Hey all. After owning 3 dsm's, a project eg civic (that never quite got started) and nearly buying 3 different evo's....I think I have finally bought the first car that I do not want to tear apart. '03 Sunset Lemans 6mt Touring edition with low miles for a steal of a price. The bug bit me a little bit so three days after the sale I installed a Pioneer AVIC-D3 and K&N Drop-In. With the exception of some component speakers and a small amp, that should be all for a while, until I get completely used to the charactoristics of the car. Look forward to talkin you guys/girls in the future...here's a couple:

 

congrats on your new project , 350z is a different animal the the dsm . good luck modding lols .

 

Let the modding begin.

 

As long as the Z doesn't respond to mods the way a dsm does(you know the "did i just pull the pin on this grenade?" feeling that only a dsm owner can appreciate) I'll be a happy man. Amazing to me that bone stock this car would easily manhandle my most recent dsm (99gst) on a road course (Tein Superstreet coilovers, poly bushings and motor mounts, 555r's, and aftermarket sway and strut tower bars). Like I said this is probably the first car I've ever owned that doesn't leaving me wanting much more out of it. Although I'd be a liar if i said I wouldn't like a little more power, but that's going to be a ways down the road....i think

 

Congrats. you have the fastest color

 

Congrats... I had an Evo 8 before my Z and love the Z soo much more.

 

Good times!! I had a blast with my 2gen. Did you have a 6 bolt swap?

 

Yes. 6 bolt swap, comp cams(272's w/o the price tag), FP Green, Greddy FMIC, 780cc's, all the proper supporting mods led to 392/351 at 23psi with a decent amount of timing. Best time ever was 12.2@119 (traction would of been nice). Car was a monster on the highway, and even more of a monster on my wallet. 30% of the time, it was fast everytime A spun rod at track was its final demise. Instead of continuing to throw thousands into a car that was was not only suicidal, but quickly depreciating in value, I parted it out and returned it to stock. Two months later, I'm the proud owner of my Z

 

Nice mods. FP green would of been fun on the highway. I'm surprised you even ran a 12.2 with a gst.

 

I had a FP 20g ported & clipped with more mods a buddie of mine had a red. Sold my 20g for a full race 35r. The new owner has really let it go to SHIIt.

If you know any guys looking for parts I still have a grip of never installed parts just sitting around.

 

Oh trust me, after a few months you'll want to tear it apart and place some snails under the hood

 

Nice car. Welcome. Tick, tick, tick, tick. The mod clock is advancing.

 

Thanks for the welcome fellas. Yes I know the mod clock is ticking, lol. I am however a firm believer that the best mod for any car is the driver him/herself. I plan on getting a bit of seat time to familiarize myself with it, once I feel that I am pushing the car to it's full capabilities in stock form, I'll start planning which route I want to go with it. I think I've finally outgrown my desire to be the fastest car in town. In the past few years I've spent a small fortune on 3 different turbo set-ups, 2 sets of cams, two motors, a trans, and countless hours of tuning on my dsm. I ended up with a problematic car that was more of a hassle to drive than a pleasure everyday.

Silverstone-Z: You're probably right, after doing some research and seeing the safe power outputs from these off the shelf kits. I might find myself going forced induction down the road. I know I'm quite a ways away from that right now, and have a lot of research (and saving) to do in the meantime.

Z33allme: You're FP 20g ported and clipped should of been damn near identical to my Green. By far the best pump-friendly turbo I have ever ran (granted I bought this before the GT35R's and such were so common). I tuned a customer's car with a 272/272/Red set-up, granted this thing made gobs of power up top, I felt it wasn't too friendly on the street mixed with his cam profile. I too still have a stock-pile of parts left-over, I did however make a killing on ebay letting some of my stuff go. I'm well known on the dsmtuners forums, if you need some help getting rid of some of your parts, shoot me a PM with what you're looking to get rid of, I'd be happy to help you find a couple potential buyers.

Superblack: Thanks man, the green with the comps was my final and best set-up I ran on my gst. Amazingly enough, that 12.2@119 was my very first pass on that set-up, and I couldn't do better than a 12.37 from then on out. While the car probably had the power to push faster times, getting the suspension dialed in just right on a somewhat powerful fwd dsm is a huge task on its own. The poor weight transfer charactoristics of the car were killing my 60' and I never got around to playing with custom spring rates. Ultimately I convinced myself that it was a beast on the highway, and I was happy enough with that.

 

It took me about 4 months before i started to mod mine. BTW welcome

 

Though I have a G coupe, I have the same want for more power. My DSM with a 42R has me a tad spoiled in the power department.

I'm not willing to give up my 4G63 just yet, but the VQ is growing on me.

I bet you'll pick up another 1G some day, it seems to always happen to DSMers.

That's an awesome color by the way, good choice!

 

Funny you mention that Blinker, there's a gvr4 for sale locally, that I "thought" about. I passed, but you're probably right..