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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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I am 16 and am getting my coupe next week. i am on a budget... under 300 is possible and am looking to do some performance upgrades. My picks at this point are a K & N air filter and NKG spark plugs.. thoughts on those and anything else i should do? by the way it has to be something I can do myself
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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Ebay intake: $25

Turbo whistle: $10

Plenum Spacer/ full upgraded plenum: $265

Ebay test pipes: $70
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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^ LOL stop messin w/ him ninous...

get a motordyne plenum spacer for ~$230 and call it a day.. anything else that you would be able to do yourself would not gain you any HP
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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Plenum spacer, z-tube, sway bars, and springs/struts would be my first choices. The stock intake is hard to improve on already, but the resonators aren't needed, so the z-tube takes those out and changes the sound of your intake a bit.

But this car isn't easy to mod on a budget. Ebay parts for this car won't hold up for too long...
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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Infiniti G35... Cheap? No...
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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buy my techno cd!
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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and what is a plenum spacer? i have never even heard of that
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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search is your friend, young grasshopper.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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wish i got a g35 when i was 16.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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^^^^^^^^ +1
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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me too!!.. oh wait i did
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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bets on how long before 'wrecked my G drag racing' post?
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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ill give it 3 weeks
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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^^^ 2 weeks?
 
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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MotorDyne 5/16 Plenum Spacer
350Z Tube

Sparkplugs aren't going to make a difference unless you've got 80,000+ miles at which point swap them out while you've got the plenum off.
 
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