NaaNee00

I'm currently a week or two away from buying my first couple mods for my 08' 350z. With this coming up, I was wondering:

What mistakes have you guys made with your car?
I.E. buying used? Did you buy something too early? Wasted money on something?

Any knowledge would be helpful as I don't want to be making mistakes either

iideadeyeii

iTrader: (6)

Bought a Godspeed turbo kit- Should of built my own kit. Would of saved about $1000

travlee

iTrader: (8)

buying cheap parts only to swap out later with the stuff i really wanted.....wasted money

dkmura

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In the early days, Z33 owners were looking for easy, bolt-on mods. I had a nice grounding kit built for my VQ35DE. Not much money wasted, but it didn't do much but improve my imagination.

NaaNee00

Yea I'm not going down that road...

NaaNee00

What should I be looking to buy that's non bolt-on?

NaaNee00

When should I build a turbo kit? From what I heard, I should build my motor first, and then put a turbo on it.

jhc

Upgraded to a BBK. Now if Fix-a-Flat won't work I'll have to get a tow. (Spare won't fit now).

dkmura

iTrader: (64)

This thread is moving away from the original topic. My suggestion is to drive your Z33 for at least a year and learn how to drive it well. Spend the time researching any mods, and hone your driving skills.

MicVelo

^^^ This. So much this!

I have many decades of experience in modifying for performance and years of W2W and Solo/TT racing under my belt. Still drove my Z for over a year to determine exactly what it needed to suit my skills and preferences. Happy with only chassis/alignment mods to dial in whatever spec I need for whatever tire/wheel setup and, power is enough to get me into and, more importantly, OUT of trouble.

#drivingschool - the one mod you can take with you forever; hence, the best investment you'll EVER make. I spent $3200 in 1977 on basics-to-formula-car and another $1600 in license re-training a couple of years later. That paid for itself in about ten years of my NOT needing more mods on various cars to extract the maximum out of them, easily saving that $5k in sunk cost hardware.

But after years of saying exactly this here and on other forums, yet to hear from anyone who's followed this advice; and who, instead favored hardware to make themselves "fast".... "Oh well" is about all I can say now.

OK, guys, there's my "used-to-be-monthly-but-now-only-annual" soapbox speech. I'll STFU now.

bealljk

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Youre good Mic … find another soap box and preach!

dkmura

iTrader: (64)

Preach, brother Mic, PREACH!

eZg

iTrader: (5)

Biggest mistake was popping my brand new CF hood when I arrived home for lunch.

Forgot I had meant to check the oil level as I was in a bit of a rush to get back to work.

Sucker flew up once i hit about 20-25 and even damaged my brand new CF front fenders. Now that hurt.

I swear I'm my own worst enemy.

Conway_160

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Built my own engine...

iideadeyeii

iTrader: (6)

hahaha, I wouldn't do that again. Except mine was a G10 not a VQ35

Heel Til I Die

iTrader: (2)

Get the 370Z spare for the sport model! That's what I did. It fits in the roadster spare tire compartment nicely

For a spare tire, it really doesn't look that bad.

Conway_160

iTrader: (1)

It wasn't bad just not fun either.

NaaNee00

WYZIWYG

Not buying OEM parts and going the cheap route at Auto Zone, etc... When your camshaft/crankshaft sensors go out [and they will at the least opportune moment] just buy the NISSAN replacements. The aftermarket ones don't work and will cause many headaches in the long run.

deeliciousqueen

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