Ive got about 4k to spend on parts, help me figure out what to buy! Please..
 

If all goes to plan I should be picking up my new PW Z once I return from Vegas in about 2-3 weeks. I have an extra 4grand that I plan on putting into my Z. I’ve been looking at different parts but I want to make sure I get the most bang for my buck. I plan on getting an oil cooler but other than that what parts do you suggest that I buy that will give the best improvement over its stock counterpart. FYI I do not plan on installing coil-overs or springs. Another thing I was considering was installing a test pipe since there are no emissions where I am stationed. Thanks for all of your help and suggestions!

Fast intentions exhaust + fast intentions long tube headers + stillen cold air intakes are a nice thing to spend money on

geta clear bra too then use the rest on w/e

The Fast-Intention's complete exhaust install from headers to tips with installation, required tune and a CAI added in comes to a little over $4000. The dynos they have posted to YouTube specific to a 370Z show and overall gain of 21 RWHP and 17 ft-lbs. of Torque.

Cost per HP gained: $191 / 1 HP gained
Cost per TQ gained: $235 / 1 ft-lb. gained

Unless you are adding on a blower or turbo which makes the intake and exhaust mods almost mandatory, the cost per HP/TQ gain FAR SURPASSES any gains to be made with redoing your exhaust. It's absurd and rediculous to spend these figures for such a diminutive return.

Save your money for something else.....

Real Estate is always a good investment.

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ah dammit, beat me too it:tiphat:

If you want to remain N/A... Stillen G3 Intake, Fast Intentions Exhaust, HFC, NonStopTuning crank and alternator pulley (with new slightly smaller Gates belt), and a tune. If you can't get dyno tuned, get the Cobb Access Port with competition tune preloaded. Shave some weight off the car while you're at it. I'm pretty sure you can do this for under $4k.

If you plan on force feeding the engine, then save up for a supercharger.

If it's not a sports package, I would add an LSD.

For four grand I would do our RA light weight two piece brake rotors and coilovers and maybe sway bars. (if it is a sports package car)

He totally said he doesn't want coilovers. I would get wheels and tires.

I agree

wheels+tires+springs

Im gonna say get intake/exhaust/hfc/oil cooler/spacers/clearbra and labor.

4k?..take it to the baccarat table n double up!...haha

ditto.. cept id recommend the Injen intakes over the stillen due to fitment.

i think you should get a hood damper first. :D

It is a sport package, probably should have mentioned that... Good ideas so far everyone it's def. Giving me ideas. Got anymore?

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Aaand yeees? so?

getting anything like a turbo or supercharger is going to cost more than 4000. waaay more than 4000.

A boob shifter handle and a high end escort (and i'm not referring to a radar detector!) :icon23:

And you missed my entire point completely....I am perfectly aware that doing the blower or TT puts him way out of his money range that he is willing to spend at this moment but that in itself coupled with the outragious intake/exhaust ROI breakdown makes my case even more that the exhaust makeover just shouldn't be done since he would be paying far more than the power he would make out of doing it.

In simple math terms:

$4K costs him: $191 / 1 HP gained and $235 / 1 ft-lb. gained.
12K costs him: $ 70 / 1-HP gained and $ 80 / 1 ft-lb gained.

In addition by adding the blower or TT it would likely increase his asking price for the car if he were to sell it which could work in his favor if he is still upside-down in his loan he may have on the car at the time of selling it.

Adding just an exhaust isn't going to increase the value of the car in any way, shape or form nor contribute to providing any amount of offset advantage if he is upside-down in any loan he may have on the car at the time of the sell.

You can't argue with the hard numbers because it just plainly SCREAMS for itself that the exhaust makeover is a total rip-off unless he couples it with the blower or TT where then it can at least be dollar-justified by the big power to be gained.

So in the thread abou their exhausts shows 20 just for the CBE doesnt it? So now they are saying other wise?

All of these items stock are just fine for street driving, no need IMO unless you plan on tracking.

FI CBE=good gains and great sound
Stillen G3 (if gains stated are true)= good gains and nice sound


That should leave you about $2K for gas for having fun.

or use it for a down payment on the SC

Ford stock

This is probably the wrong thing to say as a vendor here...but I don't care...I'm a racer first ;)

Spend the money on track days, fuel, brake pads, and rubber....enjoy your car first the way it is...then once you really feel comfortable with your car, upgrade what you feel the car is lacking. (Oil cooler wouldn't help first though if you plan to do any aggressive driving)

Scott

This is quite refreshing to see a vendor making a statement that DOES NOT ACT to put someone elses money into his own vendor's pocket first.

I salute you, Scott, for having such integrity in this day and age where the vendor's think first only of themselves at the total expense of their customers.

:tup::tup::tup::tup::tup:

Get the clear-bra first. Hen follow what Scott said. Nothing is worst than a nicked-up/bruised-up hood and bumper. After the clear bra, you should have a little bit over $3,000 to spend.

1. Clearbra/Ventureshield
2. Exhaust
3. High Flow Cats
4. Cold Air Intakes

Over here every mod lowers the price of the car. especially forced induction modding.

Exhaust + lth + cai + tuneup are the best ways to increase HP without resorting to modifying the engine itself.

I don't disagree with your Exhaust + lth + cai + tuneup...IF IT WERE A MUSTANG because the prices for the comparable kinds of parts for a Mustang are NOT through the roof as they are for the Z.

The Z being considered an import allows the manufacturers to really stick it to the consumer and charge outragious prices for any parts. These outragious prices just completely kill the ROI when doing this kind of mod to the Z since the power gains made are so dimimutive compared to the dollars spent to achieve that mere pittance of a gain. That's why this mod you suggest requires coupling it with a forced induction mod as well in order to achieve a sensible ROI.

Having been modding Mustangs most of my life I can tell you that most comparable mods made to a MUSTANG can be achieved at 1/2 the overall cost of those made to Z's. That's why the ROI when doing Mustang modification is so good!