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Was hoping to see if we could get a bit of feedback on any N/A mods that will provide noticeable results on the 35 ? As far as ive looked at for mine im thinking transgo shift kit, Kinetix manifold/tube/filter, exhaust but not sure how much of it or which brand/brands because i want not over the top noise, no drone, and a nice note.

Anyone run a different set of gears in the diff ?

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I guess when you want to run an N/A daily with simple mods to make it a bit sharper and just enjoy so that hopefully you can spend up on the more ridiculous toy in the garage it does sound a little boring to some folks.

I drive a 300gt sedan. Factory 0-100 is 7.5 seconds. After doing the transgo shift kit, a stillen exhaust and swapping the diff to a manual 350z track diff I was running 0-100 in 6.7 seconds. The diff swap and transgo were definitely noticeable.

Nice mate cheers for that,mine is a 5 spd auto coupe and seems you can see at least a second off 0/100 times and definately sharpen up the response , im trying to just improve it all round.... snappier, better handling and braking, traction etc... probably run the 18" rays 350z wheels for extra rubber and possibly the Z's Tokico shocks and springs.... 5 grand max all round and noticeable results with complete reliability and then focus on the more stupid and less used ride in the garage.

Does seem that most info and parts availability knowledge for these cars is ex US and seems we are about to see another dollar rate to our benefit soon.

Nice price mate thats what im after, affordable results and i agree on the z rims id like to run the factory 5 spoke18" wheels just to allow the jump to an 18 with decent 245's rear and 235 fronts and retain a semi factory look at the same time.

VQ25DET or VK45DE :-)

I recall seeing a writeup of a company that mangaged to squeeze a VK56 into a 350Z, so that is do-able if you have enough $$..

But now we are getting silly! :)

The VR38 is just a VQ anyway. The only decent suggestion so far has been the VQ25det but I don't want you guys to get your hopes up, they are a rare engine...

Anyway, off topic, as the OP won't spend the moneyz on an engine swap, engine build or decent mods. He just wants the generic g35 bolt-on feel-good parts.

What's the bet he buys a poopcharger?

OP

In seriousness. You won't get all that much performance out of the vq35de with bolt on stuff. You'll make it noisy, and it might feel faster, but it's not going to be a rocket. That being said, the order to do things is some form of plenum mod, be it a spacer, or plenum top, then exhaust and high flow cats. Leave the airbox the fk alone. Headers are ok, but expensive in cost and labour for the benefit. That's where to leave it unless you really want to plow some money into it.

Well yeah i guess im not actually after bulk power increases so in effect the Kinetix manifold cat back and a transgo shift kit plus the lsd upgrade and uprev tune would
probably get me what im after....effectively just a more responsive and slightly better sounding 35.... i see 5 grand as reasonable if i include the upgraded wheel tyre combo
and seems like that would be close all up.
If i was after bulk power and forced nduction etc i wouldnt have bought a v35 im happy with a smooth nice handling daily so i can get on with my other car too...anyways
cheers for any helpful info.

+1 for hks turbo kit My car drives like a normal v35 until 3k rpm then hold on In saying that I would recommend supercharger as turbo is a pain in the ass start to finish as I'm sure Scotty would agree. Kinetix velocity manifold transgo and decent hi flow cats with uprev is the way to go if you're sticking NA and I found the K&N panel filter gained 5kw before I went FI

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