Car: 2003 G35 6mt coupe 70k miles

I have purchased a Vortech V3 SC kit with FMU and Fuel pump.

I am fairly mechanically inclined and I am doing the install myself. I have read the install manual several times and feel comfortably with the install. Here are some of my questions:

1. Vortech claims the car will run fine with the SC in stock form, is this correct?
If not what do i need to upgrade not to gain more power but to run safely.
This is a daily driver I just want some more pop! No track runs here.

2. After the install do i need to take it to a dyno to have it tuned by a pro?
I am on a budget and the local guys wants $1200 to tune it.

3. I have read to run a colder plug close the gap a little etc what
other small tips should i be aware of?

Thanks for the input guys/gals I have read some posts here about 3 hours worth and there is a lot of help here thanks.

 

Definitely gonna need a tune.. U can get more power out of it with a smaller pulley..

 

Is 1200 a fair price for a tune? I am in Delaware any places with in a few hours of me for a tune you would recommend? thanks

 

TUNE!!! You need to do that especially if it's your daily... otherwise you may be setting yourself up for some issues..

I recommend atleast the 3.12 pulley.

What EMS are you using? - sorry i just saw you posted that you bought the full kit...

 

that is incredibly pricey for just a tune... maybe 400-500 or so is what i paid if i recall

 

Jtune in Wilmington.. my buddy is getting motor work and his car tuned there when he gets his vortech back from being rebuilt..

 

CIN in charlotte does osiris turbo tunes for $700. ditch the fmu, buy some DW injectors to run with that pump and get an uprev tune. 1 step colder plugs seem to work fine when boosted near the 400hp levels.

if all else fails, i'll take the kit

 

Tuner I called told me to ditch the FMU as well but it was just 400 for the Osiris liscense and another 800 to tune. The FMU that comes with the kit is no good?

 

i am not sure about the stock one - i think with the kit straight from the box you will be disappointed... I think the Tuner kit is the way to go, but that is my personal opinion, maybe you will be satisfied with the full kit, just read where people felt it was really lacking in power vs. what they were expecting...

**** for 400 you just get a license, you can get the full cable for yourself for about 650-700... i would pay 800 with the Osiris license, but not $800 just to tune...

I believe the full kit uses the biggest pulley too (3.27 possibly... i am using 3.11, and contemplating an upgrade to 2.87 in a year or so)

 

My buddy was running about 430 with his vortech on his stock motor and it just blew up.. He is getting a full motor and vortech built..

 

Yea, im not trying to blow anything up just want some more daily driver pop LOL. What FMU should i go with if no the stock Vortech unit?

 

alot of people run Osiris or Utec... they are definitely your cheaper options... what kindof power were you hoping for with the kit?

 

maybe 350 or so.

 

just get the tuner kit, dw 600 injectors, walbro pump, osiris tune on a stock nonrev motor will put you right at 390-400 on the stock pulley.

 

thanks for your help I'll let you know how it goes(BOOM or ZOOM)