so whats up with everybody? :)

[fiveliterbeater]

its been awhile since i posted here, just wanted to see whos still here and what new mods have come out for the M since ive been away?
sometimes i miss the ole' girl , i wont lie!

[mexillis]

Hey what's up man. There haven't been that many new mods really. It's an M, you remember?

[fiveliterbeater]

yea true; hows your M doing? any races recently? has anyone gone nitrous yet?

[svard75]

M35's and M37's are still slow as hell and M45's and M56's are still beasts. What else is new with an M? I'm adding D2 coilovers. Over the 165k km and they're starting to show signs of sloppy leans and noise. The coilovers are much less expensive than the factory comps.
I'm almost ready to drop mine in favour for a smaller (faster) ride.

[mexillis]

So far still running strong. I've done a few changes I'm sure since you left, air suspension, modded lights, fenders, redid exhaust and about to change it again lol, bbk, wheels (hopefully changing too) and I think that's all. I've gone to the track a few times and ran all the way from a 13.5 to a 14 qtr mile. One guy did throw a fogger on w 75 shot but never posted about it or updated us. You still have the Evo?

[DeanM45]

Custom 2 1/2" to 3" Y pipe, ported intake, paddle shifters, and currently in the works: phenolic intake spacers for the VK45

[donnieb83]

So far still running strong. I've done a few changes I'm sure since you left, air suspension, modded lights, fenders, redid exhaust and about to change it again lol, bbk, wheels (hopefully changing too) and I think that's all. I've gone to the track a few times and ran all the way from a 13.5 to a 14 qtr mile. One guy did throw a fogger on w 75 shot but never posted about it or updated us. You still have the Evo?

Damn 13.5!!! I doubt my "boat" could do that! Just curious Mexillis, what were your performance mods during that run.

[mexillis]

Same as they are now, exhaust, tune and some cold weather lol. Once I get 2pc rotors I will go again and see what happens. My bbk has def slowed me down a little.

[fiveliterbeater]

So far still running strong. I've done a few changes I'm sure since you left, air suspension, modded lights, fenders, redid exhaust and about to change it again lol, bbk, wheels (hopefully changing too) and I think that's all. I've gone to the track a few times and ran all the way from a 13.5 to a 14 qtr mile. One guy did throw a fogger on w 75 shot but never posted about it or updated us. You still have the Evo?

awesome times man! ill bet Ken would be jealous!

and yes i still have the evo minus the other two cars listed. i put a rod through the motor boosting 33lbs on an FPred untuned and that wasnt fun!
spent the entire summer of '12 in the hot sun swapping in a new motor >:/



everything is back together im just a little nervous about turning the boost up so once i pick up a new daily driver (looking at a 01-02 gs300) im gonna put together an older notchback 5.0 and work on that as my new peoject car ; )

so has anyone stepped up and setup any socal M meets since I've been gone?

[fiveliterbeater]

Custom 2 1/2" to 3" Y pipe, ported intake, paddle shifters, and currently in the works: phenolic intake spacers for the VK45

spacers huh?? nice!!! what company is stepping up to do the R&D?

and how did you port the intake?

[fiveliterbeater]

I'm almost ready to drop mine in favour for a smaller (faster) ride.

well if you can afford it, id keep the M as a cool daily driver and pay cash for a project car.
what kind of smaller faster car were you considering?

[DeanM45]

Custom 2 1/2" to 3" Y pipe, ported intake, paddle shifters, and currently in the works: phenolic intake spacers for the VK45

spacers huh?? nice!!! what company is stepping up to do the R&D?

and how did you port the intake?

No company, just me (I've been messing with cars for a long time and have a collection of friends from "The Hot Rod Shop", "Precision Turbo", "Turbonetics", "West Coast Head Porting", etc.). Probably tried or done just about everything out there.

The intake was pretty straight forward. Pulled it off and cleaned everything up. Then sprayed the inside with a VERY light coating of water based dark blue paint. Re-assemble. Then I have a large jar setup where I spray a diluted high flash point solvent in to the jar. On the top of the jar is a line that I attached to the PCV line after the throttle plate (throttle body). Start the car up and operate at high and low throttle while spraying the solvent into the jar. Pull the intake off and then can see how the airflow flows (or doesn't flow) through the intake. Then grind and polish the high spots and blend in the areas where there is stagnant flow. Clean off the temporary gasket maker and reassemble with a new factory intake gasket.

The major "flow restriction" was around the secondary butterfly valves. Lots of extremely sharp ridges there. I use small sanding spheres with a flexible neck to polish the runners smooth, same way I polished the exterior of the manifold.

This all happened because I became curious as to how the internal butterfly valves worked and how the air flowed through the intake then OCD kicked in and I said "it'd be better if I did this" and the two day project began, LOL.

I do NOT recommend this to anyone that has not done or seen it done before because while it would be difficult you could start a fire, hydrolock your motor or other bad things. Like I said, I've been playing with cars since I was 8 or so.

[fiveliterbeater]

interesting. how does the "butt dyno " feel? any noticeable difference in performance?

[DeanM45]

interesting. how does the "butt dyno " feel? any noticeable difference in performance?

Can't really tell. With all the work that I've done to the car I can light the rear end up pretty much anytime under 20MPH and once it gets moving it scoots pretty damn well. I suspect that the throttle body is now the major restriction in the system but it will be a long while before I even think about messing with it. The plenum space should give a little bit more volume for better throttle response plus the heat reduction.

[mexillis]

There's a guy with an fx45 who has ported the throttle body 2mm already along with the intake manifold. He's also trying to put in vk56 cams.

[DeanM45]

There's a guy with an fx45 who has ported the throttle body 2mm already along with the intake manifold. He's also trying to put in vk56 cams.

Wow, that's a good amount of material. Wonder where he got and/or if he made a new throttle plate. Interesting on the 56 cams. Seems that would be a good swap for upper (3500+) rpm improvement and would knock down torque a bit on the lower end which would help to improve "cruising" fuel economy and give a good bump in higher RPM torque/hp. The ramps on the 56 cams look to be a bit more lazy which may cause issues with the variable timing. Is this person here on Nico?

[mexillis]

http://www.infinitiscene.com/forum/thre ... -TB-intake

he didnt get a new throttle plate but said it still improved. I have seen M's in Japan bore the throttle body 2mm with a new plate but not worth shipping and initial price. The cams have had some issues and IMO I would have just put in some N20 and call it a day. NA power is good but not worth the price for all the custom work on our cars unless you have money to blow for such small gains.