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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Parts from this week's ordering spree came in.

- Full-Race backdoor intercooler is very cool. Cold pipe is going to be less than 1ft long!
- Z32 mafs from local guy looks good
- HPS pads from Tire Rack for the 297mm Q45 brakes and S14 rears.
- 98 Q45 calipers new/reman from Rock Auto. Great online store, by the way.
- 4.3 diff that was shipped in a box?! UPS guy nearly had a hernia.

- Last but not least, I got burned on a new 87x0.8mm Apexi gasket. Somehow that got turned into a used Cometic gasket in an Apexi box. I bet the guy just messed up, but we'll see what hte deal is. Filed a paypal claim already.

Calculated my brake bias with the new Q45 setup. Not looking good. Something like 80.X% if we're using the common calcs. Looking up rear upgrades using the stock rear caliper. There's a trick using Q45 rear disks with stock calipers, Z31 mounts, and a million washers. I don't like the looks of that. Going to fab my own solution with stock components, a DIY bracket, and 03 Altima disks (292mm, less hat height than Q45). This quick fix should bring my bias to 75% front, which will be nice. Also, this will bring a Z32 front setup to around 70%, which will be a sweet track setup I think. Stand by for awesomeness in the coming weeks.
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