Hello,
I am very new to this website so i apologize in advance if there is a sticky thread about this topic already. Anyways I have owned my 07 M35X for almost a year now and I love the car. Its my first! I really enjoy cars and want to learn everything about them. The VQ is a great platform from what I hear but sadly none of my friends own any:( I want to start adding upgrades to my vehicle but I'm not quite sure where I should start? If anyone can help guide me in the right direction it would be great! I really love my car and I want to do things right!
Thank you.
First Modifications
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Ilya
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Re: First Modifications
Welcome to the forum.
It all depends on budget. Just use the search field at the top for stuff like 'suspension', 'rims', 'exhaust', etc. and you'll get plenty of threads. Just a matter of reading.
It all depends on budget. Just use the search field at the top for stuff like 'suspension', 'rims', 'exhaust', etc. and you'll get plenty of threads. Just a matter of reading.
Re: First Modifications
Thank you so much for responding! I know the upgrades I can do I just dont know where to start. I want to start off with the first step. What should I focus on upgrading first?IlyaKol wrote:Welcome to the forum.
It all depends on budget. Just use the search field at the top for stuff like 'suspension', 'rims', 'exhaust', etc. and you'll get plenty of threads. Just a matter of reading.
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Ilya
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Re: First Modifications
No one can answer that for you...it's all personal preference as it depends on your budget. There is no 'right way' to mod a car...
Re: First Modifications
Thank you! I cant wait to start!
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Re: First Modifications
with any car, you want to free up the flow - so exhaust either cat back or header back. the more you swap out, the expensive it gets as you will need more parts and labor. you can go fancy and do the DC headers, Hi-FLOW CATs, and HI-FLOW Y-pipe.
Once done with exhaust, you can go to the intake. Most here including me leave the stock intake box but swapped out the plastic tube. I personally wouldn't pay anything over 80 bucks for a plastic intake tube so i went with metal tube from Berk. Warning - make sure the vendor that you're ordering have the dam part on hand otherwise it's a 1-2 months wait. Trust me, I know!
Moving to the engine - you an do the intake plenum spacers. Here you can check out motordyne as they carry a whole lot of options.
At this stage, you should do a tune. Uprev/Osiris is the only game in town that works nicely with Nissan and Infiniti. That doesn't mean you can't go other routes but not worth the money. At least for me, that's how i feel.
NOW - if you are a gear head and want to do a whole lot of work and have a boatload of POWAAAAHHH - you should ignore everything above and go straight to FORCE INDUCTION. Either a blower or a big Snail will be fine.
Finally, if you're planning on keeping the car for a long time (maybe 3-5 years) and potentially go with other Nissan/Infiniti down the road, i strongly recommend the Uprev cable package with the Cipher program. this will allow you to monitor the car, all sensors, data logging, code clearing and basic car maintenance without the CONSULT - II hardware that used at the dealer.
I never thought I would keep the car this long so i just bought the dam cable with standard flashing package. This means I can go with someone who knows/done tuning the car and they can help me tune the car by me doing data logging and they're changing the parameters at their end.
P.S - check out G35driver and 350z forums for more information and parts as the early G/Z both have the same VQ35DE engines.
Once done with exhaust, you can go to the intake. Most here including me leave the stock intake box but swapped out the plastic tube. I personally wouldn't pay anything over 80 bucks for a plastic intake tube so i went with metal tube from Berk. Warning - make sure the vendor that you're ordering have the dam part on hand otherwise it's a 1-2 months wait. Trust me, I know!
Moving to the engine - you an do the intake plenum spacers. Here you can check out motordyne as they carry a whole lot of options.
At this stage, you should do a tune. Uprev/Osiris is the only game in town that works nicely with Nissan and Infiniti. That doesn't mean you can't go other routes but not worth the money. At least for me, that's how i feel.
NOW - if you are a gear head and want to do a whole lot of work and have a boatload of POWAAAAHHH - you should ignore everything above and go straight to FORCE INDUCTION. Either a blower or a big Snail will be fine.
Finally, if you're planning on keeping the car for a long time (maybe 3-5 years) and potentially go with other Nissan/Infiniti down the road, i strongly recommend the Uprev cable package with the Cipher program. this will allow you to monitor the car, all sensors, data logging, code clearing and basic car maintenance without the CONSULT - II hardware that used at the dealer.
I never thought I would keep the car this long so i just bought the dam cable with standard flashing package. This means I can go with someone who knows/done tuning the car and they can help me tune the car by me doing data logging and they're changing the parameters at their end.
P.S - check out G35driver and 350z forums for more information and parts as the early G/Z both have the same VQ35DE engines.