Modding 300zx N/A?

[bigbumpinZ]

Im on my second project, ive been here once before i just want other peoples experience on upgrades and what i can put on my N/A to get some more horsepower. just enough to put some pep in its step. its a 1994 300zx N/A with an aftermarket intake

[xclusivez32]

you should post up some pictures of your turbo ls1 swap

[DankZX]

Well the N/A is kinda a lost cause, even with upgrades, ou will get more pep, but not the gains you would see in a TT.

Well Intake first, then usually cat-back exhaust. Pulleys (mainly just crank pulley), then ECU then full exhaust.....then your outta options for power.

For pep, your best options would be prolly the cat-back and the pulley.

[bigbumpinZ]

i put on a light weight pulley, along with a catback exhaust, intake was already there, im hopefully going to get up to where the TT is stock once im done with some of the upgrades

[Khronik]

i heard somewhere awhile back that your biggest cost effective upgrades would be:

intake/headers/exhaust

now my questions.. 2/3 already done, i can see those crappy looking stock headers, is it really worth the upgrade to put some, say, Z1 headers on

[bigbumpinZ]

there is a gain if you do put headers on but its not a massive one, i put new headers in when i put in the catback exhaust system in along with the light weight pulley so i had a hp power gain but i couldn't tell how much specifically the headers gave me. although they dont give you a massive gain there still something everyone gets to gain a little more hp

[Khronik]

there is a gain if you do put headers on but its not a massive one, i put new headers in when i put in the catback exhaust system in along with the light weight pulley so i had a hp power gain but i couldn't tell how much specifically the headers gave me. although they dont give you a massive gain there still something everyone gets to gain a little more hp

with the upgrades you did could you tell a difference in torque response?

[bigbumpinZ]

ya theres more torque response, and there is a good gain from what it feels like, the dyno this friday should tell if all the upgrades made a difference

[Z31toZ32]

you should post up some pictures of your turbo ls1 swap

2nd

[NolimitZ32]

i put on a light weight pulley, along with a catback exhaust, intake was already there, im hopefully going to get up to where the TT is stock once im done with some of the upgrades

As its been found before by many, even with all the bolt-ons you will not get to within 60hp of the TT, if you wanna build a NA then do it and don't let anyone discourage you, if you got big hairy ones throw a 75 shot on it, outside of nitrous however you wont ever see TT numbers.

[tmeyer29]

need info on boosted ls1 300zx!

[bigbumpinZ]

ill post some soon, gotta get a camera first

[DCaff300ZX]

See Honads' thread regarding the NA, you will NOT get more than about 210WHP from your NA no matter what you do beyond major internal work like cams, lighter internals, etc...even with the massive weight reductions he has done.
His thread is very detailed, check it out...TT or motor swap is all there seems to be.

[AchilleZ32]

you should post up some pictures of your turbo ls1 swap

3rd.

And Rockchucker had 222whp out of blue at his last dyno. So you actuallycan get more than 210 without major internal work, Dcaff.

[es.biggs]

I want to dyno mine after I get comfortable enough with the new engine to redline it lol

[DCaff300ZX]

And Rockchucker had 222whp out of blue at his last dyno. So you actuallycan get more than 210 without major internal work, Dcaff.

Hey, thanks Beast...do you have any links to his setup, etc?
I've seen stuff from Rockchucker before but not about his NA setup...

[es.biggs]

http://www.300zxclub.com/showpost.php?p ... stcount=58

[dantesdoom]

i own a 300zx n/a...no use in modding other than intake and exhaust...i find it to be just what i want for the handling and decent power and lower potential maintenance cost (compared to the TT)....but id be lying if i said i didnt want more power