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Old 06-17-2009, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by scotts300
Awesome! We should do a roll-on for fun. G vs Z! Back when I had an 04' G35SC MT6, I rolled my now-wife's Z33ZR, and they were dead even. Both cars were stock minus intakes. I asked for a few overlays of my dynos, so ZCG was working on them.
With my extra 1hp I will surely be much faster, no doubt. In all seriousness though, I don't think I will be faster under load, car is heavier and I have 20" rim, but we should try it nonetheless should be interesting.

What kind of upgrades do you have on your car?

Post up your dynos when you get them from ZCG.
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With my extra 1hp I will surely be much faster, no doubt. In all seriousness though, I don't think I will be faster under load, car is heavier and I have 20" rim, but we should try it nonetheless should be interesting.

What kind of upgrades do you have on your car?

Post up your dynos when you get them from ZCG.
I updated my profile after a few changes. Click this then the "about me" section: https://my350z.com/forum/members/23057-scotts300.html

My dynos are printed, so I'll pick them up one of these nights after work.

BTW, a few of us are hoping to head to Sears Point Wednesday Night Drags in two Wednesdays from now, 1 July.

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I updated my profile after a few changes. Click this then the "about me" section: https://my350z.com/forum/members/23057-scotts300.html

My dynos are printed, so I'll pick them up one of these nights after work.

BTW, a few of us are hoping to head to Sears Point Wednesday Night Drags in two Wednesdays from now, 30 June.
So you have a MD exhaust as well, so far this is a pretty small club

You have a pretty good list of mods on your car. I'm actually gonna be in asia that week for work, but don't get all raced out from it, wait for my comeback
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Went to ZCG earlier and picked up my dynos, had a chat with Rob and some future plans. Here are some pics.

This is probably what most people would be interested in. Here is a dyno of my car before and after the headers. I think those are pretty amazing results, the gains are very good throughout the entire revband. Those TQ gains are pretty impressive IMO. For those of you that like to look at dynos, note that the scale for TQ and HP are different.


For those of you not familiar with ZCG. This is Rob the guy that has all the answers for your VQ needs, kinda looks like Don Juan with that goatee.


Here are some of the projects he has done that were featured. I think the second one is Forbe's car with an APS TT.




Not very exhilarating to look at but here are my cams.

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Originally Posted by gabe3d
With my extra 1hp I will surely be much faster, no doubt. In all seriousness though, I don't think I will be faster under load, car is heavier and I have 20" rim, but we should try it nonetheless should be interesting.

What kind of upgrades do you have on your car?

Post up your dynos when you get them from ZCG.
My dynos, as well as a full write-up, are here: https://my350z.com/forum/intake-exha...ml#post7474299
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Just got my car back from ZCG after the cam install. Man the sound of my car has completely changed. It is extremely low and sounds like a V8 race car. The sound is just right and not too loud. The whole crew over there were in love with the sound. All the rasp and almost all the drone have disappeared and the gains were fantastic.




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My dynos, as well as a full write-up, are here: https://my350z.com/forum/intake-exha...ml#post7474299
We should meet up someday and check out each others setup. It won't be until august since I'll be in Korea next month. You got some pretty nice gains on your car. I'm sure the sound of the car is better then what you had before.
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Originally Posted by gabe3d
Just got my car back from ZCG after the cam install. Man the sound of my car has completely changed. It is extremely low and sounds like a V8 race car. The sound is just right and not too loud. The whole crew over there were in love with the sound. All the rasp and almost all the drone have disappeared and the gains were fantastic.

We should meet up someday and check out each others setup. It won't be until august since I'll be in Korea next month. You got some pretty nice gains on your car. I'm sure the sound of the car is better then what you had before.
Whoah! Nice gains with the cams! I'll be around next week, otherwise August sounds good.
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Rob did this to my plenum as well Wrinnkle Black!

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Forgot to mention and give thanks to Rob, Vince and Fred. These guys are awesome to deal with. Many more upgrades to come and I'll update this thread accordingly. Next on the list is probably a new LSD, gonna try out that larger MAF housing, and then of course the main course, the Vortech.
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Here are some vids of how the car sounds with the new setup.





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