Greeting Carolina Neco

[Scythe]

Wow oh wow its been a while since i been on here surprised i remember my old account info lol. Dont know if anybody remembers me so a lil refresher used to be a 99 I4 cougar owner, then moved on to a 03 V6 tiburon. N tried to get a few meets going on here with you guys and the tib people i know a few came out to the meet i had back in sept 06 at the rock.

Whats everybody been up to? Got any cougar owners from highpoint in my area ive moved to the north end of town in the westover area near the raceway gas station. Anybody in the area running a 3L swap or boosted there I4 or V6? In addition to moving i went n picked myself up something ive wanted for a very long time i finally went out and bought myself my dream car.

This is my 04 Nissan 350z
Mods:
Smoked front reflectors
17" 5-Zigen FNO1R-C wheels
245/40/17 Yokohoma up front, 275/40/17 Nitto NT 555 Rear
Tanabe Ultra Medalion Titanium Exhaust
Turbonetics T60-1 Turbo
Spearco Intercooler
Turbonetics Evolution Wastegate
Turbonetics Raptor BOV
Turbonetics Hi-Flow cat (gutted)
380cc Denso Injectors
Walboro 255 fuel pump
Turbonetics turbo tune reflash

Awaiting install, Greddy E-manage ultimate, Greddy Profec E-01

Coming sometime in winter 08/09.............. Arias Extreme Duty Pistons, Eagle Rods, ARP Rod/Main bolts Head studs, HKS headgaskets, Greddy EVO TT exhaust, Autometer Cobalt Gauges, 650cc Denso Injectors, Koyo Radiator,Stillen Oil Cooler, Carbonetics LSD, Synapse Engineering BOV and Wastegate (If you havent heard of em check em out winner of 07 Best New Product Award they designed a bov and wastegate that uses a piston actuator instead of a diaphragm), AAM 3" downpipes w open dumps, Greddy Twin Turbo Kit.

And im going to give the best advice any tuner can ever hear............... boost is worse a addiction than caffeine, smoking, alcohol, crack, you name it................. do ya see that long list of basically $$$$$$ above? Thats cause i need more boost. Boost............ just say no.

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[XplosivePlushToy]

No kidding about the boost addiction. I dropped my Cougar about a year ago and picked up a Solstice GXP.

NEED MOAR BOOST! I just dropped another $2500 in parts on it this month, and should be installing it all come February 8th :biggrin:

Then its on to a new snail and a tune.

[contrapaul]

Gorgeous Z33! We've almost finished an engine swap and auto-5spd swap on z Z31 Turbo in the garage- after that I just might get some boost for the coug... depends how addicted I get to the Z.

[Scythe]

No kidding about the boost addiction. I dropped my Cougar about a year ago and picked up a Solstice GXP.

NEED MOAR BOOST! I just dropped another $2500 in parts on it this month, and should be installing it all come February 8th :biggrin:

Then its on to a new snail and a tune.

I think i remember that didnt you take it to the rockingham n it still had like temp tags on it? nice what do you have going in? Oh and seriously check out synapse engineering for you bov and wastegate setup there **** is totally bad ass.

[Scythe]

Gorgeous Z33! We've almost finished an engine swap and auto-5spd swap on z Z31 Turbo in the garage- after that I just might get some boost for the coug... depends how addicted I get to the Z.

nice what did you swap into the z31? If you got a turbo z31 and then you decide to boost the cougar if it was me i would get a centripetal supercharger for it. cause then you got one car that has big hp potential w the turbo and another thats gonna have killer acceleration and instant power off the line with the supercharger.

[contrapaul]

A stock engine with turbo. The old one spun a rod bearing, but had high mileage. The new one is low mileage, and by summer should have 250-260 whp. If I could do a supercharger for as cheap as the turbo will be, I would. But because we will be fabricating so much, the turbo will be cheaper. And it won't be a high power setup like Fastcougar, just a decent power build.

[Scythe]

Are you serious the turbo is the cheap route? man i wish it was that case for the z. single turbo kits range from around 4700-5000, twin turbo kits are 5400 and up with some topping out near 6.5k easy. centripetal vortech supercharger and stillen kits are all under 4.5k

What all do you have to fabricate? And what are you gonna be using as your fuel tuner i dont imagine there's a lot out there for the cougar's. if the ecu is anything like tib's its a ***** to tune other than safc and like a tuner made by one particulary company that they called a mafterburner we had NOTHING.

[XplosivePlushToy]

I think i remember that didnt you take it to the rockingham n it still had like temp tags on it? nice what do you have going in? Oh and seriously check out synapse engineering for you bov and wastegate setup there **** is totally bad ass.

Yeah :rofl: I still had the temp tags on her. I think they were my fake tags by that time though :cover:

The BOV and wastegate on the car are internal on the stock turbo, and the wastegate will be on my next turbo, whenever that is. For now, I just have another exhaust system going in (out with the magnaflow, in with the solo rear center duals), new fujita i/c piping, dejon intercooler and bov spring, eibach springs, and some tweaks to the wastegate system to run a few more PSI.

[Scythe]

be careful with those internal wastegates them things can be finicky and are prone to boost creep. if your gonna invest in a new turbo i would really really seriously consider an external wastegate setup when you do the swap. It will cost more but down the road as far a reliability stand point, a tuning stand point, and more importantly for me at least a reliability stand point. cause if your vehicle is like mine its my daily driver so its gotta be right.

[contrapaul]

Are you serious the turbo is the cheap route? man i wish it was that case for the z. single turbo kits range from around 4700-5000, twin turbo kits are 5400 and up with some topping out near 6.5k easy. centripetal vortech supercharger and stillen kits are all under 4.5k

What all do you have to fabricate? And what are you gonna be using as your fuel tuner i dont imagine there's a lot out there for the cougar's. if the ecu is anything like tib's its a ***** to tune other than safc and like a tuner made by one particulary company that they called a mafterburner we had NOTHING.

All the manifolds will be fabricated, cold side piping will be pieced together, thus cheaper than a kit, etc. Its still a ways off, but I'm pretty confident in it coming about. Nautilusperformance.com has kits, so you can see what it would be if I just bought one of theirs. My kit will most likely be put together like their non-intercooled one, but with an FMIC and injectors, and a tune. However, I'll only start it at very low boost and I could put it together as a two stage kit- first would be non-intercooled stock tune stock injectors, and then upgrade later. Honestly, it all depends on how fast I get a manual in, and how much money I can scrape together this semester.

Oh, and btw:

There are no longer any supercharger kits available- although Blackcoog's kit is near completion.

[Scythe]

whoa vortech did away with there kit? that sucks but i guess its to be expected with something with such a low market to start with and a car that hasnt been made in going on 6yrs its just not cost effective. what are you gonna use to tune it?

[contrapaul]

I haven't delved that far into research... but I've been talking to a few other turbo members and getting some great input. When I begin buying parts is when I'll kick it into high gear.

[MagicHallucinations]

Dude, you're in High Point? I'm in Greensboro:) You have to come meet some of the local guys. We're having a meet this Sat, starts around 7pm.

We have a couple of guys with turbo 350's around here. Very clean, I love it:thumbsup:

[Scythe]

yeah we've meet before micah right? Ive been out to a few of the hams meet joe used to have at the palladium. im on inc i go by the same screen name. yeah i know about the 350's. harry vogel and his silver 350 our cars are identical. same turbo kit, same exhaust, and after seeing my car with fno1r-c rims on it he went out and bought a set in bronze. so now are car are literally twins.

as far as the meet goes i gotta work saturday til 6 but im off sunday so i'll see what i can do. where is the meet gonna be at in greensboro?

[MagicHallucinations]

yeah we've meet before micah right? Ive been out to a few of the hams meet joe used to have at the palladium. im on inc i go by the same screen name. yeah i know about the 350's. harry vogel and his silver 350 our cars are identical. same turbo kit, same exhaust, and after seeing my car with fno1r-c rims on it he went out and bought a set in bronze. so now are car are literally twins.

as far as the meet goes i gotta work saturday til 6 but im off sunday so i'll see what i can do. where is the meet gonna be at in greensboro?



Have we?? I'm not sure, lol. If I did I certainly didn't know you were on here!


Harry has new rims now....Rota's. His motor blew though and waiting on a rebuild. Gonna be quite scary with internals:biggrin:


You're working until 6? The meet doesn't start until 8;) It's at the backyard burger on Battleground ave. It's from 8 to whenever you feel like leaving.

[XplosivePlushToy]

Mmm burgers sound so good right now.

[Scythe]

Have we?? I'm not sure, lol. If I did I certainly didn't know you were on here!


Harry has new rims now....Rota's. His motor blew though and waiting on a rebuild. Gonna be quite scary with internals:biggrin:


You're working until 6? The meet doesn't start until 8;) It's at the backyard burger on Battleground ave. It's from 8 to whenever you feel like leaving.

oh we have a few times at the hams palladium when joe used to host those meets. sorry couldnt make it out there guys. yeah that sounds like harry always buying something. yeah i figured he would his setup and mine where identical i knew it would be just a matter of time. I seriously doubt he's gonna stick with the turbonetics kit. I know im not i cant wait to get rid of the damn thing so i get a new motor swapped in. immma ride around n/a for a while save up n get this **** done right.

[Scythe]

If anybody would be interested or know anybody who would be interested. the 350z is officially up for sale.

19,399 with injen cai, the tanabe exhaust, and the rims.
22,899 with the turbo kit included on the car and with the brand new upgraded w/ water cooled housing turbo from turbonetics installed prior to the buyer picking it up.