DcrDavid Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 New to the forum here so ill start from the beginning. Picked up a 260z shell june 2018. Fairly bare. Had some seats, a steering wheel, a brake pedal, and suspension. No body wiring or drivetrain besides the diff and halfshafts. So first thing i did was called my tuner and had him get me a tune date for the car as he is usually out 3 months for tunes which gave me that much time to get the car road worthy so let the fun begin. My goal for the car was build something that was a blast to drive, runs 9s in the quarter mile and does 170mph in the 1/2 mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Started hunting for parts to get the ball rolling. Got a deal on a lq4 and m12 t56 I couldnt refuse. Due to my power goals I didnt want to do the header deal twice so I decided to try and make the arh headers work with the dirty dingo motor mounts and jtr trans mount. Since I got those mounts with the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 The motor was a 28x reluctor and i wanted all the added tunablity of the more current pcm’s so did a 58x reluctor swap along with 4x sensors. Got the motor in and appropriately placed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Got the fuel cell in. Made some coil relocation brackets. Then started working to get the headers clearanced to the steering shaft. That was essentially the only part that didnt fit well using the mounts I had. Got some wheels and tires also. 16x8.5 Circuit Performance CP25 and 245/50/16s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Got some stuff in the engine bay plumbed and started wiring up the car as it didnt have a single wire left in it. Also scored a rear disc conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 We got lights! Along with some bigger brakes and nitrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Off to get the exhaust done. Then the first real test drive. After that it was time to clean up the under dash wiring and add some music. Then it was tune time. Ended up putting down 420whp/395wtq and 525whp/550wtq on a 100 shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseRocks Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 3 months for a home build going from shell to dyno. That's impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhead Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Good work! I can't seem to get anything done in three months... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 1 hour ago, LooseRocks said: 3 months for a home build going from shell to dyno. That's impressive. Thanks. There was for sure a bit of luck going on finding parts and everything going together smooth. This was a year ago. I just recently finished putting a blower on it and it took all of 3 months to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 25 minutes ago, Ironhead said: Good work! I can't seem to get anything done in three months... Lol. It be like that sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Got the drag setup going. 15x3.5 on 25x5x15 up front and 15x8 on 26x8x15 out back. And threw it on the scales in street trim and weighed it at 2700lbs which I find to be a bit on the heavy side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 First time taking it to the track. Took it super soft as to not break anything before taking it to the 1/2 mile. 11.9@122 was on the 245 federal street tires. And the 11.4@135 was spraying a 200 shot half way through 3rd into 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuD 91gt Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Nice job! We’re you able to keep the air filter where you had it in the above pictures? When I attempted to mount mine there, the hood hinge kept hitting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 14 hours ago, HuD 91gt said: Nice job! We’re you able to keep the air filter where you had it in the above pictures? When I attempted to mount mine there, the hood hinge kept hitting it. Looks like i didnt add the picture. I had to 90 it as it didnt clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1969honda Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Very impressive, are you still running the stock rear and drive axles? I thought I could see a cv boot in one picture but not 100% on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 16 hours ago, 1969honda said: Very impressive, are you still running the stock rear and drive axles? I thought I could see a cv boot in one picture but not 100% on that. Welded R200 and stock half shafts. Heres one that was on the car for the 9 second pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 First time to shift sector. On motor in full street trim went 147mph. And on a 200 shot 3rd through 5th 166. Pilled it up to a 250 shot and missed 4th gear to another 166mph pass. Noticed the car was missing a little so I thought it ate a plug. But it ended ip throwing a belt when i missed. So all of 4th and all of 5th on a 250 shot was done with no water pump. 280 degree water temp was no bueno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 I thought that potentially the head gasket was compromised after that but did a 0-150 pull once I got home and everything checked out good. So that means it was time to get after some more 1/4 mile passes. Weighed in at just over 2500lbs no driver. Best pass of the day on a 200 hit once i grabbed 2nd netted a 10.3@139 and that was with a 4th gear miss. So I was quite happy with the results. Still on a welded r200 and factory half shafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcrDavid Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Decided to throw it back on the dyno to see what kind of numbers is was making with the 200 and 250 shot. This is just a small proton kit so I was skeptical it was making much over 600whp. Come to find out it made 598whp on the 250 shot and 603whp on the 200 shot. It was running out of solenoid and going extremely rich on the 250 shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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