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Old 04-05-2016, 10:50 AM
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Hi guys my name is Sergio and I purchased MicVelo's nismo. It is a 2008 Magnetic Black with only 33k miles. I picked her up from San Jose on 4/2 and made the 6 hour drive down to Southern California. She rode very smooth and has the power to match the handling. As I made the trip down, various cars tried to race me; Ferrari California, Porsche Carrera Turbo, Ford Gt500, and other cars not worth mentioning but boy does this car attract attention (Good and bad). I came from an 04 DE, so this is night and day difference in my opinion. I was originally going to go with the Tomei titanium exhaust but now will just end up installing the Nismo S tune exhaust Mic threw with the sweet deal he gave me. After that I will be getting some Michelin Pilot super sports. My instagram is 08nismo if you wish to follow, as I got a feeling I will be buying parts for her in the next coming months. Now on to the pictures.

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Old 04-05-2016, 01:17 PM
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Congrats and welcome to the forums!
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Congrats and welcome to the forums!
Thanks looking forward to taking her to car shows.
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Thanks looking forward to taking her to car shows.
Interesting.... never knew "she" had a gender. I always ref'd to "her" as "it" or "the black one". Heh heh.
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Interesting.... never knew "she" had a gender. I always ref'd to "her" as "it" or "the black one". Heh heh.
The amount of money and time I will be spending, it will feel like a second girlfriend lol and they both don't like cheap things.
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As another person who went from a DE (albeit a revup) to an HR nismo I was really impressed with the night and day difference. It's funny how you tell your self how happy you are with the DE until you own an HR.

Don't be surprised when people walk up to your car and knock on the glass to talk to you about it. I've had mine for 2 months now and that's happened 5 times already.
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Originally Posted by NiLL
As another person who went from a DE (albeit a revup) to an HR nismo I was really impressed with the night and day difference. It's funny how you tell your self how happy you are with the DE until you own an HR.

Don't be surprised when people walk up to your car and knock on the glass to talk to you about it. I've had mine for 2 months now and that's happened 5 times already.
Definitely, I always catch people looking at my car. Any future mods for yours?
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I need to put my old borla back on and i'm going to go for HFCs this time, then do the 3" intakes, bigger TBs, and the ported and matched upper and lower. Hoping to have it all in under a year with a tune.

Just had a buddy of mine get a tune with just berk HFCs and a gemini exhaust and hes putting down 296 on a 90Deg day. So im optimistic about 310-315. (fingers crossed)
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Originally Posted by NiLL
I need to put my old borla back on and i'm going to go for HFCs this time, then do the 3" intakes, bigger TBs, and the ported and matched upper and lower. Hoping to have it all in under a year with a tune.

Just had a buddy of mine get a tune with just berk HFCs and a gemini exhaust and hes putting down 296 on a 90Deg day. So im optimistic about 310-315. (fingers crossed)
Just installed the Nismo S tune, this should have came factory. Really brings out the sound of the VQ from 2k-3k rpm without being annoying. Only bad part was that they had to trim the rear diffuser a bit. My goal would be to hit 300whp, I will be getting a baseline dyno in the next couple weeks.

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Ran into an old friend at the gym, he has a single turbo all wheel drive G35 sedan.

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I was considering an S tune. Although I don't think you will get as much gains with it, but after seeing that defuser sniped??? oh no. nonononono. Not gonna do it. What ever I do i'm going to keep the tips of the stock exhaust and weld them back on. They are very good looking.
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Originally Posted by NiLL
I was considering an S tune. Although I don't think you will get as much gains with it, but after seeing that defuser sniped??? oh no. nonononono. Not gonna do it. What ever I do i'm going to keep the tips of the stock exhaust and weld them back on. They are very good looking.
It was the plastic diffuser that is attached to the rear bumper with rivets, can always be replaced and only a small section which is not noticeable unless under the car was cut. And I do like the tips from the stock nismo exhaust but I wouldn't cut those tips nor the s tune tips. You get close to 10 pounds weight savings and my butt dyno does feel like its a tad quicker.
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Don't forget to come on over to the FB group I Pm'd you about. If you need the info again, just let me know.
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Welcome! I'd stil do the Tomei just cause I like em' loud and obnoxious . I'm still bitter about not buying the Nismo I had signed papers on.... Still enjoying my 08 HR though.
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Originally Posted by NiLL
I was considering an S tune. Although I don't think you will get as much gains with it, but after seeing that defuser sniped??? oh no. nonononono. Not gonna do it. What ever I do i'm going to keep the tips of the stock exhaust and weld them back on. They are very good looking.
I installed an S-Tune on my Nismo and, although tight, I didn't need to cut the diffuser.
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Welcome! I'd stil do the Tomei just cause I like em' loud and obnoxious . I'm still bitter about not buying the Nismo I had signed papers on.... Still enjoying my 08 HR though.
Tomei is too loud for the z being a daily lol

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I installed an S-Tune on my Nismo and, although tight, I didn't need to cut the diffuser.
Weird, I mean it was really close and I figured the plastic diffuser has rivets so I can order another one if needed.
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Just an update, so I have done Injen cold air intakes, Berk Tech HFC's, osiris tune and now have TE37's 19x9.5/19x10.5 +22. I have tomei headers and cams on order along with ACT stage 1 clutch/flywheel with Zspeed CSC going in next week.

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Very classy looking!

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As I sit here SMH and asking myself.... "What have I done.... why did I.... awww crap, I didn't really..... did I?"

Heh heh. Good job, Sergio, lookin good!
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Originally Posted by MicVelo
As I sit here SMH and asking myself.... "What have I done.... why did I.... awww crap, I didn't really..... did I?"

Heh heh. Good job, Sergio, lookin good!

I got the mod bug, this time it's really expensive compared to my DE 350z I owned before. Like I said I was going to take care of her and only upgrade parts using brand parts not eBay knockoffs. Csc/master cylinder/clutch are going out due to my driving lol but just an excuse to get my new clutch and flywheel in haha
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Very classy looking!

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Thanks I appreciate it, she's coming along as planned.
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