Import Tuner's Power Pages: G35 Sedan
 

My August issue of Import Tuner just came in the mail and I was delighted to find out that the "Power Pages" Section was on the VQ35DE platform, specifically our lovely G35 Sedans. I'm not sure on the accuracy of this section even though the Power Pages is subtitled 'The Dyno Doesn't Lie'. Photos of the section are linked below:

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I've never heard of the DC Sports intake, and it's not on Sexyrob's intake dyno thread, but if this is accurate it appears to be the most powerful intake for our cars. Still confused why they chose Tanabe over Stillen Gen 2 and Berk over Motordyne ART's. This is a multi-part series so I will post up the pages in the next months issues as well

lol oh god, how depressing but a great read nonetheless

I'll have to pick this issue up when I go out next, worth a read, although as stated, a little depressing.

It shows the only way to achieve real HP gains with VQ engine is with FI. Another option is NO2 but its limited by bottle capacity.

Any intake could show good results in those conditions. When the hood is closed the intake is sucking in hot air from the engine bay and its piping becomes hot, which robs the power from most intake setups.

Never woulda thought that intake would give that much HP, considering it's technically a hot air intake.

wow. really feel sorry for the noobs that only know what the magazine tells them... smh

The baseline looks really low as well. It's a depressing article through and through haha

No motordyne spacer FTL, they obviously don't know much about our cars....car needs tune to take full benefit from the mods

the baseline they say is low because of the 87 octane and heavy rims

also the power could have been had from a very lean condition up top after the intake was put on... but when the high flow cats were put on after even though they flowed much better the computer prob held back because of all the messing around with o2 sensors and all

but kind of nice to see gains on these engines, it sucks though cause my lt1 gained almost 70whp from headers cat back and intake for less than half that price in the magazine

I've never read import tuner before but the way they did all of those tests is just horrible and lazy. You would think they would have the resources to pump out all the bad gas and throw on some stock wheels because all of the data they retrieved is useless now and really just serves to make our cars look bad (and the products installed too).

So called "journalists" should be familiar with the scientific method if they are going to run tests and review products using the data collected

It's good to see gains from mods... That's all a dyno is good for. All of them read differently and are just a tool

These intakes are designed to make power by making the car run leaner than the overly rich stock tune. They do this by making the intake pipe slightly larger. The larger the pipe, the more air slips by the maf unmetered causing the motor to run leaner. The intake themselves do not flow any better than a OEM filter and revup air box. Once the motor has full bolt-ons and maybe a shot of nitrous, then a better flowing intake might be needed.

While I agree with the lack of a true scientific method being utilized in ALL of the 'Power Pages' segments, I think it represents how 95% (if not more) of "enthusiasts" will approach modding their car. I have no bolt-ons on the G, however with my previous car I went intake and exhaust. I never bothered changing out rims, because again, like the majority of folks out there, I didn't have a second set. All I did as far as 'tuning' was to disconnect the battery so that the ecu would be able to start with a clean slate after the mods.

Bottom line, these segments aren't targeted to the 'professional' so to speak. It's meant for the kid who can only think about beating the civic next to him to the red light at the next intersection. For the rest of us, it's more novelty reading, and simply nice to see representation of our ride which typically isn't given much thought / and is highly underrated.

nice...i was looking for this