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Originally Posted by NewYorkJon34
The aftermarket seems really slow for the 370Z, and I would think more companys would be developing cool new parts such as intake manifolds, maybe new TB/TB spacer, cams, Torque dampener (Ingalls ETD) etc...
The 370Z is a beautiful looking car with a great motor that seems to respond really well with intake/exhaust. I know the VVEL is being a pain for tuning, but is that whats slowing down R&D on exciting new parts?
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The justification to spend the time (and money) in R&D is just not there. Nowadays, this industry as a whole is slow. Couple that to a car that is still new to market, and does not have tons of units sold yet (especialyl relative to the previous model) and it becomes pretty clear that things will be this way for quite some time.
I don't think you will ever see cams sold for the car at all - simply far too costly to develop. Nissan has so far 0 competition plans with the new car, which means blanks will not be offered for those who have the means to grind their own cam. Forging your own blanks is simply far too cost prohibitive, as there is a miniscule market for those who would buy them.
Throttle body spacers are certainly easy to do, but utterly useless (zero performance gain, their only advantage would be for forced induction guys looking for a nice and easy way to install a boost gauge). Intake manifold development is extremely time consuming and costly, and given the lack of fully programmable ecu's for the car, would not offer any real gain for any developer.
The previous Z's never needed a torque dampener, neither do the new ones. Civic Si, different story - the factory mounts are very soft on that car (we have one, so I know that car pretty well too
