**Modifying High-Performance Cars: A Journey of Discovery**
Having your buddy with a welder over to the house and having him weld that sucker up for you is no expense at all. In fact, it's a good idea. Car wheels squealing - in high-car, we had a viscous limited-slip diff from the factory as part of the Touring package, but we wanted to get rid of that in favor of a clutch-type limited slip. We ended up buying a Kaaz 2-way LSD, and it does burnouts, skids, and slides really well.
So, well in fact that our bodies were flopping all over the cabin, it was time to turn our attention to the interior. We put a set of Sparco QRT-R seats in high-car. They're super supportive and light while still being pretty comfortable. We also installed this sick, gritty boost brigade steering wheel. It's suede, with some Japanese writing that I can't read and this cool little demon guy down here.
We didn't have money for extras like a steering wheel or shift knobs, but seats are pretty much a necessary modif you want to start hitting the track days or just wanna feel a little more planted in the twisties. We bought these Corbeau FX1. They were cheap compared to the Sparcos but weren't the cheapest stuff out there. When it comes to seats, you gotta save up and get a seat that will at least, not break in the event of a crash, and b, be comfortable enough that you enjoy being in them.
And that's what we've got right here. These things are actually really comfortable and supportive. That's good. I love this car. We decided to go with a professional vinyl wrap on high-car. We wanted a nice midnight blue with some metallic flake, and that's exactly what we got.
My experience was a little different. To change the color of your car on the cheap, you're gonna pretty much do it yourself. And rather than try wrapping a car or so, we went the Plasti Dip route. It did not go well. Since the cars have both gotten mods and improved handling, gripping, stopping, and looking hard as (beep), it was time for just one thing - more power baby.
Power plant in the 350Z is the VQ35DE, which is a 3.5 liter V6 making 287 horsepower at the crank. It also sings a pretty unique song that you probably know and probably either love or hate. High-car got the creme dela creme. A Jim Wolf twin turbo kit came with obviously two turbos, a couple of Garrett GT25sthat are completely hidden down there.
An intercooler, a fuel pump, all the piping we needed, and a tune cooked up by our Duda SQC tuning out of NM imports in Albuquerque. They helped us horsepower out of this thing, which is pretty good. We also threw a Tomeiexprim titanium exhaust on at the same time. And you guys, between the turbo kit and the exhaust, this is absolutely the best sounding VQ I've ever heard.
On low-car, we got a Rev9 single turbo kit on Amazon of all places. It came with this big honking, turbonetic 60-1 turbo that gets mounted all the way up here by the headlight. The kit came with pipes to route the turbo up here. It came with an intercooler and piping and that's about it.
The kit definitely didn't come with any instructions, which caused a lot of headaches. Not everything fit right but with some elbow grease and perseverance we got it installed. We're also running up Rev software and a tune from SQC. We squeezed out little buff horsies and for like a 1/3 of the price of the Jim Wolf kit.
As you can see, the cars ended up pretty dang different. To find out just how different and to see how much fun we had installing all this stuff, you got to watch HiLow dropping on YouTube, every Wednesday for the next eight weeks starting tomorrow.
Are you team-low or team-high? Pick a side and join us for the ride baby. Good now?
Like this isn't a bit, I'm legitimately angry. I mean, what were we thinking? What were we thinking?
**The End**
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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(car wheels squealing)- What happens when youtake two of the same carand modify them with completelydifferent aftermarket parts?- One with top-of-the-line partsand one with cheap budget parts.- Do more expensiveparts make a better car?- Yes.- Hold on.We don't wanna jump intoconclusions in the intro.- But they do.This is a way better car.- I'm not so sure.(upbeat music)This is the battle of the budgets baby.It's time to go turbos to taillights,- Bumper 2 Bumper.- On these Nissan 350Zs.- That are our very own.- We built them.- We did it.- He's the new guy.- Hi.(upbeat music)- Big thanks to Curiosity Streamfor sponsoring this episode.Check out Curiosity Stream for1000s of cool documentaries,exclusive originalsand non-fiction titles.A subscription is only $2.99a month or $19.99 a yearfor unlimited access,which means I can watchspace probes on my own time.Plus, it's available onbasically every platform.Something so cool for that cheapwould make a great present.Just saying.But the best part is forour loyal donut subscribersif you sign up right nowfor Curiosity Stream,you can get the first 30 days for free.Just head over tocuriositystream.com/bumper2bumperand use the promo code bumper 2 bumper.Go watch your documentary and supportthe companies that support donut.Bite those bumpers.(upbeat music)- We have a new familymember here at donutmy friend Zach Jobe is here with us.He's really good with cars,amazing at skateboardingand handsome man as well.And he's gonna be hosting thisepisode of bumper 2 bumperalong with me today.Welcome Zach don't (beep) up.- Thank You Nolan.No promises.Hey everybody, I'm Zach nice to meet you.(upbeat music)- A few months ago we shot aspecial series called HiLow.We bought two nearlyidentical Nissan 350Zs.We modified one of them with budget partsand one of them with high end parts.(upbeat music)We wanted to find out which modsare worth spending yourhard-earned money onand where you could save a few bucksand just to be clear,none of this was sponsoredby any other parts companies.We here at Donut didthis out of the kindnessof our hearts for you our loyalty D-Hole.- The point of it all was to makethe best daily driver that youcould also take to the track.We learned a lot, notjust about working on carsbut also about just how faryou can push a man before he snaps.(chuckles)(upbeat music)- You might have alreadyheard of this show by nowbut starting tomorrow,it's dropping on YouTube.So, if you haven't seen it yet, watch itcoz it's the most fun I'veever had working at Donut.- So, much fun.- But right now we're goingto give you an exclusive lookat the culmination of all that hard work.The builds took two weeks to complete,which is an absolutely insane turnaround.- And they're certainly not perfectbut we couldn't have got it donewithout the help of someof our best friends.(hand drill screeching)(laughs)- This (beep) don't fit right.- James made me take the carthat was gonna go all the cheap partsbecause ,you know, he's the bossbut I got to pick my teammate,slash veteran mechanic Aaron Parker.You might have seen him onthat Netflix show, Hyperdriveracing his wolf RX-7or on a previous episodeof Bumper 2 Bumper,where you got to check out the RX-7in this very shop actually.(soft music)- And team-high was meand the sauce bosshimself, James Humphrey.Very similar startingpoints between the two teamsbut that's sorta wherethe similarities end.(upbeat music)We started these little buildswhere many people start theirbuilds with some coil overs.We chose a set of KW V3 coil overswhich are some of the most wicked,yet gentlemanly coil oversyou can get your hands on.You get to keep a pretty comfortable ridewhile turning your corneringability up many notches.They're great but theydo kind of cost a lot.(upbeat music)- On low car we spentliterally like a tenthof what they spent on high car.We bought and managed to installa set of $200 coil overs madeby a company called maxpeedingrods.They were listed as coiloversstruts fit NissanFairlady Z 350 Z, Z33 2003to 2008 shock absorbers green.And to be honest I was very concerned.I thought we're gonna die.(both laughing)As you can see the highest settingwas still super slim.I can't even fit freaking finger in here.(upbeat music)- After suspension was all figured out,it was time to get Zssome new shoes and socks.Over here, we went with a set of wheelsthat I've wanted since I knewwhat it was to want wheels.Advan RGIII baby.These are 18 by 10 all the way aroundand each wheel onlyweighs about 20 pounds.And since money is no object to team high,we wrapped our Advans in a setof Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rfor about as much streetablegrip as money could buy.(car engine roars)- Over here on team lowwhere the object is no money,we went with a set of XXR 527 wheelsin 18 by 9 and 3/4 all around.They weigh a little more than the Advans,about 24 pounds perwheel but they look greatand they were like a 1/4 of the price.We also went with a setof Federal RS-RR tiresfor some of the best bangfor your buck budget grip available.The car is so low and I thinkthese wheels fit the mood perfectlyand it's crazy how muchgrippy these tires werethan the ones that came on the car.It was a night and day difference.Look how much sick camber there is.I'm a closed dog.(upbeat music)For our breaks we wentwith a pretty basic upgradewhich came with moreaggressive brake pads,steel braided brake lines, new rotorsand some high temp brake fluid.All told, we spent less than $500 on thesebut they made a big, big difference.(upbeat music)- Yeah, okay.So, these ones did costquite a bit more than theirs,but they're huge.14 inches up front, 13 inches out back,six piston calipers up front,four piston calipers in theback, stainless steel linesand just look at this.(upbeat music)- We torture tested thesebrakes against each otherto see which really were betterand the results might shock you.- I don't wanna spoil anyresults but one of the carsdidn't catch on fire.(car engine roars)- Oh!- Up next was maybe thesingle cheapest thingthat we did to low car.We welded the differential.This car had an open diff from the factoryand that's not really goodfor doing hood rat thingswith your hood rat friends,but limited slip diff are expensive.No it isn't expensive?Having your buddy with awelder over to the houseand weld that sucker up for you.(car wheels squealing)- In high car, we had aviscous limited-slip difffrom the factory as partof the Touring packagebut we wanted to get rid of that in favorof a clutch type limited slip.We ended up buying a Kaaz 2-way LSD.It does burnouts, skids andslides really frigging well.So, well in fact thatour bodies were floppingall over the cabin, so it was timeto turn our attention to the interior.Max.(upbeat music)We put a set of SparcoQRT-R seats in high car.They're super supportive and lightwhile still being pretty comfortable.We also installed this sick,gritty boost brigade steering wheel.It's suede.There's some Japanesewriting that I can't readand this cool little demon guy down here.(upbeat music)- We didn't have money forextras like a steering wheelor shift knobs but seats arepretty much a necessary modif you want to starthitting the track daysor just wanna feel a littlemore planted in the twisties.We bought these Corbeau FX1.They were cheap compared to the Sparcosbut they weren't thecheapest stuff out there.When it comes to seats, you gotta save upand get a seat that will at least,a, not break in the event of a crashand b, be comfortable enoughthat you enjoy being in them.And that's what we've got right here.These things are actually reallycomfortable and supportive.(car engine roars)(chuckles)(laughs)- Woo!(car engine roars)That's good.(car engine roars)- I love this car.(upbeat music)- We decided to gowith a professionalvinyl wrap on high car.We wanted a nice midnightblue with some metallic flakeand that's exactly what we got.(upbeat music)- My experience was a little different.To change the color ofyour car on the cheap,you're gonna pretty much do it yourselfand rather than try wrapping a car or so,we went the Plasti Dip route.It did not go well.(torn music)- Since the cars have both gotten modsand improved handling, gripping, stoppingand looking hard as (beep),it was time for just one thing.- More power baby.(upbeat music)(shouts)(upbeat music)- Power plant in the 350Z is the VQ35DEwhich is a 3.5 liter V6 making287 horsepower at the crank.It also sings a pretty unique songthat you probably know andprobably either love or hate.(engine car roaring)High car got the creme dela creme.A Jim Wolf twin turbo kitwhich came with obviously two turbos,a couple of Garrett GT25sthat are completely hidden down there.(upbeat music)An intercooler, a fuel pump,all the piping we neededand a tune cooked upby our Duda SQC tuning,out of NM imports in Albuquerque.They helped us (beep)horsepower out of this thing,which is pretty good.We also threw a tomeiexprim titanium exhauston at the same time and you guysbetween the turbo kit and theexhaust this is absolutelythe best sounding VQ Ihave ever, ever heard.(car engine roars)- On low car, we got aRev9 single turbo kiton Amazon of all places.It came with this bighonking, turbonetic 60-1 turbothat gets mounted all theway up here by the headlight.(upbeat music)Kit came with pipes toroute the turbo up here.It came with an intercoolerand piping and that's about it.The kit definitely didn'tcome with any instructionswhich caused a lot of headaches.Not everything fit rightbut with some elbow greaseand perseverance we got it installed.We're also running up Revsoftware and a tune from SQC.We squeezed out (beep) little buff horsiesand for like a 1/3 of theprice of the Jim Wolf kit.(screams)- As you can see the carsended up pretty dang different.To find out just how differentand to see how much fun wehad installing all this stuff,you got to watch HiLow droppingon YouTube, every Wednesdayfor the next eightweeks starting tomorrow.(car engine roaring)Are you team-low or team-high?Pick a side and% joinus for the ride baby.(upbeat music)- Good now?- No Eddie not good.What the (beep) do you think dude!(crowd laughing)- Like this isn't a bit,I'm legitimately angry.I mean, what were we thinking?What were we thinking?
