Glex25

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If you guys remember I made a build thread awhile back and I was researching certain parts to achieve the goals I had for my car. I finished my build 2 years ago and got it tuned locally but was never really happy and was concerned about the tune.

Here are some links to some threads I made about my goals and my build

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...ad-racing.html

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...onversion.html

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...ter-build.html

Well I would say 90% of my goals was reached and I'm thankful to Hal and the guys at Dynosty for their hospitality and making my goals come to a realization. the 10% of my goal that was not reached was due to a bottleneck of being internal wastegated and manifold design which I knew this would be a hindrance. I had made a thread long ago with this in mind but never was able to source the parts I needed to address the problem.

I scheduled a appointment with the guys at Dynosty for March 12 and got there on March 11 where Hal met me to put the car in the shop and take me to a hotel, can't beat hospitality like that. March 12 came and the car received a oil change first and a once over to make sure everything was right with the car. Hal and Eddie wire tied every Vacuum tube which I had not done. The car went on to the dyno shortly after where Hal started tuning my car. Hal found a issue with the way I had configured and wired certain sensor on my car which were not per the norm and we started troubleshooting it did not take long for us to find the issue and make the proper adjustment for my particular setup.

The car stayed on the Dyno for 3 days (70+ pulls) while Hal fine tuned my car even stayed working on it one day until 2am. The tune came out great and I cannot say enough good things to say about the treatment and service I received from the guys at Dynosty (Dustin, Eddie and Hal). I would recommend anyone that the trip to Dynosty is definitely worth it. The car pulls like a freight train through the RPM range.


Here are some videos from the time we were there

http://vimeo.com/38755113

http://vimeo.com/38754371

rcdash

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Car looks striking - thanks for sharing videos. Congrats on the tune. Interesting how torque is maintained up there in the rev range after dipping a bit Can you correlate your build choices with the outcome (also what psi was that and with the std APS turbos)?

Glex25

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The small dip is because of the back pressure that is being created by the APS manifolds so the boost controller let's go then tries to ramp the boost back up.

I was able to make the same HP on 15psi on cold turbos but I was averaging 17psi on hot turbos to make the same power. The turbos were not out of breath. The turbos were upgraded to GT3071R with Billet wheels by Blouch Turbo in PA. I think Hal will have more as to what was going and possible solutions.

I believe in matching the cams and turbos to work together at certain RPM ranges really complimented each other to make the power it made and at those RPM's. I also elected to up the compression a bit not by standard methods such as ordering custom pistons but by going with flat valves since I knew I wasn't going for max power but more for useable power to put down when coming out of turns and such at the track. I'm really loving the power band and how the power is not peaky so I can control the car with the gas pedal.


I saw your car there looking real good too and Abushong's

rcdash

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log manifolds vs turbine housings/wheels... probably both pretty restrictive. The GT30 wheels should be good to at least 30 psi if the controller could've ramped up boost predictably in the upper rpm range to balance torque. What exhaust do you have coming off the 3.5" downpipes?

Glex25

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I have a Greddy TT Exhaust but I swapped out the mid pipe for a custom 3" midpipe V-band. The mid pipe was done locally so it was crush bend until I'm able to source someone to make it for me mandrel bend. The exhaust goes from 3.5" DP to 3" mid and then the rest is still the Evo TT which is 2.75".

This was all pump gas and pushing alot of tire (345 rears on a 20x13" wheel).
Hal said I could probably put down 50 more HP on my track setup which are 18's.
We tried to run meth but that would increase torque but lower HP.

Boosted Performance

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Very nice torque curve, and the more I see these log manifolds the more I want to make a proper tubular set for the TT guys. A GT30 is capable of more than that.

Cass007

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Glex - Why not have Blouch do the conversion to external WGs when they did the upgrade? They did it on mine.

Glex25

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Because you had the tuner kit where you already had the manifolds that have the external port. I was one of the original APS TT owners from back in 2005-2006 which didn't have the external port.

If you remember way back when I had asked if you planned on parting your kit after the last meltdown because I wanted to buy your manifolds and wastegate pipes.

Sascha that would be a dream come true if I could get manifolds with minimal modification to my existing piping

VQ35deMax

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Congrats. Dynosty is great to deal with.

rcdash

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Dropping hp with meth is further evidence that your turbines are mass flow restricted at high rpms (since meth just adds to the mass that must flow). What cams are you running and do you have a revup (variable exhaust timing)? EDIT: nm, saw your build thread S7R, only 10 degrees of overlap. Seems like a pretty decent choice for log manifold driven turbos...

abushong504

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Dude, your car is sick! Congrats on the numbers. Glad to see it came out nice. Are you going to be there for the dyno day? Th dynosty guys are great!

BTW, I saw my baby in the back of your car coming off the dyno vid :P

Glex25

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Woah Slow down there

I drove through that hail storm Thursday and it's a 12.5 hr drive for me.
I'm still recouping from that drive

I might head back down with Ray (350zion) if he needs me to.
My friend was loving your car.
He took quite a few pictures of it




As a matter of fact Hal told me to speak to you about sourcing the APS manifold from the Extreme/Tuner kit

Dynosty

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Great meeting you Gio, and thanks for making the trip down. Enjoy the ride and let us know if you need anything else!

maximumsportZ

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Hey Glex, glad to hear your car is doing good. I remember when you were in the beginning stages of putting the monster together.

That widebody looks awesome also.

Glex25

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Yeah it's been a long project mostly bodyshops
I drove it all the way down to Dynosty to make up for some lost time



Hiding from the hail storm on the way back

Hal I will definitely hit you up for a few things once I start working on that other motor

MI 35th

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Very nice, I have still yet to see their new shop. I need to get down there. Looks great in the videos.

Glex25

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Just finished installing Pro Plug In and getting it running Woot
Tomorrow I will wire up the 2 step and finish buttoning everything up
Love the brake boosting and how VDC doesn't close the throttle

Thanks Hal

str8dum1

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very nice!

Highway Riding

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Now judging by the dyno that looks like a fun manageable car to drive! Congrats man

phunk

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great on the power and tuning and all... but really now all I am paying attention to is that this is one of the sickest looking G35 of all time.