What Upgrades would you do?
01-18-2009, 05:39 PM
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What Upgrades would you do?
If you had 2000 dollars to spend on performance upgrades for a 2004 stock z what would you do?
01-18-2009, 05:41 PM
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01-18-2009, 05:44 PM
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paint it flat black so i could change my name
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Wow that's vague. Suspension, or brakes, or intake, headers, high flow cats, exhaust (if you get some deals). Or search (which is free,
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01-18-2009, 06:05 PM
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Wow that's vague. Suspension, or brakes, or intake, headers, high flow cats, exhaust (if you get some deals). Or search (which is free,
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Lets say engine mods
01-18-2009, 06:28 PM
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get an SR20 for my 240sx. still got warranty on my z =)
01-18-2009, 07:22 PM
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You could spend half of that on a carbon fiber hood.
01-18-2009, 07:25 PM
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01-18-2009, 08:29 PM
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Lets say engine mods
Intake, Exhaust, Plenum spacer, Throttle body spacer, Ypipe, and high flow cats.. give or take 1 or 2 items.. probably a little more like 2500-3000$
01-18-2009, 09:28 PM
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I will definity upgrade my suspension if I have the money for it.
01-18-2009, 09:29 PM
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intake $250ish exhaust can be expensive but lets just go with 800 and motordyne 5/16 plenum 250. 1300 maybe 1400 if you install yourself.
thats what i did at least lol
01-18-2009, 09:36 PM
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intake, plenum spacer,hfc, exhaust can be had for 2k but like above post says install yourself or your looking at a few hundred more.
01-18-2009, 09:41 PM
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I would forget the engine mods and go for suspension/wheels/tires.
01-18-2009, 11:09 PM
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I'd buy used, full exhaust +wheels.
01-18-2009, 11:24 PM
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$2K
Test pipes (Stillen), True Dual Invidia Exhaust $8xx
Nitrous wet 75 shot, window switch, walbro 255 fuel pump, 1 step colder plugs $1000
tein stech spring $200
~2K
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full nismo v2 kit painted and shipped to your door with a cf hood
and still have some money left over for test pipes or something
01-21-2009, 08:07 PM
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full nismo v2 kit painted and shipped to your door with a cf hood
and still have some money left over for test pipes or something
+1
Engine mods aren't worth **** on Zs. Test pipes are a good mod for the money and thats about it.