Ecutek Tuned!!!

zyal8r

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Hi fellow members, didn't happen to spot another thread in detail as much as I plan on going into. Firstly, I'm a noob to the forums and don't even know if I posted this thread in the correct subsection or if it's just general. Anyway, now for the meat and potatoes.

Upon pickup of my 2016 Nissan 370z Sport package, I began the mods almost immediately. I've owned the car for about 6 months now and I'm pretty much FBO + tuned. Stillen Gen 3, HKS Hi-Po CBE, and Z1 test pipes were the breather mods I did. Now for the tuning.

I took my car over to JTran Motorsports in Houston (north part) for my Ecutek tune. Although their dyno was unavailable, Johnny knows his stuff as he concocted a great tune while just testing on the streets. I let him know my driving preferences (I'm picky) and he hooked me up. The first day of tuning, I did a few test runs but apparently not thorough enough as I found out later, on my 1 hour drive home, that power was slightly dipping in midrange rpm. Took it back to him the next day, he tweaked some stuff and not only did the car run perfectly, it pulled more so like a bat out of hell than it did the previous day. Johnny told me once their dyno is up, I can bring it in for the numbers / final tweaking free of charge.

REVIEW: My mind is blown that some bolt ons and tuning can work the wonders it did. The flat foot shifting has made my shifting as close to a DCT as a manual transmission can get. The adjustable launch control has accounted for a very efficient launch as all I get now is slight wheel chirp on an un-prepped surface when launching at 2500 rpms (relatively new tires. 285's in rear). Throttle response has become considerably enhanced. Not too much, not too little throttle. Seems to be a perfect medium. The car pulls so hard even from low RPMs as the tune now allows 100% throttle at low speeds when WOT. I have yet to dyno the car, however, I baselined at 305. Stock quarter mile track time was 13.8 @ 102 and I have yet to go back after the tune. Will be going tomorrow however to do the quarter mile (Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Tx). Will post update if/when I go.

If you are teetering between tune vs no tune, all I can say is that the tune (coupled with the mods) is the greatest mod I have spent my money on for this car. Circumstances permitting, you WILL NOT regret going Ecutek tuned. If you're in Houston, you are doing ourself a huge favor by taking it to JTran motorsports off Veterans Memorial near Cypress.

Thanks for the read, hope you all a wonderful night!

Jayhovah

Johnny is the man! He tuned my TT on Ecutek too.

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JARblue

No surprise there

Jtran is hands down one of the top shops in Texas for our Z's

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zyal8r

UPDATE: before tune and intakes, the best run I had was 13.8 @101. Tonight, DA was similar to last run and I ran 13.3 @ 107. The tune makes my car feel like a total rocket now. I am in love all over again.

blown5.0

Nice! Just curious, what track do you run at? The trap speed seems a bit on the lower side (stock)?

Can you also list your mods? Great gains!

zyal8r

Thank you! Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Tx! From what I've heard track prep isnt great but Im not too educated in what a good track prep is supposed to be like. I will say however, I can launch at a much higher RPM on a normal street and hook no problem. I was launching from 2k on brand new tires and spinning through 1st and 2nd all night long. DA is also a bit on the high side due to close proximity to the gulf. As far as power from a roll, the car is NIGHT AND DAY. Feels like I did much more than just a tune but surely, the vq37hr is just a monstrous motor.

My mods are
- HKS Hi-Power Catback Exhaust
- Stillen Gen 3 Long Tube Intakes
- Z1 non-resonated test pipes
- Ecutek tune @Jtran in Houston

Thank you again!

SG4247

What were your sixty foot times?

What octane fuel?

Sounds like the tune is awesome!

kenchan

wat temperature and humidity before and after?

are u really comparing apples to apples here? im sure drivability improved

zyal8r

Before tune, 60' was 2.248. After, it was 2.245. Could'nt knock it down much more than that or I would just light up the tires. I was using 93 octane fuel.

Thank you again!

zyal8r

I mentioned in the original post that DA was similar before and after. I am comparing the car with tune and intakes vs before tune and intakes and all other factors were almost identical. Mid 50's with low humidity.

SG4247

Wow!

1/2 second improvement in ET with roughly the same sixty foot means the motor is making alot more power.

Thats very interesting.

Also, if you get it to hook and get the sixty foot down to 1.8 - 1.9 imagine what the ET would look like.

zyal8r

Exactly the point I was trying to make!! And you're so right, that ET would be phenomenal. Thanks again!

kenchan

so its not just an ECU tune as subject implies. sure with intake id expect dat level of improvement. but this is NA, at wot wouldnt change much if da intakes were da same if u were comparing apples to apples. before and after ECU only tune.

zyal8r

Look man, if i had not gotten intakes, but instead just a tune, I still would have seen these immense gains because the tune "unlocks" the car. Intakes of course helped but in the grand scheme of things, the intakes did relatively nothing. The tune by itself however made the car go from quick to a lot quicker vs the results of the intakes. Felt almost no difference but in sound. Truthfully, you are only supposed to feel the effects of the breather mods after you are tuned but nevertheless that does not downplay getting this tune. Do it.

mishuko

Ecutek is a solid choice. Surprised you didn't push 310