nice evo!! i like the color!

<--------------------------- I miss mine too

+1 miss my GG IX

Nice results, Mike! How come the post-tune dyno doesn't show AFR? I want to know how much they leaned it to achieve that 11 hp gain. Also, does anyone know how SuperFlow compares against Dyno Dynamics?

I don't know why there's no AFR shown. I am picking up the car today and will ask some more questions and post appropriately here. I would guess that the SuperFlow and Dyno Dynamics are pretty close as they both have the ability to simulate road bearing load. The only one that really makes you feel like a porn star is the Dynojet :icon17:

I'm just glad to be getting my car back FINALLY!!

Nice Evo!

<--Getting ready to sell his IX. :)

Just got my car back and the sound of the HFC's and exhaust had me with a big stupid grin all the way home.

:happydance:

What are the final numbers with the intakes etc? 326 with HFC and CBE is pretty awesome. I would be more then happy with that :D

Thanks for letting yor car be a guinepig :D

Chris

That's the final number with tune and bolt-ons. And the sound is out of this world... videos coming soon!

Thanks. Can't wait to see the vids :D

Chris

Working on some all day tomorrow!

Did I miss something? Where do you see 326? Do you have a dyno showing 326?

Technosquare has it. I haven't gotten the graph that shows bars with each bolt-on and what they produced along with tune. Sorry for the confusion. As soon as I get it, I will post it up!

+1 man... awesome

326 with just a catback and high flow cats?! That's amazing! I can't wait to see what sort of gains I get with my intakes as well.

Any chance you can do a dyno on a DynoDynamics or DynoJet so that we know for sure how SuperFlow compares? Not trying to be a killjoy here, but I've been doing some research on this via Google, and most hits say that Superflow numbers come in even higher than DynoJet by about 10-12%. But I've also seen the odd hit here and there that says it's the other way around. So it's definitely not conclusive. Again, not trying to take the wind out of your sails or anything. I just have no idea what to think of your numbers right now (and by extension judge the effectiveness of the TechnoSquare tune), because they aren't meaningful to me until I can get a clear idea of how Superflow stacks up relative to other dynos. (That's why I've been doing dynos on both DynoDynamics and DynoJet - so we could see how those two stack up against each other.)

I absolutely agree with you. It seems that dynos are all over the road when it comes to the numbers. I believe the numbers that I was shown had my car at 326 on the DynoJet MODE of the Superflow dyno. The actual number of the Superflowas around 312. Now an actual DynoJet dyno may read something completely different. I was told that the numbers between the Superflow & the DynoDynamics were very close. I have no idea if that's true or not or what the variance is between each of them in their respective "DynoJet" modes.

I do have access to a DynoDynamics and will dyno there as well for comparison.

I guess in the end, numbers don't amount to a hill of beans!!! Haha

Actually, that makes a lot of sense if the 326 was on DynoJet mode. Thanks for the clarification. Yeah, dynos are more art than science, I sometimes think. Definitely gotta take the numbers with a grain of salt. I am SO looking forward to getting a tune.

put them wheels on already!!

+ a whole bunch :D

Chris

He did. He has pics in this thread here: http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...html#post57793

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/...74bc32ba_o.jpg

Hey Mike,

I wrote some more stuff about your car on 370z.com You can read why we think the engine oil temp gets so high! Probably a good tech read.

Mike

Thanks Mike...

Page 1 updated with info and new video!

Page 1 update on oil cooler testing today.

Oil cooler core mounting question: I see the bracket holding the oil cooler core at the bottom, but it there a bracket at the top? With the lines entering at the top I can see slight moment occurring when one comes to a stop in the forward direction and eventually bracket fatigue. Thanks.

Well that's a good question but honestly, I don't ever see that becoming an issue as the bracket is pretty heavy guaged.

Obviously I will keep a meticulous eye on it and report any movement, cracks, etc. that I may see but I really don't think that will ever happen.

Love your results with the temps—further substantiation that Nissan needs to install an oil cooler.

Great Thread = Rep Points!

Gracias amigo!

B&M short throw shifter installed today at B&M. So far so good on the drive home. I will keep regular updates coming with this product.

How much of a difference over stock do you feel? A short throw shifter is an upgrade I am looking to do early, but not completely up on who provides what in the Nissan world.

UPDATE: B&M Short Throw Shifter
 

Well after driving the car about 40 or so miles today, it felt great. The throw is much shorter and provides for very quick shifts. The stock throw wasn't bad but this is noticably shorter and is fast. Most notably during WOT when you don't want to lose any momentum.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/...c970867c_o.jpg

Some of the things I had heard from the 350 crowd was that it is noisy, rattles and you lose the reverse 'safety stop' feature (which consists of nothing more than a spring). I can tell you that NONE of the above is true of this shifter in my 370. It doesn't rattle or make any strange noises whatsoever during shifting. Syncro-Rev match is not affected either.


Take note that this is the same shifter available for the '03+ 350Z and Infinity G35. Maybe it's probably a better fit in the 370! :p

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/...2c28c68e_o.jpg

Anyway, I will continue to monitor and report any issues and/or feedback with this unit.

On a scale of 1 -10 = 9

The only reason it doesn't get a straight up 10 is because it does take a little patience to install.

A special thank you to Kenji Takahashi over at B&M for handeling the install and allowing me to test the unit for them.

OMG man those wheels are pure sex :)

Agreed :rofl2:

Thanks.

Glad to see another oil cooler success.

I'm also very interested in a STS.

damn must be nice living so close to all these shops

It does have it's benefits :icon17:

Definitely not for the faint of heart. I have the same unit in my 350Z and I didn't have Kenji to help me. Next time I'm leaving it up to the professionals.

Haha.. yeah I know what you mean. It was a pretty involved install however (aside from the small amount of filing involved) there really isn't any drilling or other fabrication so it's more of a patience thing.

what are your butt dyno impressions after the hfcs, catback and tune? I'm new to the forum but from what I understand your baseline was 261 and you're now somewhere around 315. It should be interesting if and when semtex will get a tune and see if the headers and intake will benefit from it. If so this car might just match a stock E92 m3's 350 whp and easily match 260 wtq. With the tuned Z making its peak hp all the way up to 8000 rpm and majority of torque from 2500 to 7000 rpm this car will have unbelievably similar power curves to the m3 hailed as having the best engine bmw ever produced let alone the fact that it will be 300 pounds lighter. I hope I get the price I want on a Z soon because I don't know about you guys, but I'm young, looking to mod and wanting to surprise the hell out of some expensive vehicles in the area.