RB26powered74zcar Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Wow!! Thats going to be one wicked RB-Z.... Those Pauter's look nicer than my Carillo's, what do they go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Those pauter's do look nice! What's your take on I beam vs. H beam though? what made you plop the cash on the ones you have here. Secondly, after reading the first 3'rd of the Maximum Boost book (in only 2 days, it's quite a good read!), screwing up an intercooler can have adverse effects if not chosen properly. cfm, air flow, and air density, as well as surface area have a lot to do with the design. 900 hp may be achievable, but at the cost of pulling timing to reduce knock due to unstable intake air charge temps and pressure drops. There's some science to all that airy goodness =) I think it will work out well for you though, as the 26 and 2JZ are pretty interchangeable in terms of external aftermarket power adders and such, from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Those pauter's do look nice! What's your take on I beam vs. H beam though? what made you plop the cash on the ones you have here. Secondly, after reading the first 3'rd of the Maximum Boost book (in only 2 days, it's quite a good read!), screwing up an intercooler can have adverse effects if not chosen properly. cfm, air flow, and air density, as well as surface area have a lot to do with the design. 900 hp may be achievable, but at the cost of pulling timing to reduce knock due to unstable intake air charge temps and pressure drops. There's some science to all that airy goodness =) I think it will work out well for you though, as the 26 and 2JZ are pretty interchangeable in terms of external aftermarket power adders and such, from what I've seen. The reason I chose the FMIC (because you should probably know by the rest of my posts that I dont typically sacrifice economy for quality) is because most of the XS Power, SS Autochrome, etc are all 'knockoffs' of brnad name counterparts. I *think* this particular model was mimmicked off of Greddy's 3 row design. I wouldnt be surprised if they took the Greddy endtanks and had molds cast off of those, and then started reproducing their own..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Wow!! Thats going to be one wicked RB-Z.... Those Pauter's look nicer than my Carillo's, what do they go for? Being a dealer for pretty much all of the parts I'm equipping my car with, I cant really say. I *could* however offer you a set of Pauter Rods + CP Pistons for 1800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 The reason I chose the FMIC (because you should probably know by the rest of my posts that I dont typically sacrifice economy for quality) is because most of the XS Power, SS Autochrome, etc are all 'knockoffs' of brnad name counterparts. I *think* this particular model was mimmicked off of Greddy's 3 row design. I wouldnt be surprised if they took the Greddy endtanks and had molds cast off of those, and then started reproducing their own..... Well that's a good way of looking at it. I'm guessing that you've got your fingers crossed that they are about the same size/type as the greddy ones due to how well they've been cast close to the originals. How much is the price difference? I've read good things about TopSpeed and XS Engineering intercoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 this FMIC was 150 shipped on ebay.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 this FMIC was 150 shipped on ebay.... yowza. for that price, you can take the core, cut'r in half, and make two IC's for smaller turbo systems on a miata or something, and make twice your cash back. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 Sub-Par camera phone pics, but we got the IC piping all done and the dump tubes as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240Z_Master Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Oooh pretty manifold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggyZ Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Sub-Par camera phone pics, but we got the IC piping all done and the dump tubes as well Looks great. I have one suggestion/question. Why don't you cut and reweld that elbow on the turbo compressor outlet? It seems you could cut out a half inch of the length pointing toward the inner fender there without sacrificing anything. I may be unable to see something else going on there, but I would nibble a bit from the turbo side and a little less from the elbow side and reweld. It looks like you're about to cut out the inner fender to make room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Looks great. I have one suggestion/question. Why don't you cut and reweld that elbow on the turbo compressor outlet? It seems you could cut out a half inch of the length pointing toward the inner fender there without sacrificing anything. I may be unable to see something else going on there, but I would nibble a bit from the turbo side and a little less from the elbow side and reweld. It looks like you're about to cut out the inner fender to make room. No more modification will be taking place. The marker line was just to indicate where the IC pipe would be traveling, we had to bend the metal a little bit in that area. We cut the turbo because there was a huge v-band connection sitting there. I would have had to cut a huge hole in my fender well and then take the IC piping over by the tire in order to get that to work, which IMO would have been way more work than what we did here. The elbow is a 3" diameter, and the OD of the compressor was 3.5" and almost 4" around the V-band flange, so if I would have even gone to all the work to make the v-band setup work, I would have effectively been wasting a 1/2" considering my IC piping is 3". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triple B Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 that looks awsome man great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Time for an update! I got the car back from the exhaust fabricator today, and I started getting to work assembling everything. Here's the progress so far Finally back in MY garage, I missed it while it was gone.... As borat once said......'VERY NICE' My bling-bling parts table.... Tomei 5 Layer exhaust gaskets Manifold on, wastegates & dumptubes on Turbo on, and clocked Downpipe on... Radiator & FMIC mounted Engine Shot BOV on the IC piping Obviously there is still alot of work left to do. I need to figure out the vaccum hoses and everything that needs to stay and go, I've got all the wiring to do, I need to figure out the fuel setup, run the turbo feed/return lines........Hopefully I can have it all ironed out in the next few weeks and get it fired up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tay-fu300zxtt Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Lookin Good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Revelation Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 easily one of the nicest 300's ive ever seen, your car is smiling i can tell. I have to go change my underwear now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 Thanks for the compliments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZDrifter Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 How about you accidently drop that turbo manifold on my front door step;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 How about you accidently drop that turbo manifold on my front door step;) No problem, as long as you accidentally leave a blank evenlope containing 2400 in cash in your mail box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 No problem, as long as you accidentally leave a blank evenlope containing 2400 in cash in your mail box hahahhahahha gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Looks GREAT! I really appreciate all the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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