Dyno'd My V35 At The Sau:sa Dyno Day

[Nightcrawler]

Hi guys, just thought I would post up some info about my mods and current power level, for those interested in what power levels we can expect out of the VQ35, for what mods.

Back when I bought the V35 2 years ago she made 151rwkw, stock, 5AT.

Since then I have done a few 'engine' related mods including:

Kinetix intake plenum

Ground Wires

Kinetix High flow cats

Megan Racing Y-Pipe

Custom 3" mid pipe

Cheap Chinese rear muffler

CF Intake pipe

HKS panel filter

Oil Catch can

Fitted an SAFCII but NOT tuned yet - ECU is completely untuned.

So at the SAU:SA dyno day last weekend she made 175rwkw - the SAME dyno as the 151rwkw.

Note that this is a Mainline dyno - not a 'Disney' dyno like most - so power levels are much lower than other dynos around the country. For your reference an individual with an RB25 R32 had made 205rwkw on a Dyno Dymanics dyno recently, then made 155rwkw at Willalls. Admittedly he seemed to be running less boost, but other people got up to 25% lower than what they had previously dynod on other dynos around town too, and it is a common occurrence.

Anyways, that is my story so far. Enjoy the dyno graph.

And you can see my dyno run at the 6:55 mark of this video :

Also, in the video make sure you check out 5:22 - it is RH9 - the Willall Racing original - it used to make 680awkw, but is now detuned and has smaller turbos to run on the track. Still sounds angry!

[Ezy03]

nice gains, congrats, im guessing maybe another 5-10 if you get it tuned then?

[Nightcrawler]

Thanks. Yeah I am hoping for another 10 or so when it is tuned. Sadly they were only using 1 wideband probe on the dyno day, and during my dyno run it became dislodged, so I have nfi what my afrs are like. I assume she is running a bit rich, as per normal factory ECUs. I am also getting a resonator fitted this week, as with the HFCs and new 3" mid pipe, it is very raspy. I am assured these will not kill any power, but just take the edge off the raspy sound, and mellow her out.

[scarf]

It does appear to read low. The red R35 didnt make what the owner expected either.

[Nightcrawler]

Yeah turned out that Gavin's Red R35 had had a computer tune-up the week before and Martin Donnon had inadvertently left the car in valet mode. It is tuned there and has made about 340rwkw every single time it has been dyno'd before. For reference a Series 3 R35GTR with the same mods as Gavin's (mid-pipe and Cobb tune) made 361rwkw on the same dyno the other week.