Gregor12

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I'm digging The color marched spoiler or whatever that thing is haha I hate the chrome lip.

Yea man it's always a good time. It's hard to find stand up people today, which I'm sure we all know lol I'm strapping my tripod in the passenger seat so I should have some good HD Video. I drove the dragon when I had my 370 but it started pouring after about 3 minutes into it and we all ended up just going back home. I miss my 370z so bad

hexotic

oh yeah, I couldnt stand that chrome eyesore...

twin_snails

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First, sorry for the HUGE WALL of text. Without further ado, second...

I can't do it. That's the decision I came to and I'm quite happy with it. Today I had planned to go over to Jotech Motorsports and take my G37 sedan back to stock to trade the car for a '15 Q50S.

The reasons leading up to moving to the Q50 were many with the 7AT behavior being high on the list. A close second was that the rear suspension had gotten what felt like (and there's no other way to describe this) being "squishy".

I spent a good deal of time talking to Tony and Thomas about the issues I was having. I figured it would at least be worth a shot to drop the Koni Yellows out of the rear and add another full turn of twist to them. It only took a few minutes and they were back in the car.

I have been having some strange 7AT behavior lately. I have video of it and will post in a separate thread. But the long and short of it is that in traffic from 0 - 40 mph, the thing feels like a mess...almost like it's slipping and/or has a 2,500 rpm stall. In addition, in top gear on the highway at about 70 mph, at times, it feels like the torque converter unlocks and the rpm blips 3-400 rpm upward and then settles back down. Very odd behavior and I've had it into the dealer about three times for this issue. The first time, they said the transmission was a quart low on fluid. They filled it and it seemed to go away. How it got low is a great mystery because it doesn't leak a drop of fluid. But it's still exhibiting the issue. But they are insisting that is normal. Even took a drive with one of their master techs. More on that later.

Thomas drove it and saw exactly what I was talking about and said it feels like it's slipping or has a 2,500 rpm stall. He thinks we can clean up some of the low end sloppiness with an UPREV tune. Thomas said the dealer may be punting essentially because there's no catastrophic failer and there's no money in it for them in replacing stuff. I have an extended warranty. He said that they had a contact at a dealer and he said that was sometimes what was done on stuff like that. You wouldn't expect that from a dealer, but stranger things have happened. I may take it to another dealer and have them look at it to get a second opinion to make sure it's not something that a warranty would cover.

So, I ended up going with a tune instead, but my ECU code has never been tuned, so he downloaded my ROM and is sending it to UPREV. I'll be going back next week to finish the tune.

Thomas made did a dyno run back when it was completely stock a few years back and it laid down 270hp/248tq at the wheels. I was interested in what my numbers would be with the full exhaust and intake so we strapped it on the dyno and with no tune at all, just breather mods, it laid down 292hp/239tq. I thought that was pretty impressive so we'll see what the final numbers end up at next week and how much we can clean up the shifts. We may also do a valve body upgrade.

Getting in the car to drive back home, the car feels completely different...it's like a different car after stiffening the rear struts a full turn. From what I understand this increases the rebound. It was VERY noticeable. What was I thinking for the past 2.5 years driving around with the rears not as firm as they should be??

I also ran into Nate from Diode Dynamics while I was there because he happened to be in town visiting their dealers. Nate is super cool and had very nice things to say about the forum here-- that it was one of the best out there and I have to agree with him. I will be doing the tail as turn mod as well.

Tony suggested to keep the G37 because it's nice not having a car payment and he's right! There were too many factors going against the decision to trade for a Q50. It was one of those decisions I didn't have peace about...I was very torn. There are so many intangibles about this car that make it what it is and that give it the "character" the G37 had become famous for.

I've decided to fix the things that are annoying me about the car and keep it indefinitely with no plans to trade it for anything else in the future...even a Q50. I've decided that the G37 is a fantastic daily drive with enough sporty character and attitude for a daily. Instead, I'm just going to save for a pre-owned GT-R and that will be my fun car in a few year's time. In the mean time, I'm pulling out John's playbook and will be planning long-term mods and enjoying them.

Leave it to the GT-R guys to help you make the decision not to get a Q50 and just get a pre-owned GT-R down the road. At the end of the day, I couldn't part with the G, I couldn't do it. So, now I'll probably do a build thread since I'm not going anywhere.

Immediate things that came to mind for mods are wheels (again), re-do the tint darker, re-paint the front bumper and hood (because I have many rock chips), sport front lip spoiler (think that's what that thing is), possible Swifts, GT-SPEC front strut tower bar, and maybe, just maybe, a set of twin snails to round things out but that's a long way off on the snails.

I'm super glad to be staying in the family and I think I made the right decision and it would be too hard to leave the friends I've made here over the last several years.

hexotic

ColumbiaSkinny

How do you like the Typhoons?

Do you feel like you lost any low end pull?

And lastly the sound. Can you tell you installed a SRI by a different exhaust note with these?

Thanks....

hexotic

Literally installed it at midnight last night, so havent had too much experience with them yet. Doing some street acceleration, I havent noticed any losses. The exhaust note is about the same, but the sound under the hood is definitely different. Its a bit louder, and growlier, deeper. You can also hear a distinctive 'suction' sound at higher speeds.

ColumbiaSkinny

Gotcha. Appreciate the feed back with such short ride time.

Pretty sure you should get better results with this mod in the mid to upper RPMs with the bigger open filters. Interested to hear your feed back on them when you get more seat time. Especially from a dead stop. Thanks again....

ShuuraRG

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Bravo Twin!!

I'm in it for the long haul as well! With the G already paid off, I'm looking to go SC in a few years for the extra performance and also for the relative safety of the SC. As for a fun car, I'm thinking of either a Jeep (doors off), or a Miata. I don't think even a used GT-R is in my future, though I'd love one!

ColumbiaSkinny

I've been doing your plan on doing for the past year twin. Paying off the G and continuing to keep it as a DD till the wheels fall off. I love the styling and the way it drives. And if i can get 221k miles (currently at 21k miles) out of it like i did my previous Altima i'll be in good shape and ready to make a nice down payment on my next car, which won't be a GT-R unfortunately. A little out of my price range. But definitely in the V8 muscle car family.

I think you made the right choice even though i'm not that all familiar with you but it's not rocket science when it comes to guys and their rides.

Good luck with the build and save them dollars man. You'll be glad you went this route in the long haul. It'll pay off for you....

Rochester

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I had a similar moment to Twin-Snails' back in 2008-2009. Whether or not to keep my lightly modified, fully paid-for and completely awesome 2003 Maxima 6MT... Or get a new car with big new car payments and start all over again. Problem was, the car I wanted was the new 2009 G37S Sedan 6MT, and aside from being way expensive, it was the first model year with the relatively new VQ37HR.

So I decided to keep the Maxima, continue modifying it according to a pretty ridged budget, and set up a savings plan so that I could slap $10K cash down into the next car. That "next car" was supposed to be a 2-3 year old '09, but when the end game went into motion, I found this fantastic deal on my 2011... And that's how I got here.

I think you're making rational choices, Twin-Snails.

Going forward this time around, I fully intend to keep my G for 10 years give or take. Time marches on, and I'm almost at the mid-point. Car will be fully paid off in another 8 months, after which I start saving a couple hundred a month for down payment into next car. As long as the kids' college expenses don't kill us, I hope to be driving a used F-Type into my retirement.

It's a hobby. Better than heroin or base jumping...

blnewt

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But not better than sniffing glue
Glad to see you sticking around snails, I guess your nic will be appropriate eventually


And Nice to see ColumbiaSkinny, Schuura, are sticking w/ them too (I know Rochester and myself are here for the duration too)

Rochester

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You and I seemed to have hit the forum with a long term plan. And here we are nearly 5 years later with years to go. It's been fun, no doubt. Should be fun for years yet. I still think you're going to move into next car before me. Then again, as long as you keep modifying your G, that whole mid-life crisis moment could be held at bay long enough that you just bypass it entirely.

VIVID

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[QUOTE=Rochester;4031161

It's a hobby. Better than heroin or base jumping... [/QUOTE]

Actually, a light easy-going heroin habit isn't all bad if you keep it moderate.




Sean

blnewt

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ColumbiaSkinny

Have you posted a pic of your new wheels yet Brad or is it a secret till you get them put on?

I haven't seen anything yet and am just curious as hell is all....