What is the best mod for the Money
 

I was looking at chips and programers. I do not need massive power, just want more speed. Could some one point me in the best direction.

Both of those will violate your warranty, which could affect the money issue.

I'd go with the Stillen G3 Cold Air Intakes; I got those and an FI cat-back (not cheap, but awesome) and it made a huge difference.

Best bang for the buck in this order:
~HFC
~Stillen G3 intakes
~Exhaust (Stillen, F.I., Berk (if they ever produce it))

Beyond that you are dropping money into little gains, like nonstoptuning pulley setup, stillen headers. Though F.I. is about to produce long tube headers, but not sure on power gains or price yet so it might be something to wait for.

a dyno tune maybe??

so far Test-Pipes/HFC's are the best bang for the buck mod.

definitely a full turbo system.

You want to go faster?? Get to a driving school, a structured HPDE.

I vote HFC's

I'd go with the flux capacitor and some nuclear engine powerplant to power everything.

or some Gen3 intakes or HFCs are the best bang for your buck other than an ECU tune.

love the suggestions. i'll be getting the g3 intakes (if they'll fit the nismo w/o too much of an issue), berk hfcs, and doing some driving schools in the area. i'm hoping to go twice on the same track, once while raining. the schools are actually a good deal. ~$295 for two days on a track and some class time as well. instructors can drive you or they ride along and give you tips on your car and the track. maybe a cobb down the line.

Vipor, :iagree:
You've probably made the best reply among all. Getting advance driving lessons is probably the best way of getting more "real" HP to the wheels/ground than any mods out there! Best bang for the bucks also (+ more secure skills on the road!).

Illuminated kick plates??

But seriously, this topic has been discussed about 100 times. But, clearly, for the money (if you are looking for adding power) are test pipes (if you don't care about throwing CEL).
It also depends where you live, how you drive. I mean, if you live somewhere up north with some nice euro-style mountain roads, then suspension is the way to go.

Tune - hands down - then sways and brakes , then intake , HFC's job done.

Tune on a stock car hands down? Teh Joke? Maybe wait till you have some parts on the car to get the tune....this isnt a turbo engine, getting a tune first would be pointless.

Id say a catback... you get power AND sound. If you can swing longtube intakes and a catback, thats my suggestion.

Sorry dude I disagree respectfully.

Personally I feel any car can benefit from a tune, turbo or not, stock tunes are fine but any stock tune can be improved on, whats the point of throwing mods at avehicle with out first having the device to extract the most from those mods?
My 2 cents, extract what you can from what you got then repeat, none of the add ons are cheap etc

second note... I am biased as I will tune my self ;-) ,from the other side of the coin, I can see your logic when shelling out for tunes and parts.

You have not seen the Z respond to mods then, from what we have seen so far the Z runs rich from factory. Adding good CAI, exhaust, and HFC will lean it out and smooth the car out with adding plenty of power. A tune for the Z will smooth out the power a bit and put the car in its optimal condition, but so far it has shown bolt-ons first is the way to go.