Today it got replaced with a new beauty

 

Congrats man! Looks nice!

 

I witnessed (and partially videoed from my truck's stealth 'dash' cam) a yee-yee truck (lifted and coal rolling truck) backing into a beautiful twilight blue Q60 coupe in a parking lot. He smashed the front so hard that it triggered my cam for vibration from the other side of the lot and his 'truck nutz' (which I believe are the worst invention to ever make someone a millionaire) took the front bumper for a short ride. I was able to 'surrender' the video of him pulling away, pausing to see the damage, and then almost hitting a pedestrian when he zoomed away in a giant plume of exhaust from the scene. Here's hoping that helps them hold him accountable.

For once I was glad I had the truck and not the G because she isn't equipped yet (still shopping). I mounted my trucks behind the grill in a small ceramic coated plexi case to protect it from weather and make it easy to clean. But the cam is pretty old and isn't the greatest in low light. Not sure I would do the same kind of install/mount in the G because under the hood ambient temps are way higher than my truck and space issues. Any suggestions for cams or stealthy/not in plain sight install front/back cam?

 

thank you

 

Congrats! I love the FX/QX70. I almost bought an Iridium Blue QX70 3.7 for a DD, but ended up going with the Macan instead.

 

I’ve done Injen CAI, Motordyne 5/16 plenum spacer, 75mm throttle body and spacer, full exhaust including test pipes, x pedal pro, and an uprev tune. BUT I still want more power! What should I do next? 2004 G35 coupe.

 

Only thing left is turbo or supercharge.

 

save for boost either supercharger or single turbo unless you want to stay NA. Look into Long tube headers or Z1 shorty headers

 

would I have to rebuild my engin for a small single turbo?

 

Not the size of the turbo it is the amount of boost.

 

if you run 7 or 8 pounds of boost on stock engine you should be good

 

If the engine has over 100k I wouldn't recommend it.

 

Given the engine was properly taken care of, what exactly would the higher mileage have an effect on?

 

Was driving on the freeway today and the car in front of me ran over a piece of plywood and lifted it up in front of me. I didn't have the time to dodge it so I smashed thru it. Damage was some scuffing on my bumper, headlight, hood, and front fender. Thankfully, my father in law works at a car wash so he was able to buff it all out. But then I noticed the impact had somehow knocked the fender liner loose and my tire had caught it and melted about half of it off...no biggie! I just bought one off ebay for like 15 bucks....didnt know they were so cheap haha.

 

Lol. Properly taken care of doesn't mean the engine has not turned over billions of times. Valve springs, seals, piston rings,rod bearings will all be in less than optimal condition for boost.