Me vs 350Z..twice
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Joined: May 2001
Posts: 4
From: San Pedro, CA
A guy that hangs out with us Sun nights has a 350Z (year?). He claims to be pushiin 330 at the wheels with I/E and a comp tune. I thought BS right away, but he did race a 08 Shelby GT that also hangs out w/us and beat him. So I guess i have to be a little more wary of the 350.
330whp is BS big time
I make about 265whp dynojet with my Z and its an 06 for me to hit 330whp all motor would take a heavy build as the stock stuff has seen maybe 290-295whp dynojet with long tubes, headers, cams, intake plenum, exhaust, tune
There is ONE Z in the US which I have heard of making more than 300whp and he runs high 11's on slicks....but its also a warmed over slightly built VQ35DE motor...not stock but not a $$$ build at all
The heads flow like crap, the cams are small and the DE rod bolts dont like revs....to make serious NA power youd have to basically port it, change the rod bolts and change the 4 cams...oh and get a tune while your at it....most standalones were running 2500-3000 tuned....what a steal right?
Its gotten better with tunable software being about 700 or so but thats only a few months old....which is why you really havent seen too many "built" Z's.....the tuning costs were outrageous...dont get me started on parts costs lol
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 26
From: Irmo, S.C
I'm encountering the same issue with my M3. Unless you buy ebay crap, parts are unbelievably high for this car. However, I was very happy to learn that headers alone have been dyno'd to add 24 hp. I never thought that'd be possible with a strung out I6, but unfortunately they're well over a grand. Exhaust is $1800, intake kit is $500!
330 crank maybe
330whp is BS big time
I make about 265whp dynojet with my Z and its an 06 for me to hit 330whp all motor would take a heavy build as the stock stuff has seen maybe 290-295whp dynojet with long tubes, headers, cams, intake plenum, exhaust, tune
There is ONE Z in the US which I have heard of making more than 300whp and he runs high 11's on slicks....but its also a warmed over slightly built VQ35DE motor...not stock but not a $$$ build at all
The heads flow like crap, the cams are small and the DE rod bolts dont like revs....to make serious NA power youd have to basically port it, change the rod bolts and change the 4 cams...oh and get a tune while your at it....most standalones were running 2500-3000 tuned....what a steal right?
Its gotten better with tunable software being about 700 or so but thats only a few months old....which is why you really havent seen too many "built" Z's.....the tuning costs were outrageous...dont get me started on parts costs lol
330whp is BS big time
I make about 265whp dynojet with my Z and its an 06 for me to hit 330whp all motor would take a heavy build as the stock stuff has seen maybe 290-295whp dynojet with long tubes, headers, cams, intake plenum, exhaust, tune
There is ONE Z in the US which I have heard of making more than 300whp and he runs high 11's on slicks....but its also a warmed over slightly built VQ35DE motor...not stock but not a $$$ build at all
The heads flow like crap, the cams are small and the DE rod bolts dont like revs....to make serious NA power youd have to basically port it, change the rod bolts and change the 4 cams...oh and get a tune while your at it....most standalones were running 2500-3000 tuned....what a steal right?
Its gotten better with tunable software being about 700 or so but thats only a few months old....which is why you really havent seen too many "built" Z's.....the tuning costs were outrageous...dont get me started on parts costs lol
