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looks great!

anndd ill find a new pic of the engine today.. quite alot of changes

Forrest it was lubed properly with wheel bearing grease.. and a whole lot of it 510six... good call.. Ill start looking around! thanks!

I am ruling out.. im definitly not over extending.. i tried all clutch positions im not moving far enough

Gabe.. it appears your engine is missing... just fyi.

Good ol thread back from the dead. Same problems now.. and I am using an 11/16" slave and 3/4" master.. apparently the STOCK 3/4" slave didnt work out for very long. sooo.. eh. Im going to try making an adjustable slave cylinder "arm" or push-rod. maybe adding .5" will help me out

thank you for your suggestions Dragon! you may be right. I will check it out.. I do know that in 1st/reverse.. i can tell the clutch is not fully disengaged.. one example is sitting at a stop light with the clutch it.. i can feel the clutch chatter slightly.. and when i had bad u-joints in the half shafts they were clanking around. So its not fully disengaged. Maybe ill try going back to the stock slave cylinder.. instead of the Pathfinder (11/16" one). Is the stock Z slave a 3/4"?

i tried both collars.. i cant remember the sizes.. but its properly sized. Its primarily the pressure plate =(

i hate my ACT full faced sprung clutch disc. I have not been able to have it fully disengage for 1st/reverse ... even with a new master cylinder (3/4") and a 11/16" slave from a pathfinder. hate it

share your findings!

Kevin, What are you using for a brake master cylinder vacuum source and for a PCV setup with these throttle bodies?!

Individual Throttle Body users... I am beginning to assemble my intake manifold I built.. and hooking up vacuum lines... then I stumbled... what are you guys using for a brake master cylinder vacuum feed and PCV setup?! Ryan

mine makes an exciting kinda "grinding/rattle" noise when decel especially when the outside temps are very very cold.

you have a wicked under cut on the those tig welds man... add some more filler and a bit less heat =)

very impressive! Looks amazing!

there is a member here who tore off the old roof and laid over some carbon fiber .. looks sweeett

he has been trying to sell that car for months now.. price keeps falling and falling. I would buy it if I had the extra room!! =)

thank you for sharing your research and development! Ive always been curious to see how these manifolds show an improvement

the only thing I can conclude.. is I know the louvers build lift at high speeds... the airflow flowing UP the rear hatch from the low pressure, and everyday observations on a dry clear day, the louvers do lift at high speeds. The snow observation was just for kicks, however due to the loose, coarse surface from the snow and ice, generated tons of drag and altered the aerodynamics of the car rather dramatically. All i can say is louvers do lift at high speeds, which means pressure drops due to the louver design.

Kevin, I just wanted to chime in and tell you that I am very very impressed in your inginuity and design! Everything was very very well thought out and your website, installation walk through, and photos of installs is amazing.. If I hadn't built my own piece of crap manifold, I would definatly be interested in your products! One hell of a bargain, very well engineered and amazing customer service! Now that stand off injected, turbo'd plenum looks amazing! Awesome work

i blew my gasket on cylinder 5 lol. hmmm seeing a trend going on...

this looks great! especially after trying to make my own manifold... very impressive!

its been snowing really bad down here in CO so I tried an experiment.. I just cleaned off my windshield and packed alot of snow on the Z.. I went for a quick spurt to about 60mph and watched the snow powder blowing off (like smoke in a wind tunnel) I noticed that the snow was actually going UP the rear window with the louvers on.. which probably explains why the louvers lift up in the air at high speeds if not bolted down. I also noticed the airflow over the roof of the car blew off just enough snow to barely let the vortex generator peak up above the snow level. and I mean BARELY. What does this tell me?! The boundary layer and airflow on the Z is too high above the roof line to help with the vortex generators. The VG's will only get a minimal airflow.. Keep in mind the snow packed on the roof can dramatically change the aerodynamics.. I was just hoping high speed air would blow the snow off the car and follow the lines of the car which isnt always true in this case.

thanks Austin.. I turned in my project for classes yesterday and got an A on the project... which is good LoL I unfortunately no longer have access to a tig or aluminum chop saw.. (*cough* unless Austin wants to fire up his tig) I think I may just polish the intake.. and get some polished stainless steel u bends which is fairly cheap and attach them with silicone couplers =)

Austin I called and spoke to a representative a few days ago.. the smallest 180 degree u bend they manufacture is a 12" radius.. which is 24" inches apart! careless.. I would just couple these together with a rubber/silicone coupler lol.. i would not weld these.