03-24-2013, 10:40 PM | #1975 |
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Well Nathan; finally got my polished parts back from your polisher Geronimo and reinstalled in the engine bay. I've gone the route of "pretty-ing" up the bay and utilizing a painted and modified engine cover to "cover up the mess" The polished TB and Intake really helped finish it off. Hopefully I'll get some better pics when I can get her out of the garage. Thanks for all your help and inspiration. Here's a link to some other pics of the vert;
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03-27-2013, 08:48 AM | #1976 | |
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LOL, I did say progress on the car......... not on the updates Here is a quickie: Got this package in today. Rockin, if times allows, I will be creating a new thread in the suspension section today with lots of updates. Stay tuned. I'm surprised nobody took a stab at guessing what the MC Hammer video hint was. I guess we will just have to wait and see |
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03-29-2013, 02:18 AM | #1978 |
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I just finished posting up a thread in the suspension section. This thread will be where I post all of the suspension related build updates to keep this thread more focused on the engine bay. I also thought it would be fun to have a dialogue with the suspension guru's on the journey of pushing the envelope to get 1.5g's out of our cars.
Here is the link: Getting Project G5.R to 1.5g's: Pfadt Racing Parts and Installation discussion Thread |
03-29-2013, 08:30 AM | #1979 |
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i messed around for about a hour yesterday, to see what its gona take and how hard its gonna be to relocate them. its gonna be much harder then i thought. but , i think its possible. jus got to cut all the factory plastic wire cover stuff and all the over used tape they put on lol.
i did clean up the wiring for now tho moved it around. to hide untill i can get around to it.
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03-29-2013, 09:12 AM | #1980 | |
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Good luck getting to 1.5g's. The 2014 Z/28 is a factory built race car and is only rated at 1.05g. |
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03-29-2013, 09:33 AM | #1981 |
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Factory still cant touch aftermarket if someone puts enough money and effort into it.
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03-29-2013, 10:10 AM | #1982 |
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03-29-2013, 10:17 AM | #1983 |
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Yes with enough money anything is possible. The first problem I see is the aftermarket front subframe. I understand the intention was to save weight but it doesn't look like it was made to handle 1.5g's in cornering acceleration.
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03-29-2013, 10:19 AM | #1984 |
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The factory Z/28 is also over 3,800 lbs. I'm guessing Nathan's car is going to be low 3,500's; almost 300 lbs lighter. Unless he's building a flat-out track car that won't be driven on the street, reaching 1.5g might be a stretch. I'll bet he hits 1.4g though.
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03-29-2013, 11:09 AM | #1985 |
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tires will have a lot to do with what he can get g's up to
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03-29-2013, 01:15 PM | #1986 |
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Well yeah if he runs racing-only tires, sure he can hit 1.5g. I'm assuming he's going to run street tires.
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03-29-2013, 01:40 PM | #1987 |
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1.5g is very difficult, shifter carts can do it, barely; http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...s/viewall.html
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Hey guys thanks for the feed back, this is what I was hoping to see more off on the new thread. The idea is to make G5.R a community project and see what we can accomplish.
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Quick update: Nobody has still taken a stab at the MC Hammer clue, so here is another one. Came in today. For the rest of the reveal, go to the new suspension thread. Here is the link: Getting Project G5.R to 1.5g's: Pfadt Racing Parts and Installation discussion Thread I will be updating the suspension thread daily for the next few weeks as I'm way behind on the updates. So keep checking in. I think that thread will be just as good as this one. |
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