is the HR Motor worth the extra money?
I bought my 04.5 Z well before the HR's came out, but if it was an option at the time I definitely would have bought the HR over a DE. That said, get what you can afford. It's unbelievable how much performance/style you can get nowadays from the early model year Z's for the price, assuming they haven't been thoroughly abused.
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Im sticking with bolt ons, and like the response from the engine I'm getting! No turbo for me...to much $$$
Depends what you are going to use the car for. If its for the track, get the earliest year you can find and do suspension and brake mods. The lower weight and higher low end torque will get you around the track faster. If you plan on doing some uber cool jdm 4 lane drag racing fast and furious style, get the HR. They make more power up top, and unless you have a full bolt-on DE, the HR will be quicker.
My DE with intake and exhaust ended up being a dead even tie with a bone stock HR, so mod the HR equally and it's ahead again. Only thing the HR doesn't benefit from (at least yet) are the super high end products such as Cosworth heads/plenums, etc. With that kind of stuff on a DE, you will pull on bolt-on HR's no problem, but you're talking big $$. If you are going to boost the car, HR's I hear can make more power with a TT kit, but cost much more to boost than DE cars. Hope this helps.
My DE with intake and exhaust ended up being a dead even tie with a bone stock HR, so mod the HR equally and it's ahead again. Only thing the HR doesn't benefit from (at least yet) are the super high end products such as Cosworth heads/plenums, etc. With that kind of stuff on a DE, you will pull on bolt-on HR's no problem, but you're talking big $$. If you are going to boost the car, HR's I hear can make more power with a TT kit, but cost much more to boost than DE cars. Hope this helps.
both engines respond in similar fashion to bolt ons
to the OP - your best bet is a simple thing. Drive both. Weight the price vs what each one feels like to you, and make a decision. Asking a bunch of strangers isn't going to get you any closer to a decision.
What is the actual price difference that you are looking at OP?
Depends what you are going to use the car for. If its for the track, get the earliest year you can find and do suspension and brake mods. The lower weight and higher low end torque will get you around the track faster. If you plan on doing some uber cool jdm 4 lane drag racing fast and furious style, get the HR. They make more power up top, and unless you have a full bolt-on DE, the HR will be quicker.
My DE with intake and exhaust ended up being a dead even tie with a bone stock HR, so mod the HR equally and it's ahead again. Only thing the HR doesn't benefit from (at least yet) are the super high end products such as Cosworth heads/plenums, etc. With that kind of stuff on a DE, you will pull on bolt-on HR's no problem, but you're talking big $$. If you are going to boost the car, HR's I hear can make more power with a TT kit, but cost much more to boost than DE cars. Hope this helps.
My DE with intake and exhaust ended up being a dead even tie with a bone stock HR, so mod the HR equally and it's ahead again. Only thing the HR doesn't benefit from (at least yet) are the super high end products such as Cosworth heads/plenums, etc. With that kind of stuff on a DE, you will pull on bolt-on HR's no problem, but you're talking big $$. If you are going to boost the car, HR's I hear can make more power with a TT kit, but cost much more to boost than DE cars. Hope this helps.
Tuned or untuned with intake and exhaust?
I'm going to sound biasd because I have an HR but find me a DE that will do 108-109 in the 1/4 mile bone stock and I will reconsider my choice. I'm not realy into drag racing either. The way I look at it if the HR wasn't better Nissan wouldn't have changed from the DE.
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looks like 106 is the best of the best for a stock HR.
looks like 106 is the best of the best for a stock HR.
Not my car but I saw this a while ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_VbsXSS7PI
I thought it was pretty impressive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_VbsXSS7PI
I thought it was pretty impressive!
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here is a crappy vid of us running, but at the end are the time slips... he trapped 106.94 and 107.24 to my 110mph traps that day..
now are 109 mph traps on a stock HR the norm.... absolutely not.... but it has been done...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmuUrjulH1A
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