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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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FREE is not in the Z owners dictionary
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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Take off your air box and entire exhaust. Run open headers and gut it ouot rickdog style. LoL
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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i see you got your dyslexia fixed.
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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take out your passenger seats for weight reduction....
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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passenger seats????? Mine only has one passenger seat, I think i got ripped off
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 11:15 PM
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driver mod, and driver weight reduction...

ie get better at driving and become anorexic.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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key the side of your car and you got yourself one hell of a badass racing stripe =)
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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full of crap mod: have driver proceed to bathroom and unload before driving Z, this should shed 5+ lbs of wieght, add about 25 hp and shorten your 1/4 mile by 1/8 sec. all joking aside, nothing is free in this world and everything is expensive with the Z. you can drop some weight by ripping out some items (do a search is you want to know what you can remove), but other than that I haven't really heard of any free mods that aren't ghetto fab or mess up your factory parts.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by showstoppertk
full of crap mod: have driver proceed to bathroom and unload before driving Z, this should shed 5+ lbs of wieght, add about 25 hp and shorten your 1/4 mile by 1/8 sec. all joking aside, nothing is free in this world and everything is expensive with the Z. you can drop some weight by ripping out some items (do a search is you want to know what you can remove), but other than that I haven't really heard of any free mods that aren't ghetto fab or mess up your factory parts.
Just lost my breakfast.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 05:33 AM
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speed holes are coming back in style...all you need is a pick ax ...adds at least 10 rwhp per hole...at least that's what homer simpson said
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 05:35 AM
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350Z's ain't DSMs or SRT-4s (both loaded with free mods).

Tony (My DSM is free-modded out)
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 08:07 AM
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u could do the coolant line removal from ur throttlebody. beyond that the only free mods i know of on a z is weight reductions.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 09:41 AM
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always drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas....drop 100lb from gas tank.
never refill your windshield washer fluid would further reduce excessive weight.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 10:56 AM
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What is this coolant line removal mod you speak of?
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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adjust your clutch pedal?????? i dunno....remove seat.......???
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by rbfd
What is this coolant line removal mod you speak of?
there is a line that takes coolant to your tb, in colder climates it helps with cold starts. any other time its useless and does nothing good for your car, especially in reference to heat soak.

do a search in the engine forum and you should find a good write up on it. basically u jsut remove the line that goes to the tb and cap it off.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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I see, well if there is no power to be gained the fug it, my car starts fine in the cold, even with the odyssey 545.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rbfd
I see, well if there is no power to be gained the fug it, my car starts fine in the cold, even with the odyssey 545.
there is power from it. mostly just power that would be lost once heat soak kicks in. it wont be noticeable though.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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So wait, does the motordyne ISO thermal kit already fix this? cuz ive got that? Had it installed by 350EVO though so im not sure if this mod has already been done/addressed?
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