Sure, man. Thanks. I'll give them a call and get a quote.

Kev, crawl under there and check to make sure everything (mounts, endlinks) is still tight and nothing has shifted. We cranked down on everything pretty hard, but none of the parts would be stressed until it was driven. You're going to get some increases in noise/vibration/harshness with the bigger bars and beefier links... even if the majority of stiffness went to the rear. Is there any popping or clunking when you take corners (even at low speed)?

 

No clunking. Just that my doors vibrate a lot. Like a lot... It feels like the engine was to break out of the engine compartment. Like... I feel all the vibration from the engine.

 

me and Smitty were noticing the engine vibrating alot too, maybe its the vibration being carried through the thicker ARB.... or your engine is going south. it might be your exhaust leak is making your engine act funny. i have an exhaust leak, and at idle it tends to vibrate a little funny sometimes.

also, did you remember to put your exhaust "butt plug"screw back in? i left it on the table...

 

Yeah. It wasn't vibrating a lot before the front sway bar install. It is really weird, because when I put it in neutral or park, it doesn't vibrate as crazy. I think I'll give a call to my mechanic and make an appointment for him to check for an exhaust leak. I am fairly positive that it is in the headers somewhere. I think I lost the screw to the butt plug, but I can pretty much put any screw in

 

You know I've always always wanted to get into autox or tracking but i'm undecided on whehter to save the money to do a track day or spend 30 per session in autox. Autox seems great, for us 21 and under guys its 45 for the yearly membership+regional dues and 30 per session but i heard each session/day you only get 3 minutes worth of runs? But on track days like the ones NASA hosts you get quite a lot of track time depending on how many show up. but MAN, your car could definitely run since you do have upgraded brakes and coilovers. I think I'll have to get coilovers and atleast rotors before i run in a track day. BTW, if you're interested, Thunderhill, which is like 1 hour north of Sacramento is having a track day in November some time for 150 for the day, my buddy with the 350z is probably going to do it and i'm gonna be checking it out.



damn kevin sucks about the vibration thing, why does it seem like all of us, after installing something, find out problems??? =(

 

thanks again for the awesome pics AR

-Ave

 

MY Z IS NOT BROKEN. Lol yeah... dumb nissan factory build is pretty bad, there are tons of rattles and whistels when i drive my damn car. Apparently the intake is supposed to make that sound also so thanks to everyone, especially Kev who helped out.

Was a fun event... too bad I couldn't stay too long. What in the world happened with that pulley anyways? it seemed like the install was going pretty smoothly. But GL on whatever you have planned for it. About Thunderhill, it's november 11thand 12th. 150 for 1 day... not sure how much for both. You get about 4-5 20 min sessions and as a beginner.. you'll have an instructor with you. With that car... you'll be pretty damn fast i'm assuming.

again thanks for the fun event, and hope to cya guys around.

Chishi

 

The pulley wasn't installed correctly, which lead to a few things. The tensioner breaking, the belt coming off the track, and yeah. We just put the old pulley back in. Right now, Justin doesn't have any AC. Good news is that he does have power steering. So, that's good.

No problem ChiShi. You should come and chill with us sometime. Great fun to have everyone around.

ucbsti, you didn't come. We had hella Suby stickers ready to decal your car with!!

 

Yeah. We should hella go up sometime. I need to get a helmet though.

It think I'll let the new FSB get broken in. If it doesn't work, I'll see if my mechanic would be willing to put the stock one back on. Heck... I'll even help him. I need to give him a call. Like the guys said, it seems like there is an exhaust leak, and it sounds hella disgusting.

 

:banana:

 

x002x, check your email.. Thanks!

 

Hey kevin, I think i left my weather stripping at your house. I might need it still, when can I pick it up? I hope you didn't throw it away =X

 

I still have it. It is out back with my sway bars. I sent you a pm.


Damn, the vibration in my car is hella inconvenient. I wonder if it is suppose to be that bad.

 

I want to do another install meet. Maybe toward Winter Break. I want to paint my short ram intake. Maybe if I have money for 4-pots or a used BBK, I could do those too. Haha.

 

My foglights are also acting funny. Not sure... Like one side works and the other doesn't. It is weird, because if I tug on the wiring to the lamp, it'll come back on. Probably can look at that too at the next install meet.