Well, I've had these parts stacking up for the Z and never had any time to get to installing them. I took this week off of work to do some work on my toy, with memorial day and my compressed work schedule (every other fri off) I only needed to use 3 days of leave. 
I love 9 days off for 3...Anyway, besides the pile of parts, I've also had some minor issues with the 450ZX that have only popped up after driving it for some time. Some things I predicted might be problems, others I never saw coming. These included PS fluid flow issues (predicted this), overheating issues (though there was a chance but with the uber-rad I thought I was safe), and front swaybar clearance issues (thought I was in the clear, guess not).
So for the past couple days I've been tending to these items.
First item tackled was power steering. The fluid flow issue was pretty simple. For those that don't know, the 300ZX VG PS Pump is on the passenger side of the engine bay, and so is the reservoir. On the VH45, the pump is on the drivers side. My original setup included a long stretch of 5/8" power steering hose that ran down from the Z32 reservoir, under the motor, and over to the VH pump. No, this was not a pretty solution, I knew it wasn't a pretty solution, but I was in a situation where I needed to get the car on the road so I dealt with it. The problem was that the pump was getting starved for fluid with this setup, and I was having intermittent issues. The solution was to relocate the reservoir to the drivers side. I used an S14 OEM reservoir and bracket. Unfortunately there was a conflict between the reservoir and the fuse box, so I relocated that as well. I also added a small transmission cooler as a PS cooler.
The PS lines needed to be run externally simply due to space restrictions. I've checked for tire interference and there is over 1" of clearance to these lines throughout all suspension travel.
The fuse box relocated without any wires needing to be extended with the exception of the PS Variable Assist Solenoid Plug and the front drivers side ABS Sensor Plug. Since I have HIDs the head light wires were long enough.
The cooling issues I've had are only at idle, stopped, in hot weather, and when at full throttle in hot weather for extended periods of time. At idle, basically my fans can't keep up. The original cooling setup included my custom Howe radiator and two 10" slim fans setup in push mode. There was simply NO clearance for any fan to be used as a puller. I think the problem has come down to the fans having too low of a flow rate, being too inefficient as pushers, and the radiator being too thick to push the air through. My solution was to modify the radiator support to allow the top of the radiator to tilt forwards and the allow my fans to fit as pullers.
Old Setup:
New Setup:
A little tight here:
I'm hoping that this will help with the cooling in traffic. Turing on the heat before was enough to get the situation under control, so this small improvement may be enough. Also, moving the fans to the rear will allow better airflow when moving and should help my full throttle issues. I also plan on building some ductwork to direct more air into the radiator, but that's not done yet.
Th hood still closes on the factor latch with this modification. I originally purchased some Aerocatch hood pins since I thought I would need to remove the factory latch, but to my surprise all is well. I still need to remount the Air Bag Sensor, but thats not too difficult after everything else that's been done.
The new parts installed so far are my complete Powertrix coilovers and control arms. I got the UL Race coils and all of the adjustable arms during the first group buy earlier this year.
I still have to tend to the front swaybar and the cooling ductwork. I also have a Stillen GTZ front lip to install as well as some SPL subframe spacers. Once I get the car on the ground I'll set the ride height. The plan with the front swaybar is to do a custom rear mount setup with an OEM Q45 bar. This bar is slightly larger than the stock TT bar, but I also have a stock TT rear bar to install so hopefully I don't upset the balance too much. Not many other options at this point.
Anyway, I'll update as things progress... later!
- Stephen
http://www.godspeed-racing.com
