I turned in my early 03 AT Sedan off lease for new 05 AT Coupe. I will be swapping over UR Pulley set, Crawford V5 Plenum, DC Headers, Crawford Cats, Gord's 8 wire Gound kit and Eibach Sways. I had to let the Borla exhaust go along with Injen Intake, Tokico shocks, JWT cams and 350Z H-Techs as I did not have stock parts to replace. I won't make that mistake again. I have decided to go with Z tube and Popcharger combo instead of CAI from info received on this site. I am looking for some advice on best buys for the following parts:

Exhaust System - keeping car N/A, looking for performance, deep, aggressive tone, good looks and light weight. FUJI, STILLEN, BORLA, INJEN, GREDDY?

Springs - have sport suspension, looking for equal or better performance, modest drop so it does not require major suspension mods and light weight. STOCK 05 350Z, TEIN 350Z H-TECHS, RS*R 350Z?


Shocks - would like to be able to keep stock sport, if not, then what is better choice KONI or TOKICO D-SPEC? My old Tokicos use to make noise over large bumps.

I think that is it for now. I have searched these topics out and it has made me dizzy. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

sounds like you want the fuji

 

shoudla got a 6 speed...

 

I personally just got fuji, tokico's and eibachs.. but currrently 350z h-techs are on my ride, I want more of a drop though

I just put up some sounds clips of the fuji exhaust with crawford cats, their in the exhaust section.

 

I got a really sweet deal from dealer to lease again and only thing was I needed to pick from inventory. Only 6sp were in black which I did not want. I got BS with graphite, sport and premium no money down, no disposition, no security, no tax or tags. Only out of pocket was first month payment of $550. And they even took off all my parts that I still had stock replacements for and did not charge me for that. I thought it was a good deal. Besides I am going to be 40 soon and live in a highly congested area north of Baltimore and don't need to row my own any more. I gave that up with the departure of my 95 Z convt. and 97 Maxima. 6sp is best if you have room to run it. Anyway that is why I did not get 6sp.

 

Do you know anything about the new Tanabe Medalion Touring? Looks nice. Is it a full cat back or just y-pipe back?

 

Do you know anything about the RS*R Z springs and whether you can run stock shocks with those? I had Eibach ProKit w/Tokicos on Sedan and it sucked. I switched to 350Z H-Techs and it made a huge difference. No Eibachs for me. I prefer linear spring. So you say 350Z H-Techs not enough of a drop. I was worried about that and also softer spring rate in rear.

 

no need for the 6 speed i see 5AT take out 6MT all the time at the track. there is really no difference other than being able to feel your car a little more.

Good choice on the 5AT

 

Fuji is good

But boy do I love my TD Injen.... man I love it!~!!

 

The S-techs and stock shock I have is not doing it for me right now. I will be changing my setup soon, going with H&R springs and Koni adjustables. I love it on my Accord so I hope to get the same ride on my G. A lot of people are saying that the HKS suspension is a good setup but to expensive for me. Just my .02 cents.

 

Thanks for the opinion on your setup. I am leaning towards KONIS and RS*R 350Z springs to go with EIBACH sways for suspension. I just wanted to know if stock sport shocks will work with RS*R's. Sounds like a lot of people like the FUJI. Does anyone have any info on the TANABE Medalion Touring?

 

there is one huge difference between the auto and manual...

theres no MREV for the 5AT

 

cuz it doesn't need it

 

Not looking for the MREV as I have CRAWFORD V5.

 

How do you like your INJEN?