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Originally Posted by twyrick
As a new Nismo Z owner, I was curious what the current situation is with getting the ECUTek retune on a stock Nismo?
I mean, since it already has the optimized tune from Nissan to get the extra 15HP or so, is there any more room for improvement in there? Or would it be a waste of time and money if I didn't do other modifications first?
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Late response, but I was curious about this when my Z was stock, and then when I added the OEM Nismo Catback.
Specialty Z documented 310whp (+12HP +16 TQ and especially across the powerband) adding K&N drop-ins.
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I have a similar setup now (aFe drop-ins and Silicon post MAF tubes with the Nismo Catback) and did remote tuning with Seb (great guy). No idea if I do have that same 310whp as since then they could've learned to build up more gains, or go more conservative in practice. Also depends on the gas perhaps.
Either way, the improved response and torque distribution makes it very worthwhile imo. I seriously can't go back to stock unless I had to do smog or something.
But if you're doing your mods sooner than later, might as well wait vs. spending on a re-tune. You'll legit need it if you were doing plenum work or headers and TP's on top of the typical intake+catback.