I just got out of the Army after my 2nd tour in Iraq, and after 4 1/2 years I'm finally moving back to Thornton, CO!! I just bought my Z a few weeks ago, and coming from a WRX, I have to say I love our cars! Hope to see some of you guys at a meet sometime

 

Welcome home!!! Glad you made it back.

We typically have a variety of meets each year...mountain drives, track days, dinner/happy hour meets etc. Lots of chances to come out and have fun with your Z and meet fellow owners.

 

Welcome!!! I'm getting ready to deploy to Iraq. LOL Hopefully get to meet up before I go.

 

Sorry to hear about you heading over to Iraq, have you been over there before? When are you heading back over there?

 

Hey i'm in Thornton, we should meetup. I'm in seattle right now on business but will be back tomorrow night. Hit me up .

 

welcome back, i'm still in the army did my first tour, not about to go on my second in oct, hit me up!

 

Thanks for the welcome, I just got in a couple days ago from Ft Hood, TX... and coming back to 5000 ft ASL is really disheartening, as the Z has lost A LOT of power compared to what it had at sea level. I'm about to start shopping for minor bolt-ons to try and recoup on at least some of the power I lost, does anyone have any recommendations for parts that will net a decent gain at this altitude? I'm about to order a KJR pulley, MD 5/16th spacer & a popcharger, anything else I should check out that's reasonably priced (can't afford an F/I setup just yet, lol)?

 

What you are ordering will help out a lot. The only other thing I would do is test pipes and a true duel exhaust system. I have pretty much the same setup(HKS exhaust, short ram intake, and Kinetic Plenum). I am still losing about 20 hp compare to a stock z at sea level. I have order the KJR pulley and aps test pipes, hopefully I get those parts before this weekend. The only other thing I would consider doing, since one day I would like to go FI, is an ecu upgrade like a UTEC but some FI kits come with pretty good piggy back management systems.

 

BTW: I live in Northglenn. Maybe one of these days thegr8one99, you, and me get together and hang out.

 

Welcome back to Colorado, civilian life and to the Z community. Hope to meet up with you at some of our events. The Z club of Colorado meets the first Wednesday of the month at Brooklyn's Bar, 2644 W. Colfax Ave at 7:00 pm. Stop by and meet up with some friendly Z people.

 

Welcome back, we'll see you around.

 

Absolutely, we should set that up sometime. I'd love to meet some local Z owners

 

Arctic: First welcome back again. As far as mods I gained 17whp and 10wtq with the mods in my sig and for onnly $800. I highly recommend these mods. Check out this thread for dynographs: https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/174222-gained-17rwhp-and-10rwtq-n-a.html
Next on my list is the TurboXS UTEC.

 

Robert_K: Nice gains! I just ordered a popcharger, MD 5/16th spacer & KJR pulley, I'm hoping to see a noticable improvement. I'll definately look into test pipes as my next mod, as your combo seemed to work well together. If you happen to pick up a UTEC and get dyno tuned, please share your results, as I would love to see what kind of gains a mildly modded Z would see at this altitude. Hope to see you at a meet sometime.

 

First: Thanks!!! I think you'll enjoy everything you ordered all ready. When I was running the same set-up w/o TP the power was mid/top-end power. A buddy even thought it felt like VTEC. LOL I would really consider some TP or HFC to give back the low-end power.
As far as the UTEC, I will share the gains! Nick, at Mac Autosport, and I are very interested in tuning a N/A 350 with the UTEC. Hopefully I get it soon as it really is the only thing I'm interested in right now.

 

Hey arctic, if you wanna hear my set up i'll be more than happy to meet up with you. You can take it for a spin and check out the difference from the butt dyno.