{"id":2476,"date":"2013-10-01T18:47:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T01:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2013-10-01T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T01:48:14","slug":"sz-ecutek-tuned-nismo-370z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/?p=2476","title":{"rendered":"SZ ECUTek Tuned Nismo 370Z"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We took this 2011 Nismo for some testing on ECUTek’s tuning suite and also some comparisons on the stock Nismo tune, ECUTek tuning, and adding the Stillen Gen 3 Intake. \u00a0\u00a0The Nismo came to us with only K&N drop-ins in the factory air boxes. \u00a0We were curious to see how much more could be extracted from the Nismo since they come with more aggressive tunes from the factory which includes leaner AFRs and higher ignition timing.<\/p>\n

ECUTek is a new comer to the tuning world for the 370Z & G37s. \u00a0Since its had a fresh start it currently only offers one RaceRom option of simplified ignition timing. \u00a0This nice feature overwrites Nissan’s complicated ignition timing strategy for a more simplified version that uses “normal” (BTDC values) values in its map. \u00a0There currently is no setting changes for fan control, fuel cranking enrichment, and the ability to have multiple maps. \u00a0ECUTek plans to release more RaceRom features soon like launch control, flat foot shifting, and map switching.<\/p>\n

\"baseline_ecutektuned\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The graph above shows our baseline (blue) against our SZ ECUTek tuning (Red). \u00a0Performed in 4th gear,<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>our final pull was performed in 5th gear coming up later. \u00a0Only mods are the K&N drop-ins in factory air boxes for both runs. \u00a0298 whp and 242 torque for peak numbers from our baseline. \u00a0Tuned peak numbers were 310 whp and 258 torque. \u00a0Peak numbers increased 12 whp and 16 torque. \u00a0However the peak numbers don’t tell the only story. \u00a0Our entire powerband had even better gains. \u00a0On the cursor of the above graph, 5500 RPMs we gained 20 whp and 19 torque.<\/p>\n

\"apart\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After our initial pulls performed, we began to take the Nismo apart to install the Stillen Gen 3 Intake and GTM 34 Row Oil Cooler. \u00a0We wanted to see how the Nismo would perform when adding the intake after its been tuned. \u00a0Would it make more power?<\/p>\n

\"installed\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ready to go back together. \u00a0The placement of the air filter’s in Stillen’s kit is one of the best out in the market. \u00a0It keeps the open air element filters away from the engine bay heat and high up away from water.<\/p>\n

\"intakedyno\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is hard to distinguish the two runs above, but red was our tuned run with stock air boxes and K&N drop ins. \u00a0Blue was after we installed the Stillen Gen 3 Intake AND<\/strong> <\/em>tuning. \u00a0Throwing the intake kit on the car without tuning we lost power. \u00a0It leaned out the tune enough that we had a drop in power all over the power band. \u00a0This is why on a stock Z, you can add the intake kit and it will make power, it leans out the rich factory tune on the non-Nismo cars to make power. \u00a0However on a tuned car, you will most likely have the results we experienced. \u00a0This isn’t the first time we’ve performed this test and we get the same results each time. \u00a0So on the blue intake tuned run we gained 4 whp and 3 torque at 7000 RPMs. \u00a0We lost some from 5200 to 6000 and then again from 6100 to 6600. \u00a0Again, the above runs were performed in 4th gear.<\/p>\n

\"5thgearfinal\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our final pass in 5th gear 1:1, with SZ ECUTek tuning and Stillen Gen 3 Intake. \u00a0Almost 323 whp and 268 torque.<\/p>\n

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  We took this 2011 Nismo for some testing on ECUTek’s tuning suite and also some comparisons on the stock Nismo tune, ECUTek tuning, and adding the Stillen Gen 3 Intake. \u00a0\u00a0The Nismo came to us with only K&N drop-ins in the factory air boxes. \u00a0We were curious to see how much more could be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-370zg37-z34-v36","category-dyno","category-general","category-new-products"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions\/2495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}