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NVRDONE
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increased performance

Postby NVRDONE » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:54 pm

My 06 is just about out of factory warranty & I want to bump the power.
I understand that the trrottle body from a 350 Z (vq35de) will work on my vq40de & will give about a 10 - 12 hp bump.
Any thoughts ?
Thanks.


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BMXPath
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Postby BMXPath » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:56 pm

NVRDONE,

Where did you hear about swapping the throttle body?

NVRDONE
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Postby NVRDONE » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:13 am

From a friend who is a parts manager at a Nissan dealer.

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markspath
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Postby markspath » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:38 pm

On a tangential subject, does anyone have practical experience with throttle-body spacers? Do they improve performance and/or fuel economy? Are their any negative factors or concerns to consider?

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MonkeyMike
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Postby MonkeyMike » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:23 am

most of the performance mods for the vq40 have been exhaustively discussed at clubfrontier... that is generally where i go if i want to read up on what we can do to our engines.

as for the 350z throttle body, i dont think anyone at CF has done it. not sure if it would fit or if it would make a difference. some of the ideas the guys come up with over there are pretty off the wall, so i would think that someone has thought of it, and possibly researched it offline. i guess it would depend on the difference is sizes between the two TB's.

on CF, the general consensus is that a TBS is NOT worth the money.

~mike

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Postby Wukillabeez78 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:12 pm

Best performance upgrade for the vq40 is trading it in for the V8. Doesn't seem to be many practical mods out there for the Pathfinder.

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2008PatherfinderS
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Postby 2008PatherfinderS » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:00 pm

There's the Stillen Supercharger. That'll really boost performance. Pun intended.


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