Dyno'd my 6-speed 350Z today.

First run - slightly heat soaked engine
229.8 rwhp & 231.0 rwtq

Second run - after letting cool in front of fan
235.6 rwhp & 237.0 rwtq


Car again is a 6-speed, was dyno'd in 5th gear (1:1) on a DynoJet dyno. 1740 miles on the car. Air temp ~53deg. I mixed in 2 gallons of 100octane on approx 6 gal of 92 octane Amoco to help reduce any possibilities of knock, but did not drive a round much to allow computer to compensate for it. I followed break-in procedure till about 450miles, then gradually eased into full throttle runs by 600miles or so, then open season after that...

Second run numbers were about what I expected (though I hoped to be in the 240's).

I'll post a pic of the graph monday when I can scan it in.

-Dan

 

Does anyone know what the average results are (stock)

 

We got 243 on a dyno jet but the car had 4500 miles on it, probably need to let them break in a little longer.

 

The guy at the dyno shop said he typically see's LS1's and others increase their rwhp by 8-10 or so after about 6000-10000 miles. So yes my engine is still a baby, but has a decent amount of miles to get some baseline numbers on. I need about 100lb.ft. more torque to be satisfied....

 

At balanced performance in buford ga, right? I got 242 stock there.

 

Yep you got it must have seen my Z down there. Were working on some intake mods at Sunbelt also.

 

Hey Doug,
I wish I had know you were at Sunbelt. I was at Balanced on Friday . I would have stopped by to say hello.
How is it coming with the intake mod ? I am really interested in this .
Rick

 

The car was actually down there a couple of weeks ago. They were working on moving the strut bar so we can make the intake plenum taller. Could take a couple of months to get everything done and tested but I will keep everybody updated. Good to here from you.

 

My guy uses the a Dyno Jet too and he has said the same thing about the numbers, he said about 5k miles though for LS1's.

In fact a friend gained .3 at the track in his famous "Orange Crush" WS6 stock just by driving it a year, no mods!

 

trying to post it...

 

Allright, this 200k maximum size limit is driving me nuts! I can't post it. I'll try a little bit more later.

 

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...I think anything above 235hp is good, especially at such low mileage. Also keep in mind that at different locations, conditions are different. Thus if you are comparing your dyno at a high altitude vs a low altitude, or temperature, or moisture, or type of dyno, etc they are not exact comparisons...

 

also, which wheels do you have? I have lightweight 18lb enkei's.

 

Stock 17" wheels. Stock everything else, except the addition of 2 gallons of race gas.

 

...yes, but SAE calculations are not going to be exact, as you cannot account for every single variable with 100% accuracy. Also keep in mind that most people expect to see above 240whp to be 'satisfied', that is only around 5whp different from what a lot of people are getting... that is around a 2% difference (.02) factor...that could very easily be made up or taken away on small differences in the rounding of your decimal points in SAE adjustments for example...what I am trying to get at is that, as I originally stated, is that if you are around 325whp then you should not be dissapointed at all....