Looks real neat that install.
I bet that cone filter makes some naughty noises when pulling all that air in through the charger!!!

 

Gauges....the AEM gauge is SWEEEETT

 

Keep em coming!

 

what are your impressions re the noise level? is it pretty loud at idle?

 

very quiet at idle just a slight wisper like a jet..........sounds freaky nice.............the by-pass is very nice......phssss all the time.

The AEM A/F gauge is very very very accurate. Highly recommend it, cost alot of denero but worth every pennie.

 

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so now are you happy with it now that all the problems are solved it seemed like you were ready to get rid of it for a while there?

 

no spent to much money to quit at this point...........its not completely fixed but will be very soon..........

 

your car is 6 speed or 5AT ?

I have 5AT

Do you think is work?

 

instead of having that power cable run across the inside to the cig liter, you can hard wire it to the rear view mirror - i have my 8500 passport wired like that

 

Fluidz how far are you from san diego, I really wanted to wait for the JWT. But im itching , on a scale from 1 to 10 how much do you like it, I saw all your pics on Cardomain very nice, how many lbs of boost are you running, and are you running any boost retards? thanks

 

Fluidz Mechtech motorsports wants 1,000.00 to istall and dyno the vortech system, how much did you pay if you dont mind me asking? thanks

 

I payed $1,200 and had the Vortech installed, gauges installed, testpipes installed, grill cut out, pulleys changed back to stock, samco hose kit installed, dyno and boost gauge was given to me by installer and installed.......

 

Thank you, next on my project list

 

i have a 6 speed...........dont know if it will fit a auto.

 

well i havent really had a chance to drive it more than say 5 miles but the power was very linear and smooth. felt like the stock power band just more and at 5,500+rpm it takes off.......i give install and fitness a 9, power as it comes from vortech a 7 after tuning a 9..............the dyno showed 7.3lbs of boost at 6,500rpm, vortech claims it makes 8lbs at redline. I am 9 hours away from san diego by car, 1 hour by jet....LOL

 

Well you car is a jet now........lol keep up the post and pics and any glitches you might have. I just might get that vortech

 

My advice... keep the serpentine belt properly tightened and make sure Vortech gave you "the tighter one". If that belt starts getting loose you'll lose the high-end boost. If the belt gets too loose then you might do something as dumb as break off the idler pully tensioner bolt and have to wait several days until the Nissan/Infiniti dealer can get one in stock (embarrassed grin).

Second, get the R4 software and hook the SS box up to a laptop. Have a friend sit in the passenger seat and watch the fuel map while you're driving. The R4 software shows the active boost/rpm cell on the map while you're driving so if you don't get to 8.0 psi @ 6500 according to R4 you'll know it without having to pay for dyno time.

Incidentally, when the belt is properly tightened my car and Dollar99's car actually touch 8.5 psi @ redline. I'm thinking that the easiest way to get to 9.0 psi would be to increase the rev limit rather than replace belts and pulleys (the latter of which would void the warranty on the supercharger unit).

--Steve