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)
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