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Owner:   Z33Art Year: 2004 Make: Nissan Model: 350Z Est.Horsepower: 414 Under The Hood: Z33Art Custom Supercharger Kit w/V-mount Outside: Inside: Stiff Stuff: Rollers/Stoppers: Axis Reverbs Page Views: 3739 Comments: 5 Comments Ratings: 1 votes   Overall: Rating : Exterior: Rating : Interior: Rating : Performance: Rating :

Main Goal: Make a supercharger kit that was unique and contained numerous parts which I myself machined/fabricated or designed and had custom made.  Power goal is somewhere between 350-400whp.... to start with:

Original design concept:





Original supercharger bracket design concept:





Final Bracket:






Mounted Supercharger:






Finalized supercharger spacer setup:





Solid motor mounts:





New Cross Brace:





Custom Bell intercooler:






Custom Unorthodox Crank Pulley:






Amsoil Ea Filter (right):






Modified upper plenum (has since been polished better on outside):






Oil Catch Can:






Rough Intercooler location (Not angled in picture or as low as it will be):





Flange for the bypass valve I'm making:





Just some other goodies laying around:




My nice brand new super expensive ($320 ) custom Howe radiator
(amazing quality at an unbeatable price):









Inline Filler Location:




What it will look like minus piping



What car looks like



Primary Tooling/Technology used to make most of these parts:-Solidworks
-MasterCam X2
-SurfCam Velocity
-FeatureCam
-Emco Live Tooling Turning Center
-Haas VF3
-Bridgeport Manual Mills
-Lathes
-4th Axis Indexer


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8YDPGLmmQ




Modifications:
-Z33Art Custom V-Mount Supercharger System
-Bell Intercooler
-Howe Racing Radiator
-Z33Art Front Cross Member
-Z33Art Solid Motor Mounts
-Strup Performance Headers
-Strup Performance Test Pipes
-TurboXS Catback Exhaust
-TurboXS UTEC
-Innovate LC-1
-ClutchMasters FX400 CLutch
-JWT Lightweight Flywheel
-Unorthodox Custom Crank Pulley
-Vortech SC-Trim Supercharger with 928M V-Plus Billet Impeller
-Deatshwerks 650cc Injectors
-Aeromotive FPR
-CJM Billet Fuel Rails
-Walbro 255 HP Pump
-Z33Art Modified Intake Manifold
-Z33Art Oil Catch Can




Thanks go out to the my350z.com community for your support and informational help.  Thanks also go out to Charles (Phunk) at CJM, Jeremy at PF, Rick Yancer at Howe Racing, Shawn at Unorthodox Racing, Gerhard at Bell Intercoolers,  Carl at 928 Motorsports, Frank at Vortech, and Booger/Jay'Z/Sentry for always being up for some good discussions about supercharging the car we all have come to love!  Last, but not least, I have to thank my girlfriend for putting up with my expensive hobby and the countless hours of my time it takes up.

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