An exciting tale of much butthurt
04-07-2014, 12:22 AM
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An exciting tale of much butthurt
This is not a typical war story. Not what we are used to any ways. There was no racing on the streets of Mexico. No no, this war was done today on the rollers of a local dyno. I was told about a $50 dyno day at a fairly local shop. I figured yeah I need to see what the 300ZX is putting down so sign me up! I was scheduled to be on the rollers at 9. However this place was in complete disarray this morning and I didn't get on they dyno until almost 10.
I was car 2 to run, nobody there paid any attention to the lowly little ZX sitting before them. After all its just a junky 80's car right? Well my first pull had everyone's attention, especially the guy doing the pulls, the first pull it squatted so hard they had to re tighten the straps. The turbo was loud enough everyone came in from outside to watch. By the 3rd pull the car had put down 371whp and 367wtq! Not bad at all for what it is!
Well with these numbers being displayed it inflated many ego's. 3 BMW owners, a Supercharged 323i and 2 M3's were quick to get big heads. My my! If that old Z can do that we are going to be 400whp for sure! But alas the dyno broke their hearts. The most powerful M3 made a mere 307whp and 220ft/lbs. He then loaded a new tune and made less
They were less than impressed and there was a lot of cussing and blaming the dyno for being wrong.
The little Z was bested by a 2006 Viper, which made 508whp and 460tq, I ain't even mad though. My nearest competitor was a Mazdaspeed 3, the owner was humble and predicted a mere 280whp but then went on to pull 329whp and 340tq. After seeing this the M3 guys demanded to be put on the rollers again because the obvious dyno flaw was fixed! Alas it was not fixed, not for them anyways as the strongest one only put down 303whp and 220tq. After that the M3 guys left.
Two Volvo S60 R's showed up with their 2.5L turbo I5's. They too seen the little Z's numbers and happily gloated about how they would beat it. Poor Volvo owners didn't stand a chance with 246whp and 264tq. They too had the wind sucked out of their sails.
The rest of the cars were pretty lack luster, you can see their numbers in the picture below. Overall it was a very fun day. It was nice to see so many peoples ego's get shot down because of my crappy little car.
I was car 2 to run, nobody there paid any attention to the lowly little ZX sitting before them. After all its just a junky 80's car right? Well my first pull had everyone's attention, especially the guy doing the pulls, the first pull it squatted so hard they had to re tighten the straps. The turbo was loud enough everyone came in from outside to watch. By the 3rd pull the car had put down 371whp and 367wtq! Not bad at all for what it is!
Well with these numbers being displayed it inflated many ego's. 3 BMW owners, a Supercharged 323i and 2 M3's were quick to get big heads. My my! If that old Z can do that we are going to be 400whp for sure! But alas the dyno broke their hearts. The most powerful M3 made a mere 307whp and 220ft/lbs. He then loaded a new tune and made less
They were less than impressed and there was a lot of cussing and blaming the dyno for being wrong.The little Z was bested by a 2006 Viper, which made 508whp and 460tq, I ain't even mad though. My nearest competitor was a Mazdaspeed 3, the owner was humble and predicted a mere 280whp but then went on to pull 329whp and 340tq. After seeing this the M3 guys demanded to be put on the rollers again because the obvious dyno flaw was fixed! Alas it was not fixed, not for them anyways as the strongest one only put down 303whp and 220tq. After that the M3 guys left.
Two Volvo S60 R's showed up with their 2.5L turbo I5's. They too seen the little Z's numbers and happily gloated about how they would beat it. Poor Volvo owners didn't stand a chance with 246whp and 264tq. They too had the wind sucked out of their sails.
The rest of the cars were pretty lack luster, you can see their numbers in the picture below. Overall it was a very fun day. It was nice to see so many peoples ego's get shot down because of my crappy little car.
04-07-2014, 12:41 AM
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home done porting,
Schneider cams and springs,
HX35 turbo @ 20psi,
23x11x3 IC with 2.5in piping,
3in turbo back exhaust,
gutted plenum,
60mm thottlebody,
Tial wastegate,
a JWT 3BAR ECU (canned tune basically),
93 Mustang Cobra MAF
420CC Bosche injectors from a Benz.
04-07-2014, 09:46 AM
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That's alot of pep for how light your Z is. What baffles me is that stockish type cars roll up to the dyno thinking, not even close to stock numbers. Did they know what they bought? Did they understand it was going to be WHP not BHP on the dyno read outs, lol. Mind blowing!
04-07-2014, 09:52 AM
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Yeah it was pretty enlightening to see how many people over rate their cars in their heads. The trend seemed to be the guys that spent a lot of money on their high end cars were the ones with the biggest ego and overconfidence.
04-07-2014, 10:46 AM
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That solstice must have been stock . The M3 owners are hilarious. I can't wait til this local dyno shop near my parents' place has their dyno days so that I can put my solstice on it. Should be fun to lay down upper 300's with just a little 4 banger bingo getter .
Nice numbers for the 300zx. A buddy of mine used to have one. They were nice cars for what they were.
. The M3 owners are hilarious. I can't wait til this local dyno shop near my parents' place has their dyno days so that I can put my solstice on it. Should be fun to lay down upper 300's with just a little 4 banger bingo getter .Nice numbers for the 300zx. A buddy of mine used to have one. They were nice cars for what they were.
04-07-2014, 10:47 AM
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Sweet numbers. Besides my 335, I also have a 323 and I'm pretty sure that only makes like 180hp stock.. So that was a pretty nice bump in power for that guy.
As far as the M3 drivers.. lulz 400hp on the 3.2 s54 without boost?
It's not an s65..
As far as the M3 drivers.. lulz 400hp on the 3.2 s54 without boost?
It's not an s65..
04-07-2014, 11:20 AM
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That solstice must have been stock . The M3 owners are hilarious. I can't wait til this local dyno shop near my parents' place has their dyno days so that I can put my solstice on it. Should be fun to lay down upper 300's with just a little 4 banger bingo getter .
Nice numbers for the 300zx. A buddy of mine used to have one. They were nice cars for what they were.
. The M3 owners are hilarious. I can't wait til this local dyno shop near my parents' place has their dyno days so that I can put my solstice on it. Should be fun to lay down upper 300's with just a little 4 banger bingo getter .Nice numbers for the 300zx. A buddy of mine used to have one. They were nice cars for what they were.
Oh they were definitely a trip. They kept us all entertained. I think the dyno operators even found it amusing.
04-07-2014, 11:22 AM
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lol congrats. my sedan got the same welcome and the same reaction at a dyno day. the BMW owner before me said hye dyno was broken as well. the dyno operator asked me to go show him my slip but i'm not one to start ****. haha
i made the best numbers of the day for a 4cyl.
i made the best numbers of the day for a 4cyl.
04-07-2014, 03:43 PM
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He told me he has done everything he can. He says this is the limits of the stock rods so he can't get much more out of it without doing a build.
