maverick Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Hi everyone, thought I'd get a build thread going since I've been dribbling things onto the car since I bought it a few months ago First up, stock car. Late 2005 VQ35DE engine, last of the cheaper tax band; Shortly after, got the stubster on; Hated that the airbox was holding back the sound of the engine, so on went the JWT pop charger; For some reason the blue colouring has come off and it's now silver? Bashed in some clear reflectors in the bumper while I was faffing about with the engine. No pictures of the install though The car then went in for a service, as the PO didn't service it for 14 months. Poor Zed Ran it on the dyno, and it came back with a very optimistic 308.9bhp w/ 250.8 lbft torque. No way it's that much for the 276bhp engine Shortly after the service, on the way to work up the M11, one of my pulleys fell off. Lost power steering and the alternator. Not sure how many of you have driven a Z without power steering, but it's awful The lower-most pulley went for a spin somewhere near the A11 junction on the M11. You can see the belt resting on the bolt it was (supposed to be) fixed to. Fun times Got that fixed after two more weeks (as the garage then installed a crank idler pulley instead of the alternator/power steering one, which is slightly different in size) After the service fiasco I popped on some hood dampers. A bit of engine bling; And finally I chucked in the private plates that came with the car and returned to the original ones. Gave it a tidy up and boom; this is where I'm at today having owned it since February this year; Looking forward to meeting up with you guys at local meets in the Cambridge area as well as the big meets over summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Very nice! How easy was it to install the hood dampers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Very nice! How easy was it to install the hood dampers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 GWF. Keep up the good work. Best colour too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkieran23 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Beautifu looking motor That Dyno was a good reading ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 About 10 mins with a tea break for bonnet dampers. Takes slightly longer than fitting a stubby !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzed8 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Great dyno results. Looks smart good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirag1988 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Very nice! How easy was it to install the hood dampers? Takes around 10-15mins. Did it at night with a spotlight and spitting rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Great car. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgazza Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Looking good Mav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Thanks guys. The hood dampers took about 10-15 minutes to do as chirag said and work a treat. The dyno is quite optimistic, so I'm going to get another one over summer once I've done the 'normal' route of intake/spacer/cats/exhaust/uprev... and it'll probably still be sub-310bhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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