Replaced a bad coil pack and spark plug today. Going to do a muffler delete soon.

 

Today started off with moving my g35 into the garage which was almost impossible. i’m doing an engine swap with my friend after my oil filter busted and i got rodknock from lack of oil. The camshaft and several positions were ruined. We removed everything except for the engine itself. The only challenging part is we bought an awd VQ35DE when my engine is a RWD. We will have to swap parts back and fourth.

 

i would do a muffler delete but i have a large leaky exhaust so i’m good😂

 

Motor is the same unless you have an '05-'07 6MT (rev up motor) in which case you can only use the short block from the donor.

 

So I'm tired of my current quad headlight setup and wanted something a bit less flashy. Decided on a still setup using the porsche panamera shrouds. As far as I know (or seen) I maybe the first to toss one in the sedan.

Also,

​​​​​​THEY ARE HUGE




This is just a mock up from an old set disassembled lights I keep around for testing. In a few weeks they'll be painted and installed in the spring. No halo this time, the shrouds are actually switchbacks with the led setup that the porsche has so I'm happy with that. Undecided about throwing a dummy projector in the top bowl. Hmmmm..

 

350Z springs and struts, came off a car with about 60k miles, paid $150 for everything. My struts were definitely wearing out anyway.

 

Just a simple, inexpensive change that makes a huge difference, looks great Scott!!

 

Should I keep the front emblem black or go chrome? Also, should I paint the roof black or leave it as is? ???

 

Chrome emblem, white roof UNLESS you have a sunroof then you can go black (black pillars as well...)

 

Thanks Cleric!!! I was leaning more towards the chrome emblem. I'll post pics once it's done. ?

 

Also, scratch that "black pillars" comment, forgot this was the sedan forum

 

Even though he posted a picture of his sedan? lolol around my house we call that a senior moment......

 

😂😂😂

 

It was finally warm enough to work in the garage last week. Installed my Megan y-pipe on to resolve my exhaust leak. I had a huge hole in a flex section of the oem pipe that I couldn't fix cheaply. The two passenger side nuts came off with heat. The drivers side nuts were basically just piles of rust and I had to cut them off and pound the bolt out of the cat. One thing I didn't know what that the oem pipe is only 2.1" od. The Megan is 2.5". It sounds nice but I've had the leaky pipe so long I don't really remember what the oem system (with coupe mid) sounded like anymore.

 

Replaced the resonator on my Tanabe exhaust with a Virbrant Ultra-Quiet resonator. Sounds much better now. Without the booming drone, my exhaust sounds much meaner when I get on it but a lot quieter tooling around town.

Not particularly pleased with how much the resonator on the Tanabe necks down internally, the exhaust piping is just under 3" but look at this...the muffler was was the same.



The Vibrant resonator is 3" all the way through. Seems to feel a bit more energetic above 4000 rpm.