Hey guys, I am a proud new owner of a 2003 350Z touring coupe. So far I am absolutely loving it. I have always been a car guy; video games, I even race R/C cars, so I have always had the speed bug. Now I have my first real sporty car and figure I would like to do a few mods to it. Nothing sserious, just bump the power a tiny bit, but I wanna keep it reliable as it is gonna be my daily driver, driven on the highway to be exact.

So here are my questions ( more towards you guy's opinions actually, but whatever lol), I was looking to do a CAI ( havent a clue where to start here), exhaust ( ive narrowed it down to 3 choices here; the Borla full system,HKS hi-power, and the injen true dual exhaust), possibly a supercharger ( have been looking at the why stillen sucks thread lol, but I remember someone saying its a safe build up, and it doesent put out that much power up high- which is fine, because this is my first stick car. Even though I know how to drive stick, I dont wind the gears out hard, I usually upshift around 2 1/2- 3 grand) so it was between the stillen, or the vortech for me. I dont really care to do a turbo build up cause I would like to do it myself, and it just seems intimidating.

Lastly I figured I would like to stop the beast better as well lol, so would it be smarter to go with just some better street pads ( dont have a track anywhere near me, so it would consist of hot footing it up streets and such) or to go with a big caliper upgrade such as brembo and wilwood?

Hoping this is a solid first post, and for those with short tempers.. flames do not work on me lol, so dont even try to jump on da new guy!

 

Solid post for getting reamed. Apparently you can read, so you should have checked out the FAQs for this section BEFORE posting, which you didn't do. Now BOHICA.

 

Welcome, there is tons of info on the forum. Most topics have usually been covered, so using the search feature you can find almost anything on here.

I suggest you search for your topics and start reading . . . . But must better first post then most on newbs on here

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It all depends on your budget and your ultimate goal with the car. If you really don't shift past 3k, then why even add power adders?

Stopping power is most influenced by pad choice and tires. Larger calipers are for brake fade and looks.

 

Getting a S/C for low end power only? Sounds like a complete and utter waste of money.

N/A max power around 6000 RPMs > S/C power at 2.5k

Skip the Stillen, chances are you'll regret it. At the very least go meet a few people with different setups before you decide. That is the bare minimum research you should do, because most of the time people think that whatever they have is the best for one reason or another.

I don't know where on this entire forum you would have gotten the idea that a CAI is a good idea but it's your prerogative if you want to lose a few horsepower for the sound.

Exhaust choices sound fine. Start with that!