Haltech ECU Manager 1.06.1
Haltech ECU Manager 1.06.1 is now available, packed with new features and updates! Included with the software is new 350Z firmware 1.06.
A few of the key updates include:
- Long term fuel trims - in addition to bank-specific closed loop O2 correction.
- Long term knock retard.
- PC Logging - Records every channel displayed in software. This is in addition to the automatic onboard datalogging.
- Log playback overlaying maps - watch your logs replayed on your maps in realtime, slowed, or paused.
- Full screen tuning, delayed decel-cut after startup, customizable MAF-output, programmable shortcut keys.
As always, please backup your existing map and look through the software fully before updating your ECU.
Updated software may be downloaded at our Haltech downloads page: www.injectedperformance.com/haltech
E85 Tuning on GTM Twin Turbo G35
As a repeat customer, we last saw this beautiful example of a street G35 about a year ago. At the time, he brought his built 3.5L VQ35 for a tune on his APS twin turbo kit. Over 500 whp was safely achieved, and the customer backed it up with several 11 second quarter mile passes. While the power level was certainly enjoyable, he craved more. This year, he returned with a new turbo kit, the GTM Stage 5 with twin GT30’s, a bigger fuel system, the CJ Motorsports twin pump hanger and 1200cc injectors, and 30 gallons of E85 gas fresh from the pump.
After battling a smoking problem with the turbo’s oil supply and some electrical problems, we were able to begin tuning. With Hal behind the keyboard, it did not take long to get starting and driveability cleaned up and move on to the power tuning. After a solid baseline tune was established on wastegate spring pressure, 13 psi, the Haltech boost control was enabled and a maximum of 630 whp was achieved before running out of injector duty cycle. It is true that E85 requires as much as 30-40% more fuel compared to gasoline, which is an important factor to consider when weighing alternative options to race gas. Our customer picked up his car and immediately headed down to a National Mustang meet to represent the Nissans.
Since being tuned, this G35 has run an impressive 11.0 at 134 mph in the quarter mile. Judging from the trap speed, we agree that this car has a quicker time in store, even at the same power level. With some upgraded axles and possibly race gas, we look forward to seeing this car running easily in the 10-second range!
Injected Performance Dyno Shootout at ZdayZ 2009
Injected Performance is proud to announce the official ZdayZ 2009 Dyno Shootout!
We will be bringing our Dyno Dynamics to Fontana Village for the weekend of ZdayZ, May 28-31st, 2009. We all know that there are infinitely many variables that determine your exact dyno results. Whether it be altitude, temperature, the brand of dyno, or just the time of the year - everyone is always trying to compare results from varying conditions. We wanted to provide yet another attraction to the ZdayZ festivities this year:
FREE DYNO PULLS!
On both Friday and Saturday of ZdayZ weekend, we will offer free dyno runs for registered attendees of ZdayZ 2009. Participants will have the opportunity to compete for trophies for the highest horsepower - both forced induction and naturally aspirated. Many other “honorable mention” trophies will be announced later
How can you receive a free dyno session at ZdayZ this year?
Simply send us an email (through this blog) with your name, contact info (email and cell phone, preferably), the year and model of your car, and a detailed list of applicable engine modifications currently done. A few pictures, if available, would be helpful as well for us to recognize you at Fontana Village. As we receive requests, we will try our best to accommodate everyone. A time slot will be provided to you as we come closer to finalizing the schedule.
LOCATION: The dyno will be available in front of the General Store at Fontana Village on select times on Friday and Saturday. Those who have signed up for a dyno session in advance will have an assigned time slot. If extra time is available, walk up sessions may be provided.
TIMES: There will be four sessions of dyno pulls. We will schedule as many as we can to a particular time slot so that you know when you should be readily available in the area for your dyno runs. Friday and Saturday will have two sessions each:
Friday, May 29th:
11:00am to 1:30pm (EST)
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Saturday, May 30th:
10:00am to 12:00pm
12:30pm to 3:00pm - High Horsepower Shootout
COST: All participants are eligible for a free dyno session consisting of 2-3 runs. A printout of your results will be provided at no extra charge. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we can only accommodate a certain amount of dyno sessions.
OTHER INFO:
- Nissan Z and G cars (2WD only) have first priority.
- Trophies for highest horsepower (naturally aspirated and forced induction)
- Other honorable mention trophies
- Trophies will be awarded after Saturday’s session
- You will sign a waiver at ZdayZ acknowledging that your car is in optimal running condition to be used on the dyno. In an effort to offer as many free dyno sessions as possible, no tuning will be done.
- Please email us to request a spot and include the information described above. I cannot guarantee that we will accommodate everyone into one of the dyno sessions, although we will try our best.
Travel Tuning
When traveling to our shop for a tune is not an option, we fly to our customers. Last week Hal was down in Houston, TX breaking in a new VQ35. Ernie (aka Niceguy on the forums) has been hard at work in the garage, outfitting his G35 coupe with a new built 3.5L vq35de, SFR twin 60-1 turbo kit, plenum spacer, valve-body upgrade, Precision injectors, return fuel system, custom 3″ exhaust, Haltech dual widebands, and of course a Haltech Platinum 350z ems. After break-in tuning and driveability tuning it was time for the fun part - power tuning. The first dyno run was just shy of 400whp and it was not long until we hit his 500whp goal. Impressive horsepower through the Nissan automatic. Due to high intake air temperatures with the SFR intercoolers (160+°F) we decided to stop here and a more efficient intercooler is in the works. With the tune and the dual widebands at work, the owner was impressed that the car ‘truly drives like stock’.
G35 with Powerlab GT35R becomes 400+whp daily driver
A 2006 Infiniti G35 Coupe was dropped off at the Injected Performance bay doors, equipped with a Powerlab GT35R turbo kit, Haltech Platinum 350Z EMS, and Deatschwerks 600cc injectors. The request was simple: check over the power tune and clean up the driving/cruising tune.
The initial dyno tests revealed this was one strong VQ35DE, breaking 440whp as it came to us at 10psi. The 2006 G35 has a Revup VQ35, though the tune had exhaust cam timing disabled. We enabled cam timing, picked up significant midrange power, and fixed the top end loss it had shown on the first dyno pull. At that point, the VQ35DE was outputting over 450whp at 10psi. This car was still running on the stock engine, and needed to stay that way for some time - so the boost was decreased to 8psi, and the tune was softened up. The final outcome was a safe 424whp.
The car came to us overly rich during cruising, which was quickly remedied by a proper tune on our load bearing Dyno Dynamics and followed up by a street test. A wideband air fuel sensor was wired to the Haltech and O2 correction was enabled to ensure things would continue to run in top form. The customer requested the speed limiter be removed, idle decreased (from a previous increase), and CEL removed - simple tasks all handled by the Injected Performance VQ35DE ECU Reflash. After customer pickup, the car made a 5 hour drive home where it reportedly achieved 26-28mpg.
Overall impressions of the Powerlab GT35R turbo kit are positive. It is one fast spooling kit; able to achieve full boost before 2900rpm and still make impressive top end power. Check out the pictures and video below.
Wheel Weights for Common Aftermarket Volk Wheels (350Z/G35 Edition)
For the weight-conscious shopper out there, we’ve decided to compile a list of the most common aftermarket Volk wheels for the 350Z and G35 and their weights. Stay tuned for more editions for the GTR, EVO, and many other popular cars!
Volk CE28N 18×9.5: 16.76 lbs (7.60 kg)
Volk CE28N 18×10.5: 16.53 lbs (7.50 kg)
Volk CE28N 19×9.5: 20.61 lbs (9.35 kg)
Volk CE28N 19×10.5: 20.50 lbs (9.30 kg)
Volk RE30 18×9.5: 17.86 lbs (8.10 kg)
Volk RE30 18×10.5: 18.85 lbs (8.55 kg)
Volk RE30 19×9.0: 19.84 lbs (9.00 kg)
Volk RE30 19×10.0: 20.39 lbs (9.25 kg)
Volk RE30 19×11.0: 21.38 lbs (9.70 kg)
Volk TE37 18×9.5: 18.65 lbs (8.45 kg)
Volk TE37 18×10.5: 19.40 lbs (8.80 kg)
Volk TE37 19×9.5: 20.94 lbs (9.50 kg)
Volk TE37 19×10.5: 21.82 lbs (9.90 kg)
Volk SF Challenge 19×9.5: 26.79 lbs (12.15 kg)
Volk SF Challenge 19×10.5: 27.67 lbs (12.55 kg)
Volk GTS 19×9.5: 26.79 lbs (12.15 kg)
Volk GTS 19×10.5: 27.67 lbs (12.55 kg)
Volk GTV 19×9.5: 26.57 lbs (12.05 kg)
Volk GTV 19×10.5: 27.45 lbs (12.45 kg)
Nismo LM GT4 18×9.5: 18.51 lbs (8.40 kg)
350Z Stock weights:
Touring v1 18×8.0: 26.56 lbs (12.05 kg)
Track v1 18×8.0: 18.19 lbs (8.25 kg)
Track v1 18×8.5: 18.62 lbs (8.45 kg)
Touring v2 18×8.0: 24.40 lbs (11.05 kg)
Touring v2 18×8.5: 25.80 lbs (11.70 kg)
Track v2 18×9.0: 21.25 lbs (9.65 kg)
Track v2 19×10.0: 29.50 lbs (13.40 kg)
370Z Stock weights:
Sport 19×9.0: 23.20 lbs (10.52 kg)
Sport 19×10.0: 23.80 lbs (10.80 kg)
Injected Performance is UpRev Pro-Tuner
Injected Performance has been working with UpRev for some time regarding Nissan ECU reflashes and diagnostics. The relationship has finally been made ‘official’ as UpRev now titles us a ProTuner. We have a Dyno Dynamics in house, and are fully qualified to dyno tune your 350Z or G35 via VQ35DE ecu reflash. Please call 859-224-0461 in advance to schedule your 350Z dyno tuning appointment with Hal.
In addition to fuel, ignition and cam timing tuning, a 350Z reflash allows: speed limiter removal, rev limiter increase, idle increase, CEL code disabling, injector scaling and more. Cipher 350Z diagnostic cables are also in stock.
Infiniti G35 + APS Twin Turbos + Stock VQ35DE = 402whp
Over the New Years holiday we opened the doors to a special out-of-town Infiniti owner. After a 600 mile drive on a base map, the car made it to our facility for a tune on the newly installed Haltech Platinum 350Z EMS. The car was outfitted with the new APS Twin Turbo tuner kit for G35 and an APS Tall Boy Intake Plenum. Props to the owner for installing the turbo kit and other mods himself, very nice work! The APS tuner kit comes without fuel and engine management, so the customer installed Deatschwerks 600cc injectors, a Walbro fuel pump, and of course, the Haltech Platinum 350Z plug and play standalone with boost control solenoid.
After a quick change to NGK Iridium 1-step colder spark plugs with proper gap, Hal was able to quickly achieve the goal of ~400whp on our Dyno Dynamics dynamometer at 10psi. As seen in the dyno chart below, the VQ35DE spools the APS twin turbo setup quickly and gives this G35 a nice strong powerband. The G35 produces more than 300ft/lb of torque from 2900rpm to redline.
Airbox for Jenvey VQ35 ITB Kit
A new airbox for the VQ35 Individual Throttle Body kit was released this weekend at the PRI Performance Racing show in Orlando, FL. Final tweaking is still required to ensure a proper fit under the 350Z and G35 hood, but here is the closest thing they have to production. A few photos from Jenvey’s ITB booth at the show:
Individual Throttle Bodies for VQ35DE
Today we received the first set of Jenvey Individual Throttle Bodies for the VQ35DE to be installed on a customer’s stroked motor. These are now for sale on our 350ZMod store!
