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Old 03-13-2009, 05:55 PM   #97 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JoeyD View Post
^Yes, I really do. Stillen has been around for a long time, they have no reason to fudge numbers or out right lie, they service a niche market. My point was merely that 350 Crank HP was an absurdly low estimate for the mods listed, it would be a gain of only 18HP for I/H/E. Also, I would be weary of drawing parallels from the 35DE/HR to the 37VHR they act completely different regarding mods, as you yourself said. I'll stick by what I said earlier in this thread.

-CAI
-Header Back Exhaust
-Injectors
-Ignition (like the HKS DLI)
-Pulleys
-Aggressive Tune

Should Yield over 400 Crank or Near 350RWHP
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Originally Posted by MightyBobo View Post
Are you insane? You think you're going to pick up about 70HP to the wheels on intake and a header back? Keep dreaming my man.

-First, injectors - why? What for? You cant tell me the stockers are being pushed that far to their limit.
-Ignition - why? The stock system should work just fine with those mods as they are minimal.
-Pulleys - going to be MINIMAL gain seen from these.

This isnt Need for Speed: Underground here, dude. I bet people will be lucky to get maybe 310-320 to the wheels with a TOP QUALITY I/H/E setup and tune. Either way, you'll just be disappointed if you want to play the numbers game on this car, and drag it to a Mustang Dyno...which is where you should rightfully go for a tune, anyway.
Alright, so I really don't want to add to the drama, but MightyBobo is right. Those 3 things (injectors, ignition and pulleys) may get you 3hp. And that's just because the ignition can more effectively start the combustion process and the pulleys free up some mass that is stealing hp. The injectors are pointless. That is complete video game theory (Forza? NFS?) when you are talking about modern day cars...

90WHP out of an N/A 3.7L like the one on the 370Z is impossible on an exhaust, intake and tune. You are not going to point me to one stupid thread because I will point you to 6,000 other ones that say your numbers are bs.
If the motor is turbo, like an EVO or STI, then yeah you can do that, but not without compromising reliability.

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Originally Posted by KingDavid View Post
Oh my god...I just posted this link a few pages up. They make ~350whp with I/H/E and a tuned reflash...

Final Dyno Numbers - MY350Z.COM Forums
Congrats, I'm not even going to go in that thread because its probably a bunch of idiots congratulating him for the super amazing gains. You know dynos can be tweaked to read whatever the hell you want them to read right? Do you believe everything you see on TV too? You own a snuggie dont you?

Find me some more threads that claim 90RWHP gains with a stage 2 car. Please. Really, I want to believe it!

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Originally Posted by KingDavid View Post
You mean the one dyno with just the intake and the other one with I/H/E?

Not insulting your intelligence or anything but don't be ignorant about what you see. Be proactive and ask questions. Join that site and ask the user whatever you need to know.

On a side note, that tune was backed off as well. The tuner didn't want to push it so there's room for more.
Tune was backed off, wait...so this is a conservative tune that made 90WHP? Oh dear.

Listen guys, you are arguing over something that has no real basis. As much as I would love this to be true..it does not make sense. The parts that were chosen aren't even full-race no-compromise parts and the tune is "backed off." Clearly by reading your rationalization of the mods, I can tell you have the theory down JoeyD, but you need to be a little more skeptic about the results that people post up on the internet.

This is the same subject over and over and over again... I would be very very very happy with a 40RWHP(30RWHP on a mustang) gain on a stage 2 setup, with a very aggressive tune. That might even be fantasy too though...

But hey, in due time we will see which one of us is right, so there's no point on arguing about theory right now. I dynoed baseline at 256whp. If I get an exhaust, intake an a tune and I come back with 346WHP, then I will gladly take back everything I said. Until then, I'm going to get my feet back on the ground and hope for 290-300whp.
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