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I'm a member on my350z.com and own a 350z that I'm getting an APS kit and internals in the next 3-4 months and it's neat to see such a nice attitude around here about the car. I know the Z isn't everyone's taste, but it can handle and go pretty fast.
I like corvettes and my dad has a new C6 and I'm dying to make my car faster than his - as in that's the bar I'm shooting for.
Hoping with a built up engine and APS TT kit I'll beat him by about 6-7 car lengths.
But as I was saying, the C6 and soon the Z06 will be my benchmark goals because they are FAST cars
currently I have a ton of NA mods for the Z, (intake, plenum, cams, headers, HF cats, exhaust, pulley, clutch, final drive, ECU flash, etc) and lose to him by about 3-4 car lengths in the 1/4 mile.
I actually don't recommend getting NA parts for the Z - it just isn't meant for them and doesn't see that huge of gains. Japanese cars are usually built for FI while American cars are usually NA monsters. Right now with the right NA parts on the Z, you're looking at 450hp at the most and it won't be very streetable - 4.3 stroker kit, hi CR pistons, ITB's, headwork, big cams, etc. No one has done it yet, and it'd cost about 35-38k total to do...vs 20-30k for 600 or higher hp
I like corvettes and my dad has a new C6 and I'm dying to make my car faster than his - as in that's the bar I'm shooting for.
Hoping with a built up engine and APS TT kit I'll beat him by about 6-7 car lengths.
But as I was saying, the C6 and soon the Z06 will be my benchmark goals because they are FAST cars
currently I have a ton of NA mods for the Z, (intake, plenum, cams, headers, HF cats, exhaust, pulley, clutch, final drive, ECU flash, etc) and lose to him by about 3-4 car lengths in the 1/4 mile.
I actually don't recommend getting NA parts for the Z - it just isn't meant for them and doesn't see that huge of gains. Japanese cars are usually built for FI while American cars are usually NA monsters. Right now with the right NA parts on the Z, you're looking at 450hp at the most and it won't be very streetable - 4.3 stroker kit, hi CR pistons, ITB's, headwork, big cams, etc. No one has done it yet, and it'd cost about 35-38k total to do...vs 20-30k for 600 or higher hp
Last edited by sentry65; May 20, 2005 at 05:51 PM.
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