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Old 04-05-2018, 03:23 PM
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Rochester, I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the power increase of a good tune based on how much you felt you gained from these gears. I noticed a lot more from the tune. Then again, you don't have headers, an intake plenum, or intakes in front of your radiator so maybe it will feel about the same.
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Tonight my Mishimoto radiator and silicone hoses go on the car. Here's to better cooling on track.






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You don't ever realize how big the radiators on these cars are until you pull them out. Then you wonder why we still somehow manage to overheat the damn things.
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Old 04-10-2018, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by bPChaos
You don't ever realize how big the radiators on these cars are until you pull them out. Then you wonder why we still somehow manage to overheat the damn things.
Haha I was thinking the exact same thing!

My mechanic accidentally snapped one of the mounts on the condenser last night while installing the radiator. I called Mishimoto and they do not sell the condenser separately, but they think they can warranty it. That would be AMAZING!
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I finally got back my grille after being carbon wrapped. So my project this weekend will be cutting the mesh and mounting to the grille frame along with the fuji emblem.




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Is that the hydro-dip process?

Wow. That looks fantastic.
Old 04-13-2018, 05:13 PM
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No it's just a wrap. All the prep and sanding I did finally paid off, or at least made it a whole lot easier for the guy who wrapped it.
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Hey that does look good. Never personally been a fan of CF wrap, hopefully it holds up against the elements. I have a couple wear spots on my grille
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Originally Posted by 4DRZ
No it's just a wrap. All the prep and sanding I did finally paid off, or at least made it a whole lot easier for the guy who wrapped it.
Really, just a vinyl wrap? It really looked hydrodipped in those pics.

Regardless, it's very encouraging. Keep going, and take your time.
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Originally Posted by Daddy Fat Sacs
Hey that does look good. Never personally been a fan of CF wrap, hopefully it holds up against the elements. I have a couple wear spots on my grille
I had bigger areas of the front of my Evo vinyl wrapped and it held up well over 2 years of driving and track days. Hopefully, this wrap is just as durable.

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Really, just a vinyl wrap? It really looked hydrodipped in those pics.

Regardless, it's very encouraging. Keep going, and take your time.
The next wave of carbon wrap will be the chrome around the windows. I will stare at that for a while and decide if I want to do mirror caps or not. That will probably be the end of it so it does not look too black and white or "panda like" as you mentioned earlier.

I have so many things I need to do to the car in the next 2 weeks to get ready for a track day including logging another 600 miles to break in the rear differential. However, we are getting slammed with a big snow storm for the next 3 days.
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The view from work today:


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Some nice work for sure.
Except that view from work,That looks miserable.
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Some nice work for sure.
Except that view from work,That looks miserable.
We are in the middle of the largest snowfall we have seen in 129 years. 20+ inches in most places! I have never seen anything like it. I snow blowed and then had to do it all over again because it was snowing so hard.
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With all the snow we have been getting I finally took a break to cut my grille to fit. Tomorrow at work I should have a chance to get everything attached.


Cutting to fit around all the grille mounts. This is a really boring and time consuming process.




Roughly how it should look when done


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I was going to have my shop install these Z1 motor mounts yesterday. Nissan claims it is a 6 hour job and requires removing the exhaust manifolds/headers. I called Z1 and they budget for 4 hours. So if you get these plan on paying quite a bit more in labor than parts to have them on your car.




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