what next? headers?
 

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!

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

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

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 :)

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..

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.

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

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

Will be putting my headers on tomorrow. Woot

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

Which ones you got?

I know meganZ had bored throttle bodies and saw nice gains. I believe 7-9WHP?

9whp being the max seen.

but there is more than just boring out to 62.5mm
the shaft was cut in half and the arrow edged the butterfly plate

im pretty sure there is a picture in one of my album here.

edit; to see the true power potential of this mod , the intake tube,specificaly the MAF tube has to be bigger than stock to maximize the Hp gain.
the OEM MAF tube size is 60mm with the big MAF sensor in there so there is a restriction ,,, the MAF section has to be able to flow more than what it is at the TB to see the result.

The Momentum 350Z DE headers.