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Originally Posted by dansracing Did you upgrade any of the plastic parts from the kit like the idler pully? Pulley not upgraded. My installer upgraded several clamps and hoses, but

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Did you upgrade any of the plastic parts from the kit like the idler pully?
Pulley not upgraded. My installer upgraded several clamps and hoses, but not the pulley.
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Pulley not upgraded. My installer upgraded several clamps and hoses, but not the pulley.
Seems to be a good decision to make. Anything plastic usually needs to go.
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Pulley not upgraded. My installer upgraded several clamps and hoses, but not the pulley.
It would be great to see more pictures of your install. Another thing I was thinking about changing were the hoses for the water/air cooler on the front of the intake. I would like to do some braided hoses etc. I show the car allot so some eye candy under there would be good.
When I purchased the car I pretty much conceded that I was going to put another 20K into it so I have waisted a few $$ on NA upgrades like the Motordyne intake and G3 CIA but all along I wanted to do a FI solution. In our group there are 3 guys that have TT and 2 that have SC in which one is the Stillen. Of all of them, the Stillen was the most problem free so I am going that rout. We have a great tuner in the area and he has done tons of 3.7 work both in tune and FI so I am very confident in his abilities.

Did you upgrade your clutch? I am planning on that as well along with an aluminum flywheel. May even go with the short shifter upgrade since the tranny will be dropped.
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Upgrades so far -

NISMO Cat back exhaust
NISMO wheels
STILEN SC
STILLEN SETRAB Oil Cooler Kit - Race (This represents about $700 of the funds invested in the cost and install of the SC kit as it was highly recommended by Stillen due to well known overheating problems in the 370.
No new clutch.

Keep in mind the SC comes with its own CAI so if you go with the SC - your current CAI will likely end up in the used marketplace.
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Just a thought re: the NISMO exhaust. It sounds great and looks good, but for the cost if I did it again I would go with the FI exhaust with the 18" resonators - IMO - looks better and sounds better.
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Just a thought re: the NISMO exhaust. It sounds great and looks good, but for the cost if I did it again I would go with the FI exhaust with the 18" resonators - IMO - looks better and sounds better.
Yea, I have the FI exhaust with HFCs and 12" resonators. CIA and Intake plenum will hit the used market. I also have to replace the clutch and CSC as well. Your running AT?
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Yea, I have the FI exhaust with HFCs and 12" resonators. CIA and Intake plenum will hit the used market. I also have to replace the clutch and CSC as well. Your running AT?
What is this AT you speak of?

Ha! just kidding, of course my Z is 6MT. Would rather ride my bike than any car with auto trans.
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What is this AT you speak of?

Ha! just kidding, of course my Z is 6MT. Would rather ride my bike than any car with auto trans.
lol got cha.... My main question was how the new HP works with the stock clutch. The shop doing mine wants to put a new clutch and CSC in which is another $1500 installed.
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