Fun morning at AAM

ak6ar · 03-19-2012, 04:05 PM

Let me start off with saying that Adam, Jon and the whole team at AAM are a pleasure to work with. I am definitely going to go back for more work from them. AAM's facility is pretty nice, and there are quite a few GTR's to drool over. They helped me take care of getting a shiny new intake and exhaust installed, and some dyno time as well. I had them install the Stillen G3 and Stillen exhaust.

On the dyno the Z (stock) made 274 whp and 223 torque (SAE corrected) to give us a baseline. Then they put the new intake and exhaust on. After the mods it was back on the dyno and made 298 whp and 238 torque (SAE corrected). No tune, just the new parts so far. I was impressed that the gains were throughout the power band. It was nice to see a 24whp gain overall

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The Z sounds a ton better and the drive into work was not long enough. Definitely need to go for a good drive one evening this week. I may have to check out some of RandyD's suggested roads.

m4a1mustang · 03-19-2012, 04:06 PM

Nice gains.

ak6ar · 03-19-2012, 04:40 PM

Thanks, I was surprised that the gains were that big, I had anticipated less.

ZCarMan · 03-19-2012, 05:35 PM

Awesome! Congrats. The guys at AAM have always treated me and my Z very well.

GM_Traitor3.5 · 03-19-2012, 08:20 PM

24whp gain off intake and exhaust? Sheesh, wish I could have picked up that much power off mine

eastwest2300 · 03-20-2012, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ak6ar

Thanks, I was surprised that the gains were that big, I had anticipated less.

Thats awesome man, I cant wait to get to my intake, and springs installed, eventually.

Adam@AAMComp · 03-20-2012, 08:30 AM

No problem Akbar! Thank you for the review and this is one of my first here finally

. I was also surprised by the gains just goes to show how restricted those 2 items are from the factory. Car sounds perfect now! Mod bug will be biting VERY hard soon I am sure

We are also working on the showroom with any down time we can get to make it a little more comfortable. Hopefully be all set next time your up!

-Adam

ak6ar · 03-20-2012, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Thats awesome man, I cant wait to get to my intake, and springs installed, eventually.

Eastwest which springs did you go with? I am looking at springs or coilovers now, and trying to figure out what I want to do.

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Originally Posted by Adam@AAMComp

No problem Akbar! Thank you for the review and this is one of my first here finally

. I was also surprised by the gains just goes to show how restricted those 2 items are from the factory. Car sounds perfect now! Mod bug will be biting VERY hard soon I am sure

We are also working on the showroom with any down time we can get to make it a little more comfortable. Hopefully be all set next time your up!

-Adam

No probs Adam, you guys are really easy to work with. I still have to come by to pick up my old exhaust, I am going to do that later this week.

Cristobal09 · 03-20-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ak6ar

Eastwest which springs did you go with? I am looking at springs or coilovers now, and trying to figure out what I want to do.

He went with the swift springs but hasnt had them installed yet. I can tell you this much, for the price, swift springs are great. Ive got them and it lowers the car perfectly and handling is pretty good. You can buy Koni shocks to go with them but they arent absolutely necessary.

I cannot speak for coilovers since ive never put them on any of my cars in the past.

Adam@AAMComp · 03-20-2012, 11:52 AM

Sounds good! Just as a head up we are heading out early Thursday (4pm)

-Adam

ak6ar · 03-20-2012, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cristobal09

He went with the swift springs but hasnt had them installed yet. I can tell you this much, for the price, swift springs are great. Ive got them and it lowers the car perfectly and handling is pretty good. You can buy Koni shocks to go with them but they arent absolutely necessary.

I cannot speak for coilovers since ive never put them on any of my cars in the past.

Thanks, I will have to get a ride from someone who has them.

b1adesofcha0s · 03-20-2012, 08:37 PM

Those gains are awesome

Which intake/exhaust did you go with? AAM?

ak6ar · 03-20-2012, 09:03 PM

I went with the Stillen G3 intake and Stillen exhaust.

b1adesofcha0s · 03-20-2012, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ak6ar

I went with the Stillen G3 intake and Stillen exhaust.

Nice! I also went with the G3's but got the Berk exhaust instead of the Stillen.

eastwest2300 · 03-20-2012, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ak6ar

I went with the Stillen G3 intake and Stillen exhaust.

You gotta love Stlllen's stuff...

03-19-2012, 04:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Nice gains. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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ZCarMan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: MD Posts: 4,488 Drives: 09 Z34, 13 F-150 Rep Power: 25	Awesome! Congrats. The guys at AAM have always treated me and my Z very well. __________________ Jon Swift \| SPC \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| AAM \| Cobb \| Hawk \| Volk Racing \| Bridgestone Green Demon Eyes

03-19-2012, 08:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
GM_Traitor3.5 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 3,073 Drives: '13 GT/Brembo 6MT Rep Power: 21	24whp gain off intake and exhaust? Sheesh, wish I could have picked up that much power off mine __________________ 2013 5.0 \| Brembo \| Steeda \| Koni \| Borla \| MGW \| TWM \| JLT \| UMI \| Whiteline \| Fays2 \| McLeod \| Redline Goods \| Redline Tuning \|

03-20-2012, 08:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
Adam@AAMComp Base Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Posts: 183 Drives: 09 GT-R Rep Power: 13	No problem Akbar! Thank you for the review and this is one of my first here finally . I was also surprised by the gains just goes to show how restricted those 2 items are from the factory. Car sounds perfect now! Mod bug will be biting VERY hard soon I am sure We are also working on the showroom with any down time we can get to make it a little more comfortable. Hopefully be all set next time your up! -Adam __________________ Adam Correia AAM Competition AdamC@AAMCompetition.com AAM Competition Stage I Power Package

03-20-2012, 11:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
Adam@AAMComp Base Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Posts: 183 Drives: 09 GT-R Rep Power: 13	Sounds good! Just as a head up we are heading out early Thursday (4pm) -Adam __________________ Adam Correia AAM Competition AdamC@AAMCompetition.com AAM Competition Stage I Power Package

03-19-2012, 04:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
ak6ar Base Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Washington DC Age: 50 Posts: 55 Drives: 11 Z MB MT Rep Power: 13	Thanks, I was surprised that the gains were that big, I had anticipated less.

03-20-2012, 08:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Those gains are awesome Which intake/exhaust did you go with? AAM? __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

03-20-2012, 09:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
ak6ar Base Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Washington DC Age: 50 Posts: 55 Drives: 11 Z MB MT Rep Power: 13	I went with the Stillen G3 intake and Stillen exhaust.

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