So I acquired a 03' 350Z track model not long ago and love it. It's in great shape has about 15k miles and is bone stock. What I am running into now is that my father in law has an M series roadster and is hungry for some SCCA racing in the spring. From the research I have done (correct me if I am wrong) they are somewhat comparable in performance, and I want a little insurance! So, what are my best options for Mods?? Cost is somewhat of an issue so I would like the best bang for the buck in terms of; suspension, exhaust, intake, chip etc etc. Most importantly I do actually drive this thing so I would like to keep her dependable and on the road. Thanks for any tips.

 

tires

 

It sounds like to just start off you would need the following:
Tires
brake pads - recommend Hawk pads

that should do it. you may want to look into if you need a helmet for the track you are going too. im sure you do. after your first track day or so, youll know what you want and need.

- J

 

I've done great with my mods in my sig. Looking into some suspention: Eibach Springs 7 Koni struts.
Also check out these treads I've started:
https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/174222-gained-17rwhp-and-10rwtq-n-a.html
https://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-suspension/196921-stoptech-stage-2-stock-caliper-upgrade-kit.html
https://my350z.com/forum/south-west/213150-got-my-stoptech-kit-pics.html
https://my350z.com/forum/tuning/225002-got-my-utec-tune.html

 

There is no "chip" for the Z, only piggyback's which wouldn't do anything for you unless you had other mods to tune

 

some simple ones: jwt popcharger (intake), an exhaust (maybe HKS [pricey], or other true duals, [borla, invidia] etc.) 5/16th iso thermal plenum spacer + mrev2(or not) (motordyne), hi-flow cats/testpipes (crawford, labree, kinetix, etc), like like other people said (which is more important than these performance mods), tires/brakes, then, if you do mod, get a tune (utec).

 

if you want the most power for the least money...

1st mod should be very lightweight wheels with good tires
2nd mod would be motordyne 5/16" spacer
3rd mod would be high flow cats or test pipes
4th mod would be tuning via reflash or custom tune on UTEC

this is all my opinion of course

 

I agree with 2, 3, 4, but number 1 costs way too much. lol

 

on 1st mod recommendation -- that would cost at least $2K or more . . . not exactly cheap.

 

but you can feel it more than any other N/A mod.

I wish I had realized this instead of dropping more than $3k on heavy wheels and tires which I somehow can't get rid of because they're too nice looking