nono, the whistle is not that loud. I can tell you that i didnt really notice much of a power gain feel...but when under wot the car is noticeably meaner sounding, which i personally liked. So all in all, i think its cool to go with the pop charger because some dealerships are alright with it warrantee wise, its 50 state carb legal, you gain 6 hp (i guess i dont notice it cuz i have an auto, or maybe because ive gotten used to it), it averages around a minimal $120 dollars for price, and your Z will sound a bit meaner.

ohh yea i forgot to mention the sucking noise you get from revving the car, its pretty neat. Just to clarify for those who haven't had this intake (or any other of the sort -cold/short ram), the sucking sound you get from accelerating, and the sucking sound you get from revving, sound completely different.

Plus- my car has never stalled on me, and ive been one hell of an evil person with it. I guess its cuz i had the dealership install it for me? Ive had the pop charger since 7/20/04 with 20,282 miles on the odometer to now 12/29/04 with about a little over 30,216 (12/20/04) miles.

Finally-
I personally recommend the pop charger.

 

Thanks Black350 (massage recieved : sound and no hp gain)

 

I'm relieved to see SO MANY intelligent people on this forum. EVERY G35 forum thinks the popcharger is GOD'S gift to the VQ35DE.

Yes people have dynoed it... I have dynoed it. Here's a dyno chart of 3 G35 coupes (all autos).

One was 100% stock (green)
One had the 350Z intake tube (Z-Tube) and the stock airbox (blue)
One had the Z-Tube and the Pop Charger (red)

Keep in mind the hoods were all open and a fan was blowing on top of the popcharger giving it a slightly unfair advantage...

 

Sorry for the crummy picture. The 75000 bite restriction is killing the image quality. If you PM me with an e-mail address I can send you the actual file.

 

growl, howl, bark, bark...no whistling. It sounds mean AND loud.

 

I love the Pop Charger and I recommend it. Bang for the buck you cant beat it. Installation is relatively easy also. It’s loud under WOT without being over the top. My buddy has an S2000 with an Injen CAI and its frigin loud.

When I was shopping around, many of the CAIs on the market were not showing any increase in hp and, in some cases, people were showing decreases in hp. This is the big reason I went with the Pop Charger. Read this thread:


https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....hreadid=104404

Tony at Performance Nissan claims that it’s very difficult to show dyno gains for air intakes and the intake tube on the Z is already a very good intake system. This is why many G35 owners are quickly switching to the Z intake.

As far as rough idle and engine cut out is concerned, it’s my understanding that it will take the ECU some time adjusting to the different airflow characteristics. However, it’s also my understanding that the engine cutout instances were isolated incidents under very specific, abnormal driving conditions.

The whistling is not very noticeable and, off the top of my head, I can’t remember if mine still does it. I have about 10k miles on mine.

 

what do u expect from $120?..come one man...

but for sure, it sounds great.

 

glad i could help. nice sig btw.

 

Thanks man. I have recieved your email.
And as neffster dyno shows, a max increase by 4whp and 7wtq combined with the Z tube

 

And when comparing the "area under the curves" the popcharger (which is cheating) is equal to the K&N pannel filter with stock air box (which is being hindered).

On the G35, when the car sits at a stoplight, the engine emits quite a bit of heat. When you take off, initially the engine injests all of the hot air (ambient air) with the popcharger due to the half-a$$ heat shield. The stock airbox ONLY draws in much cooler air from the front bumper area, thus not bogging the car down. If you really want to experience this phenomenon, move to FL in August! I bet the popcharger will lose 0.2-0.3 seconds in the quarter mile when driving on the streets. (Although I'd never street race ).

 

Something that might help is to reset your ECU after the install that way your car will be reading a different air flow reading rather than the stock air flow reading. Might help with the lag and stalls.

 

So what you're saying is our computer (ECU) is not smart enough to detect changes in airflow without a reset? Does that make any sense? It shouldn't.

 

It will detects the changes, but that process will take you another 200 miles to adopt to the new air flow reading.

and neffster, ur ride is amazing

 

Thanks for the kind words! I'm a little confused by the "200 miles" thing. The Mass Air Flow Sensor (MAF) detects airflow instantaneously. It sends an electrical signal to the ECU to advance or retard timing as needed. If you increase the amount of air into your vehicle, your MAF and ECU will detect this increase IMMEDIATELY! The only place where the ECU may take a while to figure out what's going on is after the cats. The last sensor is in the cats, and if you swap out your Y-Pipe, the increased flow might not be noticible right away. The popcharger is before the MAF on the intake and before the MAF on each of your cats.

If it took 200 miles then after you installed a Vortec Supercharger you'd have to reset your ECU or drive for 200 miles to gain the 100rwhp. This just doesn't make sense to me.

 

Anyone got pics?

 

Ok, u could be right. Coz all my mods were after the MAF (plenum, test-pipes, headers and Y-pipe) and my car took some time to calliprate the new air flow

 

I came across an interesting thread addressing the need for tuning after adding simple mods like pop charger,plenium, and high flow cats.

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....0&pagenumber=1

The thread addresses the installation and tweaking of the fuel to air ratios using a piggy back ecu module. Turns out the guy found he was running pretty lean after making only a few mods. An ecu relash coudl do the trick , but he made the changes on the fly using the piggy back module. Its the Greddy eManage module.

 

heya! well for me i installed it about 1000 miles ago
havent noticed any thing different feeling and not much in the sound either ( to blend in with all the other sounds of ratles, road noise, THE STEREO, hheh but it looks good and i got mine cheap from someone off here.

 

Who has this for the lowest price?

 

ive had the popcharger for over 15k miles...best mod yet...i gained about 17whp with the popcharger kinetix plenum and ecu reflash....so dont tell me u dont get gains...its worth it...for the money, and the gains...i am a huge fan of Jim Wolf Technology parts...bug thumbs up to them!

Ben