Saturday, May 4, 2013
2008 350z w/ injen dual cold air intake first try out
Friday, May 3, 2013
2008 Nissan 350Z - Nismo cold air intake fly by
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Stylin' Trucks presents: Takeda Nissan 350Z Air Intake System, from Advanced Flow Engineering
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Utilizing Nitrous Oxide to enhance Your Supercharger Performance
There comes a place inside your energy buildup in which you may attempt to add nitrous oxide injection for your supercharged vehicle. This time typically coincides with reaching an amount of performance which means elevated investment and diminishing returns out of your supercharger. For instance, my vehicle originates from the factory having a fifth generation Eaton MP45 supercharger. This supercharger is restricted to around 230hp price of flow rating and thus regardless of what I actually do with bolt-on upgrades on my small engine, my peak horsepower won't exceed 230hp limit because that's the point where the supercharger becomes the bottle neck within my system.
As we have spoken about in the past articles there's still a choice of porting the factory supercharger for any ten to fifteenPercent grow in capacity (which within this situation could be another 23 to 35 horsepower). There's also a choice of retrofitting a bigger supercharger like the Eaton M62 to achieve potential as much as over 300hp with respect to the making your decision of the supercharger.
This modification path (porting or changing the factory supercharger) can be complex and pricey, particularly if the supercharger is built-into the intake manifold (and perhaps an aura to water intercooler) because the situation is by using many factory supercharged cars.
A potential viable solution with this situation is by using nitrous oxide injection to supplement the energy delivery when racing, and being pleased with a dependable lower powered vehicle once the nitrous is off and we are not racing.
Exactly why nitrous oxide (N2O) turns into a great energy adder is twofold:
1- Nitrous is affordable so far as horsepower per dollar goes, and specially in the situations where we are already supercharged and thus are only utilizing it around the rare times when we all do hit the track.
2- Nitrous oxide is a superb 'chiller' because it arrives from the bottle in a temperature of negative 127*F and is capable of doing cooling the general supercharged air charge mixture by over 100*F reported by fanatics, it is really an additional temperature reduction within the results of whatever intercooler you've fitted. This in-fact makes nitrous an excellent proposition for cars which have already at their maximum their superchargers, in which the supercharger is running at peak rpms and creating high outlet temps. The nitrous oxide injection can effectively raise the thermal efficiency from the supercharger when it's most consumed with stress and provide us a pleasant, awesome, and dense mixture.
3- Nitrous oxide fuel delivery is rather easy to create and also to tune, especially on more recent model cars with return-l'ensemble des fuel systems, or hard to crack computer systems making it hard to upgrade (and correctly tune) a significantly bigger supercharger setup. Nitrous oxide fuel delivery could be set-up totally individually in the OEM ECU and fuel system and therefore makes nitrous a potential application for German cars with persistent computer systems.
4- This can be a racer technique... most cars appear to do better throughout the wintertime several weeks since the air is cooler, horsepower is elevated, and also the tracks although cold, can be ready for traction and can warm up enough throughout the evening to permit traction and and give people the opportunity to exploit the cold dense air to publish their finest occasions of the season. Because the weather will get warmer, traction increases since the asphalt is warm and sticky, but horsepower is reduced because of warmer, less dense air. Typically racers discover that their cars vary within their quarter mile performance up to one half another between their summer time tune as well as their winter tune, particularly if you are utilizing a supercharger or turbocharger that compresses (and additional warms) the incoming air.
The reply to on-track consistency, racers have discovered, would be to mix using nitrous oxide (that is summer time friendly) with forced induction (superchargers and turbochargers) that are winter friendly. Within the summer season, the outdoors temperatures are high, so the nitrous bottle pressure is maintained at an advanced above 1100 psi. This enables for any generous nitrous flow rate underneath the sustained pressure (even with no bottle heater) which provides great summer time performance for nitrous aided cars. Whilst in the winter, the outdoors temps drop considerably, the nitrous within the bottle contracts and also the bottle pressure drops, subsequently, the nitrous flow rate drops and nitrous aided cars show worse performance during the cold months occasions.
The entire opposite holds true for supercharged cars that leave great horsepower during the cold months from blending awesome dense air, and poor horsepower within the summer time warmth. Whenever you mix both of these energy adders you receive pretty flat and consistent horsepower production all year round since the supercharger stands out once the nitrous is weak, and also the nitrous stands out once the supercharger is weak, and therefore together, they provide consistent energy deliver all year round.
Pre-cautions:
We now have to think about that nitrous oxide is definitely an oxidizer and therefore it doesn't only increase the quantity of air and fuel combusting within the cylinder, it creates a faster moving flame front because of the oxidizer qualities from the nitrous oxide. Which means that additional timing retard, great octane fuel, and perhaps cooler spark plugs is going to be needed to operate spray on the supercharged vehicle. In addition, due to its cooling effect, a 100hp shot on the supercharged Camaro can effortlessly put lower OVER 120 rear wheel horsepower of more energy. Which means that the 'out from the box' flying of the nitrous package might not be sufficient on the supercharged vehicle and you'd need to make certain to watch and perhaps boost the fuel flying to complement the ultimate horsepower figure of the vehicle). Finally, if you are managing a 500hp supercharged vehicle by having an additional 120hp of nitrous oxide injection, then you definitely must make certain that the fuel delivery (fuel pump and fuel lines) can flow the quantity of fuel needed to provide 620hp.
Programs situations:
1- You've got a vehicle like mine, a 2005 C230 kompressor that accompany a 230hp limited Eaton MP45. ECU around the vehicle is really a Siemens ECU that very couple of people understand how to tune, and also the fuel system utilizes a return-less setup by having an in-tank fuel pressure regulator. With this particular type of setup all types of dry nitrous injection are unthinkable because we are able to neither make amends for fuel through flashing the factory ECU, nor are we able to elevate fuel pressure throughout the nitrous injection since the fuel pressure regulator is within-accessible....
Suggested package:
A wet nitrous injection package that inserts both fuel and nitrous oxide in the injection nozzle.
Injection location:
Following the supercharger, following the intercooler, and in to the intake manifold from the vehicle.
Maximum suggested injection:
25% from the original total energy figure which matches around a 50 hewlett packard shot of nitrous on our example.
Expected final horsepower:
60 to 65 wheel horsepower and possible about 130 foot-pounds of more torque!
2- You've got a vehicle which has an accessible fuel pressure regulator, or perhaps an ECU that may be re-exhibited for nitrous oxide or perhaps a 'dual tune' setup. Within this situation it's suggested to utilize a dry nitrous package for 2 reasons:
First: Dry kits are safer on supercharged cars (as lengthy because the fuel delivery with the injectors or elevated fuel pressure is sufficient) simply because they hold a lower possibility of intake backfires since the intake manifold is dry of fuel.
Second: Dry nitrous injection consists of no fuel, and thus we don't have to be worried about fuel receding of suspension in the injected air. Which means that we no more need to spray the nitrous before the intake manifold and that we now can move the purpose of injection much farther back. Squirting nitrous Prior to the intercooler, immediately after the supercharger provides the nitrous stream additional time and much more connection with the compressed air being released from the supercharger which leads to more cooling and additional elevated horsepower.
Suggested package:
A dry nitrous injection package that inserts only nitrous oxide in the injection nozzle.
Injection location:
Following the supercharger, after or before the intercooler and never always right in the intake manifold from the vehicle.
Maximum suggested injection:
25% from the original total energy figure which matches around a 50 hewlett packard shot of nitrous.
Expected final horsepower:
70-75 wheel horsepower and possible about 130 foot-pounds of more torque!
3- You've got a vehicle which has an accessible fuel pressure regulator, or perhaps an ECU that may exhibited for nitrous oxide or perhaps a 'dual tune' setup. You should also make just as much horsepower as you possibly can out of your nitrous...
Within this situation it's suggested to utilize a dry nitrous package inserting prior to the supercharger. Once we pointed out within our articles on twin charging (mixing turbochargers with superchargers for additional performance), when two 'chargers' are chained in series where one charger feeds the following, then your two pressure ratios from the charger mix since the second charger compresses air that's already compressed through the first. For instance two turbochargers looking for single.5 pressure ratio (or 7 psi of boost), running in consecutive mode can lead to your final pressure ratio of two.25 bar (or 18psi of boost) that is a lot more than the 'expected' 14psi that's the sum two boost levels.
Similarly, inserting nitrous oxide prior to the supercharger, provides already compressed air. This is correct weather we're speaking about nitrous being compressed since it has two times the oxygen concentration normally air or we are speaking concerning the nitrous cooling and blending the incoming air. The ultimate quantity of compression observed through the supercharger inlet will be different with respect to the ratio of incoming air to how big the nitrous shot, and can lead to a rise in boost which is between .5 to two.5 psi!
This boost increase is additionally towards the energy increase from the nitrous oxide injection so it is definitely an additional 5 to 25 hewlett packard.
Suggested package:
A dry nitrous injection package that inserts only nitrous oxide in the injection nozzle.
Injection location:
Prior to the supercharger inlet.
Maximum suggested injection:
25% from the original total energy figure which matches around a 50 hewlett packard shot of nitrous.
Expected final horsepower:
75-100 wheel horsepower and possible about 160 foot-pounds of more torque!
Items to avoid:
1- Wherever you setup the nitrous injection, make certain to not spray nitrous to your MAS ventilation sensor or perhaps your intake air temperature sensor. These temperature dependent sensors, tell the eu to succeed the timing in cooler conditions. Once we pointed out earlier, nitrous is definitely an oxidizer that boosts the speed of travel from the combustion event and therefore requires maintained (otherwise retarded) ignition timing in comparison to some supercharged only setup. Avoid squirting on these temperature sensitive sensors to avoid accidental timing advance from occurring.
2- Avoid squirting a wet package (fuel) before your supercharger, because the wet fuel mist will damage the supercharger rotors and strip their films.
3- Make certain you look at your air fuel ratio around the nitrous and do not stay with the 'out from the box' air to fuel configurations using the package. For instance an additional 2.5 psi inside your intake might be paid out from your stock ECU and thus for the way well the eu responds you'll have to adjust the fuel flying around the nitrous package.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Hilux 4x4
My present vehicle is really a 1997 Toyota Hilux Tamworth 2.4 litre gas with leaf springs over-all. I've possessed this for several months, and also have done a couple of little modifications to really make it more capable and enjoyable. After I bought it, the vehicle included a rear bar, aluminium bull bar, side steps, stereo system, a great service background and approximately 231,000 kms. This seems like quite a bit, however these cars are recognized to prosper in to the 400,000 kms if they're treated well and maintained regularly. I spent considerable time planning things i wanted my vehicle to complete and consequently wound up with a thing that meets nearly every single need which i have for this. The Tamworth Hilux is really a exclusive edition and contains a couple of more powerful parts and cup holders.
Modifications today
My Hilux was fairly standard after i purchased, and to be able to turn it into a a bit more comfortable, economical and capable I've designed a couple of changes. Since that time I've transformed the vehicle by doing the next:
&bull Custom Rear Tyre Company
&bull 2 inch body lift
&bull 15x8 inch black ROH rims
&bull 33x12.5 " Maxxis Bighorn Tyres
&bull Gas conversion
&bull Tough dog steering damper
As you can tell their email list of modifications isn't excessively lengthy, the best of this about this is they were inexpensive to complete. Within the car's current condition it may do just about anything which i throw in internet marketing, meaning I've got a capable, economical and fun vehicle without investing a lot of money. As a whole I've spent under 000. I've not touched the suspension (even though the front leaf springs are almost flat!) meaning the ride is not great, but it is an agreement that i'm willing to reside with right now.
Why I purchased the Hilux
There have been numerous reasons that helped me choose my Toyota Hilux. I had been searching for a 4wd which was reliable, attractive, capable and powerful, economical and ideally a Ute. This really limited my choices to a Hilux, and so i started the quest for the correct one. There is just one model which i really was searching for too, which managed to get quite difficult to get. I needed a gas Hilux without independent front suspension, that were well cared for with little off-road work. My budget was set at among ,000 and ,000 with respect to the modifications which had recently been installed.
The main reason I had been following a gas Hilux happens because the two.8 litre diesels are very slow without turbo's, and that i desired to convert the vehicle to gas. I had been also following the model Hilux with leaf springs over-all, simply because they are usually more powerful and best-road. Strength is really a major problem when you are performing serious four wheel driving, particularly with bigger tyres, and that's why I had been trying to purchase a good axle Hilux front and back. I needed a Ute being somebody that frequently must carry things back and forth from work, in addition to it causes it to be simple to go snorkelling and fishing from the beach! Even when you spill something can hose it, unlike the rear of an ordinary vehicle!
Hilux Body Lift
An appearance lift involves lifting your body from the chassis. This really is essentially the least expensive method to raise your vehicle. The main reason I desired the additional height ended up being to permit some bigger tyres to slot in easily. Hilux's possess a reputation for moving easily (Rollux) so be cautious the way you do it. You are able to fit your body lift yourself, should you seem like it or within your budget another person to get it done. I required the easiest way out and also got Wilkinson's Suspension to consider proper care of it. I compensated approximately 0 dollars for that blocks, bolts and work. Alternatively, you can purchase the kits for approximately 0 from Lizard Racing and fit them yourself. You will find 12 bolts that should be changed with longer ones when the body blocks are fitted.
The blocks are often made from a really plastic, or get aluminium ones composed. The aluminium ones tend to be costly, and also the plastic ones get the job done all right. Make certain you receive the best grade bolts too, otherwise they'll just snap. My body system lift was fairly simple, because apart from altering a radiator hose and going for a little notch from the steering shaft, little else needed to be transformed. In Wa, a couple inch body lift may be the maximum body lift that you can do. Someone lifts may become complicated, because you might want to slowly move the radiator up, extend brake lines, customize the low range gear leaver in addition to change other odds and ends. For instance, Range Rovers possess the seatbelts connected to the chassis, so you've to alter that a lot!
Hilux Gas Conversion
When the body lift was at, I proceeded to obtain the vehicle transformed into gas. At this time over time, the conversion was almost free due to the federal government rebates. In my opinion it is now merely a 00 dollar rebate (instead of 00). As being a carburettor model Hilux, the gas conversion could not be fuel injected, it meant it had been no more than 00 to complete. I'd a 60 litre tank fitted, which does around 300 kms for around dollars. Essentially what this means is I've got a large 4wd that amounted to less to operate compared to average commodore or falcon. If you prefer a good gas conversion completed in Perth, make sure to have a look at Quickshift Auto's in Myaree. I additionally use Quickshift in my services, simply because they perform a congrats in a reasonable cost. The tank sits very up high, which is essential should you intend on doing a bit of serious 4x4. The final factor you would like would be to dent or knock your tank off.
Custom Tyre Company
The issue with fitting a vehicle's gas tank could be that the place to suit your spare wheel was no more available. Obviously, with 33 inch tyres it most likely wouldn't have fitted anyway, however it provided the opportunity to constitute a tyre company. The Hilux already were built with a Kaymar rear bar fitted using the stub axle, so that all I desired to complete was source the bits, work up and weld it together. This could really be considered a discomfort if you do not know where you can look. There's a business in O'Connor known as Martins Trailer Parts which supplies parts throughout Australia for that stub axles. With the aid of a mate along with a Saturday to spare, we go about making the tyre company. You can also buy the swinging locks to ensure that it stays shut when you wish it to from various hardware stores, but make certain you receive a durable one. After cleaning up, we gave it a coat of black fresh paint and put it on.
Something I ought to mention would be to either copy a great design or make certain it's braced perfectly. Merely a couple of days after building the company (plus some very bumpy 4x4) I'd a glance and located a crack which was beginning to build up. We drawn them back and braced the company in a number of ways, which is now reliable. The final factor you would like is really a large tyre landing on the highway when you're flying lower the freeway!
ROH Rims
They are known generally as Sunraisers, and therefore are fundamental steel rims. I selected to choose black rims simply because they look a lot better than whitened, plus they don't cost anymore. Something to understand may be the offset of the rim. This essentially describes in which the center plate from the rim is situated. Adversely offset rims stick out of the side from the vehicle further, and positively rims sit closer together. To really make it simpler, the greater adversely offset your rims are, the higher the distance forwards and backwards tyres. As pointed out above, Hilux's are usually vulnerable to laying lower, and so i got rims that have been heavily adversely offset. Coupled with wider tyres, the vehicle has become a lot more stable.
Maxxis Bighorns
I spent considerable time determining what tyre I needed. I needed something which was cheap but that will last but still perform a congrats off-road. I additionally wanted a dirt terrain simply because they look mean and go perfectly on rocks and dirt. I checked out the Cooper dirt terrains, BFG muddies, Good year as well as other brands. The cooper tyres have a very good status in the usa, and therefore are very good but frankly were far too costly for which I needed. Sure, if you're travelling across Australia then it may be well worth the extra dough, although not for me personally. After a little thought I made the decision to purchase some Maxxis Bighorns (33x12.5 inches). These applied just a little around the sidesteps and dirt flaps, and so i needed to cut the sidesteps and take away the dirt flaps in front.
They will not be so excellent on sand (simply because they prefer to search holes) but when you deflate the tyres a good bit beach work becomes super easy. I've now done about 15,000 kms on these Maxxis Bighorns, and they've carried out perfectly. In comparison with other muddies, they're incredibly quiet on road. The put on continues to be almost nonexistent (but make certain proper rotation happens). Thinking about they were given ranked the second best within the latest 4x4 tyre testing, they cannot be bad! I'll certainly get another set, simply because they work superbly in dirt as well as on rocks, and incredibly well around the beach too. They can ranked greater compared to Cooper muddies, that are about one hundred dollars more for every tyre!
Things I can't stand concerning the Hilux
The Hilux does just about everything which i would like it to, but you will find a couple of areas that may be a little better. The engine is just a 2.4 litre carbie, and therefore energy isn't huge. Should you run it on gas then it's sure not slow, but getting additional energy could be nice within the sand. I've not re targeted it since putting new tyres on, meaning beach jobs are usually always low range. Lots of people convert these engines to plain commodore v6's, commodore v8's as well as other Toyota v8s. Like a dual cab Ute the area within the back is fairly poor, but it is considerably much better than a 5 seater 2 door Ute. The only real other factor I possibly could complain about may be the suspension, however the only reason it isn't the very best is since it is old and extremely needs changing. Basically spent the cash and also got a collection which was soft and versatile the ride could be far better.
Things I love concerning the Hilux
&bull Being so light it is going so a lot better than many of the heavier automobiles off-road (it just weighs in at 1600kg using the bar work along with a driver)
&bull Small differential pumpkins mean brilliant clearance. In comparison to Land cruiser motorcycles and Patrols who've to operate 35's to obtain good clearance, I've great clearance with tyres 2 " more compact.
&bull Toyota reliability. For any truck which has done 250,000 kms now and it has never skipped a beat, I can not complain. It will get cared for but in the finish during the day Toyota's are merely well-built
&bull Having a tray behind. This causes it to be simple to throw fishing gear and diving gear within the vehicle. Around the beach you are able to throw a diving suit on although waiting in the tray, and also you steer clear of the sand.
&bull It's decent on fuel a little more costly to operate compared to average falcon or commodore. I recieve 14L/100km on Gas and 18.5L/100km on gas.
&bull It looks great and handles rich-road.
&bull Roomy right in front seats I'm 6"6 and want the area. I've got a couple of mates along with other car's that merely aren't large enough that i can drive easily.
&bull Vinyl flooring and seats allow it to be very simple to clean. Cleaning is simple and what's broke up with you just sponge out.
Where I really like going 4x4
I've been to numerous places around Perth, but the best still range from the Mundaring Powerlines Track, Dwellingup, Dunsborough, Honeymoon Pool, Lancelin and Wedge Island, the Holland Track, beaches in Mandurah and also the coast between Lancelin and Jurien Bay.
I'll get into more detail of some excursions from Perth in addition to camping along with other holiday outings later on posts.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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