A JDM Fairlady rebuild: Above & Beyond.

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addicted4life
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Order correction from ash came in the other day (he sent me 2.5" not 3" inlet kit originally, and polished used tb pipes for some reason).
Also received my order from Interior Inovations, black on black shift boot, perf. shift knob, ebrake boot, perf. ebrake lever, and JDM double din panel.
I'm in the NWT near Alaska at the moment but fly home on wednsday so I'll see it soon enough.


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sweet... took long enough. How do you like the interior stuff? I bought my whole interior from him and some seats for my NA

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Haven't seen it yet, kind of a test purchase before I go ahead with the front & rear seats. I have the suede interior so I'll be leaving it in, once the car is built I'm going to have it proffesionally detailed then I can access how aged some of suede really is. I need floor mats though, no one sells RHD 2+2 that I've been able to find :S

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Nice thread. So weird to see every control reversed. :bigthumb:

I'm not sure how much further along you are in regards to the interior. Have you considered moving the battery to the spare tire compartment in the rear? I moved mine back there and it freed up a ton of room in that area of the engine bay, making the tubing and wiring for the boost controller and deletions much easier.

Then I purchased a generic overflow tank and put it there and rerouted the piping. Just some thoughts. Good luck with the reassemble.

ETA : Never mind on the battery move, I looked at the pics again and realized the 2+2 fuel tank was there. You can't go beating that part of the body flat for a battery install.

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I believe I am picking up a gel cell and laying it down on the right so I can still have the carpet and maintain a clean look.


Thanks :)

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Picked up another z32 to fill my bordem as I wait for my silver one to get touched, let alone built.

For $2300 and the some spare parts I had kicking around and a little bit of knowledge I have a fully running beautiful tt to daily :) way better on fuel then the big truck haha


Specs:
JDM 1990 Twin Turbo 5speed 2+2 (factory)
Hard pipes
Z1 hi5 clutch
Z1 lightweight flywheel
Turbo timer
Exhaust
Come filter
Fmic
Boost turned up to 14
Mines tuned ecu (works good)
Gtz lip on stock modified bumper
Flip touch screen
Jspec rep tail lights
A-piller boost & wideband

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So jealy... the only Z I would want, other than mine, would be a factor TT 2+2! We can't import them yet tho

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Ended up keeping it for 1.5 months then trading it for a 10k dually 7.3 international diesel. It would roast the tires in second, timing was really advanced. I had to run octane booster to avoid missfire. I figured it was around 370whp.


Side note. Silver is still sitting on the hoist. Talked to Greg about suspension last week. Priced out about 5k worth of titanium spl gear, fender braces, Powertrix rear strut bar, z1 FUCAs, and KW v3 coilovers.
My builder is super busy. Race season is over now so I hope he has time soon. I forget about the car a lot now a days lol

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So I'm back, car is being built after 10 months in limbo. We went through all the parts, and I forgot half of them even existed. Front brake kit is on (pictured below), and several new parts have been bought.

Recently purchased:
-Interior innovations new seat covers, black on black with "Fairlady Z" in dark grey (similar to picture below).
-Black door sills with "Fairlady Z" etched in.
-Very rare ARC upper rad support air dam. Brand new, leftover stock from a shop in Japan.
-Spl titanium RUCA's, brand new half price so purchased outside of my suspension order. No picture as the are still in shipping.
-Msp manifolds. I was a little worried about the heat from high boost on the older inconel tubular manifolds. In shipping currently.
-TwinZ Type 1 wing.
-Gauge Art module. Basically it takes the information from my haltech and displays it on my stereo head unit. Completely customizable, it's basically some pretty sick car p0rn stuff haha
http://www.gaugeart.com/images/NSX_nav_450.jpg
http://gaugeart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=424
-Door moulding set, karumaz or something like that.

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I was JUST thinking of you a few days ago, wondering how your build was going.
Looking AWFULLY nice so far, SO jealy over the ARC guide and those door sills.
It's been a long wait but looking to be worth it, can't wait to see more!

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Thanks for the kind words! The car is actually getting built now, now more delays!

I can't update the first parts post anymore on here so I took my parts post from another forum and will post it here. Its much more current.

Edited: This post last updated December 25th, 2014


Parts list, as up to date as memory will serve.



For the bottom end:
-Block professionally refreshed and checked
-Polished crank
-Race series bearings
-Eagle rods w/ARP bolts.
-Wossner forged pistons, stock compression
-New OEM oil pump
-New OEM water pump
-ARP head and main stud kit.
-New OEM gasket set, direct from Nissan
-ATI 1000hp race dampener
-BDE motor mounts


Top end:
-BDE half moons
-JWT 400+ cams
-JWT HD springs
-Port matching & minor polishing
-New guides
-Ferrara 1mil os valves (removed)

Turbo system:
-2 GT3076r Turbos .63ar
-FORGE HD actuators, 30psi+ capable
-Specialty Z Inconel tubular manifolds (no longer being used)
-AMS cast manifolds.
-2 Tial 50mm BOV (black)
-AshSpec 3" planet kit. (Gloss black)
-AshSpec 2.5" charge piping. (Gloss black)
-AshMassive v3 intercoolers. (12"x11"x4.5" each)
-3" straight through turbo back exhaust, also custom made start to finish.


Fuel system:
-Walbro 255lph sending unit.
-Aeromotive Eliminator pump in line, good to 1400hp on its own.
-Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
-All black braided synthetic line, -6 sending.
-Russell fittings all around (black, not red/blue)
-ID1000cc fuel injectors.
-BDE v2 top feed fuel rails, anodized black. (First set he ever made)


Clutch & Transmission:
-Bronze shifter bushings
-Stainless braided one piece clutch line.
-New clutch master.
-SPEC twin disc, 900 ft/lb rated
-Retaining stock transmission, driveshaft, and rear end


Cooling:
-Mishimoto rad
-Electric fan, similar to a Taurus e-fan.
-New OEM water pump
-34 row Setrab oil cooler
-ARC titanium air guide. Very very rare, sources from a lost stock item at a Japanese parts store. Well discontinued.


Engine Management System:
-Haltech Platinum Pro with:
-EGT sensor
-IAT sensor
-Dual wideband setup
-Map sensor
-Boost control module
-Aux I/O box
-13" compact laptop to run Haltech.
-New efi harness with injector load issue fix.
-Gauge Art module. Completely customizable, it's basically some pretty sick car p0rn stuff haha
http://www.gaugeart.com/images/NSX_nav_450.jpg
http://gaugeart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=424

Suspension:
-AMS HICAS delete bar
-Currently lowered on Bilstiens (unsure of the specifics but it rides perfect)
-SPL titanium rear upper control arms.
-Remaining suspension components on order, will update once they have arrived.

Braking & Wheels:
-Brembo SRT-8 conversion
-14" Stoptech drilled & slotted rotors
-Braided stainless brake lines
-LMGT4s, Front - 18x8.5, Rear - 18x10.5
-Hoosier drag radials on the rears, 295-30-18


Interior:
-AEM boost & wideband on drivers A-piller.
-Custom glove box plate designed to hold 5 more gauges. (Removed due to Gauge Art)
-Battery relocated to trunk, gel cell
-Blue LED light kit for interior (pods, gauges, key ring, floor, overhead)
-Crystal white LED lights kit (map light, trunk light)
-Interior Innovations JDM double din
-Kenwood ddx616 with: Sat radio, Bluetooth mic, video lock bypass.
-Interior Innovations front and rear leather seat covers, black on black, with "Fairlady Z" embroidered on backrest.
-Interior Innovations black on black perforated shifter & e-brake lever.
-Interior Innovations black on black shift boot & e-brake boot.
-Anodized black door sills with "Fairlady Z" etched in.
-Anodized black door sills, "Fairland Z" etched.
-New temperature & headlight control pods (oem are cracked)
-Z1 uhp rear hatch struts.


Exterior:
-Carbon fibre hood, with alot of custom work.
-Locking push style hood pins.
-Carbon fibre rear flares, pulled fenders & moulded in.
-Twin Z type 1 wing w/clear led 3rd brake light.
-'99 spec tail lights
-Super bright crystal white LED reverse
-Twin Z diffuser. (Being painted satin black)
-KarumaZ upper window molds all the way around.
-Fitted car cover.

Engine (cosmetic):
-Powder coated valve covers (gunmetal grey metallic)
-Powder coated water pipes (gunmetal grey metallic)

Deletes:
-Complete HICAS
-Complete AC (dash apart, everything)
-Evap canister
-Egr
-Spare tire


Stay tuned!
Cheers



Honourable mention for companies I've been dealing with:
Wiring Specialties
Flawless Z Performance
Real Street Performance
Nissan of West Covina
Ross Machine Racing
Mitch @ EP Racing
Greg @ Specialty Z
John @ AMS Canada
Harry in Florida @ Z Tuner
Interior Innovations

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Seat covers came in today!

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Congrats, and wow- that's a pretty spectacular honorable mention list! :dblthumb:

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Thank you for the mention good sir.
Car is coming along nicely!

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Hey, thank you for such an amazing product! I was very I.pressed with the quality of your harness as I removed it from its packaging!!

My fender braces from Royalty Performance are on their way as of last week, andthe rest of my SPL gear ships tomorrow, and I'm hoping my KW Variant 3s as well.
Still waiting on my rucas, 24 days since shipped. Not sure what's going on there...
Window trim and Gauge Art are still in the mail. Should be in next week I'm thinking.
I head home on Sunday, kind of hoping everything arrives while I'm home so I can see it all.
Here's a sneak peak of my leather seat covers :P

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Oooooh, pretty.

grayman_TT
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Greetings from Manitoba!

Nice build, keep up the great work.

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DCaff300ZX
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Oh yeah those covers look NICE!
Glad to see there's a few projects going on and getting updated.

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SPL pro titanium ruca's
Bought as used but never installed.

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Beautiful build, good luck!

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Motor was in and put a cpupke times this week, notching the frame rail on drivers (jdm) side, its a pretty big clusterfck.


Seat covers getting installed :)

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What are you notching for? I had issues fitting mine in with the 2530 compressors so I fabbed a set of 3/4 inch spacers for the motor mounts, yes it raises the engine by that much but it keeps the car structurally sound.

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Its being rebraced properly with plates, we are having a very hard time fitting that whole side togethe . I'll post pictures as I can.

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I've always been extremely interested in the custom reworking needed for projects like yours, not easy and you definitely need to know what you are doing.
Looking forward to pics of that work, and of course any other work you get done.
This thing's gonna be off the hook when you get done!

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Seats are back :D
As well here is a couple more pieces of my suspension, one if the fucas got lost on account of ups when they searched the package at the border. Having a dispute with them now seeing if they can find it, if not I'm getting a refund.

I'll see if I can snag a couple pictures of the car tomorrow when I swing by the shop. Cheers

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SPL is love. Gonna be a sweet setup!

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Wow, gotta also chime in that your SPL looks really good, I am envious of those tension rod securing fasteners...top notch there.
Seats look super-nice as well, keep the pics coming!

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Its a little tight
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Holy crap!

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A little?!?! Lmao!


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