My 2012 370Z Nismo
Bought on Black Friday in 2014 From a used car dealer on Long Island with approx 20k miles. Paid 27,000 Cash which included all taxes fees.
If I could go back in time and buy a regular Z instead of a Nismo to save some money I would NOT. Ive been in both. Sat in both. Drove both. I just love the package and all that you get. Your car will hold more value and be considered a collectible down the road.
Moving on.
I did a number of modifications to the car already...
This is not a picture of my interior but more of a generic stock looking shifter.
I bought on eBay a shift boot for about 10$ and a Shift Knob for about 10$ and installed myself... Here was the final outcome.
Best mod for $20 or less IMO
Thats all that was done cosmetically so far.
Power Wise I do not have a bone Stock dyno number.
List of mods..
Takeda Long Tube Intake
AAM S-Line Midpipe
Intake manifold polished
Throttle bodies slightly bored +2 MM and polished ( The picture shows one completed and one stock)
Upper Intake Plenum Power mod done by myself more or less like the Motordyne and Z1 offers
For those of you about to attempt this.. its very time consuming if you want to do it right.. And the amount they charge to the amount of time it takes is justified IMO.. They also say they do not polish theres because it would take too long and for what you would gain wouldn't be worth it.. I agree but polished mine anyway. .. Again it takes a long time to do it right...
Stillen Header and Motordyne Art pipe
These work great together and sound great.
I Kept the STOCK NISMO Muffler. Everything else Pretty much full bolt on.
I realize 3-5Hp could be gained by going with the AAM Short Tails but the car would be wayy too loud.
Perfect sound now no drone / no rattling I wouldn't change a thing.
I went to Vinny Ten to tune my car with UpRev.
They did a great job and are great people to deal with. Highly Reccomended
I changed my oil right before putting the car on the dyno.
Now you would think by getting the stillen header which claims like +30HP and the Motordyne Art Pipe +35HP AAM MIdpipe +15 HP Takeda +15 you would easily be in the 400HP range like some people with Z's and G's have told me.. this is NOT the case.. Please do not be ignorant and buy into these numbers..
So my First Baseline pull before the tune but having all the parts on the car along with the NISMO ECU was a Whopping 286 WHP..
Not sure if those vids will work...
After a few punches into Vinnys laptop on the dyno the next pull went to a respectable 303WHP
a few more pulls and fine tuning by Vinny Ten .. on a 55 Degree Beautiful day...
The car made 310 WHP and 251 LB TQ on a DynoJet
The car drives great and I'm extremely happy with it. My estimation is only 3-5 more HP can be added with a different muffler but am not willing to sacrifice my ear drums for that.
Please share your NA Dyno figures to compare ! Interested to see what the highest FBO + Tune Z is making !