{"id":1835,"date":"2013-02-03T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T00:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2013-09-15T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:32:15","slug":"icing-on-the-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/?p=1835","title":{"rendered":"Icing on the Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

German has one sleeper of a Z32. \u00a0Originally this Z started life as an NA and recently it was converted to a TT. \u00a0When it originally came to SZ it had what I call the “generic ricer boy” modifications. \u00a0Don’t get me wrong, a front mount intercooler has its place on many cars but on a Z32 90% of the units out on the market are garbage. \u00a0This Z had a Greddy 3-Row FMIC which is actually a nice core but it doesn’t stack up to the Ash Massives. \u00a0The FMIC adds piping length, blocks airflow to the radiator, engine oil cooler, air filters (if not moved to SMIC location), and does not retain the engine’s crossflow design. \u00a0 The Z also came equipped with GT2860RS turbos, JWT 500 cams, and built shortblock. \u00a0Back in 2011 when German first brought us the Z we made many recommendations to improve his overall package. \u00a0Fast forward to 2013 and we had our chance to take action.<\/p>\n

We went to work with removing the Greddy FMIC and replacing it with Ash Massive SMICs, Ash 2.5″ IC Piping, Ash Inlet Piping, and Z1 58mm throttle bodies rounding out the breathing. \u00a0We installed a set of HR\\VVHR JWT POPs for air filters and two dummy MAFs. \u00a0We’ll get to that later. \u00a0The Z was running fixed solid intake cam gears, we yanked them out, added VTC solenoids and a set of BDE intake cam gears to bring back Nissan’s awesome variable cam timing. \u00a0On the\u00a0exhaust\u00a0side we had nothing to change, it already came to use with our SZ 5-Bolt 3″ down pipes, test pipes, and a B&B catback finishing off the tunes. \u00a0German brought us a Snow Performance Water Injection kit. \u00a0We love what water injection brings to the table by lowering detonation thresholds and cooler intake temps to keep heat soaking down. \u00a0We can also make more power. \u00a0This is where it can get hairy. \u00a0Without the proper failsafes in place, that added power may bring trouble. \u00a0A tune made to extract power from water\\meth means more boost than one would run on regular pump fuels. \u00a0If no water\\meth gets injected and the boost is up you can destroy a perfectly good engine. \u00a0So in order to combat this, Snow Performance’s Safety Injection box was added along with a solenoid to bypass the boost controller’s solenoid. \u00a0We added a switch to also turn the system OFF\\ON. \u00a0The kits come with instructions to always be ON. \u00a0We like the ability to turn it OFF\\ON with the flip of a switch. \u00a0We used the factory rear mounted WW reservoir to keep the Snow Performance Boost Juice stocked up and loaded. \u00a0A low fluid sensor float was added to let the driver know if the system is getting low on fluid. \u00a0After the reservoir we added a solenoid to keep boost juice from making its way into the engine drawn from vacuum or from getting pushed out due to boost.<\/p>\n

The intake manifold was replaced with a beautifully finished chrome piece along with a chromed CAS, bracket, and water pipes. \u00a0The intake manifold was ported and polished to add the new Z1 throttle bodies. \u00a0We cleaned up his PCV breather system. \u00a0Exhaust cam gears were adjustable so we tweaked them for optimal power throughout the entire powerband. \u00a0The reason we used dummy MAFs was that the MAFs services were no longer required. \u00a0We installed an AEM Series 2 ECU to replace the Nissan ECU and MAFs.<\/p>\n

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I always regret not taking a ton more photos. \u00a0Especially to show the before and after much better. \u00a0Along with all the detail, quality of work that goes into everything we do here. \u00a0You can see almost everything is buttoned up and ready to go. \u00a0No one would know any better to what this Z has cooking underneath its bonnet.<\/p>\n

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The AEM Series 2 ECU. \u00a0I have nothing but praise for this ECU. \u00a0Much better than the Series 1! \u00a0The Haltech though has definitely won my heart over. \u00a0We wired the engine’s e-fan to be controlled by the AEM.<\/p>\n

I mentioned earlier in this article that we saw this Z back in 2011. \u00a0We have a great comparison of its transformation on the dyno results.<\/p>\n

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The red run was back in 2011 before we performed our magic touch. \u00a0Blue is how it runs today on standard 91 CA octane fuel. \u00a0No water or meth. \u00a0We gained 150 foot pounds of torque at 4500 RPMs and 135 whp! \u00a0Amazing!<\/p>\n

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This is on the Snow Performance Boost Juice and Kit. \u00a0We were limited to the amount of boost we could run. \u00a0Next time we will be adding a Blitz sbc-iD Spec-R Boost Controller. \u00a0It currently has an Apex’i AVC-R. \u00a0It had just a spike of 21 psi at 4800 RPMs. \u00a0By the top of the RPM band we were only at 16-18 psi. \u00a0It has much more left in it!<\/p>\n

Congratulations\u00a0German! \u00a0Thank you for the opportunity to let us put the icing on your cake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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