chipping 350z

[flirt]

what are the options..

 

anyone had it done? anygood?

 

heard you need two chips, is this right?

 

cheers guys

[M13KYF]

A good spud peeler is the place to start

 

 

I prefer crinkle cut

 

but quite happy with chunky ones

 

always try and get a good mound with some salad cream

[flirt]

what a ****!

[M13KYF]

i'll get me coat

[Traktion]

lmao!

 

I don't think there are any easy gains from chipping IIRC, unless you have a few mods which can be taken advantage of (cats, exhaust, FI etc).

[captint]

Putting in a FCON or UTEC ecu must have some performance benefit, there can be no way that Nissan had pre-tuned the vehicle to the max

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not much in NA gains though, yeah you can surely gain 10-15hp by fine tuning your existing NA mods, but that's not on top of what said mods claim to add...

 

although if you want to go FI down the line and get a utec half way in NA guise, it can only do you good, if tuned correctly!

[captint]

Good call. I would say it's always highly doubtful that you can achieve claimed HP gains with NA mods, some yes, but their claims are always a tad excitable

[captint]

Although that said my z does seem to have better throttle response and acceleration since the bits were done, but them it could be the noise + me wanting it to feel better

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i definitely felt the difference once i took off the plenum, and can't wait to put something else on it, be it a spacer or the Cosworth one

 

But the UTEC is definitely on the cards, some time

[charlied]

Although that said my z does seem to have better throttle response and acceleration since the bits were done, but them it could be the noise + me wanting it to feel better

 

I know what you mean. Rolling road print outs suggest my GT4 is 4 bhp down on standard so i had considered an fcon to help.

[flirt]

thanx for the advice ppl

 

being thick here, what a plenum? how do i remove this?

[Stew]

The plenum is the silver bit on top of the engine that sits below the stut brace. The plastic cover (I think it says Nissan 3.5l on it) covers half of it and the rest is exposed.

 

I think it distibutes air into the cylinders or something. Change it or fit a spacer and you are meant to be able to tell the difference.

 

Do a search to see pics and peoples opinions!

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it's the big alumimium part you see above your engine cover

 

you don't just remove it, you swap it for something else

[M13KYF]

it's the large metal thing on top of your engine behind the plastic cover. It distributes the air entering the engine basically

 

guide here for removal and fitting

 

http://www.kinetixracing.com/images/V4% ... Manual.pdf