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MACKAY
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Location: Japan Occupation: Ranter Age: 25 V$: ∞ |
#126871 2017-08-18 17:26 |
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FOLLOW UP
Many photos once again.. TOP KEK
-✘ Well, here is the promised follow up of those three months. ✘-
JUNE
-✘ At the beginning of the June we started working on the engine, because we already had all the parts we needed.. Oh well.. Another month full of headaches and sleepless nights at garage.. First things first right? Before dropping engine in we carefully measured everything up, basically prepared the engine bay for new engine. But before all that, custom made engine mounts was made by Shao, so all we needed is to find best spots to weld them in, did everything at ease in two days, measurements, engine in and out few times and etc. Made sure there will be enough space between our strut bar and engine. Here is the photo of final position of the engine inside before taking it out again for rebuild.. ✘-
  -✘ You obviously noticed that roll cage too, it was put inside for measurement purposes only because there was many other things to do before that as we decided to completely strip the interior out, and paint it in one solid color, also we saved a lot of weight that way. But thats for later. ✘-  -✘ You may think that all I did was working on the Cressida, but hell no.. After that Tsukuba track day I started looking at my Z' from other perspective, I needed something more, it just weren't that good anymore, I wanted to go faster, but because I had other things going on in my life such as Cressida,family and other that type of things, I turned away from going forced induction by all means necessary.. Needed money in other places. But after doing some research I decided to bite the bullet and go for cheaper alternative, which is not so common I guess.. I got myself a ZEX™ Nitrous System Kit.. Also bought Seibon canards and Seibon Carbon Fiber rear spoiler for more downforce as losing traction was one of my main problems at the track. But let's get back to Nitrous. We installed it, it was pretty easy job, adjusted the jets for 100hp shots, it was maximum, we couldn't go any further without hurting the engine pretty bad, because 100hp a shot for VQ35HR is considered fookin alot, everyone stays at 70'ish, but I decided to do some risky shit as always.. Pics from the day we installed everything on my Z'. ✘-    -✘ Of course I took her for a ride, the kick of nitrous definitely is here, pulls a lot stronger while spraying from 4000' rpm till the limiter, something to keep me satisfied for a while, because as you know NOS runs out.. ¯\_(✘)_/¯ I can't lie, I like that "new" look of the car, that spoiler and those canards, instantly a lot more aggressive looking Z'. But that was not enough again, the feeling of flatline started bothering me as I didn't did anything to that car in few months, almost no progress what so ever.. Just wasting money and trying new shit, nitrous ftw.. So I started looking for something more once again. The one thing that got my attention was Mercury Z GT3 Full Aero Body Kit, but that shit cost like 5 or 6 grand.. Then I got back to reality, I realized I was wasting money on the Z' for no valid reason at all, despite the fact I was about to move in my own new apartment with my significant other, I also had another project car, and Z' was becoming fucking full blown thirty grand race car without zero practicality in my daily life, so thats when the first thoughts of selling her started haunting my mind, I had other priorities, I was just starting my own family life, so no matter how much I loved that car I needed to do something. So few days later I posted her for sale, but no luck whatsoever, no one appreciate the work put in her, she was still mine. ✘-
 -✘ Once again I decided to take some free days from my work, as it was becoming routine - work, work on Cressida and home, nothing new. So I went to Tokyo for weekend to spice things up and relax once again, of course I took my Z' as it was my one and only somewhat daily driveable car.. As always I stayed at the Russian guys place, so no expenses there. Just before I was about to leave the Tokyo, on my way to the car I got call from one of the Russian guys that big meet in Daikoku Futo was about to go down.. Despite the fact it was midnight, I hopped in my Z' and in no time I was on my way to Daikoku.. Same long,wide and almost empty road where we took GTR's for a spin and I am in my Nissan.. I believe there is no need for explanation what happened. Perfect time to test my 350z, risking once again. Managed to squeeze 290+- KM/H of her while spraying nitrous the whole time, she was literally screaming. That ECU remap was one hell of a job as they also removed speed limiter and basically derestricted her. When I reached the Daikoku I parked near "bombed" out 458 Italia with Liberty Walk Kit, turned out it was some kind of Japanese business man, no names was mentioned. ✘-
 -✘ Of course as usually police started cracking us down, so most of us got in our cars and hopped onto expressway to drive together.. Everything was going calmly, no one showing of or something, probably most civilized group ride I have been, until out of nowhere we all got passed by blue Subaru WRX followed by EVO X, both cars were going more than 240KM/H for sure, as we were keeping steady pace at 150'ish.. Of course the ones with faster cars decided it was good idea to step it up, and try to catch them up.. But me and few others decided it would be best to not get involved.. But, someone decided it would be good to tailgate and flash me, which appeared to be a 2014 Nissan 370z Nismo, it was obvious what he wanted. So I moved to the right lane, and prepared for the rolling pull from 100KM/H, guess what happened next, all three times we stepped it up I walked him each time and he couldn't keep up with me, of course nitrous and #drivermod helped me a lot, my Z' proven to be quite a challenge for other cars too, which I couldn't be happier for. After all those shenanigans that 370z passed me, signaling me to follow him. The sun was already rising as it was nearly 4 AM in the morning.. So we ended up in empty parking lot. ✘-
   -✘ He introduced himself, we talked for a bit, turns out he tunes Z' Nissans.. Judging from his car, what a surprise huh ✘ We talked for almost two hours, I mentioned that my Z' is for sale, and he told me that he might know someone who would be interested in buying my car, he sent him my ad link, and despite the fact it was like 6 AM in the morning he gets reply in no time- "get him to the shop, we got a lot of paperwork to do today". I was like okay, lets see what this is all about. We arrived at some kind of warehouse where we met the man from text messages, once again it turns out that I am dealing with a businessman who runs some kind of clothing company, and the craziest thing is that he is about to buy my car. He starts walking around my Z', sits in it, turns the engine on, I can tell that he likes my car a lot, and the fact that this lil 350z just punished real 370z Nismo excites him even more. After that "inspection" he gets out and says "I'm buying it." And I am standing there lost in my mind,thinking if I should really sell her.. But as I said, I have other priorities now, so sorry Z', it was one hell of a run with you. And without thinking twice,I agree to sell her, he didn't even negotiate, I guess the money is not a problem for him. We sign all the paperwork, but the best part is that he pays me in cash.. So here I am, on a train, going home to Osaka with more than 3 million yen (30,000V$) in my backpack.. ✘-
 JULY
-✘ So yeah, new month, new things right ? Sold Z', moved into new apartment, started earning more money as everything was going fine, what more could I ask for. The only thing I needed now was a good, practical and reliable daily car, so I started looking for something "new". After considering my possibilities and budget I decided to look for something more family oriented and luxurious, BMW's preferably as I love those cars. So after browsing the craiglists and internet for few days, I stumbled upon tempting car.. Straight to the point now, It was Black 2011 BMW F10 550i AT with M-SPORT PACKAGE which had 60,000 kilometers on clock, basically well maintained and loved by the previous owner, was being sold because owner replaced that F10 with new 7'series. So I called Oscar ( Terroras on forums ) and we went to see it. After inspecting it and taking her for a ride around the block I was surprised how well it handled and how soft and comfortable the ride was compared to the E60 as I had driven E60 530d before. So after considering for a bit, I decided to buy it, I din't even negotiated as the car was in perfect condtion, and bought her for 24.800V$, finally a "practical" gas guzzling "family" car in my garage, four doors tho haha, and it had a Twin Turbo V8 with 400 horses under the hood, so it was a win win situation, definitely would give most JDM cars a run for their money. ✘-
  -✘ Here is some pictures of my F10.. I was satisfied with my new purchase, we will see how well it is going to be in the long run, will keep her for quite some time now. But you know.. As the saying goes - every 550i wishes it was an M5 and every 550i driver wishes about driving the M5, so future will show what will happen next.. ✘-
  -✘ So.. The July was ending, and we made a lot of progress that month too. The Cressida's engine was fully built and inside the car, wiring was already done, only the interior left.. One thing I must tell you guys, we took the hard route and bought and built everything ourselves which in result we had a fully built 3S-GE Racing Engine which loves to rev up to 9K RPM if not more.. And the cost of all that, oh boy, it would be cheaper to put 2JZ inside and call it a day.. Because after we finished with our engine, we saw few Racing Spec 3S-GTE Engines for almost the same price we spent on our engine, but we learned a lot by doing everything ourselves, whats the fun of buying someones else built engine ? With more than six grand under the hood it was one hell of an engine, also our build will be good for around 800whp if decide to go forced induction one day, I won't tell anything more as I don't want to spoil everything for you guys, wait till I reveal her later. One thing to tell, it cost me more than 11 grand to build my Cressida. ✘-
-✘ Well, we stripped the interior out, painted it all black, welded the rollcage in, a lot of parts came from UpGarage, such as seats, gauges, handbrakes, steering wheel and other similar things, so we saved a lot of money by buying second hand parts. Will do full price list of her parts upon reveal. Here is some progress pics of the installation. Pictures will do the talking. ✘-
    -✘ After all the interior work was done, I started the assembly of the Cressida's body, you may ask about the windows of her as you know that only front windshield was still in place, every other one was shattered.. So basically we were missing five windows, of course we didn't find none to buy, so we went the other route, fabricated them from Lexan Glass, which is basically a strong transparent plastic used in motorsport for such purposes, also we saved weight once again. Then the test drives began, we tuned her, adjusted everything, it was a long process of getting everything right, but we succeeded, the Cressida was finally driveable, and the 3S-GE performed better than we expected, won't reveal the numbers we pushed out of it, will do it upon reveal, but I must say you will be surprised. Then the preparation for paint and final assembly began. Here is the pics from the spray booth. Sitting primered n shit. ✘-
  AUGUST
-✘ So yeah, present month, August. Won't talk about it much, as all I did was finishing the Cressida, working and being occupied by my social life. But here is the "little" sneak peak of Cressida to get the idea on what to expect on reveal. Probably will reveal her tomorrow, as I still have something to do, you know, being extra as fuck, once again making you wait, sorry guys ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ✘-
 -✘ Well, that was it, a lot of progress was made in those three and half months, now it is time to relax a bit haha, a little less things to worry about now. So yeah guys, keep an eye open for reveal tomorrow, peace
 ✘-This post was edited by MACKAY (2017-08-21 10:40, ago) |
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