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- So here we go: the start of our 25K build-off
with my Nissan 350Z
and today we're going to be installing my Recaro seats.
We wanna make sure that we get those stock seats
outta the car, 'cause we're gonna be jumping around,
bouncing around, and we need something to hold us
nice and tight into this 350Z.
We're gonna be doing a couple power-adders.
The first that we're gonna do is an AEM intake.
We're not doing cold air.
We're gonna actually keep it up in the engine base
so that we don't get any of that dirt, rocks, debris,
anything like that clogging up our filter,
even though we have a nice cover for it,
making sure that it stays nice and fresh,
putting all the power down that we can with this V6.
On that note, I think Tuerck's first mod that he has to do
is put a new engine in his FRS,
so he's got a little bit of work cut out for him.
Sometimes when you buy a used car,
you run into problems that you don't really see,
so he's going to have to deal with that one.
- Yes, he is; he's gonna have to deal with it.
- (laughs) Obviously, when you're buying a used car,
you can run into these problems,
which is why I was really happy to find mine
as a used track car.
It might have a little more abuse on it,
but I did see it run and drive.
And just like any new or used car,
you wanna go and change all the fluids,
so we're gonna be doing engine oil and trans oil,
and of course, differential oil.
We're going to do a new cooling system,
upgrade a radiator from Mishimoto to keep engine temps down.
We're bouncing that thing off the limiter,
and so, once again, we're just gonna be making sure
that everything is filled up, topped off, tight and right,
fresh filters, so we won't have any issues pop up
like my man Tuerck over there.
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- Whoo, listen to that belt squeal!
(belt squeals) (laughs)
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- Chris and I are always working on a million things
through email, phone calls, either in the shop,
outta the shop, on the road, whatever.
And this is one of those really cool things
that finally came to fruition:
working on my sponsor Supertech for the 2JZ.
They just started making pistons
in the exact dimensions and compression
and floor size that I wanted
and I laid my logos on here.
Looks really rad; I'm pumped.
It's brand new from Supertech and available for 2JZs now.
I cannot wait to get these in one of my engines.
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Last thing I wanna do is pull a the stupid engine
outta this car,
and everything is going wrong.
Car wouldn't start.
I had to drive all the way down to San Diego
to go get the other engine for this thing yesterday.
Probably took about, I dunno, ten hours.
Ten hours of my day yesterday, picking up a goddamn motor.
The cool thing, though,
is that the motor I'm putting in this
is the original motor that came outta the GT4586,
so this is gonna have
the original transplant from the GT4586 chassis.
It's still an underpowered four-cylinder.
But we're gonna make some power in it.
It's gonna be sweet!
So the new engine costs $1500, which is a deal.
Low-mileage engine, and I got the trans and whatnot with it.
So hopefully, it's just the drop-in replace.
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(zap)
(exclamation) (bleep)
Got a gusher right in the (bleep) eye, dude!
This is what happens when you
take an engine out of a car, right?
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(tools clanking)
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For sale: who wants to buy it? (laughs)
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- Alright, here we are: day one, D1 China.
Today will be the first day that I have driven
with the Doss system,
so it's computer-generated scores, no judges.
It's all based on how hard you flick the car,
how fast you're going, how many Gs you're creating,
essentially, so let's see how we do.
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(car accelerates)
We wrapped up D1, round one, finished I think eighth place,
something like that.
We got top eight, got knocked out by a Taiwanese driver.
He was pretty solid; he was fast.
He rubbed us here, got a little into us on the last corner.
Gave us a bump, but on my chase I got a little
wash out turn one for the big girl.
But, overall, it was good.
We had a nice pool in the top 16, against Charles Ing,
and took him out, stuck with him pretty well,
but we're looking to see what kind of improvements
we can do on the car.
See you then.
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(car accelerates)
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- Just got back from a killer weekend at #GRIDLIFE,
which is three full days of thrashing on our cars,
so this thing has been put through the wringer.
She's a little bit beat up right now,
needs probably two or three days' worth of work
to get her cleaned up, but that's all right.
We can start on her;
we've got plenty of time till the next event.
And it's just awesome.
When you're having that much fun with your homies,
and there's so many good drivers all together in one place
that's like not a competitive atmosphere.
We usually just let it hang out even harder on track
and just have all the fun.
It's amazing running tandem like that,
and just not having pressure,
and running five cars deep, six cars deep,
and rain or shine,
we're there to put on a show for the fans,
and we did that.
It started pouring at a couple points during the weekend,
and we just went out there like it was dry,
and had a good time shredding regardless.
She's looking pretty beat up right now,
but that's just the cost of hanging out with your homies,
and letting it all hang out on a track.
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- Alright, we made it out of the shop!
- I know! - Finally!
I dunno if we really take this for granted or not.
It's more like we don't get the time to do this,
but we are here in Laguna at the beach.
- Yeah, we came down here 'cause we wanted to meet up with
our buddy, Austin Keen.
Super-sick skimboarder, he was showing us the moves.
- Alright, Ryan.
- I'll remember that. (laughs)
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(waves crash)
- We picked it up. - Yeah!
I got some raspberries on my knees--
- Yeah, I got a couple there too, you know.
- Elbows, yeah, we were going down left and right.
- Yeah, that's a good one right there! (they laugh)
Nah, it was super-fun and nice to just, like,
get outta the shop, like you said,
hang out with our buddies on the beach,
playing some spikeball, doing some skimboarding.
- Yeah, I'm looking to get a bigger,
I'm gonna roast myself a little longer in the sun.
- More sunblock!
- I'm looking for some blisters.
- More sunblock would be good, yeah.
- This is the Laguna Chill Spot,
and I think we're just gonna keep doing this
from here on out, so get used to it!
- Beach out. - Beach out!
- That's the new show. (they laugh)
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- Alright, this is my buddy, Aaron Colton.
I haven't seen you in a while, dude.
You've been up to a lot, which is awesome.
I remember we used to do some demos, back in the day.
And I used to see you riding a lot,
stunt riding and overall amazing two-wheel magician.
This is the van; I know this hauls a lot of your stuff.
This thing is awesome, and why don't you tell us about it
before we check it out?
- Yeah, so this right here is a 2012 Mercedes Benz Sprinter,
almost 200,000 miles deep from the dealer lot brand-new.
- That's ridiculous!
- I did an interior build on the whole thing,
because especially right when I build the thing,
it was a lot of living and traveling at the same time.
Now, it's mainly to get from Point A to Point B,
hauling all the bikes and having a good time,
but I'll give you a quick tour.
- Awesome, man, let's check it out.
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- You got your folding bed set-up,
toolbox, inverter, stereo system.
There's four deep-cycle batteries
along with a 2000 watt inverter.
All my amenities from storage overhead, microwave,
LED lighting, sound system going throughout the whole thing,
kind of gear staging area,
and then I also built a garage into the back of the thing.
- Let's check out the business, dude.
- It's a Triumph Daytona 675R.
It's a three-cylinder.
This thing rips: it's 361 pounds.
Freestyle trim, so it actually lost weight
from the floor with what I've added.
- Seriously, is this thing rip or what?
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(engine accelerates)
(tires squeal)
Aaron, that was sick, dude!
Awesome reunion here; thanks for coming by!
You can put a little demo on for us at Race Service.
- No worries, dude, I'd happily come by anytime
if I get to check this place out!
- Yeah, dude, we need some motorcycles in this car place!
- I got a few I could put on loan! (they laugh)
- Anyway, thanks again for coming by.
- No worries, dude; thank you!
- And we'll see you soon.
- If what you have has an engine, it could use a tune-up.
(engines rev)
A Gumout multi-system tune-up.
Are you thinking this is only for old, suspect engines?
Wrong! This is for all engines.
Some are just more insane than others.
(engines rev)
Keep it proper. Make the pour.
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Well, we're here in New Jersey,
and we're doing the first ever Blackout Beer Review,
and I think it is customary that I am part of this,
since I am a beer savage.
Ryan, of course Chris, and then we've got Rusty,
who is the Blackout Gumout marketing guy,
but he's also a beer connoisseur.
So without further ado, we're gonna try some beers.
We're gonna sample some; we're gonna have some fun.
Rusty, we don't you open your beer?
- First we have Asbury Park. - Ass-bury?
- Asbury, not Ass-bury. (laughs)
Very chocolatey, very smooth: thumbs up!
(men exclaim affirmatively)
- So we've got Tuckahoe Brewing Company
with a quatrain India Pale Ale.
Whaddya know, it's very hoppy!
- Can I try it?
- Hey, I was gonna say, if he fires me,
I'll have way too off the scale!
- How's that? - That's good!
- Not an IPA fan; I will give it a thumbs-up.
- Alright, I'm up!
I have the Catch of the Day, or the Fresh Catch.
- Real bits of lobster! (they laugh)
It's really chewy and crunchy!
Do you dip it in butter first? (they laugh)
- Alright, I'll give it a thumbs-up.
- Look at this Shandy, I got this--
- Look at that thing!
- Here we go.
I wanna be on a boat immediately. (they laugh)
Thumbs-up, perfect, again, "What's your favorite beer?"
The cold and wet one, and the one that's in your hand.
So, this one's good!
- Bonus round! - Bonus round!
- So, one has been shooken, one will explode.
The other three will not.
- (woman) On three: one, two, three!
- In your face, Ryan! (they laugh)
- Mine was the shook one.
- Oh, yours was?
- And you just sprayed me, regardless.
Here's to the Bud Light Platinum.
Here's to the Brew Review! - Brew Review!
- This beer's terrible! - It is!
(they laugh)
- (exclaims) I've already got enough!
- Alright, we've made some good progress
on my 25K build-off car.
I didn't really plan on doing an engine swap,
but here we are in the engine bay.
The engine's out, the old one's out,
and I picked up the new engine from Huddy MotorSports,
which is the one that is actually from the GT4586
that we pulled out for the Ferrari motor,
and we're going to be putting that one in here,
which is a known, good engine with about 25,000 miles on it,
and it came out running in super-solid.
So, we're gonna plug that in,
and fingers crossed it all works out.
And then I'll be back to square one,
and I'll make some more progress from there.
As you can see, Forsberg is not here right now.
Since he didn't really have to do
the kind of work that I did,
he decided to head off to the East Coast
to join the Club Loose boys for East Coast Bash
and have a blast testing actually his pro-car
as well as ripping his missile-car,
so I know he had a good time doing that.
But, for now, we're sending you off.
The next episode,
we'll be putting a fresh motor in this thing
and doing a lot more modifications
with suspension, wheels, tires, seats, harnesses,
and everything, all the other modifications
we planned on doing to make these things
into some off-road rally machines.
Alright, you guys have been real quiet
on the questions and comments,
so we need to hear some questions,
whether it's negative,
you guys wanna talk some (bleep),
or if you wanna hit us with some PMA,
some positive mental attitude, we love that!
So leave your questions and comments below,
and we'll do our best to answer them all.