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think i saw your Z on sheepshead road yesterday
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Ah cool - I'm looking through your albums now to see what car is yours ...
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Our transmissions are pretty beefy, but the synchro's tend to be the cause of problems to many people who have tranny problems. Installing a short shifter could put additional stress on the synchro's which in turn could cause them to fail prematurely. And with the short shifter installed I don't think Nissan would cover the replacement under warranty.
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Het, great to know. I'm thinking I'm about holding off on that until I find more research. Glad for the input!
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Also, If you're more worried about low end torque I'd look into the motordyne ART Pipes as well.
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Ok will do. I'm actually trying to decide on exhaust now. I was thinking about doing Berk HFC & BCE. The sponsor section has a decent price shipped. Just not sure about hp/tq gains on that setup.
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Hey there fellow New Yorker. The oil cooler is a great place to start, I went with the GTM oil cooler, just make sure all your lines and fittings are tight. If you keep looking through the personal classifieds on the forum you should eventually find everything on your wishlist though I personally wouldn't go with the ARK CBE as it is way to raspy especially if you go with long tube headers down the line. I have the FI LTH's and I love them, I might have to lose them if and when I go forced induction who knows you might be able to take them off my hands.
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Yeah, I think I'm going to bail on the ARK. IMO it might sit too low, especially in the winter w/snow & ice chunks. Plus the rasp as you mentioned, if I go LTH.
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Great job on the cameras, but blocking the license plate number? A little too much IMHO. No need to be so paranoid my Z friend.
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It's funny you say that - I would normally never cover my plate, but since every else seems to photoshop their plates out, I jumped on the bandwagon, heh.
UPDATE: After doing a bunch of research, and talking w/the guys at my local 370z meet last Wednesday, I decided to keep the stock air boxes and go drop ins. I also decided to be a little different and do HKS drop-ins. I made that decision based on my experience w/HKS products in the past (had a carbon fiber wrapper titanium tipped turbo back on my STi and loved it). My understand is that the stock airbox does a pretty decent job and I'm going to spend the money else where. Which brings me to my next mod, exhaust.
I've looked at the following:
ARK, but decided against it because of the possible rasp and sitting too low.
FI: Thinking LTH and CBE. I heard a forum members exhaust and it sounded awesome, pretty damn loud, but mean. I think he just had non-res CBE. I can't recall now.
Berk: The sponsors section has a great price on Berk HFC & CBE shipped, and IMO, sounds awesome on videos. I love that sound.
Miestercraft (sp?): Sounds awesome, but too pricey IMO.
Stillen: Headers + Berk setup.
ART TP: Need to research these..
So, I want the most hp/tq for the best price. The Berk combo seems the best for price and sound, just not sure of the #s.
I know Arnold K is running Gemini + ARTK TP, which sounds awesome in-person and is a great value. That's a choice as well.
I'm just not sure what the best power combo is ... Thoughts?