shop quoted me 4-5 hours for exhaust, high flow cat, and intake install

[agm1984]

thanks for the cool story bro

just sayin man. good luck on your 5 hours shop labour to hook a new cat to a new catback and remove 2-3 bolts under your car and rip off the hangers and then install the whole new piping into the hangers that the kit comes with, and replace those 2-3 bolts; and then move up to the engine bay and remove all the oem airbox crap and replace it with the aftermarket intake setup that is designed for your car.... goals in 2011

[Kevin007]

Yup, definitely going with the stillen intakes. HFC depends on how long the wait would be for the Fast Intentions cats. If it is long I will try to pick up some Berk ones. Still can't figure out what exhaust I want. Fast Intentions looks to be the best, but again I just don't wanna wait for 3 months to get it so I'm still deciding.

When you tryin to get your 370?

After the winter hopefully.I personally think the HKS exhaust looks the best but my top 4 choices are HKS (Looks), Fast Intentions (Gains) GTHAUS (Sound) or Invidia Gemini (best bang for the buck). I don't know whether the different brands of HFC will make a difference but I'm leaning towards ERZ/CNT if there isn't one because of the cheap price ($300 shipped). I'll also go with the Volk TE37SL or CE28s dropped on swifts with an Amuse kit. I'm saving up for the parts in the mean time. Any exterior mods for you or are you keeping the nismo stock?

[TheTherapist]

i thought new cars ECU adjust their settings automatically to the air input and output through sensors? am i wrong?

[Dodoz]

DIY. It will be fun if you're a true car guy. And you will feel accomplished once you're done.

[shortys408]

why get a dyno with just an intake and exhaust? You probably won't notice any additional horsepower from those mods.

[Deja]

if you save a couple hundred in install, it may be cheaper to pay the extra money to have another dyno done.

[NotTyler]

Sounds about right. Takes alot longer than you would think, plus you get your car dynoed for no extra charge? Do yourself a favor and let the shop do it if they are a reputable one.

[babbagandu]

After the winter hopefully.I personally think the HKS exhaust looks the best but my top 4 choices are HKS (Looks), Fast Intentions (Gains) GTHAUS (Sound) or Invidia Gemini (best bang for the buck). I don't know whether the different brands of HFC will make a difference but I'm leaning towards ERZ/CNT if there isn't one because of the cheap price ($300 shipped). I'll also go with the Volk TE37SL or CE28s with an Amuse kit. I'm saving up for the parts in the mean time. Any exterior mods for you?

HKS is definitely sexiest in terms of looks, but I read about people saying it is quiet so that is off my list. GTHAUS sounds sick as fuuuuu so that is one I am still looking into. The full titanium one is like $6000 though lol.

Nice wheel choice, and the Amuse kit is my favorite aftermarket kit, gjdm. As far as exterior mods for me, I was thinking of getting some type of Volks down the road. Especially if I can get a good price for my stock nismo wheels

[babbagandu]

i thought new cars ECU adjust their settings automatically to the air input and output through sensors? am i wrong?

I think this is true to some extent but a tune is still very beneficial. Plus even with the automatic ECU adjustments, you can still have a pretty ****ty A/F ratio, esp. with straight pipes or high flow cats, etc

[gaussiansurface]

How is it rice and what kind of car do you have?

[babbagandu]

why get a dyno with just an intake and exhaust? You probably won't notice any additional horsepower from those mods.

lol, naw bro. There are definite hp increases to be had with exhaust/cats/intake + tune on the 370z

[PeasantHater]

$100 an hour for some uneducated red neck to do exhaust work... lol you've got to be fuking kidding me

[SpartanStang14]

why do you want them to do a .pre-install dyno? so you know the power and tq before and know how much you gained? who cares? all that matters is after. you can prolly find a dyno chart for a stock setup online. just install stuff yourself, then take it to the shop and only have them do the dyno tune. you'll be much more satisfied knowing you did it yourself, plus saved the money.

[babbagandu]

why do you want them to do a .pre-install dyno? so you know the power and tq before and know how much you gained? who cares? all that matters is after. you can prolly find a dyno chart for a stock setup online. just install stuff yourself, then take it to the shop and only have them do the dyno tune. you'll be much more satisfied knowing you did it yourself, plus saved the money.

bro you obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

An "after" dyno by itself means nothing. Every dyno is different. The same car will have very different numbers on two different dynos. Dynos are only useful to show you your increase over baseline

[waitwat]

Where can i find shops around my area that installs stuff? (interior/exterior/exhaust etc)
i want to put stuff on my car too but im a noob

[shortys408]

lol, naw bro. There are definite hp increases to be had with exhaust/cats/intake + tune on the 370z

unless it has a turbo, I disagree.

[Kevin007]

unless it has a turbo, I disagree.

You're wrong then.

[midniteOG]

4-5 hours, really? coudl do all that in two.
but ya, intake can be done by itself. most likely a flat head screw driver. and maybe a socket wrench with some sockets. CAI = 30 min or less. the exhasut? and hour. and then the cat would be done at the same time.

[forsaken7]

The only thing thats gonna be a real pain in the ass is the cat and exhaust. But it's better to learn how to do it yourself so you won't have to pay again if you get another car

[VanKid]

do it yourself. its not surgery brah

[MillerDecaXC]

Sick Porsche OP

[shortys408]

You're wrong then.

aware me than please? I have never heard of gains from upgrading the airflow system (not even the complete airflow system in this case) unless the car had forced induction.

[NotTyler]

Is it custom exhaust, or did you buy a cat-back system?

[Evobby]

You make no sense bro, oh and btw they are going to say whatever hours it takes by BOOK, not by how long it actually takes them.

It's called they gotta make money, and urine idiot for even going to them to do that.

P.S. It's to easy to install yourself, than go over there and ask for a tune, as long as you don't get on your car like an idiot you wont have to worry about breaking **** when it's untuned.

[samarrand]

just sayin man. good luck on your 5 hours shop labour to hook a new cat to a new catback and remove 2-3 bolts under your car and rip off the hangers and then install the whole new piping into the hangers that the kit comes with, and replace those 2-3 bolts; and then move up to the engine bay and remove all the oem airbox crap and replace it with the aftermarket intake setup that is designed for your car.... goals in 2011

oh fuark LULZ

[babbagandu]

aware me than please? I have never heard of gains from upgrading the airflow system (not even the complete airflow system in this case) unless the car had forced induction.

Intradasting. For the 370 in particular, the mods I am mentioning plus a proper tune will net you anywhere in the neighborhood of 20-30 whp. But for the most part you are correct, many NA cars do not have this much potential, but some have even more (think v8 muscle cars)

[Killer Wolf]

Shops will charge by the hour per job, even if it takes 15 minutes to install the intake, its still 1 hr labor charge. So they'll add up the hours per part installation.

[namechange]

congratulations on spending 2500$ for about 20 whp

[shortys408]

if 20whp is what is being advertised, it is probably closer to 8whp.

[babbagandu]

congratulations on spending 2500$ for about 20 whp

u mad?

if 20whp is what is being advertised, it is probably closer to 8whp.

bro I am not retarded. I am talking actual dyno posted by actual 370z owners, not what is advertised.