I just bought a new 08 touring Z and was wondering what mod should i do first? I was deciding between a stillen intake or a bassani exhaust.

 

How many miles have you driven it?


1st mod should always be....pop charger!! Then exhaust! LOL

 

I'm still breaking it in. So I have 400 miles on it so far

 

and doesnt the popcharger suck in hot air? Im pretty sure that cant be too good for the car lol

 

vinyl

 

nismo stickers haha jk ...get injens new intake cold air...im thinking of getting those..just for the sound of it ....

 

swaybars , best and most noticable performance for the $$$$

 

this is my order of preference.

suspension
wheels
engine
exterior

 

10-pound bottle of rasp.

 

ibtl

 

you do know the injen CAI's actually add HP and not just sound, as a matter of fact their the only ones that add any HP at all.

 

I'm not sure where you got your info from, but the pop charger doesn't suck up hot air. It's a great mod:

 

yahhhh buttt..not very noticeable gain you know what i mean...sure the car breathes a lot better tho...

 

I found this under top 100 questions. Anybody agree with what it says?




2006+ Stock intake:

pro: same as above, except with an improved velocity stack / venturi ring. This accelerates air coming into the plenum, which is a more efficient design. Arguably the best intake available for the 350Z in my humble opinion.

con: same as above, but still one of the best out there



JWT popcharger:

pro: can suck higher volume of air compared to stock due to high performance filter. Improved velocity stack (venturi ring) compared even to 06+ stock intake. The venturi ring accelerates air coming into your plenum for added power.

con: sucks hot air from engine bay and heat shield does not really help all that much in preventing it from sucking hot air. People have reported a problem stalling when travelling at high speeds and putting the car in neutral with this intake.


STILLEN Intake:

pro: similar design to the JWT popcharger. Includes a venturi ring, and a very functional cold-air-box to make this one of the best intake available. Does not suffer from the same hot air sucking as the JWT popcharger.

con: the price is significantly higher than the JWT intake, but this is the only Con I can think of.



Long tube CAI such as Nismo, Injen:

pro: sucks colder air, (note...so does stock)

con: More pressure losses due to a longer tube. This is a fact of life folks. More bends and longer tube = more pressure losses. In fact, long tube CAI's have even shown horsepower LOSSES on a dyno.



K&N typhoon (short tube like stock intake / JWT popcharger, but includes a front-mounted scoop):

pro: cone-type filter should suck a higher volume of air compared to stock. attempts to offset JWT popcharger's hot-air syndrome by incorporating a cold air scoop.

con: hard to prove that the scoop is actually effective



HKS Racing Suction

pro: Shorter tube like stock, higher flowing filter

con: People have stated that the install is difficult, price is rather high for what seems like a minimal improvement over JWT popcharger

 

wow OP! You're learning!! Boy oh boy it's so nice to see newbies make a come back.

 

Not for an HR engine it isn't....

And the hp added from the Injen intake is very noticable along with the sound. Two independent testers on the dyno show +10whp in the top end and you can definetly feel that on the butt dyno.

If you want to go with a short ram, at least on the HR, it won't gain anything but sound and if you go with Fujita then you actually lose HP. I reccomend the Injen Dual Intake or the K&N drop in filters.

 

Welcome to the forum, and congratZ on the 08. What colour is it?

 

I thought the Injen intake would actually make me lose hp?

 

Silver

 

Nice, any pics?