The aftermarket seems really slow for the 370Z, and I would think more companys would be developing cool new parts such as intake manifolds, maybe new TB/TB spacer, cams, Torque
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09-17-2009, 11:28 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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*New* parts coming??
The aftermarket seems really slow for the 370Z, and I would think more companys would be developing cool new parts such as intake manifolds, maybe new TB/TB spacer, cams, Torque dampener (Ingalls ETD) etc...
The 370Z is a beautiful looking car with a great motor that seems to respond really well with intake/exhaust. I know the VVEL is being a pain for tuning, but is that whats slowing down R&D on exciting new parts? |
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cant make a spacer for our intake manifold cause its not made like the other vq's manifold (g35, 350z) however kenetix is working on an aftermarket manifold for us. and as far as tuning goes. get a cobb access port till something crazy comes out
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When the economy was better and companies were making more money, a lot of the larger ones would just buy a car themselves and develop parts off of it. These days they rely on customers to drop their cars off for R&D and the amount of people who can leave their car with a company for weeks or months at a time is very slim. It also costs a lot of money to R&D a new part and vehicle sales aren't very high so its a big mix of situations revolving around nobody having any expendable cash. Just a sign of the times.
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the 370z is a lot more locked up than the 350z so it costs more to do the same things. Companies need more R&D work to get the parts working. You can't change the gearing without screwing up the SRM, Due to the VVEL assembly there are no cams to upgrade, roots blowers are harder to adapt because the throttlebodies are open most of the time now and it would never see vaccum.
Once some good ecu tuning software or a replacement ecu is released you'll start seeing more parts hitting the market. |
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One part I saw that stillen made for the 350Z was a torque dampener, I had one installed on my 07 Civic Si (ingalls etd) and I def noticed a difference. I hope stillen is planning on making one for the 370Z.
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I e-mailed Ingalls about a possible 370Z ETD and they responded with "No plans for that vehicle at this time". So I guess Stillen is our only hope for a 370Z torque dampener
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I barely felt the vibration in my last car, and the throttle response was real sharp. Different cars I know, but they made it for the 350z, so why not the 370Z? The 2 parts I'm really looking foward to are the F.I. Headers and the possible kenetix intake manifold.
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I don't think you will ever see cams sold for the car at all - simply far too costly to develop. Nissan has so far 0 competition plans with the new car, which means blanks will not be offered for those who have the means to grind their own cam. Forging your own blanks is simply far too cost prohibitive, as there is a miniscule market for those who would buy them. Throttle body spacers are certainly easy to do, but utterly useless (zero performance gain, their only advantage would be for forced induction guys looking for a nice and easy way to install a boost gauge). Intake manifold development is extremely time consuming and costly, and given the lack of fully programmable ecu's for the car, would not offer any real gain for any developer. The previous Z's never needed a torque dampener, neither do the new ones. Civic Si, different story - the factory mounts are very soft on that car (we have one, so I know that car pretty well too |
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