umm no.....not a 35r car, all i see is another possibly wasted low boost 35r car. If it was mine I would be running no less than 28 psi on pump gas with 100% daily reliability, but what do I know?

Hopefully you are correct and he takes the panties off because there is no point in a built motor and a 35r for that nonsense

 

Its easy to start to wear the panties so to speak after his last built motor was grenaded by a overly agressive tune with 3 times the needed ignition timing and no knock control (another tuner who is not on this forum - no names)

I think after time when the customer gets used to it again and has his car back on the road he will have confidence to turn up the wick a bit more

After being burned to the tune of $8,000 by a bad tune I can see his reluctance to be agressive

 

PS - I just did a test pull on my Evo at 26 psi and it make 530 whp !

 

I'm Nick Papageorgio, I work in software back in Yuma.

 

Good numbers for only 21psi, i dont know why everyone is hating.

 

+1

People get jaded by 600whp+, but the beauty of built 400whp is the supreme reliability...especially on a circuit course. You could drive the crap out of that power curve for days, and not encounter any issues. Less power can actually be MORE fun, becuase you can drive the car, instead of it driving you.

Nice job...that power curve is impressive and very smooth, especially since DD doesnt offer any "smoothing" to make the dyno chart look prettier. This is easily 450whp on a dynojet.

 

And the spool looks very impressive I am sure it will be awesome when the boost is turned up.

 

What the hell are you doing here Sharif? hahahha

It is good to have you here man...

to whomever doesnt know Sharif....he is one of the best/most respected 350Z tuners in the US.

 

Actually I believe THE SHOP's dyno is calibrated to read like a Dynojet. Also, a 400whp is definitely not as fun as a 600whp car. That is just silly

 

just joking there buddy i am also greek

Johnny Nikolaou

 

LOL...yes, I am starting to get around.

 

well now its time for a 40 psi test pull? ; )

 

As many of you may know, I am far from rational or "normal" on these subjects

I started with my poor evo with a 75 shot the first week I got it and went 11.88 (ast in the 11's) Within 4 months I had cams, twin clutch and a GT3037 S Turbo, went 11.65 at the 1st DSM Shoout for Evos - Oct 2003 Modified Magazine Feature

Since then, I have been through 9 different turbos, 5 heads, 10 cluthes and 4 blocks

Presently I am at 50 psi of boost and I feel its a good thing if my car can last a few races withour breaking something

I have reach a point where my Evo is no longer even safe to drive on a public road as even at the track it slides back and forth in 3rd and 4th gear.

Utlimate POWER is very enjoyable but a wise man realizes that the more power you make the more stress upon your mechanical parts and the shorter the lifespan of the various bits.

Speaking from my perspective, a customer who wants to enjoy a 415 pump gas built motor GT35 Evo as a daily driver is a guy who may actually be the RATIONAL one. As the gentleman above wisely asserted, such a car would prob hold together for 100,000 miles with no problems and it is very pleasureable to enjoy on the open road.

There is not many cars out there making 415 whp on pump gas in a safe manner.

We'll see when our customer picks up his car what his next direction will be.

 

I just use the dyno now for testing my boost control set up - its not practical for tuning which I do at the track

Here is a sheet from a couple of weeks ago with

22 psi

28 psi

and

36 psi


My target boost at the track is 48 psi

I went 156.922 mph in the 1/4 with 3300 lbs driven weight 4 weeks ago at 48 psi

Keep in mind the TQ was scaled different than the whp

 

Al you know I think youre a great tuner, but seriously, I think every EVO with around that power will go beyond 100k. Hell, Im at 70k and pushing more power with methanol now. These cars are ROCKs. The guy spent well over 10,000. He could have made that power with a better powerband on a stock turbo with methanol for around 8,000 cheaper. Reliability would not be hindered. I think that is what people are saying. 99.99% of people on here will agree, spending over 10k to make what you can make for $2000-3000 is ridicilous.