

 

ART pipes will be good and will go on in November .

 

Alan

 

Looking good chap. You get the shorter rear brake lines sorted then?

 

You'll love the ART test pipes, got them on mine, love the sound and I find the accelerator more responsive :thumbs:

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Yeah after killing my first set of rear lines its now sorted :)

 

ART pipes will be good and will go on in November and a tweek of the Uprev .

 

Alan

 

Looking good chap. You get the shorter rear brake lines sorted then?

 

You'll love the ART test pipes, got them on mine, love the sound and I find the accelerator more responsive :thumbs:

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  • 3 weeks later...

Another update as I got round to fitting my Meister-R Zeta-R coilovers .

 

 

Front old vs new

 

 

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Installed Front

 

 

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Front adjuster

 

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Rear old vs new

 

 

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Installed Rear

 

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Rear adjuster that needed some drilling of the rear brace .

 

 

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Have only driven it a few miles but the handling is night and day on full soft to the set up that was on it .

 

 

Ride is 3-5 % more stiff on full soft vs the old set up so nice and compliant on full soft .

 

Alan

 

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I hod the Tein springs and it is a touch lower than that so say 22mm .

 

Alan

 

Looks about right to me. How much is it actually dropped from the stock ride height ?. I am dropped 20mm on Tein S Springs but it looks slightly lower than mine.

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Small update .

A few more things have turned up ready for next month .

 

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On to this weekend and a small service of oil and filter change and fuel system cleaner and engine flush .

 

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Also cleaned out the BMC air filter .

 

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And gave the MAF sensor a good clean .

 

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And to finish off some dehumidifiers .

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Big update time .

 

 

 

On Thursday I took the car down to Abbey Motorsport for a few parts to be done .

 

 

 

First up was to change the old tired camber arms

 

 

 

Old

 

 

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New Hardrace uprated adjustable units .

 

 

 

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Then the rear old tow arms .

 

 

 

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New Hardrace uprated adjustable units

 

 

 

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Then was the spring bucket replacement Hardrace uprated adjustable units .

 

 

 

They replace the inboard spring bucket that are left when using true dual coilovers .

 

 

 

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New lock out camber bolts as the tracking can be undone on the original camber bolts if hitting large potholes .

 

 

 

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Then on to the old front track rod ends .

 

 

 

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New Hardrace uprated long shaft units .

 

 

 

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Then after all of the suspension changes a full tracking session was done .

 

 

 

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Next up was the Diff .

 

 

 

The diff bush bearings were getting and were knocking and one was leaking so needed to be changed .

 

 

 

Old units

 

 

 

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New Whiteline bushing kit

 

 

 

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Then on to the diff .

 

 

 

The unit in the 350Z UK car is an open vicous type and the last time I did a diff oil change the unit looked a bit tired .

 

 

 

After doing some reading the best plan for me was not a clutch type as it is still my road car so a Quaife ATB was put on order .

 

 

 

Old Differential unit

 

 

 

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New Quaife ATB unit .

 

 

 

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Then last on the list was to change over the hi flow sport cats for some Moterdyne ART pipes .

 

 

 

Old Cobra hi flow sport cats

 

 

 

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New Moterdyne ART pipes .

 

 

 

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Sound clip I will load up later but the car is still nice and quite and not too loud but give a good bark on full throttle .

 

 

 

Last up was to put the car on the Hub dyno to tweek for the new ART pipes .

 

 

 

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I was not expecting that much improvement in power but the ART pipes gave a 11.5 BHP gain and 5 LB/FT gain so very good in the end .

 

 

 

So the car is now putting out 310 BHP and around 288 LB/FT .

 

 

Regards

 

 

Alan

 

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Great number man and some quality mods ...... Be interested to see how you rate the quaife diff . Were you not tempted to put some final drive gears in as well?

 

This is my road car so wanted to keep the final drive and not up the in gear revs .

 

Will give a report on the quaife diff when I get chance to drive it .

 

Alan

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The car is total different to drive from how I got it from stock .

 

I did drive a rev up last week and it felt a bit flat .

 

Engine mods are

06 air box and bmc panel filter

p spacer

uprev

dc sport headers

moterdyne art pipes

milkek exhaust

 

Alan

 

 

 

That is a nice result, is it noticeably quicker to drive than stock now?

 

What is the current engine mod list?

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Sounds good, any further engine mods planned?

 

I hope to get a similar result, once I get my finger out and get the headers fitted.

 

I keep swithering about doing cams as well, typical scope creep for a car that was supposed to stay stock.

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