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My 1988 300zx z31. I bought it all stock 2 years ago. Here are some recent pics...
I like to wangan! go fast on the highway



















Mods:
Garrett 60-1 turbo
greddy type rs bov
Tial 38mm wastegate
3 inch exhaust with straight through muffler
450cc dsm injectors
treadstone sameside intercooler
2.5inch intercooler piping
TSS adjustable cam gears
Walbro 255lph
autometer boost gauge
aem wideband
greddy egt gauge and probe
greddy emanage, will upgrade to stand alone very soon!
z32 maf
solid motor mounts
75 shot of nitrous
crappy slipping spec clutch...act clutch soon
tokico illumina shocks
cut springs, putting stock springs back in

As of now:
the car is taking apart in the last pic. i am in the process of installing
280-70H-14 Scheinder cams and waiting on valve springs
gutting the stock intake plenum, need to finish welding the top plate, will post pic soon!

raising the car up and putting stock springs back in. car is sitting too low.
will update soon after i get back from school.

This post has been edited by eggrollz31 on May 6 2011, 02:30 AM

I didn't know "to wangan" was a verb...

Welcome.

how does the external wastegate work on the pass side manifold? i wanted to put it in-between where the divider is but I'm not ballsy enough to do it.

any boost spikes? is boost nice and smooth?

Its retarded. Go ahead and put it there if you're not "ballsy" enough to install it in the correct spot where it'll actually work. The only way I can see that being viable would be if it was mirrored on the other side. The angle of entry is pretty poor as well.

This post has been edited by Oddmanout84 on May 6 2011, 06:27 PM

uhh, i don't see why it wouldn't work?? I boost 19psi and it holds there fine. Many other people on z31performance have done it too. 1sickz with his z that runs 9s did it...

Texas Plates? Your car looks Familiar, are you in Austin?

Its only dumping pressure from 3 cylinders.

Keep in mind that I'm not just trying to insult you or the car just for the sake of being an ass or anything. It looks like some effort has gone into the build. I just won't compliment something that's poorly engineered. If anything, everyone learns something. The turbo screen is worrisome as well in terms of longevity, and looks like it was done for lack of space. I'm not entirely familiar with the space constraints in that area, but wouldn't it be possible to cut and rotate the flange so you can mount a real filter on there? (as well as get around the large chunk of metal that's in the way of the airflow)

This post has been edited by Oddmanout84 on May 7 2011, 08:17 AM

I live in houston, you probably saw a similar car like my around there, i have never drove up to austin.

i understand its only dumpting from the 3 cylinder and can only control boost that way and therotically it suppose to have boost creep. but from my experience of driving it so far and running on the streets, it hasn't have any problems yet. I know its poorly engineered but it has worked out fine for me so far. eventually i would like to change that when i get some custom turbo headers. As for the turbo...i don't know what i was doing. i need a filter, i will design something out of it soon during the coming week. but thanks for the input, good to know someone here actually knows cars well.

Dude....your car looks empty....like it has nothing but the engine and nothing more. Clean pictures though. Lol.

- RemieGino14 -

you have no power steering like me LOL

power steering is for pussies who cant drive.

Try driving a Deuce and a Half across the country. Hell, drive one for 15 minutes, I promise you, you'll find a reason to want power steering again.

This post has been edited by TexasDemonZ on May 10 2011, 02:49 AM

This post has been edited by S12 Drifter on May 10 2011, 03:00 AM

that color just reminds of how badly I want a Shiro...

Looks nice, for some reason I've been looking at Z31's lately......although I don't really know much about them lol

Z31 knowledge starts with "they're awesome", and branches out from there.