Hi guys! Been a while since the last time i got here but here we go...I decided to modify my 2005 anniversary 300hp z for some more grunt.i got:
-nismo headers
-kinetix test pipes
-nismo y pipe
-invidia exhaust (y pipe back)
A month ago the car has been dinoed at 255whp on a dynojet.
Question is:
What numbers can i expect tomorrow when i make the installation ofall this stuff???
30 whp???

 

you are looking at somehting like an 8-10 hour job?

 

I haven't the faintest idea but I’d be interested in seeing the dyno.

 

im sure headers are not that bad an install...anyway they look so ****ty and heavy stock that i need to change them for sure. The intake is perfect with my complete exhaust im looking at 285-290whp...am i dreaming awake?

 

yes.

 

care to give any details?

 

historically, na mod gains have not been additive on our engines. that is, when combined, all those mods add up to less hp than their component parts do alone, but you do have the rev up engine. maybe yours will respond differently to the na mods. have you looked into motodyne's mod for the rev up engine? i heard its making some good gains.

 

So i did it yesterday guys...with the highest of tree runs of 279.7whp, the lowest being 276.4whp (first run, no cool down)...
Oh this was on the same dyno the i obtained 255 previously
Overall, verry happy

 

Result:
Large mod signature
Large parts and labor bill
Small HP increase.

 

+20 hp... not bad for like 2000 dollars worth of parts
averaging 100 dollars per hp

 

Don't see how you can call a 25 whp gain small...That Z has at least 330 crank hp...better hp/weight ratio than an m3 for 3-4 grand, sounds great to me.

 

+1
money better spent on a turbo

 

boost - everybody is doing it.

 

there is a H in three. dumbA$$

(he mispelled it twice, once in this thread, once in his other bs thread)

 

THat can be taken into consideration
3-4000 for 25whp...
if ur staying N/A
I am staying N/A when i look at the 25whp gain from these bolt on mods I get a different perspective than those who like F/I...
So basically...
Is it worth the money? Of course (for some)
Is it money effciient vs FI? Of course NOT

 

You did the work yourself???? I call BS I dont think you own a Z that is what I think...

 

To do it right (FI), doesn't it cost upwards of $10 grand?

 

It can, but doesn't have to.

bone stock Z
turbonetics kit = 4300
Install = 1000
Exhaust = 1000
Code Reader = 150

You basically have a blown Z for 6450 bucks. You can get gauges if you want, but you can go cheap and get them all for under a 1000 installed and even cheaper if you don't run a wideband.

You could go TT and then yes, it would cost closer to 10K, but there are decent setups that are well under 10K

 

i owned a turbo mr2 for a while and always felt guilty about spooling up....do you guys ever go through this? i mastered how to drive the car without spooling up for days....so that is the reasoning for me behind trying to stay NA....at some point i'll probably realize that FI is the way to go....but some of us have to learn things the hard/expensive way. i think i'd go supercharger though....feels more like NA...don't you think?

 

I think youre a puss Joking around but your girley attitude about spooling dont sound much like a perfornce guy to me...
Learn how not to spool man worl on that habbit