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Old 11-27-2012, 09:20 AM   #24 (permalink)
UNKNOWN_370
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Originally Posted by Japanjay View Post
It is not always about total WHP to make you fast. This is a NA 4 banger that smokes the fastest recorded 370z on this site, and they are squeezing 396whp out of it. Says alot about the lack of developement put into our VQ.....

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Honestly, I havent seen a Z with that much work in it. People either go with suspension, basic breathing mods & tune. Turbo, exhaust & tune. I don't see to many people going through extensive forgings and overhauls of the VQHR.

There's still a big gap & mystery as to what the VQ can really do. Everything is so fu**in expensive for the Z that you can buy 4 Z's if you pay the amount of money necessary to mod the Z properly.
As much as I love this car, non-F.I. 4 and 6 engines are pretty useless when you want to extract power. NA v8 is the best way to go if you expect big gains with breathing mods. Other than that. V6's and four bangers is a money pit of useless power gains without FI.

The best the FR-S is going to get on breathers n a tune is 14.5 second quarters if lucky. The best the Z will do is 12.6 if lucky? V8's you can see low 12, high 11 on breathing mods alone.
That said... I'm definitely going back to a turbo vehicle soon. I miss my FD.
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