01 Stock Cobra vs 09 NISMO 370z
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No. Magnaflow high-flow cats, but even O/R won't be that much without other mods. The CAI, catback, and gears will do the trick. You might have less weight which could also help.
CAI is not worth the $$$ IMO. You might gain 3rwhp. Get a K&N drop in filter. Gears, O/R X and full length subframes and go from a dig. That will put you well ahead of him. You should also do some free at home weight reduction if you plan to go from a roll. Remove the spare tire and jack, run with a 1/4 tank, remove all misc shit inside your car such as trash, water bottles, cd's and their cases, tools etc. For every 100lbs you manage to drop its like gaining 10 hp.
If you want to find out who is the better driver do a dig.
If you want to know which car is faster then do a roll.
If I was you I would go with 3.90 gears, K&N filter, LT's, O/R X pipe and a SCT dyno tune AFTER everything is installed and not the other way around and you will be very pleasently surprised.
If you want to know which car is faster then do a roll.
If I was you I would go with 3.90 gears, K&N filter, LT's, O/R X pipe and a SCT dyno tune AFTER everything is installed and not the other way around and you will be very pleasently surprised.
No way I would want to be running around with anything more than 4.10 gears w/ a 5.4.
If you seriously are putting in a 5.4 ALL YOUR MODS SHOULD BE TAILORED for THE END GAME!!!
Too many guys get distracted and spend money on stuff that ends up getting changed out later, I'm an older guy , been there done that... DON"T DO IT!
Don't forget about IRS bushings while you are planning your mods, wheel hop sucks royal ass, I hated it when I first got my car, now with Delrin and SFCs hop free.
Even a 3.73 gear would be a good gear for the 5.4. If you are not doing a whole lot of street driving or open track the 4.10s and up ok but I still wouldn't do over 4.30s. Unless it's a dedicated drag car, the 5.4 has a 4.16?" stroke, you'll want to keep piston speeds reasonable.
My $.02:beer:
If you seriously are putting in a 5.4 ALL YOUR MODS SHOULD BE TAILORED for THE END GAME!!!
Too many guys get distracted and spend money on stuff that ends up getting changed out later, I'm an older guy , been there done that... DON"T DO IT!
Don't forget about IRS bushings while you are planning your mods, wheel hop sucks royal ass, I hated it when I first got my car, now with Delrin and SFCs hop free.
Even a 3.73 gear would be a good gear for the 5.4. If you are not doing a whole lot of street driving or open track the 4.10s and up ok but I still wouldn't do over 4.30s. Unless it's a dedicated drag car, the 5.4 has a 4.16?" stroke, you'll want to keep piston speeds reasonable.
My $.02:beer:
get rid of the slowmasters!!
tons more? not quite. 4v cars are notorious for being torqeless wonders, w/o a blower or turbo that is...
We have 50lbs more torque, and it's plenty to walk the 370Z specially from a roll.
gears, mid pipe, tune, and march pulleys.
it weighs less. and who knows, maybe it was underrated from the factory like a lot of cars seem to be...
Like I showed earlier:
They were rated right on...and yes, they might be 100lbs lighter, but we have an extra 50 lbs of torque to more than make up for it, thus they should not be walking an almost stock 99-01 Cobra. We have an AWESOME top end.
OP's car has some issues.
Incidentally, I **totally** annihilated a 350Z last week. From a roll of about 50 to 120'sh, I put at least 15 cars on him and this is even after he gunned it while infront of me. I passed him at the equivalent of him standing still, while I'm driving by at about 25-30 mph.
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dadro77 knows whats up, by the time you waste money on gears, LT, cai, and a tune your well over the price of a decent nitrous kit. just get spray and beat the hell out of the 370 and alot of other cars on the road.
I'll get started on it. Weight was probably an issue, but I didn't consider it a big factor. Two small Asian guys in the 370z and two big 210-230lb guys in the Cobra.
Great post, IRS bushings are already planned as a future mod.
With the T-56 & 4.56, 6th gear would put me @ just below 2k RPM's, so I figure that's great. Piston speeds has always been a big debate it seem with the 5.4 motors but it seems like there is inconclusive evidence on that subject.
I do prefer to plan towards the end, not one step at a time. Nitrous oxide I'm not interested in, thanks for the suggestion though guys. To me, beating him with nitrous oxide feels like a cheap shot.
Looking at a SLP Loudmouth 1 catback in a few days to locally buy. :beer:
I think you are right. I'm hoping a tune up might clear up any loss of performance.
plus 1. But you with out the gears he will no longer pull on you.
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