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After almost 4 years I'm finally getting around to turboing the car, widebody, exhaust, BBK , etc. Some info on the build.
1) AP1 MY00 Engine sleeved and o-ringed Golden Eagle,closed deck, stock bore and stroke (room for overbore) Arias pistons 9.0:1 ceramic top and moly sides (Swaintech) ACL bearings, Pauter rods, AP1 cams, Stoptech springs, Ti retainers, exhaust valves. Custom (cjb80) tube manifold and downpipe with GT30/40R aka3082, tial 44, tial BOV, custom intercooler and piping 2-1/2 in. ,SwainTech thermal on the manifold, turbine housing, downpipe. Competition Clutch stage 4, AEM 1052 uego, Aquamist water injection
with pre-turbo injection and post TB, single Weldon fuel pump, ugrade lines, RC 1200 injectors more to follow
2) APR widebody (Greg @Partshelper) 45mm wider front 50mm back, standard 350Z offsets. Wheels are probably going to be 9/10 in. Meister 3P black w/polished lip. BBK and coil-lovers as yet undecided. Exhaust Asura's new dual. Drivetrain upgrade in the works
(details to follow) Gauges etc. TBD. Just started mocking up the body kit Saturday.
Correct, the white matte finish is Swaintach's thermal coat, not very appealing to me. So it was painted first with 1200* barrier paint and then 500* caliper paint for a glossier finish. We'll see how it holds up. Swaintech is claiming 35-55% lower emitted temperature with their "white lightning " thermal barrier coating. coating is apprx. 0.012 in thickness.