i know this forum doesnt get much traffic. but it cant hurt to ask. does anyone know of a good Z shop in Alberta?? Speed-tech in calgary is the only speed shop I can really think of at all, that has any semi knowledgeable people.

 

Did you try "Tunerworks"? I don't know if they know much about Z. If not, search the forum, you will learn a lot from this site or: http://www.*********.com/zwiki/*********

 

it shoudl read: www.*********.com

 

When you say "tuner".. do you mean someone that will sell you parts or someone who has ECU tuned a Z?

Where are you in Alberta? I am not aware of any Z-specific shops in Calgary, like there are in the States.

In Calgary, I have found Tunerworks to be good for parts if you know specifically what you want and they sell it. I'm not sure about Speedtech, but when I contacted them for a quote on Endless brakes they didn't even bother to get back to me.

For ECU tuning (although I haven't done this myself) in Alberta, I wouldn't go anywhere else but RCTS. They are a HKS prodealer that has tuned F-Con 350Z's. www.monsterhorsepower.com. However, that being said, they are expensive. They did my 3.9FD/Quaife differential.

If you are talking ECU tuning and were willing, I would go to the states instead to get your car tuned by any of the many Z-specific shops that are sponsors on this board.

Hope that helps. Feel free to contact me by PM if you have more specific questions.

pp

 

I am looking for someone to actually tune for me. I did send an email to Reg at RCTS. just waiting for him to get back to me. I know he is big on the F-con. but i dont really wanna spend 5,000$ to tune my car for the basic bolt ons i am adding. so i am hoping he has some other options for me.

i havent been overly impressed with speed-tech myself. but i wasnt sure about their experience with the Z's. i did alot of work with them on my old B18 powered civic. and seemed knowlegable about hondas.

 

Agreed, RCTS is big on the Vpro, and it will cost you about $5K with them. What ECU unit are you looking at? Let me know what Reg says about any other options he may have. Last I checked (couple years ago), he had a F-Con-?Z or S? from a wrecked HKS supercharger kit. Perhaps he would sell and tune that for less, I don't know.

Tunerworks is a TurboXS (UTEC) dealer but I don't think they do any tuning themselves. I think they sell TurboXS mostly for their subaru's. Wouldn't hurt to ask them who does their subaru tuning for them.

I'm sure you have looked at this, but with minor bolt on's, a reflash or osiris is an option. Mail order tunes have their limitations but may be the option you are looking for in your price range?

pp

 

ya a reflash is kind of what i was thinking. its just bolt ons, so really i just need something to keep my AFR's in check. and wont retard the heck out of my timing.

my honda had a hondata system. which you could set fuel maps on a laptop, and adjust timing. then burn the settings to a chip. i dont know if anything like that exists for the 350z??

 

[QUOTE=Someguy350]ya a reflash is kind of what i was thinking. its just bolt ons, so really i just need something to keep my AFR's in check. and wont retard the heck out of my timing.

my honda had a hondata system. which you could set fuel maps on a laptop, and adjust timing. then burn the settings to a chip. i dont know if anything like that exists for the 350z??[/QUOTE]

Go to the tuning section and search Osiris. It is the closest to what you are looking for in my understanding. You send them your modification list and they send a "closest" tune. I also thought I read sometime that afterwards, you can dyno, send them the results including A/F and then they can try and retune for you.

I also see COBB tuning is coming out with an AccessPort - similiar - also read about it in the tuning section.

pp

 

Lightspeed Innovations in RedDeer is a very knowledgeable shop and great for buying parts and standalone EMS but they dont do ecu reflashes for Zs yet. There is a shop in RedDeer that does uprev but I wont recommend them.

 

i would laugh my azz off if you said CCV.

anyway, thanks for the responses. i might just go with the mail order tune.

 

I am in Calgary. I bought some tires from Tunerworks before. I don't really know them. I have 07 Z, VQ35HR; it doesn't seem like there is any reflash available yet for this engine. I have been keeping an eye on Technosquare and looks like there is going to be one available from them soon.

 

There is a shop in Richmond, just outside of Vancouver, called ztune. They cater to all of us Z-heads. You can also check them out online, ww.ztune.ca I was there last week and I was in Heaven! Good to see some West Coast posts!

 

Hello to all 350z enthusiasts, VEX Tuning in Red Deer is western Canada only UPREV Pro dealer and is a full dyno facility, UPrev has visited there facility last month to insure that the tuner is competent and the equipment is up to date in order to tune Nissan sophisticated ECM, any questions about VEX Tuning please contact them at HQ@vextuning.com .

 

UPREV is currently working on all late 07 and early 08 ECM there software is being up dated to included the new GTR, 8-VEX well keep you up to date! This summer well is grate for Nissan

 

well if you are trying to make a plug for your business here. a website or something would help a little. and why would i contact UPREV, for questions about VEX?? if VEX was going to be tuning my car. then i would want to talk to someone there first. i already know about the UPREV product. so contacting them, isnt goign to help me a whole lot.

 

I think I will trust Sylvan on this one, if you are the shop he is talking about. For a first post and as a shop representative, your grammar and spelling is atrocious. Not a good first impression.

 

Well have fun this summer, one day I well learn grammar and spelling .
Later.

 

I am not saying dont take your car to them I am simply saying I dont know anyone who has got thier car tuned at Vex. So I cant give an honest recommendation and I take associating my name with a shop serious. If you guys get your cars tuned by VEX share your experience with us all.

 

Take it to Tapp Auto.. http://www.eurodyne.ca/TappAuto/

 

Thats like telling someone in NewYork to take thier car to a shop in Seattle. We live in Alberta and TAPP is in Ottawa.