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Getting bored with the ISF? Best mods to get me back in love?

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Old 06-19-15, 03:52 PM
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Default Getting bored with the ISF? Best mods to get me back in love?

As the title states, Ive had the F for over 2 years now and its bone stock.

What mods would you do to increase the enjoyment for the car?

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Old 06-19-15, 03:53 PM
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Headers and exhaust!! Then wheels and aero mods
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Have u taken the F to the track? Headers and exhaust would give ur F the unboring feeling...lol..
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Go to the track and drive it hard...that will kindle a little romance again. It will also help you decide what mods you want first.
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I don't want to track the F as I have a twin turbo 350z race car for track stuff. ISF is a road car. Ive been thinking of doing a muffler delete or active valve in the exhaust. Its does need some more noise

Do headers really make much difference to the power output?
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Headers make quite a difference. But even talking the F on spirited runs can make you fall in love with the car again. It's a great thing to have a luxury car with such performance engineered to it. Other than that there are limited performance upgrades. Aesthetically, there are more options still even as the manufacturers stopped most production on those parts.
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just a heads up, if you go w/ straight pipes and delete the resonator and mufflers, you're gonna get a lot more sound over the oem system. if you want more power and just a bit more noise, you should probably go w/ just headers and keep the rest of the system stock.
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add an exhaust. It will make the car sound like it goes. Wheels will make the car look amazing. I was blown away bu RedlineAZ's F with the concave Vossens. I agree the a track day will really make you smile. The ISF is great on the street but its so much better on the track.
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Totally agree. Have had the car for 15 months. I went with the Joe Z exhaust and love it. I will be tracking it for the first time in July (www.tracknightinamerica.com) and hoping for headers in the Spring.
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Novel headers.
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Headers and exhaust
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its a full exhaust or real deal shocks.
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I vote coilovers. Its one of those mods that simulataniously improves the look, the handling and even the ride.

Headers and exaust will be a nice bump in power. Alternatively, you can gut/remove all the cats and get most of the power you would get from headers/ exaust.
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Originally Posted by TCMEDIA
I don't want to track the F as I have a twin turbo 350z race car for track stuff. ISF is a road car. Ive been thinking of doing a muffler delete or active valve in the exhaust. Its does need some more noise

Do headers really make much difference to the power output?
I guess you missed this post of a fellow member dismembering an M3 after his install.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-diffence.html
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Originally Posted by Vervish
I vote coilovers. Its one of those mods that simulataniously improves the look, the handling and even the ride.

Headers and exaust will be a nice bump in power. Alternatively, you can gut/remove all the cats and get most of the power you would get from headers/ exaust.
^^I'm with Vervish. This will make you fall back in love with your ISF. Especially headers and exhaust.......its a completely different animal.


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