The Mongooze. Intro

[mongooze]

HI guys, I'm kind of late to the forum, Got tired of my local forum, looking for a new one with serious drivers so heres my intro/build.

My name is Harvey, Been drifting for over a year now, Hitting up all the south florida events.


First a little background. I got this car 3 yrs ago as an NA with 193k. Drove it about a year till I finally decided to do a tt conversion, shortly after the destruction began. Twin Turbo swap which took me nearly a year due to sourcing parts and information. I would like to thank you all for information provided in this forum which has helped me with this swap. I did the swap with basic mechanical skills, After the swap I decided to go to Universal Technical Institute and am now a Tech at Nissan. During school I got heavy into drifting which is what the car is built for. This is my z32 drift car that I do plan on competing with.

Mods include:

GO FAST

NA > TT CONVERSION (TWIN TURBO ENGINE SWAP)
BLITZ SS BOV’S
STILLEN INTAKE
TB HOSE/PRVR/AIV/CC REMOVAL
GREDDY OIL CATCH CAN
ASHSPEC ECU
BRAILE B+
15 PSI

FUTURE UPGRADES:
FMIC
METHANOL INJECTION
HARDPIPES
AMS U/S PULLEY

CHILL OUT

STOCK FOR NOW

FUTURE UPGRADES:
KOYO RAD W/ 1.3 BAR CAP
Z1 LOWER HARDPIPE
Z1 UPPER HOSE
16” 3000 CFM ELEC FAN
WATER WETTER.



FART

Z1 DOWNPIPES/TESTPIPES
STILLEN X-PIPE
HKS HI POWER CATBACK

HANDLE

KTS SC DAMPER SYSTEM (SPL COILOVERS)
FRONT AND REAR STRUT BARS
STOCK N/A 26.5MM FRONT SWAY BAR
TWIN TURBO 26MM REAR SWAY BAR
SPL STEERING ANGLE SPACERS
CUSCO TENSION RODS
SUBFRAME COLLAR SPACERS
WICKED TUNING REAR UPPER CAMBER ARMS
SPL REAR TRACTION RODS
SPL REAR TOE ARMS
REAR LADDER BAR
ENGERY SUSPENSION URETHANE BUSHINGS
-POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION
-FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS
-DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER
-F&R SWAY BARS
-REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM


FUTURE UPGRADES:
SPL FRONT AND REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS
NISOM LSD
ROLL CAGE



STOP FAST

ATE SUPER BLUE RACING FLUID
300 DEGREE BMC BRACE
30MM CALIPERS
BREMBO DRILLED SLOTTED REAR ROTORS
STILLEN PADS
SPL S/S BRAKE LINES
SPEED BLEEDERS
93 AIR GUIDES FOR ROTOR COOLING

FUTURE UPGRADES:
CALIPER ADAPTORS
Z33 TRACK MODEL 12.75" STOPTECH SLOTTED FRONT ROTORS


LOOKS

GREDDY FRONT BUMPER
SHAVED BODY LINES/ANTENNA/WIPER
STILLEN SIDE SKIRTS
MB WHEELS WEAPON 18X8 +38 18X9 +15
BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES 245/45/18

INSIDE AND GADGETS

BROADWAY WIDE VIEW MIRROR
NISMO FLOOR MATS
NISMO LEATHER SHIFT KNOB
DRIFT SPEC STEERING WHEEL
SPARCO EVO SEAT
APEXi TURBO TIMER
APEXi SAFC
GREDDY PROFEC B SPEC 2 ELECTRONIC BOOST CONTROLLER
GLOWSHIFT GAUGES BOOST OIL PRESSURE FUEL PRESSURE
KENWOOD HEAD UNIT
MA AUDIO FRONT SPEAKERS


DRIVETRAIN

CZP BRAIDED CLUTCH LINE
JWT FLYWHEEL
JWT CLUTCH
Z1 SHORT SHIFTER

LUBE


ROYAL PURPLE
10W-40 ENGINE OIL
OEM NISSAN OIL FILTER
MAXGEAR 75W-90 GEAR OIL


P/S

ROYAL PURPAL MAX EX

BRAKE & CLUTCH
ATE SUPER BLUE RACING FLUID

TRANSMISSION
REDLINE 80W-90

COOLING
REDLINE WATER WETTER

WEIGHT REDUCTION

WEIGHT W/O DRIVER 3200 LBS























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[mongooze]

Unfortunatly I crashed it. Desoto Speedway in Bradenton, Florida. The wall ate it.


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^custom 4 piece wheel



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suspension damage








snapped toe rod in half, bent traction rod, bent lower control arm, bent ruca rod end...the ruca survived!! wicked tuning ***! eh would prefer spl but held up pretty good for the price
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It still dosn't look that bad in the pictures, But I can't even get the door open or the ttop off.[/

[mongooze]

Since the engine is out I'm going to be doing alot things to it, Manual transmission turbos/cams (automatics were slighty smaller, "wasn't your car a five speed?" yes but I got screwed when I bought it and swapped it)
Gasket matching, cleaning up, misc removal if useless components, tt rack swap, power steering cooler, suspension stuff, custom fab ,etc. Stay tuned lots of good stuff coming!



Here's some pics of the destruction.



mmmm straight pipe.


loaded up and ready to go!

Damn VG's gotta pull the motor just for an oil change!
Hmmm I guess I drive pretty hard, both mounts were just over a year old. Time for SOLID!!


Here's what's left before she goes to the crusher.

Signed and ready to go.

Say hellooooo to the new one

[mongooze]

Oh Em Gee, Getting this car was a damn adventure and a half! After hustling the car for a better deal for 4 hrs, Couldn't find a uhaul with a trailer, finally found someone to come up and pick it up and the only thing I could get was this. Then I had to wait for him to drive up! UGH.

The car is 1990 Naturally Aspirated. The car in stock form comes with a vlsd and 4.08 gear ratio. I choose the NA platform for many reasons. one lol it being the cheapest and less bs then the turbo. The turbo rear end has a 3.7 gear ratio, 4 wheel steering (even tho it can be eliminated it's still more bs to deal with). Theres also a few minor differences with the turbo that I simply didn't want because im going to be hacking the car up any way. The ultimate Z tho, is the slicktop which is a solid roof, NO ttop. ooooo, but VERY rare and HARD to find....one day.

40' enclosed air conditoned race car trailer.lol.



Shitty Planning. Well, I know now for next time. Took me 13hrs to buy the car.

The kids dad gots a small block chevy 350 in an s10. Pretty dope.


HotKarl Stopped by.

gunky manifold

cluster *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*

out with the useless crap, egr delete and throttle body coolant bypass


Custom EGR delete brackets.


*Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*ing Gunk!

GONE!

much better


Parts cleaned up

and painted
This is my garage helper. lol its a damn duck that pops up everyday and it wont leave for like 20 min!!

[mongooze]

Little update, I've been slacking some, parts and time. Piecing the engine together right now. Turbos rebuilt after that, then finishing up front car work. Custom solid mounts being made. Front spindles being "hacked" for added angle. It's coming along, it's just a process.
Manual Turbo/Cam upgrade. Previously was runnig automatic turbos and intake cams. 240 duration as oppose to 248 on 5sp and .53 turbine A.R. as oppose to .63 on manual.


Engine cleaned and painted.



Engine bay cleaned and painted.


Rear Suspension done. SPL FTW!


More useless crap

Twin Turbo power steering rack. Shorter ratio

SPL tie rod end spacers

Brake Cooling Ducts

Side markers smoked


Oil cooler/Power steering cooler.
Found this at the junk yard from a volvo 740 turbo for $8 with lines.


cut the ends of the lines off just to use the fittings.
Use a 3/16 hose and viola. Coolers for under $15
Fidanza flywheel

New friction plate, Like new

AMS Lightweight Underdrive Pullay

[mongooze]

Update: Motors in pieces, Parts are cleaned ready for port matching, Awaiting on a few items then I shall start piecing it back together.


Meet Ashley, She's my engine stand and she's my whore. lol I say this because since I bought it for my first swap two yrs ago I havnt seen it since now, It been lended to about everyone I know. so its been around.



Now that's alot of material.


Making room for the brake cooling ducts.


Painted the Mustang FR's bronze, Tell me they don't look like works!




Stay tuned, more to come

[Piner]

sup harvey

You need to warn people with slow connections in the title of a thread like this you know i.e (56K beware) i dont have a slow connection but you know just FYI

[drft89]

nice *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*in build

[Toycoma]

old car was pretty sweet. just needed to be a tad lower in the back. good luck with this one and stay away from walls for a while. not many sweet 300z drift cars out there.

[slideways2004]

nice thread. good build. cool car

[drftwerks]

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

those pics are of what z32 can never get.