what next? headers?

pseftis

ordered ark grip exhaust, berk hfc and stillen g3 intake

what next to get some more power out of this thing? headers? what brand?

thx!

elperuano

If ur gonna stay NA then yea prolly headers and to bring it all together a custom Osiris tune and ur pretty much set.

Chuck33079

Most long tube headers are going to make the HFCs unnecessary. It's kinda one or the other.

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sixpax

shorty's make gains ... hence the HFCs are still good ... and the Berk ones are awesome. I am at 323.9 rwhp with your set up except I have Typhoon instead of Stillen ... so shorty's, aluminum pulleys and an ignition amplifier should make 340

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JC671

Ignition amplifier? Like an MSD ignition amplifier? Please do explain.... What part # etc etc.. I didn't know that that could be done for our cars..

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sixpax

DIS Ignition Amplifier

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leighspped

i have to do more reading... hadn't heard about them before now and im surprised more people wouldn't be running them if its a solid 10whp


headers (long tube) are great if you dont mind running without cats and the pain in the *** to install

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JC671

I'm just waiting for the delivery of my headers and contemplating doing the install myself at our local hobby shop with a lift or do just not deal with it and pay.

What did you do? If you installed yourself and had to do it again would you just pay someone?

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SS_Firehawk

Idk. We already have a legit ignition system, I don't see it doing too much. Stillen headers don't make that much more over stock, gains yes, but hard to justify. Supposedly Momentum Z shorty headers (need the 350Z TP's) do well, but there is not a perfect comparison chart as the only results for them were with VVEL tuning. It was the only time I have ever seen shorties make comparable power to long tubes, so I'm still a bit of a skeptic. Buy in for long tubes are not cheap. Yes they start at $900 for PPE's, but your better off getting them coated, so just say $1100+. Don't remember how much F.I.'s runs, maybe $1200-$1300. Install will be a nightmare guaranteed, either for your wallet and mechanic or you in your garage. Driver side is a pretty awful experience. Yes you will lose the ability to run cats, primarily because your exhaust is a true dual, if it were a Y pipe, Motordynes's XYZ Y pipe gives options.

For other power options, there are still different ways. Pulley's from NST, lighter flywheel, M370 intake manifold (mid range, no top end increase), a tune is recommended, and Jun cams are out but will cost a mint getting them installed. Outside of that, not much else you can do NA without playing with heads or internals and that's another money pit. Bang for buck to go farther than standard bolt on's takes a nose dive after the easy stuff is done.

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bigsix

I like how, even stock, these VQ V6 engines offer great power and torque from the factory.

SPOHN

Will be putting my headers on tomorrow. Woot

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leighspped

Nice extra everything beer food and hands they'll all come in handy

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binary0x01

Which ones you got?

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SPOHN

The Momentum 350Z DE headers.

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binary0x01

Won't the test pipse stink up the inside? you have to use em right?

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