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Originally Posted by tchertel
If the car is a good, reliable car and you want to continue to use it as a daily driver then I would recommend not touching it. Installing Stillen's supercharger kit was the biggest mistake I made with my Z. The kit went on at 21k miles I have only had about 7 months trouble free, beyond that modifying this car turned it into the biggest piece of s**t! If you want something reliable that you don't have the mess with every freaking weekend trying to fix issues then don't touch it. If you want a turbo'd or supercharged car I would recommend buying one that has a turbo or SC from the factory. Right now, I am wasting money on insurance for this car because it is in garage with the hood up more than it is on the road.
If you go FI all I can say is good luck and have a backup vehicle to drive. Luckily I have my '98 Ram 1500 that is a thousand times for reliable than this POS Nissan with no thanks to Stillen.
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I appreciate the advice Tchertel, I understand where you are coming from and before I bought the Z I considered a number of more expensive cars that where fast from the factory as well. I've done the whole buy a fast car and don't touch it thing before and the feeling of building the car myself versus buying something already fast is just a better feeling for me. I do have my truck which has reliably gotten me around for multiple years so if I do have to put some work into the Z, its not my only vehicle. I don't mind spending time in the garage, in fact its almost like therapy to me.
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Originally Posted by jchammond
Vex, check with your tuner & ensure that the ecm on the 2020 model will be tunable with any of these kits first 
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I did talk with my tuner and everything seems to check out well on the tuning side. The plan is to run ecutek tuning wise.
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Originally Posted by takemorepills
I modified my Nissan Titan with SUPPOSEDLY good parts. I have had nothing but problems, and regret the thousands I spent on it. After the problems appeared, more thorough research turned up that for a few people, they also encountered the exact same issues and after spending tremendous effort and money to solve the problems, they all just cut their losses and sold their trucks. I'm going to need to reinstall expensive OEM parts back on to my truck to get her running right again.
This experience is what keeps me from modifying my Q60, I really don't like how torqueless the VQ is, but I am loving the reliability of the Q60.
Did Vex say he was going to modify a 2020? If he did I would strongly advise him to wait for the new 300Z TT. It will have the VR motor in it. If Vex buys a new 370Z and then drops $18K on it...he'll be way over the buy-in for a new VR powered Z.
Heck, I watched a YouTube channel that had a story about 3 great "sports cars" for under $10K. One of them was a 2009 370Z. They paid $10K for it and it was in excellent condition. I tried to find a 370Z in my area (WA State) for near that price, and the lowest I could find was $15K. I had an idea that at $10K plus the $18K for boost would make for a decent turbo Z project, but if I can't get one under $15K then I need to drop at least another $18K that would be up to $33K for a car over a decade old. Some of the older 370Zs may need extra money to repair issues like rear diff bushing, steering column lock, wear and tear, etc.
Or I could wait until the new VR powered Z drops and just buy a factory turbo car for little more. The new VR powered Q60's are getting sorted, there's people running low 10's and high 9's....that's with 7AT and weighing 650 pounds more than a Z.
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That is correct, I am modifying a 2020 370Z Sport. The new Z does look promising and who knows maybe in another few years I'll pick one up. However I do believe in waiting past the first year to avoid any potential first year issues. That makes it 2 to 3 years down the line before I would even consider getting one (Depending on how it looks on final release). I did consider a used one for cheaper but I never plan to get rid of this Z and for a car that I plan to keep for as long as I am around a new one just made sense.
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Originally Posted by 2011 Nismo#91
IMO.
All those kits are good, but I think with a 600WHP goal the FI kit would be easiest to reach that number, a single turbo or SC wouldn't be as simple unless your going E85. Also your budget looks fine for everything outside the motor, with 600WHP and the associated amount of TQ you may want to consider work on the internals?
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Thanks for the input! The plan is without a doubt to go E85. I live within 15 minutes of multiple E85 stations. I did decide that I will put aside a spare block to either serve as a stock replacement block if anything should go wrong or if everything goes well then a spare block to be built on the side.