Originally Posted by KingJoseph (Post 1974529)

Forza,
THANK YOU... for the honesty. The more homework I do, the more it seems obvious that I can probably expect to break even or net a few horsepower at best. For the sound and weight loss, it may be worth it... but I want to have realistic expectations about the performance gains or lack thereof. While this has been alluded to in other threads, I'm not sure it's been stated as succinctly as this.

Originally Posted by fuct (Post 1974573)

yea i did.... it cost you over $3500 for 38 HP. :tup:

Originally Posted by FL 4Motion (Post 1975029)

going from bone stock nismo to adding F.I. LTHs and CBE, I gained 30 whp and cut a significant amount of weight.

Originally Posted by 2011 Nismo#91 (Post 1974645)

Nope. All the NA mods available won't get a Z to 400 imo.

Performance wise here is some info on the nismo exhaust.
http://www.the370z.com/intake-exhaus...tml#post999998

The base Z is 332hp
The Nismo exhaust adds about 8hp alone. So the Nismo's Tune adds the other 10 to get to 350hp.

So saying the FI exhaust addes 20hp to a Z seems about right, 10hp (as apposed to 8hp) or so because it's slightly larger and less restrictive with the other 10hp coming form the Tune.

So you better really like that sound because your paying alot of money for 2hp and losing a lot on selling a used exhaust.

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1975155)

I got 38HP and 39 Tor.

Originally Posted by FL 4Motion (Post 1975468)

I suppose i should add that was w/o tuning.

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1973221)

Bone stock. I got 282HP and 230 Tor. With LTH, 12" res,a G3 cai, and a UpRev tune. I got 320HP and 269 Tor. :D

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1974556)

Did any of you guys read post number 7? And add up the numbers? ;)

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1975155)

I got 38HP and 39 Tor.

Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks (Post 1975646)

Sorry Rusty but these numbers are completely uncomparable.

There's no way you can directly compare Mustang dyno results to Dynojet results since Mustang Dyno's read so much lower than Dynojets. Heck 282 on a Mustang probably is 318 on a Dynojet (the difference ratio is typically pretty close to 13%).

Don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but just giving you the facts. ;)

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1975142)

Hey, you only live once, and it's only money! :D

Originally Posted by omm370z (Post 1976882)

YES! it is true but you can get bankrupt lol

Originally Posted by omm370z (Post 1976882)

YES! it is true but you can get bankrupt lol

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1975540)

Ok. ;)

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 1977247)

The whole thing is planning your mods so that you don't getting there. I figured this is the last car I am modding, so I want to make the most of it. I just want to enjoy it for a long time. It's also the last car I'm buying. Retirement is right around the corner. :eek:

Originally Posted by SurfDog (Post 1989302)

I tweak all my cars and I have a loooong way to go till retirement. Nevertheless it really is fun to get the best from a cool car like the Z. Especially if its your daly driver where you can really get time to love on your Mods.