Motordyne and Z1 port?
 

Has any had their motordyne intake ported by Z1? I had emailed them about it and they said they had done it before and it was possible but had no idea on what kind of power it created. Have any of you had the port done on a motordyne and can share the results? I would hate to spend 600+ on a motordyne that would give simaler results to a Z1 porting and than another 250 for the port to have not results.

Last stupid question going through the forum on the motordyne i see missed answers on being able to get the stock engine cover back over the motordyne intake. Can any one confirm I could put my stock cover back versus that little plexiglass plate I've seen?

My DE.50 equivalent manifold was ported by Z1, not a clue how much power it makes over just my manifold, sorry

The butt dyno feel any difference?

I have the Z1. I didn't feel much of a difference. I also did a retune. I lost power from my last dyno, it could be the environment so take it w/ a grain of salt. Same dyne, different day...

I would say all of the MD Manifold Zs i've seen have the plate installed or nothing. None had the original cover.

I think it wouldn't require much modification to get it to work, i know a few of the Z/G engine covers are interchangable.

I had a motordyne IM on my G37 and I was able to fit my engine cover however the cover on my Nismo is 2 piece and my G's cover was one piece.

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I had my factory nismo engine cover installed when I was running the MD manifold...no fitment issues.

Thanks 12Nismo, I know that should not be a real factor but to me it is.

From what I've heard, Z1 makes more top end power, but the Motordyne gives more mid-range.

I wish i never got the motordyne m370. Port your stock one as that has proven results already.

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Why? It has great gains...

My DE.50 manifold is exactly the same and it performed amazing

What is this DE.50 many fold i keep hearing? Need more details!

You have my number... Lol

I see you're in Wilmington NC,,,I used to deliver to the Wilson store's years ago.
This is a very SUCK time of year to get good dyno results/unless you had your's dyno'd or tuned in the heat.
Had my ~Z~ dyno-tuned@Z1 in middle of May;after driving 200+ miles & number's were lower than i expected (309rwhp),,,it was lunchtime before they began & temp was warm....I have only a stock plenum for now,so can't speak for the ported one's.
Good luck if you go that route & dyno right before you swap intake & re-dyno to see results.......that's about the best way-pending weather conditions.

I'm still on the fence about the intake, but if I do it I'll do a pre and post dyno of the port. At least I'm imagining switching out the manifolds on this isn't a huge PIA and am willing to do it twice at this point.

JC I completely agree with you on getting a dyno done right now. I still need to do a factory baseline and was gonna wait till the fall, but if I pull the trigger on this sooner, it is what it is. The unfortunate thing is for the validity numbers. If I get it dynoed in the next 3 months it's going to be hot and humid in ways most only see on TV and my baseline and M370 intake will look pretty weak. Then come the fall winter time from when I have the time and cash to pull the intake again and send it down to Z1 the port will look like the greatest mod ever. Also I don't plan on tuning until after all my mods are done, which depending on a lot of factors could still be 2-3 years down the road, so even those numbers will not be the best numbers that those two additions could produce.

Yes, i agree, then i added z1 headers and test pipes and lost all my mid-range torque from 266 down to 254 again . Gained some top power but 4-5 hp. I think if i went back to stock manifold i'd have a better running top end as now without the mid range pain its annoying with the m370 loss on the top which the z1 headers help counter, but no more track days for me so i dont really care about that extra torque at 3rd on the track anyway.

Thats my reasoning, whether idiotic or not.

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I got the M370 in the mail yesterday. I'm gonna make an appointment at a local Dyno for the base line, then get it switched out. It'll be a couple months down the road before I can get the Z1 port done. Unless I can get them to sponsor the build and give me a discount on the job.