The world of car modification and tuning is full of challenges and uncertainties. In this episode of "Hi, Low," two friends, Nolan and James, embark on a journey to boost their Nissan 350Zs from stock to turbocharged machines. With a tight deadline looming over them, they face numerous setbacks, including engine failures and technical issues. Despite the obstacles, they persevere, driven by their passion for cars and their determination to push their vehicles to the limit.

As they work on their projects, Nolan reflects on the importance of careful planning and attention to detail. "It's hard to be hopeful," he admits, "it's hard to be sure." He notes that this is particularly true when working with complex systems like turbocharging, where even small mistakes can have significant consequences. The team's experience serves as a reminder that more expensive does not always mean better. In fact, the results of their research suggest that the cost of components and services can significantly impact the final outcome.

One of the most interesting aspects of the episode is the comparison between two turbo kits: one from Jim Wolf and another from a competitor. The team's measurements reveal significant differences in power output, with the Jim Wolf kit producing 334 horsepower compared to the competitor's kit, which added only 60 horsepower. This disparity highlights the importance of choosing the right components and services for the job.

Nolan also takes this opportunity to offer some advice on DIY car modification. While he acknowledges that more expensive does not always mean better, he notes that investing in high-quality components can make a significant difference in the final result. He emphasizes the importance of careful planning and attention to detail, suggesting that even a simple diagram could have helped avoid many of the challenges they faced.

The episode also touches on the topic of injectors and their impact on power output. The team notes that once they acquire matching injectors for each vehicle, they will be limited by the 400 horsepower limit imposed by stock internals. At this point, the choice between single-turbo and twin-turbo engines becomes more pronounced.

The conversation turns to which kit Nolan would choose if he had a second chance. His response is surprising: "Well now that I know how to do it, I'd get the low turbo kit again." This decision highlights the importance of experience and knowledge in car modification projects. With his newfound expertise, Nolan believes he could repeat the process with greater success.

The episode concludes with a preview of what's to come in future episodes. The team will take both cars, complete with their upgraded engines, to an Albuquerque, New Mexico track for a high-stakes showdown. The two 350Zs, one built on a $13000 budget and the other on a $41000 budget, will face off in a battle of speed and performance.

Finally, Nolan invites his audience to follow him on Instagram (@NolanJSykes) and James on @JamesPumphrey, as well as Eddy Sparaza (@Eddy_Esparaza). He also reminds his followers to be nice and to check out the episode's drag racing segment, where the results might not surprise you.

In a final flourish, Nolan invites his audience to engage with him on social media. He expresses gratitude for their support and promises that they will see more from "Hi, Low" in future episodes. As the credits roll, the sound of revving engines fills the air, leaving listeners eager for the next installment of this thrilling car modification series.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(car engine revving)- $8100 Twin Turbo Kit.- $3500 Single Turbo Kit.- Does more expensive mean more better?- Let's find out.- I hope our cars don't blow up.- Yo, it was just on fire.Oh my god.(upbeat music)(car engines roaring)(mimics car engine)- Turbos!- Yeah.(laughing)We bought two nearlyidentical Nissan 350Zsand we've been modifyingthem to be fun daily driversthat you can take to the track.- One Z, moi's, gets a lot of really cool,expensive parts that I've always wantedand Nolan's car gets abunch of cheap parts.- Then we test them to seewhat components are actuallyworth spending your hard-earned money on.- Brakes, tires, coilovers.All of those things help improve theway that your car interacts with the road.But we haven't done asingle mod that directlygives our cars a mo' powa, baby.- So that's what we're doin' today.Mo' powa.- Mo' powa, baby!My catch phrase, dude.(upbeat percussion tones)- The biggest thing thatthis bad boy comes with,instructions.It's like Ikea.I put a shelf togetherthis weekend in my garage.This should be no different.(parts thumping on table)- Little boys.- Little boosty boys here.- Your turbo's bigger than mine.(thumping on table)(plastic crinkling)- Big turbo.- We also added a Tomei titanium exhaust.- So sick dude.- Yes, it's so sick.(mimics car engine noises)- Now it might seem oddthat James is running a twinand I'm doing a single,but there really isn't such a thing as acheap twin turbo kit.And we're more aboutcomparing what you can getfor different price points.- We're gonna get theseturbs installed, Dyno them,and immediately drive800 miles to Albuquerque,New Mexico to hit thetrack and see who makes...A mo' powa, baby!- A mo' powa, baby!(rock music)- Turbo chargers work, like this:Exhaust gas enters thehot side of the turbo,which spins a turbine inside.There's a shaft thatjoins the two turbines.One on the hot side, one on the cold side.The cold side sucks inair from the outside,sends it out this outlet.Then, the charged air goesthrough the charged pipe here,through an intercoolerto cool off the air,thus making it denser.Enters the intake and goes into the enginewhere it is then compressed even moreand then explodes, thuspowering your engine.- Honestly, I feel likewe can get this turbo kit100% on today.- Do you agree Nolan?- All right, yeah, youguys have 90 minutes, so.- Oh, we got 90 minutes toput this turbo kit in the Zor my wife's gonna leave me!(upbeat music)- I expect this install's gonna be alittle bit more in depth than theirs.For one major reason.We're replacing our exhaust manifolds.It shouldn't be too bad,hopefully we can get it doneinside of two and a half days.I think that's reasonable.It's just car parts.(high bass music)- Is it loosening?- No.(whirring and clicking)- I mean, like, you're tightening.(loud laughter)- Oh yeah!- All right, so we gotour cross member down.Now we're pretty much readyto take the subframe out.Which is big bolts, the engine mounts.We gotta disconnect thesteering rack and then somesuspension components.You're gettin' a sick workout, dog.- Thanks dude, gettin' a good pump goin'.- All right, that's the subframe.- Speaking of subs, ifyou like this video,why don't you go ahead andhit that subscribe button.- Dink!All right, so now we arejust on our straps up top,engine's hangin'.We'll bring the car down andthen bring the engine downa little so we have more room in here.Actually, I'm gonnapull the cats off first,then we'll do that.- Tiger's the number one cat in my book.- That's right.- Lions are pretty cool, too.- Lions are like smaller tigers.Lions are (beep) compared to tigers.- What?- It's true.- Oh my--- Straight up.- Yeah.- Spend five minutes on theinternet lookin' up tigers.- Biggest lion in the worldin probably a buck 50.- Yeah.- Because this was a cheaper kit,we found ourselves in asituation where we're missingsome hardware that was prettyessential in order to installthis whole thing 100%.So we had to go to theTractor Supply shop,which happened to be right up the street.Pick up some grade A hardwarethat we used to hook upthe exhaust manifold to the turboand from the turbo to the downpipe.And now we can fully install the thing.- Takin' the hood off so you,the viewers at home can have abetter view of the engine bayas we put the turbo in.Yeah, we do it for you, all right?- This is a really tight engine bay,not a lot of room for activities.- Or man sized hands.- So in order to get a little more space,we're gonna drop the engine down.- This is basically what we've beengetiin' ready for all day.Gettin' stuff out of the way.We've got some coolantlines outta the way,subframe outta the way,engine mounts disconnected,exhaust off, all thatstuff, to get to this point.Andy, you wanna hit it?We're gonna raise the carand the engine will kinda stay whereit is for a few inches.That'll give us more room from underneath.- So far it's been aday of taking stuff off,which isn't that fun.More of a pian than putting stuff on.But we're almost done taking stuff offand then we get to the fun part.(deep bass music)- Once the oil goes through the turbosand need to come back into the pan.So rather than having to tap this thing,the Jim Wolf kit comes with a spacer.(clanking)(loud thud)(air whooshing)- Single ladies, all thesingle ladies, oh oh oh.(whirring noise)(upbeat music)(indiscernible yelling)- All right, so we just burned like fourhours trying to resolve out clamp issue.We got some real v band connectors here.This feels like a much more solid unitand you know, hopefully it works,because otherwise we're kinda screwed.- So far our kit is--(metallic whirring sound)- It's goin' up.It doesn't wanna go down.- You good?- I mean, hopefully.It was goin' up on it's own.Like a (beep) ghost.(metallic whirring noise)Oh, why did we get the cheap lift?- Those guys can't catch a break.So--(metallic whirring noise)(deep bass music)- So our wastegate hits on our subframe.What we're gonna do isreposition the waste gatein a down position, like so.Fire is gonna come outof the bottom of our car.And on purpose.- Our manifolds are finally in place.It took longer than I was hopin'.Now we gotta throw some studsinto the turbo manifoldsto give the turbos somethingto be mounted with.The moment we've all been waiting for.Snail's going into their home.- Yeah.- I have the nuts I will hand you.- So,the decision that Ididn't wanna have to do.We tried out hardest,- Everything.- To make this workwithout removing the ACand we're gonna have to do it.And I'll just have to drive to Albuquerquewith the windows down.(dejected music)- Turbos are on!T-T-O, turbos technically on.T-T-T-O, that's code T-T-T-O everybody.Stands for twin turbos technically on.(metallic clanks)(bass guitar music)- 'Cause it makes sense togive the O2 sensors priority.- Okay.- I'm not sure if that's the way that it'sactually gonna go, but wecan try and see if it'll fit.(metallic clanking)Since we don't have directions we don'tknow which way it goes.(high bass music)- It's wedged in between the engineand the rest of the engine bay.It's just a really tight fit.(hammering)This car was super funat it's stock horsepower.- This whole thing,it's been real tedious.It's been a lot of up and down.- Right now this is not worth the money.It's not worth the trouble.- But like we've been saying all along,it's a really tight engine bay.- We have missing hardware,the (beep) don't fit right.- This is gonna leak.- But, we're gettin' it really right, so.- We've tried every whichway so far on the downtube,it's not fitting.So, we're gonna modify it a little bit.(hammering)I hope it works.(upbeat music)Bad news.We were trying to put it inbackwards the whole time.Yeah.- It makes sense to do it like this.It makes sense.- And I just want--The downpipe has to go through that.It's such a simple thingthat we didn't figure out.It makes it kind of--Takes a little air out of it,but hey, now tomorrow we'll come back.We'll get it attached,we'll get the turbo done.I'm over it now.(guitar music)- Assembling my gangster exhaust.Check out these welds, baby.This thing is so light.(mimics car exhaust)- No, you can do a better VQ than that.(mimics car exhaust)- It looks like we have hit another snag.- I feel like we can getthis tubo kit 100% on today.(laughs sardonically)Issue is,this is kind of like allwe've been given for our drainand they are trying toreturn the oil throughthe same bung on the oil panwhere the pressure sensor is.So we're gonna have tofind a solid solutionto return the oil from the turbo back intothe actual pan withoutclogging up too much space,but we're kind of on a time constraint so,we'll see what we come up with.- Just opened up the exhaust boxand our exhaust doesn't fit.- It doesn't fit?- No.- Oh man, that's...(laughs)- What we're gonna do is use the exhaustthat came on the car,which wasn't the stockexhaust to begin with.Someone went into a shop,got a muffler delete.And it already sounds pretty good.(metallic whirring)(guitar music)- And you'll make maybe, like, half a turnand then do like a little wiggle back.Half a turn, little wiggle back.(popping noise)That doesn't help.- Can we get some toolsthat freakin' work here?God, I'm sick of this crap.- I think we're not reallygonna have any issues,any big issues left.I shouldn't really say that,but that's how I'm feelin'.They might be feelin' alittle bit of doubt becausethey've been havin' a struggle,but sometimes that's how it goes.Especially when you're buyin' cheap parts.- Well, we ran into another setback.I feel like we can get thisturbo kit 100% on today.The bung that they suppliedus to drain our oilfrom the turbo back intothe pan is actually aluminumand our pan is steel.We're definitely not goingto be drilling any holesin the block of our VQ to putthe aluminum bung on there.So, we're gonna have tofigure somethin' else out.- We're plumbing up the inner cooler.It's really trick piece, fits really well.I mean look how it justfollows the shape of the car.- We are gonna relocate this bung,which we will use to fit thefactory narrowband sensor.So, we're relocating it becausewe had the sensor in here,but it was pinching on another tube.So we're relocating it over hereand that will give usspace to install it withouthaving any snags and allowingus to run all the OEM sensors.It's been a long day.- That'll work.- Now that we have thedownpipe finally fittedand exhaust fitted,I feel like we're ina good spot right now.You know when you go hikingand you're taking foreverto go over a hill,by the end of tonightour hike will be over,our turbo will be in.Hopefully we'll be able to start it upand I'm really excitedto hear how it sounds.I think it's gonna be wicked.- Feelin' great, lookin' great.I think we're gonna be good.- And I feel like they'refeelin' better too.- Yeah, I just went over there.Things are lookin'better, stuff bolted up,there's a turbo in there,they're gettin' ready towork on the intercooler.- I feel like both teams are at the pointwhere we're almost done.- Yeah.- And there's so much...- More tension.- More stuff to do.- Oh, sick.- Hell yeah.- Turbo back together.I hate waiting, you know?This would be a lot morefun if we had the partsall in front of us.- Right.- And we could just goham on it, but we can't.We're like waiting and then like, oh,we find another weak spotfind another part for.It's just very frustrating.- We got everything inand it didn't quite fit.So now we're just cinchin'and kinda trimmin'.And the hood is hittingright here on the air filterand if it's like this, then it closes,but without pipes there's no waythat it can angle like that.- Just push on it.- If you want a shop tour you can...- Sign up?- Sign up for one.- So ours is under engineeredand your guys' is over engineered.- Give it a go.(hammering)Ken, that sensor comeout, in that position.Oh, it worked.- Make sure if you're installinga new turbo you prime it.To do that you will unplug the ECUand then you turn the key so the enginewill turn over without starting.- And we do that toget oil pressure to it.You need oil in the turbo so it can spin.- Or else it'll seize up, it'll burn up.It's like the Franch seizedFrance on that steal day.- Ready?- Yeah, hook it up.(car engine turning over)- I hope when we hookthe ECU up it starts.- We're puttin' some ducttape on the charge pipebecause it is too small,they didn't give us thecorrect couplers to completethis kit without, you know,modifying it in a really jinky way.But, this is what we gottato to make this work.(duct tape pulling)- All right, well the oilpressure light didn't go out,but that's definitely enoughcranking to prime a turbo.So, we'll go with it.I think we're gonna be all right, but...We just put a lot ofaftermarket stuff in this car,so anything could be amiss.- Okay, so the masterairflow sensor housingthat we bought last night to completeour intake side of the turbo is too small.It is the wrong part, theysent us the wrong part.Maybe we didn't requestthe right part, whatever.Anyways, so as you can see the flangesare way different size,but the diameter of theseinner openings are the same.And what we're gonna do itcock it diagonal a little bitand fit up 'cause we'rejust (beep) done with this.(laughing)(car door closing)- The moment of truth.(car engine turning over)- I wanna make sure thatwe here the fuel pump.- Fuel pump.(dramatic music)- Try it.(car engine turning over)Try again.(car engine turning over)Shoo-eet.- Okay.- We're gonna try one mo' 'gain.- Moment of truth, take two.(car engine turning over)- I think we need gas.- Funny.(laughs sardonically)- So the fuel sendingunit was disconnected.So we're not actuallyout of gas which is--- Yeah, it wouldn't havestopped it from starting, but--- Right, but let's giveit a shot and just see--- So it's maybe bad news.(car engine turning over)- Keep goin'(car engine turning over)(dramatic music)- Okay, we've got an issue, that's a fact.(screaming)- We did all this stuff andnow it's not even working!That's why you onlylike talking about carsand not touchin' 'em!'Cause everything you needto know to get up to speedon this (beep) car got started.(laughter)We ruined it, man, it was so good.Take it all off.(whirring noise)Something's burning, wethink it's our starter.- Yo, it was just on fire.Burnt right through this line right here.- (beep) Oh my god.Yup, that'll do it.- What's wrong?- Huh?- What's wrong?- Nothin' our car caught on fire.- You look like you saw an ex-girlfirend.The one that got away.- Are you guys almost done?- No.Already got an oil leak.- Yeah, what's that from?- Still comin' out ofthat sensor right there.- Oh.- Should we undo it?- Where is it, here?- Yup.Everything has to come off.- Everything?- Yup.(whirring noise)- Somethings wrong.- This car, I feel likeis closer than that car.I think we have to hookup a boost fitting,put oil in it,and start it up.Pretty confident.We'll see though.- Shrink it?- Yeah.(car engine cuts on)(yelling exciredly)- Yeah!- Nice!- The moment of truth take 8 was the one.All right, she starts.You're good at building cars man.You want me to just pin it on thelimiter for a minute or two?- That's how you break it in.- You know, when I was a kid,my mom told me I could do anything.Went to UTI and confirmed that.(rock music)- So the oil cap down there is tightened,the oil filter is tightened.That cap thing--I'm too tired to even talk to you.No, yeah, I hope we'vegot everything right.All right, we ready?- Wait a second.- Boom.All right.We're gonna try to startthe car for the first time.- Was I supposed to put the oil in?- Yeah, we got that.All right.(laughs)All right, here we go.- I hope their car starts.- Me too.(dramatic music)(car engine starts)- Yeah!(yelling excitedly)We're going to Albuquerque, baby!(car engine idling)- Just let it idle for a little bit.- Yeah dude.Yeah man, it just got real.Both teams started, bothteams going to Albuquerque,in their cars.We're goona rip it up on the track.This is really, really cool man.This is really, really great.- Oil.Yeah, same spot.- Is it comin' out faster though?- Yeah.- What's it comin' out of?- Really?- It's worse now.- Can you just start it real quick?Just turn it on and off.True nightmare stuff.(car engine starts)All right, stop.We have a major issue.- Try cleanin' it down andlet's see what we're lookin' at,what area.- So, pretty much, we have ahole or a crack in our block.Which is not an easy fix.Our plan of attack is going to be,clean this as well as possibleand then put as much pressureon the actual crackedsection to get all the oil out,slather a bunch of JB Weld on thereand hope to god thatwe can prevent it fromspewing oil all over the placeso we can get on the Dyno.(car engine roars to life)- All right.(car engine revving)All right, all right.(laughing)Keep it in your pants.- I think our car will definitely run,I don't think it'll run tonight, but--(buzzing sound)I don't know it their caris gonna run, ever again.(dejected music)- We were supposed to be done last night,but I ripped the neck ofthe radiator off by handwhich was sweet.So, Andy, our shop handgot us new radiator.It showed up early this morning.So first thing I'm gonna tryto slam that into the car,get some coolant in it, get it bled,and get this thing on the ground.We should've been driving last night,but I'll take today.- Our car might be broken still.We don't know.- It'll start,I don't know if it'llstart without puking oil.(laughter)If it's gonna hold,we're definitely gonnafind out on the Dyno.(upbeat music)- We got a couple hoursto get these boys boosted.Maybe sleep a little bitand then drive 12 hoursin the sweltering heat to Albuquerqueto kick the crap out of 'em.(laughs)(car door closing)- I'm so nervous.It will work though.- We need the green oneto make this...worth it.Will you start it?And just keep your foot pinned.(dramatic music)Don't lift.- I'm not gonna do that.(laughs)- Just jokin', don't do that.You ready?I think we're ready.- Okay.Here we go.Okay, three, two, one,(car engine roars to life)(music heightens)- No!- I hope that's a joke.- This is like,what failure looks like.(dejected music)- You good, man?- No Eddy, I'm not good.What the (beep) are you thinkin'?(laughter)(upbeat music)- Real easy now, real gentle.(car engine sputters)(car engine roaring)- Woohoo!That sounds sick, dude.Dude, twin turbo V6's man.That's a cool noise.All right, now, I guess goback to work on our broken car.All right, see ya.(car engine revving)- It pulls hard at thetop once you get it passed3000 RPM it's good.It's just something down at idle,makes pulling out intotraffic an interesting affair.- So we've got a crankposition sensor code,So I ,checked the wiring tothe aftermarket piggyback,looks good.I replaced it anyways,so it's definitely good.But we're still gettinga crank position sensorwarning and I think that that could causean idle stumble like that.The bare bones facts arethat if we needed to leavefor Albuquerque right thissecond, we could do it.We could get on the highway with that.So, it's a win.- Looks good to me.- This right here is gonnabe the part that cracked.It's pretty thin right here.NPT fitting.This is the brass NPT thatwas supplied with our kit,put it in and get this thing on again.- Idle feels better.- Idle feels like an idle.(car engine revving)- Oh yeah, that's whatit's supposed to feel like.- Yeah!(car engine roaring)This thing rules, dude!- All right, as you can see,we're moving along really nicely.We got the upper oil pan RTV'd.We let it sit for about 15 minutesso it can get a little bit hard.That way we have a nice solid sealall the way around the bottom.We don't want any oil leaks.Once this is on,we can slap the rest ofthe car back togetherand we should be ableto make it to the Dyno.(metallic clanking)(high bass music)(car engine revving)- Oh (beep) here we go again.- Both me and Nolan are not very familiarwith the 350Z or this type of software.A couple of the tuners thatwe were supposed to go tohad some unexpected things come upand we were a day late.So our buddy from Royalty Performance,Justin is logged in ontoteam viewer remotelyand he is now going through the set upof our tune right now.To where it will have a nice solid baseand we might even be able toget some pretty good power pulls.(car engine revving)That's actual face fuel map,the smoother that that it usually,it's a good representation of how smooththe car runs.I've seen quite a few that are real jumpyand people might saythat, yeah it makes power,but the driveability isn't so good.Oh nice.- Yeah, start taking out fuelout of the entire map.- So, til it idles at 14?- You're adding.- This is a really cool process.- That's why I was sayingit's really importantwe have a uprev tuner,- Yeah.- 'Cause they'll know the old software,like Justin, he'd probablyhave it half way done by now.(car engine roaring)(clanking)- What was that?- Am I smelling oil?- Yep, pull over.- We're out of gas.- Oh.- Can you follow us to a gas station?(car gears grinding)- Great and it's hardto go into first too.(car engine revving)- Whoo!- Better.- It's at zero, dude.- Wait, what?Oh my god, dude.Clutch is on the ground, bro.God, let's just try to get back to Donut.- Yeah, real stress here.Oh, green.- Oh, (beep) dude.(car engine roaring)- Oh my god.- I'm just like smashing the clucth--(car gears grinding)- What was that?Oh, (beep)- Yes!(laughs)(car engine roaring)Wow, that's no clutch.Went into gear.- Wow.- I'm just gonna limp it back like this.- All right.- Oh, lots of smoke.- Yeah, I'm seein' it.(wind drowns out voice)- What's the oil pressure at?- Oil pressure's at--I see it, I see it.- Jesus, dude, (beep) this.- Here, get you some air.- There's so much--- It's the oil out of the turbo.'Cause our oil drain.It's runnin' fine.Yeah, it's still cold, look.It smelled like oil to us.It's our blow-by.'Cause honest to god Idon't think it's drainingout of the turbo correctly.'Cause we're at the verylow part of the oil panand the drain sits rightlevel with the motorand I seriously thinks it'sbacking up into the turboand as soon as I lift,all that shit get backed--Yup.(car engine roaring)Oh, that was good.(car engine revving)- Are you ready for this?- Yup.- Is this ready for this?- (mumbles)- Am I ready for this?- I think so.In a pack of wolves,it's the strongest wolf that walks last.First is the boldest- I just heard of that too.- and thenmiddle is the sick ones,makes since for us to--- I think it's--- And then the leaderis actually in the backwatching over the whole pack.- The wolf.- All rightyguys, we're rolling out.(upbeat music)(car engines roaring)(giggles)- Oh man, that other car.All right, here we go.(rap music)(car engine roars)- In two weeks we puttogether two turbo 350Zs- Yeah- And now, we're straightup street sharkin',Good for the team.- Uh-huh.Can't believe we're on the road.I see that needle jumpin'.- Is it?- Yep.- Shit.- We have an engine light.- I don't wanna alarm anybody,but we're getting crank sensosr issues.- Copy, keep us posted.- Can you guys still drivewhen that sensor goes?- To a point, yeah.You guys look hard a(beep) from back here,I'm not gonna lie.(laughs)- We feel pretty hard.- Yeah, we feel pretty hard.(laughs)- What?This fool wants somethin'?(car engine roars)(laughing)(car engine roaring)- Get the (beep) off, dude.Oh my God.(laughing)(car engine roaring)- Dude, this car definitely sounds better.- Success.So ridiculous.- Got enough power?- Yeah.- Welp,let's keep drivin'.Hopefully it clears uplike it did that one day.- The one thing I most worried aboutis definitely the clutch.I feel like it's given usproblems this whole timeand if that fails, I knowwe can still drive the car,but if we come into traffic,it's gonna be a nightmare.- Yeah.- So, I'm hopin' we don'thave to hit in traffic.Otherwise, we're definitely gonna make it.- I don't know, I just hope we make it.Do you think we're gonna make it?- We're gonna make it bro.- All right.- For sure.- All right.- I'm just hopin' wemake it at this point.- The heat is...- Honestly, that's whatI'm real scared of.- It's pretty hot right now.- Yeah it is.And we're not even in the desert yet.(deep bass strumming)So we replaced our firstcrank sensor about,I don't know, 30, 40 miles in.And the idea was that in the past,every time we've replaced the crank sensorthe car runs great.For like at least, 40, 50, 60 miles.So like, worst case, wejust replace crank sensors,you know, 60 miles at a time.We replaced the firstone and nothing changed.So, the plan right now in thisfine O'Reilly's parking lot,is to rewire the signal wirefrom the crank position sensorto the ECU.So we're gonna try toreroute it, creatively,and see if we can sort this out.♪ Without my love for the ocean ♪♪ I would be lon gone by now ♪♪ It's some kind of devotion ♪- We're not even close to Albuquerque yet.- Morale is low within the group.(love for the ocean continues)(organ music)Been in this parking lot for five hours.Zach rewired the crank positioning sensor.Rewired the signal wire,which didn't do anything.Then we rewired theground, didn't do anything.Then we cut out thepiggyback box all together.Turns out, we think when itwas wired the first time,it was wired wrong and it fried the box.So, not Jim Wolf's fault.So we took that out and nowwe're running on a stock tune.Which is a little bit dangerous,but if we behave ourselveswe should be able toget to Albuquerque in 10 hours.- The main thing right nowis just making the carsdriveable so when we get to Albuquerqueto get to our friend Dan's shop,him and his boys can help ustune these things to perfectionand then we'll be able to hitthe track in the afternoon.- And into the night.- And into the night, yeah.We're at a point whereit's either we go for it,or we just go back homeand that'd be really lame.- Yeah, we're not taking it now.We're gettin' there.- It's probably the smart thing to do.- Yeah, but it's not the fun thing to do.- But we're not smart so...Let's do it.(upbeat music)- We made it a few hours,but we started gettingsome more hesitation,but not really the same.It sorta feels like detonation.Not entirely sure, we're onthe side of the road right now.We're gonna try to make a decision,I'm not sure what we're gonna do.- Maybe we shoulddrive it into the Grand Canyon.- Hey guys.- It's four in the morning,we're on the side of the road.We're still like 50 miles from Flagstaff.So we're like six hoursaway from Albuquerque still.We're gonna get there at probably at like,noon at the rate we're goin'.And then supposedly, we'll havethe cars tuned and whatever.I don't know, I'm--Like this isn't a bit,I'm legitimately angry.I mean what were we thinking?What were we thinking?(metallic whirring)- I'm sure ones go in here though.- I think, probably.(gravel crunching)(car engine roaring)(upbeat music)- All right, we are here at NM Imports.We are finally gonnaput our car on the Dyno.We're gonna see how much power it makes.I'm really excited.I have a newfound fourthwind at this point.That was honestly thelongest drive of my life,back to the point.We're gonna tune the cars.We're gonna get our uprevsystem running perfectly,these guys know exactly what to do.I don't know if you'veguys looked around here,but there are a bajillion Nissansand they say they know prettymuch everything about uprev.So, hopefully this works outand we can have a car thatwe can really put our foot inand have fun with.(car engine roaring)- Two major concernsare the stock injectorsrunning out of fuel andthere's not a whole lotof heat management around the turbo.I, personally, like twin turbo kits 'causeit keeps the heat downwhere the cats were.With a lot of the cheaperstuff is there isn't awhole lot of quality control,you have to be thequality control if you'regonna buy a cheap part.This is the MAF we had on the vehicle,but you can tell that this is actuallyprobably the correct MAF for the kit.Because these are the pre-drilled holesand then there's holesdrilled for a smaller MAF.Um, sorry.- It's all good.(laughing)We were in a time crunch,definitely not idealand it's perfect exampleof it biting you in the ass.(car engine roaring)- I can't take much more of this.I think we're on the right track, finally.- It's hard to be hopeful,- It's hard to be sure.- At this point in our lives.- But that's three good runs in a rowwith an OEM Nissan crank sensor.I'll drive it to the trackand see what happens.(car engine roaring)(upbeat music)- So, after 800 miles,multiple breakdowns,and the longest weekof either of our lives,we have some numbers.First the baseline.Hi car started out with 212 horsepower.Low car started out with 244.We're not quite sure whywe started out with a 30horsepower difference on identical cars.Low car did have a mufflerdelete and a cold air intake.We don't think that that wouldmake that big of a difference.Maybe Low car, ironically,was maintained better than Hi car.(car engine roars)How much power did both of theseturbo kits add to our cars?- I'm lookin' forward to it.- The numbers please.Thank you, Jesse.After your Ebay single turbo kit,- Really buildin' it up.- You ended with awhopping 302 horsepower.You get nice 60 horsepower gain.- Yeah, it's 60--- You almost killedyourself for 60 horsepower.Hi car with the Jim Wolf turbo kit made...334 horsepower to the rear wheels.Hi car started with 40 lesshorsepower than Low car.- 30 less horsepower.- Low car added about 60.- Hi car added a whopping 122 horsepower.I wanna point out that bothcars were on stock injectors.- Yeah.- We don't rally have a greatreason for why we did thatother than the factthat we ran out of time.- A production oversight.- Yup.- Which, there have been many.(laughing)- We learned a lot in this episode.So, Nolan, my boy.Does more expensive mean more better?- I have complicated thoughts on this.- So do I.- The Low turbo kit was...- I mean,. You guys saw it.- Yeah, I lost hope multiple times.Regained it though,through the power ofteamwork and friendship.- Yeah, so--- Even just a simple diagramwould have helped so much.Sorry, James, I'm gonna keep goin'.In that regard, more expensivedoes mean more better.Where I'm not sure itabsolutely means more better,is the end result, because we do not--We didn't have the injectors that match.- Yeah, once we get injectors we'reboth butted up againstthe 400 horsepower limit- Yeah.- for stock internals.So at that point it's just single turboversus twin turbo.Answer the question!- Yeah.- Answer the question!- In this regard, yes.- What are you, a politician?- More expensive is more better, for now.(giggles)- You should run for Senate.Which one would you buy, Nolan?- Well now that I know how to do it,I would get the low turbo kit again.Yeah.Now that I know it, Icould do it again pretty--- Yeah.- I think pretty quick.- I would not buy either of them.I think the Jim Wolf kit is great.- Oh, I didn't know that was an option.- Yeah.We coulda put a 2J in either of the cars,we coulda put an LS.- I'm gonna get those injectors on there,we're gonna tune it up.You're gonna see this babyin some Pro-Am events soon.- You're gonna drive itonce and it's gonna explode.- Nope.- If you're wondering why we drove toAlbuquerque, New Mexico.You will find out in the next episode,where we take both cars.Both complete cars andput 'em head-to-head.A $13000 350Z buildversus a $41000 350Z build.It's a really, really funepisode and it's the conclusionof this season of Hi, Low.- Hi, Low- So make sure you don't miss that.Follow Nolan on Instagram NolanJSykes,- Thank you.- The J stands for James.Follow me on Instagram @JamesPumphrey.And of course--- Follow Eddy @--- Follow Eddy @--- Edward Scedward.- Yeah.- Eddy_Esparaza, I forget what he's at.Be nice.- I love you.Hold on, hold on, hold on.We're not gonna let youguys go without seein'a little racin' so checkout this drag race.The results might not surprise you.- Give me a rev.(car engines revving)- Damn,damn!(upbeat music)