Is tuning is right for me?

Originally Posted by eliboy

Hi all,

I am very new to the Z world and to tuning.
I have 2014 370Z Nismo that being used as DD and it a bit over 11500 miles.
As reading to this ECUTEK - Everything I understood that I don't understand even the little i was thinking that I am

I am originally from the FWD world and the best example is golf GTI, it is very esay to chip a GTI you have all of this OOTB maps and tuners that you can pick and they let you know what you must have for the tune.

As far as I understand this is not the case with EceTek, EceTek will give a platform and someone will have to create the map(s) for me with some dyno runs.

Sorry for the long intro but here are my questions:
1. Do I need this as a DD?
2. Will it be better to put mods before and only them to tune? If yes what are the mods you guys thinking about and why (I am trying to learn as much as I can)?
3. As for now I have unlimited budget (Just because I did not talked with the wife yet), so i will like with the help of the forum to build a "Guide" for the DD that will like to tune and mod his car for one a wile drag/race but still like to keep it the ability to use it as a DD. Anyone think he can help?


Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by jaytirbhaw

What part of GA are you in ? Great thing about GA you're in the midst of a few of the best Z tuners in the country.

Originally Posted by jaytirbhaw

1. ? not sure what you mean, the best tunes for our platform are done on a dyno, but e tuning is getting better than it was before with ecutek's rise
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Originally Posted by jaytirbhaw

2. Mod first and then tuning would be ideal
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Originally Posted by jaytirbhaw

3. Happy wife happy life ! ( or so i've heard) are you looking at staying N/A ?

Originally Posted by eliboy

I am like 30 miles from downtown Atlanta.



What I am saying that it not like you can go and get APR tune and all that you need is to flush the ECU with new map.

My wife have a Golf GTI, we tuned it with APR and from 210hp it is now 316hp, i don't recall the tq number but it also went up around +80



From where can I get info on the different mods? what will be the best for me and what i gain from them?



This is true! Happy wife happy life! I am sorry but what is it N/A?

Originally Posted by jaytirbhaw

Naturally aspirated , vs going forced induction.

Ah i see now, its a bit different from the APR way of doing things, we have an audi tt-s with apr parts and tune so I understand where you're coming from.

Lets assume you're wanting to stay naturally aspirated. You can get some mods ( intake, exhaust, test pipes) and have it e tuned with an ecutek flash from Seb@ specialty z. You'd be somewhere around 300-330 whp depending on a bunch of things.

Or you can head over to Z1 motorsports ( about 30 minutes west of the city) and get a dyno tune from Jon using Uprev, OR if you want ecutek features like launch control and flat foot shifting and would rather be dyno tuned vs e tuned, you can head out to Marietta and get tuned by Sharif at forged.