mugen/spoon is to honda as ????? is to nissan
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no i def. consider nismo but i dunno i feel like they dont do as great things as spoon and mugen, i feel as if they just offer things that give a slight edge past stock.
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Originally Posted by fairlady350z33
i would say NISMO and STILLEN. They even offer STILLEN parts in Forza 2
If you want strictly Nissan parts...Nismo. Nothing else. Maybe JWT comes second(dont know if they make parts for other cars.)
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no i def. consider nismo but i dunno i feel like they dont do as great things as spoon and mugen, i feel as if they just offer things that give a slight edge past stock.
Take a look at the R34 Z-tune or the 380RS and then see how you feel. I guarantee you nothing from Mugen or Spoon can touch those 2 cars.
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took me over 3 years to learn the right way to pronounce mugen. i always thought it was MEW-GHEN. but AHAH! i was corrected my a "hardcore honda dewd" it is MOO-GEN.
i was also TOLD that nismo is pronounced "nees-mo".... dunno about that.
i was also TOLD that nismo is pronounced "nees-mo".... dunno about that.
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Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
Take a look at the R34 Z-tune or the 380RS and then see how you feel. I guarantee you nothing from Mugen or Spoon can touch those 2 cars.sorry you get to be sort of biased after actually driving something like this......
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Originally Posted by nicholasm617
r34 z-tune is pretty cool, but alot of the parts making it so cool arent even nismo, sure they put it together but way too many parts that arent even nismo.
sorry you get to be sort of biased after actually driving something like this......
sorry you get to be sort of biased after actually driving something like this......
Everything on that car's motor and drivetrain is completley 100% Nismo parts. The only thing thats not really Nismo is the exhaust(which is made by Fuji).You need to do some research before you post.
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Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
Thats a load of crap. Lemme guess, they used Spoon parts on the Ztune huh? Everything on that car's motor and drivetrain is completley 100% Nismo parts. The only thing thats not really Nismo is the exhaust(which is made by Fuji).You need to do some research before you post.
Everything on that car's motor and drivetrain is completley 100% Nismo parts. The only thing thats not really Nismo is the exhaust(which is made by Fuji).You need to do some research before you post.the video i watched about the z-tune showed brembo brakes and some 20k suspension, i doubt it stops there.
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Originally Posted by nicholasm617
lol im not saying spoon parts on the z-tune, im saying spoons integra....sports everything spoon that i can think of or a spoon sister company.
the video i watched about the z-tune showed brembo brakes and some 20k suspension, i doubt it stops there.
the video i watched about the z-tune showed brembo brakes and some 20k suspension, i doubt it stops there.
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Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
So spoon makes their own brakes? Haha. What I am saying is that I bet you will find brembos on the Spoon DC2 as well. And that 20K suspension is the Nismo R-tune suspension. Nismo may use other parts i.e. exhaust, brakes...but all the major engine parts on the Ztune is all Nismo. They shine when it comes to internals. Take a look any of the NA Z's in Japan and they all use Nismo heads/cams. Seriously getting off topic now. Spoon is to honda as Nismo is to Nissan. "Nuff said.
checked, spoon uses nissin calipers with spoon written on them.screw it, ill just deck my z out in spoon/mugen.
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as it says, what would you consider the equivalent for nissan to honda's top companies being mugen, spoon.
you mean you never played Grand Turismo?
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TOYOTA = Toyota Factory Performance Parts is TRD (Toyota Racing Development)
HONDA = SPOON
etc...
HONDA = SPOON
etc...
TRD. i just pronounce it like turd
Nicholas, you sound like a silly honda fanboy...
If you knew anything about spoon, you know that their philsophy is not drastically changing the stock components as you said they do earlier in a post. Their cars do no make much power over stock. Their main focus really is lightening the car as much as possible. Their brakes aren't even that much better than stock, they are only lighter. A company that aims to save ounces of weight by going as far producing lighter radiator brackets. They use FACTORY airboxes with replacement panel filters. Hell, their legendary SW388 wheel is a repainted Regamaster Evo. Spoon is a chassis tuning company as far as I am concerned. TypeOne their sister company is not much different.
Nismo on the other hand builds cars like the Z-tune GTR and 380RS Z which offer DRAMATIC improvements over their stock counter parts. I am not talking about the Nismo badged AEM intake you buy at your local dealer. I am talking about the hardcore Nismo parts offered in Japan.
So before you come on this forum making assumptions do your research.
Nismo:Nissan
Mugen:Honda (not Spoon)
TRD:Toyota
MazdaSpeed:Mazda
If you knew anything about spoon, you know that their philsophy is not drastically changing the stock components as you said they do earlier in a post. Their cars do no make much power over stock. Their main focus really is lightening the car as much as possible. Their brakes aren't even that much better than stock, they are only lighter. A company that aims to save ounces of weight by going as far producing lighter radiator brackets. They use FACTORY airboxes with replacement panel filters. Hell, their legendary SW388 wheel is a repainted Regamaster Evo. Spoon is a chassis tuning company as far as I am concerned. TypeOne their sister company is not much different.
Nismo on the other hand builds cars like the Z-tune GTR and 380RS Z which offer DRAMATIC improvements over their stock counter parts. I am not talking about the Nismo badged AEM intake you buy at your local dealer. I am talking about the hardcore Nismo parts offered in Japan.
So before you come on this forum making assumptions do your research.
Nismo:Nissan
Mugen:Honda (not Spoon)
TRD:Toyota
MazdaSpeed:Mazda