Hey guys, just wanted to stop in and share our latest completed project in the 350Z market. This car is owned by a gentleman by the name of John who's impeccable taste definitely carries over to the car he drives. John was one of the very first 350Z owners in the southeast and purchased this vehicle brand new back in 2002. Over the past 11 years this Z has been transformed into one of the most tasteful examples we have seen while staying in show room floor condition. One of the main reasons John's 350Z remains in such a perfect state is the extremely low mileage, with just a little over 7,000 miles on the odometer the car only gets driven on short weekend cruises during the best weather conditions. While this Z looks absolutely stunning rolling down the road with its spotless paint, chrome I-Forged Wheels and subtle carbonfiber accents, the owner felt it was time for his car to have some beast to match its beauty. As always, John only trusts one shop with his baby and the car rolled onto the property of Forged Performance for the last time in its naturally aspirated condition.

With the plan in place to keep the internals of this VQ35DE OEM and John wanting just another 100 or so whp on tap for those Sunday cruises, the decision was made to install the tried and true Vortech Supercharger System. This set-up will allow John's 350Z to have a wide, smooth powerband that will make much more enjoyable stop light to stop light action on those rare occasions that this monster is released from its cage. Of course we also opted for a Forged Performance Custom ECU Calibration to assure that not only does this freshly boosted Z make impressive power but it does so reliably without sacrificing the driveability that comes with a 7,000 mile car. The end result was spectacular 379whp on our low reading Dyno Dynamics Dynometer, which should be enough to keep John happy for a long time!

 

pulley size, boost psi, other supporting modifications?

 

Thanks Chad for the article and pictures.

I have had the polished Vortech tuner kit and all other required parts sitting in the garage for almost a year but just never had the time to get it all together and hauled over to Forged.

I wanted to get the car "finished" (with all the mods out there are they ever really finished?) for ZDAYZ (this will be my seventh) so I finally got it on the schedule with Sharif.

I went by the shop today and everything looks great. I just had to bring Forged a new AEM digital boost gauge as the original one I had bought from Summit Racing was bad even though it was new in the box.

Car should be ready to roll sometime tomorrow.

Should be fun and now maybe my Z will finally be faster than my 2006 GTO daily driver. That's one reason for the low Z miles - the GTO has been just as much fun to drive up to this point so the Z sat except for car shows, cruises and ZDAYZ.

Here's a list of everything done to date:

Engine:
Vortech V3 supercharger (polished) with intercooler
Vortech 3.125 inch supercharger drive pulley
Turbo XS UTEC engine management computer
Intense Motorsports custom polished intake plenum
Motordyne 5/16” iso-thermal intake plenum spacer kit
DeatschWerks 600 cc fuel injectors
Walbro 255 liter per hour fuel pump
DC Sports stainless steel exhaust headers
Crawford Performance hi-flow catalytic converters
Borla stainless steel true dual cat-back exhaust system
Optima yellow top battery
Z-Xtreme grounding kit (silver)
Pi-Thon polished billet power steering, windshield washer and coolant overflow tank caps
Carbon fiber intake plenum, brake and battery covers
Nismo radiator cap & Nismo billet oil cap
Carbon fiber “dipped” mass air sensor intake tube
Autotecknic carbon fiber engine cooling plate
NRG carbon fiber hood struts
Exterior:
Top Secret Engineering carbon fiber front diffuser/spoiler
Veilside Version 1 carbon fiber rear spoiler
Nissan custom hood with cooling vents and protective screens
AUT carbon fiber Z fender logo emblem fillers
Window tint 35% platinum on sides and rear
S2000 Shorty Radio Antenna
NISMO Chrome Gas Cap
NISMO License Frame
Interior:
Autometer dual 52mm pillar gauge pod custom painted to match interior
AEM digital boost gauge
AEM UEGO wideband digital air/fuel gauge
JDM interior foot well lighting kit
Valentine One radar/laser detector hard-wired with custom fabricated mount
SuiteEGrafx carbon fiber finished rear strut bar cover
Momo shoulder harness pads
Forged Performance custom billet stainless steel shift ****
Suspension, Brakes, Wheels and Tires:
Hotchkis Stage 1 Suspension kit – F/R coils springs and F/R rear sway bars
EBC Sport dimpled and slotted brake rotors
Stop-Tech stainless steel brake lines
Hawk HPS brake pads
Powder coated brake calipers (mirror red) with JVD 350 Z graphics (silver)
I-Forged Performance Alloys - 3 piece forged 19" Aero's - 8.5" wide front & 10" rear
Goodyear 19" F1 GS-D3 in 235/35ZR19 front & 275/30ZR19 rear

 

Clean car! Congrats n the new found power.

Chris

 

Man that car is clean. Sounds like you need to enjoy it more though

 

Very Nice!!

 

Such a clean car. Have fun with it

 

I have been driving my car a lot since coming home from ZDAYZ and the more I drive this thing with the newly installed Vortech the more I can't wipe the smile off my face.

I thought my 2006 GTO daily driver was fun but now my Z is much quicker than my LS2 powered pontiac.

Let's hear it for boost!

 

Very nice! Forged performance is the ****! Can't wait to get some work done there eventually.. Glws!

 

I've been very satisfied with everything they have done on my car so far and as they will tell you I'm very picky.

 

how is the low end torque? What was the cost of Vortech plus install if you don't mind?

 

Lowend torque is great.
You don't want to turn the traction control off unless you're just looking to wear out expensive rear tires in a hurry.

That being said - if you don't jump on the throttle and just drive normally around town the car is just the way it was pre-Vortech except for the whine of the blower and the sound of the bypass valve.

I added up the total cost for all the work and the parts and it came to $9641.

That includes the Vortech V3 polished tuner kit, the 600cc injectors, the A-pillar gauge pod and the two gauges, the smaller Vortech drive pulley, the one level colder plugs and the total installation and tuning by Forged Performance.

It does not include the UTEC engine management which I had been using when I was still NA.

More money than I thought before I added it up but I would definitly do it again.