I am new to the 350z arena I am 23 years old male and im about to buy my first sunset lemans 04' 350z and first 6 cylinder, I own a mustang 5.0 as well but need to learn the ropess for the Z .


I plan on adding u/d pulleys , intake and exhaust changes too
and was wondering about a gear swap too but the car is an automatic


thx - steve

 

Welcome.

If your asking if you can change from AT to MT, the answer is no. if you really want a MT do NOT buy the AT.

 

welcome mang. I made the swap from a v8 (68 Camaro) to this as well, oddly enough, a 04.5 lemans sunset AT too. feels like a modernized muscle car to me

the best bang for the buck performance mod you will get is an intake plenum spacer, look into it, motordyne makes some very quality ones .. : )

 

I was talking about the rear gears. but ive learned that i would need to swap to a mt differential in order to install 3.7 or 3.9 gears


thx for the welcome btw

 

Throttle body upgrade works wonders as well. Welcome.

 

Dont bother with the UD pully sets. Not a real good bang for your buck type of mod. I would invest in Plenum Spacer (Z1, motordyne, powerlab), Test Pipes, Popcharger or 06 Airbox with K&N Filter, and a high quality exhaust system. After you install these get a tune and youll enjoy your car much more.

 

Welcome and thank you for not informing us of your age in your first post.

 

welcome to my350z

 

I'll bite for the noob...

<--- Current Mustang Owner

Changing out the rear gears is not as common in the Z as is with the mustangs. For us, we swap gears, thrown on an exhaust, and get a hand held tuner. Not as easy with the Z.

 

yea, I havent seen much on he upgrade list though, Im gonna get a popcharger, a full exhaust with test pipes from a buddy and was theinking about the plenum and pully's i just need to now at what rpms the car would trap at and the rpms in overdrive at 70mph to know if the geras would be worth while

 

Scrap the pulleys... They have been known to do more harm then good. Intake (or popcharger), exhaust, test pipes, and a plenum spacer should keep you happy for a little while.

 

Welcome to the forum Sunburst. Have a good look around the forum, that will probably answer a lot of your questions.

 

Congrats on getting a LeMans Z! Welcome to My 350z!!