FPenvy's Journal

FPenvy

Just got a PM from a new member and he spotted me not realizing we work at the same place lol pretty awesome coincidence.

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

b1adesofcha0s

Nice

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Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) | Uprev Tune by AAM Competition | Berk Exhaust
Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) | Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

FPenvy

Finally someone in PA close to me lol and not I'm not forgetting about Rusty either lol

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

FPenvy

ok soooo i havent posted in this in a long time. actually to be honest i forgot i had it.

since my last posts i havent done much besides put alot of miles and some 1/4 mile runs on the Z

mod wise i recently added my Akuma long tube prototype intakes. also along with the intakes they provided a "light" tune which changed the MAF tables to adjust for the larger diameter intake tubes. performance wise it feels like it gained a decent bit.

maybe once spring rolls around i'm gonna go put it on a dyno. i'd love to get a full tune but not paying $600 for what should cost way less. i get the $100 a hour for dyno time but cmon $600 for that and a tune? lol

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

b1adesofcha0s

You can always rent a dyno and tune it yourself

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Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) | Uprev Tune by AAM Competition | Berk Exhaust
Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) | Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

FPenvy

dont tempt me lol from what i understand only thing that tuners truly change is the a/f ratio and possibly the throttle control. regardless i plan on rented a dyno for an hour (3 pulls) and it'll be like $80-100 which im fine with lol

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

b1adesofcha0s

Well you won't get the max power out of your car until it's fully tuned. IIRC UpRev can be used to tune the 7AT too as well as some help with cooling.

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Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) | Uprev Tune by AAM Competition | Berk Exhaust
Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) | Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

FPenvy

yea you can tune the tranny. i actually would like someone to work on that and get my shifts/line pressure tuned for better performance.

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

b1adesofcha0s

Just get it all done at once and pay the damn $600

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Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) | Uprev Tune by AAM Competition | Berk Exhaust
Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) | Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

b1adesofcha0s

Good luck with that

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Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) | Uprev Tune by AAM Competition | Berk Exhaust
Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) | Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

FPenvy

they do good work from what i've seen. maybe i'll come visit you VA/MD gheys after lol

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

FPenvy

ok so i realized that i've neglected this thread and have done a lot since i started it lol

i added a set of Akuma intakes last fall. i have set #2 which is pretty cool since set #1 is on their test car. barely got to drive it with them added since winter came along and i put my car away.

the first weekend in march i took my car down to AAM in MD to get tuned. prior to that i took some time that week and installed a 34 row oil cooler as well. anyways with never doing a stock baseline.....or any dyno run ever it is hard to tell what i've gained HP wise to date. the baseline with my intakes and exhaust (only power mods) was 309WHP. not bad considering the avg base WHP of a 370z is about 275WHP. about a 35WHP gain from just intakes and exhaust? i'll take it lol post tune though it jumped to 324WHP which pleased me even since my goal was to see 320. i will admit i was going to do naked cartwheels in their parking lot if it cracked 330WHP lol regardless 324WHP and 258WTQ isnt bad for just having intakes, exhaust, and a tune.

the next day i met up with the MAZOC guys and a few of us ended up going to a drag strip. i didnt know what to expect ET wise since it was a track i never been to and just had my car tuned. first run and i beat my personal best of 13.01 with a 12.899 @ 110.74. which i then backed up with a 12.900 @ 107. not a bad time at all for stock half bald tires as well. i have been kicking around the idea of going with a set of 18" wheels and 305 or 345 rears of drag radials soon but not sure if they would be worth the money.

summer plans for the Z are carlisle and zdayz here in the first couple weeks of may with lots of drag racing sprinkled in when i can. planning on doing the import faceoff drags when they come to pittsburgh in late june.

Mod wise i think i'm done modding the Z and just gonna enjoy it until i can financially make the move to a GTR.

but there is a secret mod i am trying to work on but nothing solid yet.

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

Mr&Mrs

Those are solid times for a stock Z. Post up some pics of this bad boy!

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FPenvy

i'll take some new ones later after work. i got a couple but sadly i didnt take any while doing the oil cooler install kinda just got in the zone and wanted to get it done lol

also thank you but the Z isnt exactly "stock" running those times lol

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324whp/258wtq AAM Tuned |F.I. NonRes CF CBE/NonRes TestPipes #373|UpRev Tuner|Akuma Motorsports Intakes|Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler

Mr&Mrs

Hah I must have mixed a couple threads together when I posted that. It was early...or late depending on end your looking at it lol. Great times anyway!

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