I just bought an ECU upgrade!

[Ksizz13]

from the wishmaster510 guy on ebay, he seemed like he knew everything about our cars, and the competiting tuning upgrades for them (z1, jwt, ashspec) so he says ill be extremely happy with it. I seen his name on here, ill tell you the results. it was 285 shipped, then he refunds 80 bucks, when you send yours in. so no down time for the car and not so much money spent.

[cwolf2]

Momma always said, "if you don't know, ask someone who does." Is there anything you can do to increase the power in an n/a without spending a fortune?

[Ksizz13]

full exhaust, intake, pulleys, driveshaft, ecu reflash, look on z1 motorsports or jwt for the ecu, i got mine from the guy i mentioned above, and ill tell you how that goes, i saved about 100 bucks over z1 and like 300 over jwt, but after changing the cars breather mods so much, tuning will smooth out the power curve a lot and make your car run much better, also the pulleys help and im waiting on the drive shaft, both light weight over stock to make your car have less rotating mass and have better response and rev-ups. i have obx headers, megan racing test pipes, and hks hi-power catback. and believe me, my car is sooooo much faster than it was stock.

your first mod however should be the JWT POP charger. an intake filter like no other, it runs for like 100 bucks shipped. awesome upgrade. then go cat back. those 2 will make you happy

[cwolf2]

Thanks! I love NICO.

[Zwicked]

Not really. The engine is an air pump, and the more air (& fuel) the more power you can make. Without some way of forcing more air in, there isn't a whole lot that can be done on a naturally aspirated 3L engine....short or nitrous

[cwolf2]

I did install a cold air intake last week and was surprised when I gained 3 mpgs on this last tank. Thanks for the info.

[Weber3211]

another good way to free up some horsies is an electric fan. the stock clutch-driven fan is heavy and robs a lot of power.

[Zwicked]

I should rephrase my reply. You can add some power, just not a lot to a non-turbo. Headers, cat-back exhaust, POP like you mention, ECU upgrade is about where I'd stop but power to investment ratio that's your call. I'd guess these items would be in the $1500 range depending on parts quality. Might gain you 25 HP or so, just a guess and maybe some fuel economy. It would also make it at least somewhat more responsive.If I had an N/A I loved, I'd probably do that and then focus on suspension, wheels & tires etc. After all, how fast does a person drive most of the time.

[JDMZ32]

they're right about good NA upgrades.

what i have (relating to power):popchargerhks exhaust

what i will soon have (relating to power):AMS pulley setZ1 dual electric fan conversion

what i will later have (relating to power):test pipesnonresonated x pipe

that's all for NA. then, mucho later, TT swap. then the real fun starts. not wasting time on headers or ECU cuz i'll just have to swap it anyway.

[lceman]

...your first mod however should be the JWT POP charger. an intake filter like no other, it runs for like 100 bucks shipped. awesome upgrade. then go cat back. those 2 will make you happy

Not to sound completely stupid, but... is a catback the same as an exhaust?

[300freekzx]

yes

[Ksizz13]

well, sometimes its not about power, the one piece driveshaft and the pulleys free up power you already have, and also make it awesome, sorry MORE awsome and smooth to drive. I have all the essential suspension mods besides sway bars. and i have 18 inch rims with $330 a piece tires. Its all about the feel of the car, not necessarily the quarter mile times

[cwolf2]

I should rephrase my reply. You can add some power, just not a lot to a non-turbo. Headers, cat-back exhaust, POP like you mention, ECU upgrade is about where I'd stop but power to investment ratio that's your call. I'd guess these items would be in the $1500 range depending on parts quality. Might gain you 25 HP or so, just a guess and maybe some fuel economy. It would also make it at least somewhat more responsive.If I had an N/A I loved, I'd probably do that and then focus on suspension, wheels & tires etc. After all, how fast does a person drive most of the time.

Exactly, it's my daily driver. I'm just looking for the least expensive ways to increase perfomance and fuel economy. Especially living near Atlanta where you're lucky if you can find a station that has gas before you run out. Thanks to all, very informative.

[Zwicked]

I agree 100%. My car is a TT and people ask all the time when I am going to get bigger turbos, injectors, etc. I'm pretty happy with the level of mods it's at engine-wise. It doesn't need to have 600 HP to make it a fun ride for me.My one brother has an NA and he is equally happy with his car. It goes lots fast enough to break the speed limit and corners as good as he expects. My other brother has a tt that's faster than mine, and that's ok too.I think it's up to whatever your personal desires are, not everyone else's.

[Ksizz13]

amen

[nrobbins36]

I've been trying to find some one who can help me with my ecu for my 300zx upgrade plz respond cwolf2

[NolimitZ32]

[Z-owned]

I've been trying to find some one who can help me with my ecu for my 300zx upgrade plz respond cwolf2

Help you how? he hasn't been on since jan. 2012

[nrobbins36]

My bad,i need some who can make me a flashed ecu for my z to its spec on injectors n other mods

[Ace2cool]

My bad,i need some who can make me a flashed ecu for my z to its spec on injectors n other mods

Specialty Z, Z1, IPP, CZP....... Basically any Z32 performance parts site.

[NolimitZ32]

FREE FISH, GET YOUR FREE FISH HERE.

[nrobbins36]

Obviously any parts site I'm talking bout having someone custom flashing n ecu for me

[t.mcginley.jr]

FREE FISH, GET YOUR FREE FISH HERE.

Somehow no one ever pays attention to your posts haha no idea why

[ThisIsSparTTa]

Not sure what else you want. If you chat with any of those reputable companies (JWT was left off), then they can probably get you a slightly modified custom program. If you want a full tune, then you'll have to take it to one of them, or arrange to have one of them flown out to work on your car. If you want to do it yourself, then get Nistune.

[BigTDogg (MA)]

Obviously any parts site I'm talking bout having someone custom flashing n ecu for me

Welcome to Nico!

I'd email Greg Dupree at SpecialtyZ.com to see where he'll be this year. They travel all over the country tuning Zs, and they're the best team around, IMHO.

[300ZXttZMAN]

My bad,i need some who can make me a flashed ecu for my z to its spec on injectors n other mods

Specialty Z, Z1, IPP, CZP....... Basically any Z32 performance parts site.

+1^

[NolimitZ32]

FREE FISH, GET YOUR FREE FISH HERE.

Somehow no one ever pays attention to your posts haha no idea why

Cause I'm NICO's residents A-hole and I rearely have anything constructive or nice to say



OP: You gotta do some legwork, logic would dictate that anyone that has the ability to provide an OTS tune should have the ability to customize the maps that they write to the EPROM. So the question you should be asking is "Who would you recommend as a good Z32 tuner?" In which case the answers you would get would be direct. As Tony said Greg and Seb are an awesome team and travel around and do dyno tunes, they along with some of the others also have the ability to do email tunes but this requires you to have logging software a cable, and some idea of how to communicate between your ECU and a Laptop.

[mikey719]

ah, double post

[mikey719]

well, sometimes its not about power, the one piece driveshaft and the pulleys free up power you already have, and also make it awesome, sorry MORE awsome and smooth to drive. I have all the essential suspension mods besides sway bars. and i have 18 inch rims with $330 a piece tires. Its all about the feel of the car, not necessarily the quarter mile times

I agree. Especially with an N/A, I am not trying to make my N/A faster, It does have a nice exhaust, except for headers. Once I get the major problems squared away that's the next investment. I know they are a pain in the a**, but i just feel like if your gonna do a cat-back, you should free up the rest. I could be wrong, but are exhausts one of those things where it is only as good as the weakest link? I mean if you have upgraded headers, going into stock pipe, wouldn't it be pretty much pointless? Sure the beginning may flow better, until you reach the stock pipe and cat and it cant flow any better then when you had stock headers right? But the main reason I put like exhaust work is that wonderful z32 growl. I looove the sound these cars make, besides the lifter tick that as loud as rod knock lol. Really, for a DD, even a bone stock N/A is plenty of fun for me. If anything I would just put some nice rubber on it, springs, or coil overs depending on what you have to spend, and just get your kicks cruising back roads, rather than a straight line. Those of you who have been reading my posts, I'm sorry I ramble a lot, I am trying to cut down on it lol. Just out of curiosity, for you N/A drivers, what mod if any gave the most noticable power increase? I am thinking about just trying to lighten stuff up and free up the power it has, I already put some pretty light rims on, now I am thinking about 1 piece drive shaft, hopefully in the future a light flywheel, but not now since the car barely wants to idle as is, and when its due for a timing belt would a lightened pully set make a noticable difference? Like i said, I am not really too concerned with HP, more concerned with getting what ever HP it has down to the ground efficiently. wow, still rambling, sorry, thread jacked you a bit.

[addicted4life]

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