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Originally Posted by FPenvy that's where the Z sucks though. market is too small so it's not worth the R&D to bring a new piece to the mass market. hence

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Old 09-30-2015, 11:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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that's where the Z sucks though. market is too small so it's not worth the R&D to bring a new piece to the mass market. hence the reason of things like one-off unicorn pieces that cost a ton of money.
Yeah i know, why stay na when you can go boost and triple your horsepower. Stupid boost
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the HR guys are having pretty good success with port jobs on upper and lower work. I dont see why we couldnt benefit!
yea but most lower port jobs ive seen are netting like 5 hp and cost a few hundred. at least for the money it be nice to have a nicer looking piece with my 5hp lol


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Yeah i know, why stay na when you can go boost and triple your horsepower. Stupid boost


i'm still at the fork in the road between do i spend $25k on boosting the Z or do i just get a different vehicle. so far waiting to go with a different vehicle still winning
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yea but most lower port jobs ive seen are netting like 5 hp and cost a few hundred. at least for the money it be nice to have a nicer looking piece with my 5hp lol






i'm still at the fork in the road between do i spend $25k on boosting the Z or do i just get a different vehicle. so far waiting to go with a different vehicle still winning
Yeah 25k is alot. Im still going to n play the waiting game to stay NA. My turbo is a dry sump and a billet crank
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