MidnightDragonZ

I've had my 2004 350Z for a while now. I've always wanted to turbo it but I don't want to risk my daily driver if I don't do everything right. Also, it seems like I'll be putting over 10k into it and I can't imagine spending that much money. I'm not looking for any huge gains. Ever since I got my Z, my goal has been to go over 300hp at least. However, buying intake systems for these cars will not give much increase. Of course, I've got a VQ35DE and the only mods is a Motordyne 1/2" plenum spacer. Put the Z on the dyno and came out with 254hp/261tq to the wheels, so I'm happy about that.
Now, being bored at school I decided to look at options for turbo systems. I've always wanted single-turbo for reliability but twin-turbos would be sick, as well. After a bit of browsing I came across this STS turbo system. I actually found a video and it sounds sick (one of the reasons why I want a turbo). From descriptions, the guy has a rear-mounted turbo system. I thought that's kind of odd. It sounds awesome but how would you get any gain from that?
Looked into it some more and to get this whole setup done, tune and everything would cost less than 10k. Gains can reach up to 400hp. It sounds to good to be true but for a sound so sexy, I think it might be a good route to go. Apparently, this guy got it worked on and tuned by CIN Motorsports in Charlotte, NC and I live near Charlotte so I'll probably be going in there sometime to check about this but this seems legit.
Does anyone have this kind of setup? If so, what's the difficulty of it and how much would need to be spent approximately?
The reason why I didn't want to go with a regular turbocharger is that my engine has over 100,000 miles and I don't want to risk losing it. I also don't want to rebuild the engine because that's just more money.
If I were to go this route of a rear-mount turbo, does the engine have to be rebuilt? I figured since the turbo is not located at the engine, it shouldn't be a problem.
If I were to get this kit, I'll probably take it to CIN to do the work and properly tune it.

2004Black350z

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For one search like seriously.

Two pass on fi if you dont want to rebuild

hellsoldiers08

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so0o0o strange.... sounds like he searched and then gives noob question at the end.....

athenG

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Fail!!! Didnt you see that long freaking thread Official STS Rear Mount Turbo Discussion Thread on the first page of this forum....

Boosted Performance

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This made me laugh, becaus my first post here was asking about remote mount turbos, and I never even saw the STS 27,427 page STS kit which was a couple of posts below my....

<<<<<NOOOB

ace32x

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im going to say this is a troll post lol, this **** cant be real

davidv

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DaveJackson

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Yeah, that turbo being far away from the engine makes all the difference in the world.

bigcloud

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Mods can we slaughter the noob? This will be the second one in as many days...hehe. Who's in for the slaughter?


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jerryd87

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hey guys i know i sound just like the video alberto posted but i was hoping you guys would like me anyway i know im a troll trolll trrrrooll olll ro trolll.................... sorry half way through the post all your responses where replace by "troll" or "im going to ignore everything on this forum and ask questions anyway" congrats op you win your prize is you get to go diaf

bigcloud

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ace32x

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+1 ^ lol

jerryd87

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pretty close to it lol

Junkster

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Not really too sure why everyone is so set on HAVING to do a rebuild when going for a low boost setup.

I made my own RMT setup on my 95 maxima, stock motor and it had 130k miles on it. Easily racked up 40k miles on the motor with a street tune on 8ish psi, all that ever happened was a blown oil pump cause i missed a shift and over rev'd. VQ's arent made out of glass...The car is still runing like a champ lol.

Im pretty sure a vq35 can handle *<10psi on stock internals with fuel upgrades and a good tune. Not everyone is trying to go for extreme gains...

Im sure there are always exceptions to the rule but still...