Not really sure where to begin as it was a extremely long day! Anyways here it goes. (Warning it will be a bit long)

 

Got a train from London to Zed world around 5 A.M and got there for around 8.30 am to collect the car, had couple of things fixed crank seal, under seal, consult and general assessment so drove away with a clean bill of health. Drove around 50 miles to get started with the remap and tune by Noel (turboNoz) Managed to get there for around 9:40am.

 

First impressions Noel was a top guy, easy going and easy to work with. I have to mention that he did a BIG favour (under statement) me by doing a one day tune up as he normally keeps the car for a few days.

 

Few minutes later he got started with his MAGIC, the first task was to get a SBC boost controller installed which took longer than expected (typical 300zx, things never work normally). This took a bit longer than expect due to some issues with the car but finally got done. Have to mention Noel was very patient with me being around and even though we had "very awkward" moments were I was just watching him work, I wouldn’t want someone watching me lol :P.

 

Anyhow, after that was done Noel started on tuning, I have point out how meticulous he is about his work and tuning. He works with amazing passion, a massive wealth of knowledge and experience on the topic. By now we were pushing around 6.30pm. He hasn’t even had proper lunch or a break!

 

Now he pulled out all the state of the art gizmos and tech to get started and hooked it all up with the car and the dyno. Ready to do a custom tailored map to my car. I expected good things from the tune, but once things started off it was beyond every expectation I had.

 

Previously had a compression done at zed world and Jeff did say it was 175 psi etc. However when I got to Noel in the morning he did mention straight away that that zx’s got a misfire of some sort. Now even though this is not part of the job he tackled this issue and found out that it was a lose connection with the ptu causing this issue (he even checked and swapped the plugs and coil packs first to be sure).

 

After this once the car was running on all 6 cylinders the car was idling around 1500rpm o.O. Noel went out of his way again and did a consult which bought up that the AIC valve wasn’t working! so he tested a few things which confirmed that it was the valve, as upon disconnection it returned to normal idling in some sense but still a bit erratic.

 

Now finally the dyno could be started, started off with around 12 psi then 14 and then 16.8.

 

On stock dyno results came back at 301.1 bhp at the engine (266.8 wheels) and about 283 torque, not particularly impressive. Next step he cranked it up to 12 and did a test and he instantly remarked that the engine was in good nick due to the reaction of the engine to load.

 

Results came back at 348.6 bhp and 365 torque! I was impressed! I think so was he with his work: P

 

Every run he goes through and plays around with all sort of settings including fuelling, air and etc. I couldn’t keep up with the technical side of things lol. Very very meticulous!!! geeky in a way lol

 

Right at 18psi the results came back at 435.x hp and 447.x torque. that was some amazing results; I think he is probably one of the best mapers around in my opinion. However he mentioned that it would be better to run 16 if I was on better injectors for the fuel. As he was monitoring all different parameters with every run.

 

Finally psi was set to 14.8 which I think is exactly a bar and results where 415.4 hp (368.6 at wheels) and 438.4 of torque. The dyno displayed a very smooth graph indeed (haven’t got the graph with me, he also mentioned that I might have bigger or aftermarket turbo's, need to get it checked).

 

I was extremely impressed with Noel’s (turboNoz) skills and knowledge of the systems and mapping. Now upon checking the time it was 10.45 pm!!!! :pinch:. Come on who else does that even with out a break?? We have some great fellow members on this forums and I want to say that NOEL was an exceptional fellow, really stuck through with the job and finished it no matter what.

 

Upon driving back I just couldn’t stop smiling alllll the damn way; the power delivery was smooth and insane!!! (on a side note i did nod of a few times while driving as i didnt eat or drink anything since i got there lol, but would have died knowning my zx was setup well :) ) Just didn’t feel anything like the car I used to own, one word for it, AMAZING JOB.

 

Massive credit and thanks to Noel. Hats off for ya mate!:thumbup1: no one does 10:00 am -10.45 pm so credit were deserved mate!

 

P.S (ignore any grammar or spelling errors, doing it on my phone)

Edited April 10, 201312 yr by Javelin

A man who works without being fed and watered deserves all the credit you can shower upon him :biggrin:.

 

I will be getting my car to Noel very soon without a doubt :thumbup1:.

Sounds very impressive to me. Well done Noel

What mods are on the car? be interesting to know.

 

Think i need mine mapped again.

HKS filter and HKS back boxes with all the cats etc, aftermarket lightweight pulley and a boost controller :)

 

And i think everyone needs to go have a tune with Turbonoz. You would push a lot more mate!

 

What mods are on the car? be interesting to know.

 

Think i need mine mapped again.

Edited April 10, 201312 yr by Javelin

HKS filter and HKS back boxes with all the cats etc, aftermarket lightweight pulley and a boost controller :)

 

You still on stock injectors? standard intercooler?

HKS filter and HKS back boxes with all the cats etc, aftermarket lightweight pulley and a boost controller :)

 

And i think everyone needs to go have a tune with Turbonoz. You would push a lot more mate!

 

You still on stock injectors? standard intercooler?

 

Yup, but he still mapped it to 16.8 for the top end but said i needed better injectors to have the fueling right and to be safer, so set it too 14.8 (1Bar)

 

Next on the list is to get some upgraded SMIC and Injectors

Yup, but he still mapped it to 16.8 for the top end but said i needed a better injectors to have the fueling right and to be safer, so set it too 14.8 (1Bar)

 

Reason i ask, is because 16.8psi giving 435.x bhp, is higher than mine. ok i had slipping clutch when i was on the dyno, but i was running 18psi with this set up.

 

Nismo 555 injectors

GT525 turbos

JWT ECU

Z1 intercoolers

HKS EVC boost controller

HKS Cone Airfilter

Decat exhaust.

 

I dynoed 424.6bhp and 449ftlb of torque. at 18psi.

 

im still unsure on internals. but and its a big but, i had a slipping clutch. im sure i should be getting more BHP at 18psi than you are with 16psi?

i should be getting more BHP at 18psi than you are with 16psi?

 

Sounds like you will if you give it to Noel

:clap: fantastic

Reason i ask, is because 16.8psi giving 435.x bhp, is higher than mine. ok i had slipping clutch when i was on the dyno, but i was running 18psi with this set up.

 

Nismo 555 injectors

GT525 turbos

JWT ECU

Z1 intercoolers

HKS EVC boost controller

HKS Cone Airfilter

Decat exhaust.

 

I dynoed 424.6bhp and 449ftlb of torque. at 18psi.

 

im still unsure on internals. but and its a big but, i had a slipping clutch. im sure i should be getting more BHP at 18psi than you are with 16psi?

 

Reason is because he does some amazing maps with nistech, noel's just too good mate (complete custom maps designed by him). Most people still use the old school chips (JWT) etc and they are a bit out of date now and dont really use any of the tech we have avilable now. Its just pure mapping skills! he is really good with playing around with the parameters and especially fueling is key i think.

 

you should make a LOT MORE, take it to him its well worth the £250, i think he does it too cheap lol

 

Just waste of all that nice parts you have in the car running premade chips!

Edited April 10, 201312 yr by Javelin

Sounds like you will if you give it to Noel

 

i might well have too, since doing the clutch and changing the flywheel for a lightened one, its producing 21psi on full boost. plus the clutch isnt slipping. will be interesting.

Amazing results i would be so happy with that. my car is booked in for when ive finished it lol!!!

Mine will be heading there once ive sorted a few things. :)

Not really sure where to begin as it was a extremely long day! Anyways here it goes. (Warning it will be a bit long)

 

Got a train from London to Zed world around 5 A.M and got there for around 8.30 am to collect the car, had couple of things fixed crank seal, under seal, consult and general assessment so drove away with a clean bill of health. Drove around 50 miles to get started with the remap and tune by Noel (turboNoz) Managed to get there for around 9:40am.

 

First impressions Noel was a top guy, easy going and easy to work with. I have to mention that he did a BIG favour (under statement) me by doing a one day tune up as he normally keeps the car for a few days.

 

Few minutes later he got started with his MAGIC, the first task was to get a SBC boost controller installed which took longer than expected (typical 300zx, things never work normally). This took a bit longer than expect due to some issues with the car but finally got done. Have to mention Noel was very patient with me being around and even though we had "very awkward" moments were I was just watching him work, I wouldn’t want someone watching me lol :P.

 

Anyhow, after that was done Noel started on tuning, I have point out how meticulous he is about his work and tuning. He works with amazing passion, a massive wealth of knowledge and experience on the topic. By now we were pushing around 6.30pm. He hasn’t even had proper lunch or a break!

 

Now he pulled out all the state of the art gizmos and tech to get started and hooked it all up with the car and the dyno. Ready to do a custom tailored map to my car. I expected good things from the tune, but once things started off it was beyond every expectation I had.

 

Previously had a compression done at zed world and Jeff did say it was 175 psi etc. However when I got to Noel in the morning he did mention straight away that that zx’s got a misfire of some sort. Now even though this is not part of the job he tackled this issue and found out that it was a lose connection with the ptu causing this issue (he even checked and swapped the plugs and coil packs first to be sure).

 

After this once the car was running on all 6 cylinders the car was idling around 1500rpm o.O. Noel went out of his way again and did a consult which bought up that the AIC valve wasn’t working! so he tested a few things which confirmed that it was the valve, as upon disconnection it returned to normal idling in some sense but still a bit erratic.

 

Now finally the dyno could be started, started off with around 12 psi then 14 and then 16.8.

 

On stock dyno results came back at 301.1 bhp at the engine (266.8 wheels) and about 283 torque, not particularly impressive. Next step he cranked it up to 12 and did a test and he instantly remarked that the engine was in good nick due to the reaction of the engine to load.

 

Results came back at 348.6 bhp and 365 torque! I was impressed! I think so was he with his work: P

 

Every run he goes through and plays around with all sort of settings including fuelling, air and etc. I couldn’t keep up with the technical side of things lol. Very very meticulous!!! geeky in a way lol

 

Right at 16psi the results came back at 435.x hp and 447.x torque. that was some amazing results; I think he is probably one of the best mapers around in my opinion. However he mentioned that it would be better to run 16 if I was on better injectors for the fuel. As he was monitoring all different parameters with every run.

 

Finally psi was set to 14.8 which I think is exactly a bar and results where 415.4 hp (368.6 at wheels) and 438.4 of torque. The dyno displayed a very smooth graph indeed (haven’t got the graph with me, he also mentioned that I might have bigger or aftermarket turbo's, need to get it checked).

 

I was extremely impressed with Noel’s (turboNoz) skills and knowledge of the systems and mapping. Now upon checking the time it was 10.45 pm!!!! :pinch:. Come on who else does that even with out a break?? We have some great fellow members on this forums and I want to say that NOEL was an exceptional fellow, really stuck through with the job and finished it no matter what.

 

Upon driving back I just couldn’t stop smiling alllll the damn way; the power delivery was smooth and insane!!! (on a side note i did nod of a few times while driving as i didnt eat or drink anything since i got there lol, but would have died knowning my zx was setup well :) ) Just didn’t feel anything like the car I used to own, one word for it, AMAZING JOB.

 

Massive credit and thanks to Noel. Hats off for ya mate!:thumbup1: no one does 10:00 am -10.45 pm so credit were deserved mate!

 

P.S (ignore any grammar or spelling errors, doing it on my phone)

 

Thank you for the kind words. Didn't actually get in until 2.30am as we needed a Midnight Maccy D's and ended up discussing lots of exciting things :D

 

Just one thing though:

 

Right at 16psi the results came back at 435.x hp and 447.x torque. that was some amazing results; I think he is probably one of the best mapers around in my opinion. However he mentioned that it would be better to run 16 if I was on better injectors for the fuel. As he was monitoring all different parameters with every run.

 

The maximum power & torque output was actually achieved at just over 18 psi which would have resulted in the 435 bhp & 447 lb·ft. I said to the dyno operator that the car was making too much power for the spec from the very first run. Very similar to cars with Stage 1 turbos.

 

I also asked if there was any way the dyno could be reading out. He just looks at me when I ask him questions like that :laugh:

 

The main thing is the before & after results.

Reason i ask, is because 16.8psi giving 435.x bhp, is higher than mine. ok i had slipping clutch when i was on the dyno, but i was running 18psi with this set up.

 

Nismo 555 injectors

GT525 turbos

JWT ECU

Z1 intercoolers

HKS EVC boost controller

HKS Cone Airfilter

Decat exhaust.

 

I dynoed 424.6bhp and 449ftlb of torque. at 18psi.

 

im still unsure on internals. but and its a big but, i had a slipping clutch. im sure i should be getting more BHP at 18psi than you are with 16psi?

 

Different dyno. 10% from one to the other is going to result in discrepancies of 40ish bhp on a Zed pushing reasonable power. There is no industry standard and you will get variations from one to the next.

 

Different cars, different engines, different turbos, different set ups.

 

A slipping clutch robs a huge amount of power & torque.

 

JWT chips contain generic maps designed a decade ago before it was possible to alter many more parameters. Also, until you download & view the maps yourself, you can't know for certain what is the actual map that is in your ECU. ALL of the cars running generic +70bhp ECU upgrades (JWT chips) aren't even mapped for boost levels higher than the stock factory mapping (88 load for fuelling, 96 load for timing). 75% of the +70bhp JWT map is simply the high gear fuelling map. When I get chance I will post a thread going into details. I was going to do this a long time ago, but thought I'd leave it a while and let my own work do the talking first.

 

Dyno numbers aren't that important :)

Different dyno. 10% from one to the other is going to result in discrepancies of 40ish bhp on a Zed pushing reasonable power. There is no industry standard and you will get variations from one to the next.

 

Different cars, different engines, different turbos, different set ups.

 

A slipping clutch robs a huge amount of power & torque.

 

JWT chips contain generic maps designed a decade ago before it was possible to alter many more parameters. Also, until you download & view the maps yourself, you can't know for certain what is the actual map that is in your ECU. ALL of the cars running generic +70bhp ECU upgrades (JWT chips) aren't even mapped for boost levels higher than the stock factory mapping (88 load for fuelling, 96 load for timing). 75% of the +70bhp JWT map is simply the high gear fuelling map. When I get chance I will post a thread going into details. I was going to do this a long time ago, but thought I'd leave it a while and let my own work do the talking first.

 

Dyno numbers aren't that important :)

 

 

Ok next question then, can you map a JWT chip further than its stock settings? if so then might just need to book in, i know dyno numbers are not that important, but would be nice to get some sort of proper figure of what im putting out. certainly has, how can i put it. monstrous acceleration when the boost hits, im glad i have the traction control installed when it kids in as i can hear it working its ass off to keep the back end straight.

Awesome thread, cracking results!

Ok next question then, can you map a JWT chip further than its stock settings? if so then might just need to book in, i know dyno numbers are not that important, but would be nice to get some sort of proper figure of what im putting out. certainly has, how can i put it. monstrous acceleration when the boost hits, im glad i have the traction control installed when it kids in as i can hear it working its ass off to keep the back end straight.

 

The JWT ECU is exactly the same as a stock ECU with regards to what can be done to it. The chips in these are either UV-erasable or OTP (One-Time Programmable). Either way they are just disposable components.

 

The chip would come out & my hardware would go in, it's the ECU that gets mapped, the chip is simply a container for the data. You would have a fresh chip programmed with a proper map for your car.

Edited April 10, 201312 yr by Noz
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