,

 

This is the same design principle as the new Injen 1986 intake for the Z. The premise is that these tubes use a tuned MAF pad and location that makes the difference in HP gains versus other intakes. Check out the Injen site and you will see that it is very similar to this AFE unit. Injen is claiming a max gain of 17HP.

 

I hope this turns out to be true, because that should put me over the 300whp NA. ::crossesfingers::

 

What do you put down now?

 

He put down 287

 

Dyno results... Yes please...

 

lol

 

im gonna go poop while i wait....

 

For mine... or the intake?

 

Im currently back in town and have been in communication with AFE. Im going to schedual a time possibly Monday or Tuesday if possible. I had a very busy weekend in vegas otherwise this would have been done earlier. I contacted AFE telling them im ready Monday so lets see what happends. Honestly I like the way business is being taken care of buy this company and trying to stand by their claims to the fullest extent. hell even a 5-7hp increase is good cheap bolton power.

 

Hey NissanSource

What intake do you have on your car currently? It would be very intresting to at the same dyno occasion compare:
1. Bone stock
2. JWT Popcharger
3. The aFe intake
4. Injen RD1986
5. Any other short ram system with a built in MAF socket

I guess 4 and 5 would be tricky to get hold of in such short notice.

Atleast some other cone filter as a comparision would be extremly intresting IMO

/Roger

 

The car in particular that im going to be using is a bone stock 350z basic

 

Isn't that what a Popcharger gets you for only $120. The AFE intake is over $500 - for that much it had better make 20HP.

 

Please contact ben @ aFe to schedule an installation for the 350z.

Ben A
aFe Project Coordinator
951-493-7113

 

I have a bridge I can sell you all.

 

Actually some ECU's do compensate over time (Subaru's with basic piggybacks for example). The Nissan ECU's however, while very nice and adept, are trained to be very stupid in open loop. You actually need to tune just about everything you add to the car or you WON'T get the full power out of it. If it's a proper mod, it will make the car run leaner and leaner at WOT and the ECU doesn't do anything about it.

 

BTW, aFe has gotten back to me and they have a kit on the way to me. I will certainly want to give it some time to see if the ECU makes any adaptations. I don't think anyone really cares what the car does in the first 100 miles.
Please be patient; it takes time for stuff to ship, install, settle in and then dyno, etc.
Please note that I am not dynoing on a bone stock Z. I have some mods on this car (I believe someone else is dynoing with a stock Z). I expect that some pre-existing mods is a more accurate reflection of what a Z owner will have who is interested in this.

-Mark

 

Lets get right to it.

First, it seems the vendor I got it from has old inventory. Mine had a little slip of paper that indicated that since this was one of the first 25 kits it came with a special air filter with a carbon fiber end cap versus just plain metal. That is my first issue since it seems that the latest versions of the kit ship with an open end cone which I believe is a better design versus a closed end. I'll deal with that in due time.

The kit itself came complete with everything needed to install and even included a free cleaning and recharge kit. The install is no biggy and would normally take about 30 minutes to do.

BUT............ There were some fitment issues. The heat shield/box needs a little modification with a hammer since a very sharp edge rests very solidly against a metal A/C line. I've heard of this with some other kits as well and read of a couple folks eventually sawing thru the pipe.

The rest of the install is ok. The next issue I encountered was that the hood clearance is not good. It will close but it will not sit flush withthe fender as the ither side does. A little tweaking helped but it's not 100%.

On the performance side, the car feels stronger off the line and pulls hard and fast. I did a number of different tests on the way home which was pre-install so that I would have a fresh recolection of how the car was. Is it 21HP worth of improvement, I gota say no. Sorry AFE. Then again my Z is not bone stock so I was not expecting such an increase.

Conclusion:

Considering the premium price for this kit, I would have expected a perfect fit which mine does NOT have. As for gains, it gave me something but I haven't tried any other intake so I don't know if it's giving anymore than another brand.

And lastly it does give the awesome sound that so many other folks have commented about with other aftermarket intakes.

Maybe AFE will read this and tell me why I am having the fitment problems. I guess I am stuck with the older style filter element since I didn't notice it wasn't the currently one pictured until after I modified the airbox and installed the whole kit. I doubt the vendor will take it back now.

 

Is that going to be accurate?
I think it would be more accurate if you dyno'd, then put it on then Dyno'd again. All you need is 6 WOT runs down the street to re-calibrate.
It should be on the same day with the temps and humidity at the same level.
Right?

I don't think the Butt-Dyno is going to help us much here. No dyno before or after? Any plans for a Dyno?

 

Sorry DAY but no dynos, just the BUTT...........

Nissansource and QuantumZ will have to be our scientific testers!