'14 Pearl White Nismo
 

Got my 2014 Nismo a month and a half ago after riding a motorcycle as a daily driver for 4 years. Thanks to an unfortunate fortunate situation in which my GSXR-1000 was stolen I decided to use my insurance money to buy my Nismo. Needless to say I couldn't be happier...except that I immediately wanted more HP.

Looks, undeniable...to me, power a bit lacking for my liking. After some mild research I was convinced that a Stillen S/C and exhaust etc. would fill that need. However, after reading here and talking with others at the local SoCal meet it seems like that may not be the way to go. I would go TT, but costs a little more than I would like. From some of the things I learned I may want to stay NA, but want to get as much HP/TQ as possible. I want reliability and obviously not going FI would certainly make that more of a possibility...I'm open to suggestions for S/C, TT and NA. With so many posts it would be hard to find exactly what I'm looking for, so I'm hoping my fellow forum peeps can give some ideas that might help or guide me to posts or ideas that will help with my decision.

Glad to be a part of such a great community of car owners.

Special thanks to Waizz for introducing me to everyone and his feedback regarding my impending changes.

Hey, it was good meeting you, I'm Andrew the one talking you out of the Stillen saying you'll need way more than a 25 row oil cooler

Was nice meeting you too Andrew...funny thing is I was watching a video today where the Stillen Z was featured for a show and it mentioned how they were using two oil coolers. If they are using two there is a reason for that; I stand rightly corrected sir. :tiphat:

Congrats..of course hp is lacking coming from a gixxer 1000 lol I have a 05 zx 6r supersport I also feel I need more hp and I only have 636cc.

Welcome and Congrats!
The new Nismo's look good :tup:

I hear you, I never needed the 1000, but liked having the power...a little too much :yum: Never felt like I needed more, that is for sure...LOL

Glad you have the car and bike; nice!. If I did, not sure which I would drive/ride more. LOL

Btw, nice Z.

Thanks UruZai!

Brian,

Once again Congrats!!

And THANK YOU for supporting the Forum :tiphat:

Thanks G!!! Glad to support the forum; especially with all the help I can get in one place.

Should I have posted my query somewhere else? I appreciate all the congrats, but really do want some input as to where I should go with my build. Any ideas please feel free to PM me. Like I told Wais, I already have an appointment for my Stillen install, but after talking to him (and others) I definitely feel like I need more info before fully committing.

Sorry for the noob question, but I am a noob to the forum and forums in general :hello: LOL

:welcome: and congrats!

Thanks Blackcherry!


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Research, research, research. After 8 months of owning mine I feel like I'm now getting a real sense of what should and should not be done with these cars. My advice... take it slow. Most will point you towards the TT build. As long as you don't overdo it and do all the supporting mods, reliability won't be an issue.

There's hundreds of threads to research and most will have the answers you are looking for.

Anyhow, welcome and good luck!

Hi

Welcome Royalty B!:tiphat:

In my opinion only
 

Beside the cost going N/A has other good things going.

All you need to do are 3 things. Change the gear ration to 4:08. Remove the cats & replace them with test pipes. Then get a Osiris tune/raise redline limit. With that you'll get that kick in the pants feel with very little worry of breakage or problems. Test tubes however will give you a raspy exhaust sound..... Good luck....

Thanks I love the new nismo color schemes enjoy :)

welcome! just got my 2013 and its supposed to be shipped here soon.

Thanks and congrats mnz, you won't be disappointed. Enjoy!!!


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What's up Andrew...btw, post count!!! Holy cow :tiphat:

Did you get it yet...would love to see a pic.

Thanks Streetlife and Andre!!!

Welcome man. Sorry about the bike! I have a GSXR1000 myself and id be heartbroken to come out and find it stolen! Few quick questions, is smog a concern for you? And what is your overall power goal? Btw beautiful car. Loving the 14 nismos in white

Thanks T!!! Smog is a concern, but I know there are ways to get it to pass, my biggest thing is probably reliability. I would love to go TT, but would be a bit out of my price range and once I know I can get more power, I probably wouldn't want to stop and be mad because I couldn't pay for it :mad:

About the bike, I was heartbroken. Where I parked I would walk out everyday and depending on who was parked around me I would think it was missing all the time, but that morning sucked!!! :eek: I walked 3 stories of a parking garage hoping I parked it somewhere else. That said, I'm not so mad because it gave me the opportunity to buy my Z, so all is good now. :tup: This was my 2009 GSXR

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Btw, my overall goal is right around 450, nothing super crazy...like 546WHP :))) Nice "rides" btw!!!

Bring your car to a meet!!!


And RoyaltyB... I sent you a PM... It's really long... Sorry...

Gonna get pics up tomorrow!


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Yes T, def bring your car to a meet...like the next one please :driving:

Got your PM Andrew...no worries about the long message, appreciate the info for sure. FYI, I replied, with a long message as well :)

Will look for them :)

congrats

Thanks Z-Girl!


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Hey man...good to have met you in Cerritos!

Welcome and congrats!!!!! :happydance:

Welcome!

Thanks Jaxx and Zen!

Cuban (Henry right?) good meeting you as well. And thanks again for the info on the spacers. Still need to get them taken out, but was good info. Much appreciated.

See you at the next meet.


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Congrats on your Nismo. Nice contrasting colors they did this time around.

Thanks Ax, that's why I ended up going with the white instead of the black.


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Any pics yet mnz? :pics:

Stillen CAI installed
 

Sure there are a hundred pics of a CAI on the forum, but I'm proud nonetheless...Freshly installed Stillen CAI. Butt dyno likes!!! :tup:

Thanks to Stillen for a great CAI and install. Thank you John at Stillen for your expertise with the installation. Thank you Kyle for ensuring I was well taken care of for a small purchase and install and thank you to Art for the great customer service; thanks for pointing me to "The Deli" while I waited.

First drive in a while with no music playing just to hear a different tune. Worth the wait!!!

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