I'm doing good then!

Custom CAI- $290
Used LTH- $350
Custom CBE- $450
No tune yet but it costs $400-450 here

At the moment I have 295hp but no 100% base line to go off of. Before dyno was no LTH but everything else at 280Hp. I'm thinking 270ish hp would of been bone stock. So I'm $43.60 at the moment. I'd hope a tune would at least be 15hp so $37.25. In the end.

However I am playing with the notion to port the throttle bodies, manifold and runners the mani sits on then tune. That porting will probably be about $380.

 

^^ Both of you are forgetting factoring in shop time if you had to get it installed rather than DIY.

 

you'll get close. My stock run was 267 WHP and after intake ,catback and tune was 298 WHP. I had the same car took out the tune and added HFC's and made 300 with a tune I would have picked up a few more. So close

 

I think you should look in to having a better tune done... I have had 2 supercharged cars and a turbo'd car, along with some NA's. None of them blew my motor when they were tuned right.

 

I built everything, but if you can't install a CAI or CBE you're simple not a man. I can name a dozen women that can do that easy of a job with their eye closed. "iF" you can't do it then Jesus buy some beer and have a few friends over. In the G, Z community you should be able to find a dozen souls with ease to help out.

 

Well seeing as I wrote the DIY on how to install angel eyes, cats, and catback here, I think I'm okay. However, who are the dozen women who could do it with their eyes closed?

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Not implying you can't. There should be no labor charges for anyone besides pizza and beer.

 

That's how I've always operated. Working on cars is its own reward.

 

Car and parts are gone, Using a different tuner FOR SURE when I'm doing NA,
Alex @ Motion Lab

 

I guess since my "man card" is at stake I should add that I DIY every performance mod.

BUDWEISER-$25.00
GoJo- $7.00
Shop rags- $2.50
sub total- $34.50 + $1925
Grand Total- $1959.50 / 35-40 WHP
New $/HP ratio= $55.99-$48.99 / BWHP

Still not $100/WHP thank god. Now, back on topic, I'm waiting for the names and ages of those 12 women.
My Harley is a different story though. That propably is every bit of $100/WHP if not more.

 

Don't forget to include marital status!

 

True Indeed.

 

no names please, pics only!!!

 

Jack,

The VQ engine is already producing around 90hp/l in stock form. That means Nissan has already eliminated most of the restrictions and bottlenecks that you normally go after to hop up an NA engine. Your "shoulda, coulda woulda 335" tag line ... yeah, the 335 N54 engine is one of my all time favorites, combined with the wonderful clutch and 6-speed. Easy to hop up by chipping, too. But ... Rest of the car ... I like the G better. Run flats ... and you'd better keep a warranty in force and be ready to sell before it expires. If you kept an N54 335 for 10 years, I bet your cost of ownership could be 2X a G37. And the 335 will never be as fast as a CTS-V.