Well, I'm hopefully going to be new to the 350Z family here soon, so I decided to do some research and ask some questions

Car will be a daily and the budget will be rather skim for now since I'm heading back to school, however can't roll stock.

I was thinking of doing these mods and was curious as to roughly what the hp would look like

cams
clutch & flywheel
intake
full exhaust
plenum spacer
headers

I don't plan on going turbo or SC so no need for what if in the future.
Would it be possible with these mods to net close to 350whp?

misc stuff would be
lower the car
wheels
short shifter
body kit
...call it a day...

Thanks for any insight

 

no way in hell will they net 350whp! more like 250whp on a dyno dynamics!

 

+1 you would think 350whp would be the case what with Honda motors hitting 300whp, but maybe someday 350whp will be hit NA. Good luck

 

I don't even think you will be able to hit 350 on the flywheel with those mods w/o a tune. IMO those mods your planning to do is just a waste of $, it will cost almost the same going FI (nitrous). G/L though.

 

Since you mentioned having a skim budget, have you thought to consider how much your list is going to cost you???

 

Well looking at the prices of kit and labor to go turbo and to do it right will run an additional $12-15k (only shop I'll go to for that is SGP cause I trust mark like no other)

 

I'm actually looking up the prices now

 

It won't be cheap. The NA route is one of the most expensive directions to go when modding a Z.

 

+10000000000000 no way in hell are you gonna even be remotely close to 350whp with those mods, maybe you can achieve 250 plus/minus with those mods

 

Nitrous? will probably fit more to your budget.

 

Save your money and go F/I. N/A mods are a big waste of money, you can go turbo for about 8-10k and make 350whp reliably all day long. Search a bit more

 

Nitrous is deceiving though. Cheap initial costs, but considering constant bottle refills, etc., it adds up quick.

 

Get a 350Z first. That’s where I would start.

 

Its sad that our car wont hit that number...i want it too so badly.

 

haha true point.



Look at the parts list:

Fujita intake $288
SGP Cat-delete pipes $240
GReddy Ti cat-back exhaust $575
DC Sports headers $475
JWT S1 cams $1,050
JWT Clutch kit $400
JWT flywheel $400
Skunk 2 plenum spacer $210

Total for these alone: $3,638

Hmm....yeah and for another 3-4k I could be turbo.......

 

yea super responsive na on the Zs.

Intake plenum
headers
HFC
2.5 exhaust
cams


and if ur hard core...Top secret ITB kit (5k + ems + expensive tune)

 

You are forgetting labor, tune, etc.

 

get an 07 if you wanna hit it and wait for cams

 

I've got it on labor, so no additional cost
what you guys don't do your own wrench work

 

its very inportant to get a reflash or piggyback, its definitely going to need a tune after all those mods. you'll probably hit around 270-280whp with cams and a good tune.