da mayor

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I never had a problem with my SS box piggyback unit and a lot of my teammates are FI'ed with over 30k-40k miles and no issues.

it could've even been bad gas but he says he was at WOT at 5k rpm.

i wonder how the a/f ratio is on the tune he has with the block. it does scare me how the VQ35HR is a high compression to begin with. at least the connecting rods are strong and those didn't break first. really suprised at the piston

Gamedog

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Yup.

My initial thoughts were that it was too lean at full boost and caused the motor to go boom.

But i dunno.

TomieG

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Heres a couple videos of midz350's car. Notice the strange rattle when he lets off the throttle.

YouTube - mid350 350z 2008 GTM TT KIT
YouTube - mid350 350z 2008 GTM TT KIT
YouTube - mid350 350z 2008 GTM TT KIT

christian655321

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damn.....

G37Sam

Wait a second, that guy spoke arabic!!!

Explains it all lol

TomieG

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What he say? haha. Yea the car is out in the middle east so thats probably why he used the out of the box tune instead of bringing it to a certified tuner.

G37Sam

In that first video of the Z driving by, the guy shooting the video said "God dam you" in a very funny way at the end of that video not sure if you can hear the blabbering lol

Gazan37

Lol^ Daym never seen a blown HR before!

GTM

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Let me start by sharing my condolences with the OP. However, there's always risk when taking a normally aspirated engine and adding forced induction. We can minimize the risk, but never eliminate it completely. Anyone doing this sort of thing must accept these facts.

If a customer comes to us asking for a guarantee on forced induction, we tell them to keep it stock. Even then, there are no guarantees, as we know of a couple people on the370z.com that have blown their motors with nothing more than exhausts and intakes. Having said that, we have done certain things in designing our turbo kits to try and mitigate the risks associated with forced induction. For example, our fuel system that we supply with our Turn Key kits is basic, simple, and effective at ensuring adequate fuel pressure. This system does not require a vacuum hose that could pop off and cause a fuel pressure drop. In the early testing of the system, we installed a fuel pressure gauge on our R&D car and the fuel system pressure was consistent all the way to redline. This fuel system has been proven to work very well and safely even though it is a returnless fuel system. Since we are using the factory ECU for tuning, the separate fuel trims for each individual cylinder to compensate for the returnless fuel system is retained.

When it comes to ignition timing, flashing the ECU ROM has been very consistent and reliable. Anybody who installs a forced induction kit should verify the Air/Fuel Ratio before ripping on the car. Even the timing values can be verified with a proper dyno test and the cable we supply with our turbo kits…that allows any parameter to be logged: Timing, Base Fuel Schedule, Water Temp, Air Temp, Wideband O2, MAF, etc. So if there is any problem with the install or even the tune, it can be detected and rectified accordingly. In a nutshell, if you install a turbo kit on a car, you put it on the dyno, verify the AFR, you verify the timing values to be safe for the application, what else can realistically be done? The risk can be minimized, but never be eliminated.

-GTM

vinnys coupe

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He is fuked man that sucks so much. I wonder what he is going to do.

G37Sam

Care to elaborate on that?

g37RN

Well that's the risk you knew you got into when you TT. Must have been fun while it lasted

G37Sam

Judging from the video's sounds like it was

goomba

i guess ricing it up on the streets in the mideast in a really fast car is the way to go.

G37Rider92649

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damn he's like me before, stock block FI and by the looks of it, abusing da shiiiet out of it.