{"id":1591,"date":"2012-04-16T23:14:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T06:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2013-09-15T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:56:09","slug":"winters-nismo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Winters NISMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This black Z34 NISMO came to us in need of a few things. \u00a0The owner complained of high oil temps even with his 25 row aftermarket oil cooler in city driving. \u00a0We designed and fabbed up a nice worry free solution to this. \u00a0We upgraded to a Stillen Gen 3 Intake, tuned the Z, and finally upgrade the rear end gearing to 4.08s. \u00a0Everything went smoothly and all the upgrades made nice\u00a0improvements\u00a0in the Z&#8217;s daily activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1593\" title=\"fan1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We had a few hurdles to conquer. \u00a0The first was getting by the front (NISMO only) brace. \u00a0You can see it in this picture running along side the front of the oil cooler and behind the fan. \u00a0Done with a little magic \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0We used a very high quality SPAL pusher fan controlled by a thermostatic switch. \u00a0We opted to go with an 190 degree ON. \u00a0So as soon as the oil temps hit 190 degrees, the fan will automatically turn itself on. \u00a0We installed the temp sensor for the oil control directly into the oil pan (bung welded).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1594\" title=\"fan2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looks almost factory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1595\" title=\"fan3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan3.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan3-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stillen Gen 3&#8217;s powdercoated wrinkle red (from Z1).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1596\" title=\"fan4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan4.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fan4-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SZSPAL fan mounted on a 370Z Oil Cooler\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ANEvWCAIfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Short video of the fan running.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/lean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1604\" title=\"lean\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/lean.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/lean.jpg 880w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/lean-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NISMO factory tune with only the Stillen Gen 3 for mods. \u00a0Already running extremely lean. \u00a0This would only get worse with an aftermarket exhaust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tune.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1605\" title=\"tune\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tune.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tune.jpg 880w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tune-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuned run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The owner of this NISMO is happy to report that with the e-fan mod the oil temps are much cooler. \u00a0Here&#8217;s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">Wow. Just wow. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">The fan works great! Driving around\u00a0West LA\u00a0yesterday in stop and go traffic the temp got to about 200. That is vs. the 220-230 that I would normally see in that traffic in 70 degree weather. At a long stop light the the temp (as you mentioned) went down. That little fan must really move some air.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The new final drive gearing also helped give more kick in the pants feel, accelerating the Z quicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This black Z34 NISMO came to us in need of a few things. \u00a0The owner complained of high oil temps even with his 25 row aftermarket oil cooler in city driving. \u00a0We designed and fabbed up a nice worry free solution to this. \u00a0We upgraded to a Stillen Gen 3 Intake, tuned the Z, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-370zg37-z34-v36","category-dyno","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/2252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}