no problem

remember, the law of diminishing returns

Lets use an Evo as an example. Getting an Evo 9 to make 300 whp is neither hard, nor expensive. Now get it to run 400 whp....different ball game. Not hard, but certainly costs some $

Same with the Z...and moreso that it is naturally aspirated. The first ~50 whp comes at a cost, but it can be done with bolt ons and tuning. The next ~50 whp costs way more and is way more involved. Either way you go though, it can be rewarding

 

you can always go to English town, it's not extremely far away.

 

it's nearly a 3 hour drive from me....that's way too far to do something I don't even like

 

No way man, i don't believe that... i do e-town in 2 hours if i drive slow and i live in upper westchester. I guess each their own, i wouldn't drive down someplace i didn't want to be.

 

Yah I didn't think it'd be that far away from you, considering it only takes me about an hour and a half to get to NY from my home town, which is 15 mins from E town.

 

ok then don't believe it, what can I tell ya. I'm over an hour from the mid town tunnel alone

 

The most important part of that post.

 

i wish z's made mad n/a horsepower. i also wish i had the patience to wait for an all motor build. n/a > boost

 

I don't know if this was already mentioned or not but what PCV system mods, if any, are you running?

 

none

 

z's do make n/a power...hence the hr with bolt on's and gears......also my buddy of mine has an 06 revup with almost full bolt on's and with gears heill be right there to......do lose hope on your z now

 

subscribing...

 

Just re-read some of this thread. This became my wallpaper.

 

since there are none offered for the Z that won't require fabrication, it's not anything I have any intentions of trying/using. I'd rather stick with the factory unit.

 

Hi Adam,

Richie here... how are you doing mate!?

Just got your PM and am in the middle of replying back.. sorry... it took me a while to come back on to this forum... heard that you are making good power... that's why I am here to check it out

cheers mate,

richie

 

thanks for the reply

 

I re-read your first post.

You made 268whp on Dyno Dynamics with your stock Z?

 

no I made 268 whp with bolt ons (pulley, intake, cats, and utec) on a Dynojet when I first did the utec in December 05. My original stock dyno is posted somewhere in this thread.

edit - found it

dyno'd when the car was basically brand new (about 3 weeks old based on the date), only mod was the pulley

 

I see but now you make 320 on a dyno dynamics? It threw me off because the first page dyno is on dyno dynamics making 301.

 

The first page shows 303.9 whp on a dyno dynamics, which was done last July (2007) when the motor was new (about 900 miles on it) - was about 90 degrees out that day IIRC - it was really humid too, but the car ran great

The 320 whp was done at Turbo XS in May of '08 (engine had about 7000 miles on it then, so was fully broken in) - was around 80 degrees that day. Their Dynapack is set up to directly mimic Altered Atmosphere's Dynojet which is right down the block - I would have gone to AMM too sine I know everyone loves to see a Dynojet chart, but I got to TXS late and by the time we got done, it was around 7 pm, and AAM was closed (and I had to get a hotel and was famished!). But if Jermaine tells me it reads identically to AAM, I trust him - his word is gospel to me I never got the chart posted because I never got a copy of it...there was another G35 owner there that day, and after BS'ing with everyone, trying to get a hotel room that night, dinner, etc. etc, I forgot to get the printout. Next time though we do some tuning I'll def. post the chart - hopefully we can get further gains !

All tuning was done on normal pump gas to date - at some point in the future I may do a full out race gas tune, we'll see. I'm also looking , forward to a nice cool fall day as well, since the car loves that weather. If all goes well, it will coincide well with my other plans