Hey i just bought a 2004 Nissan 350z blue enthusiast. Now i want to do exhaust, cold air intake, and headers for the start. I was looking at the injen exhaust and intake, and the b and b headers. Does anyone object or recommend anything else instead of these? or suggest other mods b4 those? Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

someone might suggest the plenum and headers from Crawford Z. The guys from Crawford post on this forum, and many members have their products.

http://www.crawfordzcar.com/

 

ok thanks i'll take a look into that.

 

3k... I wish I had 3k. If I did have 3k to drop into performance mods, I would do the following:

JWT Popcharger- $120
Kinetix Plenum + HiFlow Cats- $750
Nismo Headers- $800?
Injen Straight-Tip Exhaust- $800
Unorthodox Racing Crank Pulley- $220 w/ belts

That comes out to $2770, so you have $230 left over. With that I would probably tint the windows and get a Nismo Titanium Shift ****. Good luck with your choices.

ps- all prices listed above are if you install the items yourself, add more $$$ if you plan to pay for them to be installed.

 

You should PM STX (?) His car is trapping 105+, his list of mods would be one to mirror i would think.

 

I would go with the following


Borla TD
JWT POPCHARGER or Nismo CAI (if u have lots of rain in area)
Crawford Headers

 

injen intake $220, nismo exhaust $850, kinetix plenum $395(around), kinetix high flow cats $385(around), UR crank pulley and belt $220, JWT Flywheel $400, Gounding Kit $65. Thats $2500 and the rest can be for install of what you dont do your self. If you really want to do headers, do nismo or crawford instead of the Flywheel, but the flywheel will make a world of difference.

 

None of the mods available right now offer the bang for buck you'll see with other cars. Many of us just think the Z is too new...and I have a feeling that investing a LOT of money in performance parts right now may not get you as much hp as it will get you once things really get rolling.

For example, the $200 intakes that get you 1hp.
Or the $1k exhausts that get you maybe 6-8 hp..if even that.

Just not worth it right now.

That said, there are tons of good wheel and exterior upgrades if that's your deal. but if you've got money to burn...who cares? get it all! ;-)

NzZ

 

I would trade in the Z and put the $3000 down on an EVO...This modding stuff gets trickey and frustrating

 

heh, well my 3 friends have an evo white blue and silver all are from stock to a stage II.. and my other friend just got an STI, so i don't want to really copy their style, and ive done ther whole awd turbo speed, had an 2001 S4, traded it in for the Z.. more for the summer and overall a more fun car. The Z with headers, intake and exhaust, what times are u looking at in the quarter? also what are average stock times on the 350?

 

Im running low 12's but Im Supercharged..And its becoming a P.I.T.A.!!!!I dont think I have had the car running for two full weeks without some kind of problem

 

ouch!!! what kind of problems?

 

All stupid and minor ones..Probably self induced but still annoying..Recently I shredded through 3 cog belts on my SC..

 

I was looking in the shop section, under https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=53845 hope that works.. under concept z performance and then under Borla, Injen, JWT, Stoptech, Axxis. I was thinking to do the borla exhaust, injen intake, and the borla headers for 1510? now if i did that would i need high-flow cats? im confused wouldnt that be with the exhaust? and to make sure that borla is dual exhaust right?

Also, how many miles do u guys think i should wait to do this? 1k?

 

Hey where did you get your Z from? Ive been looking for a blue enthus. in jersey forever!

 

heh, yes i know jersey = like no daytona blue.. dlrship located one for me from texas.. and they got it in.. and then i got it.. came with 17 miles on it

BTW where in NJ do u live?

 

i agree with the other comments about waiting until new products arrive. one part that has been proven to get good gains consistently is the hi flow cats/test pipes and the crank pulleys. everything else falls under the concept of diminishing returns as you do more of them.

 

plenum you can put on urself? so plenum, high flow cats from crawford z... the borla dual exhaust /injen intake/ and borla headers set i showed b4.

crank pulleys not familiar with them what do they do exactly? and what performance do they give?