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Rob and Luke you guys rock! Again, thank you for the education, test drives, entertainment and for installing my HKS duals and Popcharger.

*** anyone looking for some serious Z mechanics ***
***Look no farther than Z Car Garage ***

Lou - your Z is seriously wicked!!! Thank you again for the ride around. My neck is still stiff from the 1st time you punched it. LOL







Chelsea checking out the install

sundawg

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if u dont mind me asking how much did u end up spending on the procharger installed n is it fun? lolz
thjanx

LOU

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sundawg - He said Popcharger, not Procharger. There is a big difference.

Sean - No problem. Glad you had fun. The exhaust looks and sounds great.

Anna

Hehe, cute!

GTNPU Z

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Nice! Yep, I agree. The guys at ZCG know their stuff .

BTW...How does the HKS exhaust sound like? How loud is it compared to...let's say...the Injen?

SPRacing

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HOw much would installing headers cost?

LOU

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Header install is around $450.

LOU

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I personally do not like the Injen so I am biased. I like the HKS enough to say that it is something I would put on my car. It has a nice low tone. Not too loud, but louder than the Fujitsubo and Borla.

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I don't know how the Injen sounds like, but the HKS is not overbearing at all. I don't know which is louder at higher rpms, the popcharger or HKS.
I'll try to post some sound clips after a few thousand miles.

Bubble

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where did you buy and paint that Wald Rear Skirt

mgl

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exhaust looks nice.

paul350GT

BUY IT!

mgl

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don't tempt me!!!

but i wonder how it sounds........

whatever

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the HKS sounds awesome, especially matched with the HKS supercharger

mgl

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thanks dave

now i have to buy a hks supercharger as well??!

dimebagdolf

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Anybody local have an HKS Supercharger?

I've been thinking about going that route...


Adolfo

ZON

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Very nice. Hey what do those little canisters branching off before the main ones do?

paul350GT

that's a very gooooooood idea!!!

DO IT!!!

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Bubble -I got the skirt painted at Kuykendall's (corner of Mary/Evelyn Sunnyvale)... I went to the place in Santa Clara you had mentioned on a Friday morning- but the owner was not there to give a estimate they told me to come back Monday morning.

MGL - did not fell like driving up to Daly City on that Friday.

When I dropped of the skirt there was a Silverstone Z with a damaged bumper. When I picked up the skirt, there was a brand new yellow roadster (from Falore) getting some chip marks
on the hood touched up.

Cost for paint and 1.5 horizontal crack repaired (from shipping)
$248.00 (fiberglass kit)

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orginally posted by GabeG35Coupe:
Being a G35 Coupe owner I don't post much here. Here is a cut/paste of what I did on some of the G35 forums since it is for you guys also!:

This is HKS’s newest exhaust for the 350Z. It is part of the Hi-Power line. This version is a full dual Hi-Power Ti (Ti for titanium tips). I will explain how this relates to the G35 Coupe in a second. The system includes the “Y” pipe, but in this system it is more of an “H” pipe because each bank is kept independent in “true dual” fashion but are joined by a balance tube. I guess it still looks like a Y but whatever, you’ll understand when you see my pictures. The H pipe has flex pipes and resonators. After the H you get the dual intermediate pipe and the two rear sections. As you will see in the pictures it is full SUS304 stainless steel front to back with the exception of the titanium tips which have that cool looking heat discoloration. The piping is all mandrel bent and is 60mm (2.36”) diameter. The muffler diameter is 130mm (5.11”) and the tip diameter is 120mm (4.72”). Because it is full stainless it is under HKS’s 4 year warranty program. A key feature of this system is that it complies with the California vehicle code and is compliant with the 95DB sound pressure level limit. So if you get cited you can have it certified at one of those referee stations to be street legal. Another cool feature on the tips is that they designed them to be adjustable. They will fit flush on the stock bumper but can be adjusted out to match with a body kit that may extend the rear bumper! That’s why the tips have those bolts on them.

The most unique feature of course are those tuned resonators that are plumbed in before the mufflers. They made it possible to have a true dual system while passing the afore mentioned 95DB limit. They were also specifically designed to reduce the drone and rasp the VQ35 has between 2000 to 3000 RPM and I think they look cool . It just looks like something cool is going on there. For those of you who may not like that look, not to worry, as you will see on the pictures they tuck under the car and you can’t see them but I’m sure you will still appreciate their functionality. Ok, here is the sweetest part, average HP gains in testing with no other mods was 12 at the wheels. I think most of you experienced guys know that HKS doesn’t mess around and they are well respected. They aren’t known for inflating #’s, in fact as I stated on my Legamax exhaust post they usually report an average to be on the safe side, as to not disappoint customers. They haven’t been around for over 30 years for nothing. Price has yet to be released and ETA is around end of June for the 350Z. A friend of mine there says if the initial sales go well then they will make a version with a longer intermediate pipe and specific for the G35 Coupe.
If any of you guys are like me and are already drooling make sure to give the HKS sales department a call, ask some questions and let them know you would be interested in purchasing one should they decided to make it