What do you do after all the bolt-ons?
 

After the CAI, flywheel, exhaust, udp, tb spacer, ground kit, suspension, sts bought and put on...then what? Where do we go from there while remaining NA? I didnt think I'd hit the ceiling so soon.but any new mods out or anything? I just might have to go get a 75 shot or something.
I still need a sts,fidanza, and muffler though. I guess it's time to just cruise and enjoy the ride.

Just don't let anyone steal it...:D

You can do less performance-oriented things...like leather and/or performance seats, dash trim kit, sound system, different wheels, Matt Blehm has many suspension parts, a BBK, perhaps. It's all about where you want to take it! I wish I had mine to that point, gonna get there some day...Nice ride!

install the fidanza

nitrous

JWT or use an AFC

meh, get the new bikirom board and tune it yourself...Bikirom

But yeah, install the fidanza!!

that link doesn't work :(

worked for me

Complete engine overhaul :chuckle: That'll bring back a couple of ponies.

you could port the manifolds, exaust and intake, or get new exuast manifolds. How much of the exaust is highperformance. You can always knock the internals of your cat out. I dont know if there are cams for the VE or not. Im not sure Ive heard of nitrous on a VE.

~Alex

port exhaust manifolds (headers): good
intake: meh
kill the cat: not worth it
Nitrous: :D

Buy a g35.

ok!











wait, bank laughed at me :(

Get another Max, get a fleet of third gens going or pick up a 4th gen on the cheap...That's what shavedmax is doing.

Had a fleet, see no reason to buy a 4th gen


meh

Buy MrGone's BBK. You have a lot of effort into going faster, but not much into stopping faster.

If you are talking about more acceleration/performance, I would look at your wheels.

Those wheels and tires you have probably weigh over 40 lbs, even though they are 16s, they are pretty heavy. If you had some lightweight forged rims (SSR competition, Rays, Volks, Centerline, etc) you will notice an increase in performance. This doesn't add hp, but it reduces unsprung weight. I really noticed a difference in acceleration between my light 17 inch rims and my stock 15s.

The Fidanza is kind of a love/hate relationship. The daily driveability isn't as good, but it revs a lot quicker and seems to be a lot easier to keep the car in the upper end. I have read in the 1/4 mile forums where it doesn't really help much in the quarter mile. It also makes it more difficult to launch. It took me quite a bit of practice to get my launch right.

All good ideas. i have the JWT, all of the exhaust is aftermarket except the muffler(i need), and I will soon purchase my 3rd fidanza. Porting the manifold I think I wanna do also. BBK from MrGone, lemme check the price on that. alright, so Im not close to finished yet!
Full stillen kit
sts
fidanza
bbk
muffler

don't forget the engine overhaul. Minus well work with new internals ;)

turbo it...

make a project out of it.....put different heads in it

save up for a new/different car

Id turbo the car if I knew what I was doing. Just out of curiosity, whats the most hp I could expect with the biggest turbo available for the VE?
Im still waiting for someone to sell me their ported heads and tb... :santa:

:werd: get yourself a diff. car and keep the max for special accasions

Im feelin you on that, but she's not done yet. I still love my maxima, so I dont want a different car. Ive thought about it a couple of times, but nope!

Replace the kybs with some real shocks. KONIs all the way. It's worth it IMHO.

What would the difference be?

Konis are adjustable. IMHO KYBs are too soft to begin with. Especially with those honker wheels you got.

Hey, now that you mention it, I have noticed they are softer than I want... now that Ive advanced my driving skills and all. What are honker rims? You mean the ones I just bought? Or the black steel joints? How are the koni's over bumps tho??

I would slap a turbo on it, run 12's brake the tranny and call it a day

Just slap it on huh? I wish it was that easy. Is it easy for you to do?

it wasnt that bad just lots of planning

and $$$....

if you only knew :wall:

:squint:

How's that project coming?

its coming along with the 10,000 other things me and juan have to do eventually. for some reason we always have to start another project to finish the current one.

add some stickers.......ohh wait, nevermind... :slap: ..LOL

How about improving the nut behind the wheel? Go west. (About 90min)
https://www.nasaproracing.com/nasa_e.../?event_id=286

What kind of tires do you have? Tires are the most important part of the car.

If you wanted to stay NA, other mods are high compression pistons, high performance valve springs/cams, displacement increase. Now no one makes high rpm VE valve springs, but SR20DE valve springs are very simular in size. You could just get some crower, jun, jwt, tomei SR20DE valve springs and use them on the VE.

As for cams, you going to need some cores/extras to get reground. I know for a fact that based on the OEM specs a regrind could probably make 20-35whp easy over stock reving to 8000rpm. Other tricks are making a custom intake manifold. I suppose you could use a SR16VE n1 or RB30DETT plenum/runner size as a baseline.

After all of that is done, you can do some custom 11.0-11.6cr pistons. Or you could get some custom 89-90mm pistons made then get the block sleeved to get 3.2L. There is no reason a 3.2L high compression VE not make anything less than 270-290hp.