GrumpyShihTzu that's what I was thinking especially with a new car, with and old shitter cut what ever you want hahaha, I also have noticed no one likes to spray over the bare metal after they cut
Kain Harris Say hello to lots of rust right hidden under all that plastic, by the time somebody realize what happened the whole front end of the car is roted away. Agreed I would not do that to my own car.
RickyisHere not really caring about taking off the bumper because that's the correct way to work on any car, but the rust is my main issue with this, its not had to give it a little spray black while everything is out of the way, also I've had a z31 got rid of it to get a z34 and I wouldn't change a thing and I've still got a 280zx as my project so Ive had enough of rust and am going to do anything I can to keep all rust off my z34 including the fuel cap screws hahaha I wouldn't dare touch the 370 its a brilliant car as is, nismo 370z only just came to Australia so I might upgrade to that when I can but that'll be a few years
The 370Z already has a very optimized intake, you may only see 2-3HP at the top end with the system but who cares. They look sweet when you open the hood and the sound is great.
@@robertzamora5201 Aye I'm referring to the intake without a tune, most people who only get an intake or exhaust just leave it at that without getting a tune. With a tune it's probably closer to 12-16HP which is something the old butt-dyno would pick up.
BigHeadClan depends on the intake you get if it’s the same diameter as stock intakes then you don’t require a turn right away like the Z1 intakes but any 3 inch intakes requires a tune...I would personally do exhaust first headers y pipe catback then go intakes and tune that way you don’t spend money twice on a tune if you do the intakes first
@@robertzamora5201 So long as the MAF retains the orginal specifications a tune shouldn't really be required even with a 3in. Intake. But for sure you don't want to pay twice for a tune, headers would be last on my list of installs though. Currently saving for my Takeda Stg II intake and a Borla exhaust, after that it will all be suspension mods.
So I recently bought a 2017 370Z Nismo with only 18,000 miles. It had the Short Ram Intake installed and it wasn't even installed properly and one of the filters was bent in. So I took you advice and bought the AAM Cold Air Intake and will install it next Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing how it sounds and drive.
Okay...the next thing you have to install is a Pedal Commander!! I put one on my 370Z and by gosh, by golly, it really (really, really, really) makes a difference...NOOOOOO hesitation when you step on the gas, none, zero, zilch, nada...you literally feel like you've got a turbo under the hood!! Get one, you'll love it and wonder why you didn't get one earlier.
Kaci Park No, you're actually incorrect. The pedal response is delayed in all versions. An ecutek tune opens the throttle bodies much faster and more linear than stock; manual, or auto
JJ When you do some bolt on upgrades, you'll need a tune at some point to correct the AFR's, adjust ignition timing, and a whole slew of other things. With Ecutek, it has a table where you can adjust throttle sensitivity. The stock value is slow to ramp up until you're over 60-70%. The ecutek throttle position map is linear and the throttlebodies open faster. Think of it like BMW's sport mode, but on all the time for Throttle sensitivity.
@@BrosFOURRSpeed damn... I have the same set up... I'm getting ripped off by my mechanic. Says it takes him 4 hours @ $95/HR and this is from an experienced technician who only works on Z's... SMH 😞
Aside from the filters interrupting the airflow to the radiator, future cleaning requires the bumper to be removed. And all this for what is likely to be an insignificant and practically unnoticeable power improvement.
I got a 350z. I also thought about adding this kind of air intakes to it. After watching couple of videos explaining if it is worth or not I just stepped out from it. Waste of money with good looking though
The day people will understand that you need a fucking TUNE to actually take advantage of their bolt ons will be great. Doing this does absolutely nothing without a tune. You'll "feel" something is different,yet gather some actual numbers other than a feeling and you will see. Fuck's sake people are clueless!
10liberty now this is a good idea. The clutch in the z is fucking awful. I've been driving manual for 17 years and it still coughs me up sometimes on the 1-2 shifts
You will never see those cuts. When I end up trading in the car, it will have the stock intake back on. They would have to remove the bumper to see anything.
The intakes alone will not add power, The Zs have the best stock intake in the world dyno proven time and time again. You will lose power most likely, because now the air has a longer distance to travel, with an 800$ uprev tune you might gain 5-10hp at the crank. with 20% drivetrain loss the gain to the wheels will be very minimal, add some good quality headers and a REAL exhaust system and by that I mean either true duals with high flow cats or cat delete or single exit such as agency power then go get a tune and you will get a nice 20 to the wheels. Good luck bro
Yes the stock headers are good but some nice long tubes will gain you more power with a good tune, and yes the stock system is very restrictive because of all of our stupid emission laws in the US. Agency power is a very good system with art 2 test pipes but if not done correctly you wont be able to pass inspection, but the power gains with tune will very good
Corey Kauffman nope it adds like 12 hp around there. It's proven do your research again. I got them and you can feel the difference . Plus without the bumper it feels like a beast
Ulises Roldan don't really need to do my research considering my car is a built track car, "feeling the difference" and a dyno sheet are totally different. Every intake says they add 10+ HP without a tune they do not, because the engines ecu does not compensate for extra air coming in without a tune therefore you lose performance. Do your research bro. Feeling the difference when you bolt on the intake is the exact mental reaction they want you to have so you keep buying bolt on parts thinking they are actually making a real difference with out a tune. And if you don't understand that thwn you obviously have no knowledge of EFI tuning, AFR, or timing variables.
well your numbers are off. have the same car and have stillen longtube intakes and car gained 13 rwhp about 20 to the crank with just this mod. with HFC and catback and tune I made 341 rwhp and 405 on the crank. that's 55 crank hp with intakes art pipes and catback and uprev tune stock headersat the moment if I do them car will make about 352 rwhp
you need test pipes and this www.z1motorsports.com/z1-products/z1-motorsports/z1-vq37-intake-plenum-power-mod-370z-and-g37-p-7267.html and a tune. It will wake up that car pretty good.
@Bros FOURR Speed Hey bro what do you think of the Stillen Gen III? Was that an option for you? I'm planning on getting the Stillen just wanted to know what you thought? Nice video!
no sir the section that goes through the front core support on the aam is silicone hose. not so on the stillen.www.stillen.com/stillen-2009-2017-nissan-370z-generation-3-ultra-long-tube-dual-intake-kit-402852.html
Y waisting time with something that can't b seen? or ruinning by cutting the car with only 2HP ?? By the way is this how filter need to b change? (by taking the whole bumper of ? I owned a R33 GTR so Im a Nissan fan but not this one! Looks good tho. iL click th like nwyz...
Way late but good for new comers. This won't void your warranty. If someone tells you that, they are lying. Only if a modification specifically causes a problem can it void the repair that's under warranty, not the whole warranty though.
very poor product , fitment of parts is terrible .having to hack out part of your car to make the pipes fit ,how do you clean the air filter pods .2/10 .
So to everyone saying CAI doesn't make power, it really needs a tune. Nothing is wrong being behind the bumper. They don't need cleaned often. I had intakes, exhaust and testpipes. My base Dyno was 305, after all the parts, I was at 315. A tune brought it to 327. If the intakes are your first mod, it has better gains. But on the Nismo, with the free flowing exhaust, there are less gains than advertised. I've never seen anyone say they didn't make power with a CAI on the 370Z in my 6 years of ownership. So the ignorance being spread from jealous individual's is completely wrong. Not everyone needs a turbo. These intakes are $500, turbos are $10,000. A Stillen SC kit out the box is actually trash. Their tune is trash, their manifold is trash, the pipes are trash, and the MAF placement is near the filter, which causes IAT's to read lower than they are which can cause ignition timing to not be optimal and you start knocking and pre-detonating. If everyone is this damn salty and jealous about him modding his car, y'all have some serious issues.
Do you have personal experience with our kits? It reads to us like you're parroting misninformation here, rather than first - or even secondhand - experience, so we felt it necessary to provide the correct information. Out of the box, our tunes are designed to be as turn-key as possible, and pass CA smog and will maintain the factory Nissan powertrain warranty - that translates to 430whp that's useable every day whether you're commuting or slicing through Big and Little Tujunga. To our knowledge, there are currently no other CARB EO#, OEM-Approved forced induction options for the VQ35HR or VQ37HR. Many aftermarket tuners utilize the components in our kits to get upwards of 700hp out of the VQ - same plenum, same supercharger head unit. Obviously, a custom tune tailored to the vehicle will outperform a generic canned tune, but the tradeoff there is that you no longer have the factory powertrain warranty or more importantly that CARB Exempt EO#. You may not be familiar with the car scene here in California, but they've cracked down quite a bit on emissions; you can't just 'bribe a guy' to get past smog like some folks would do in the past. You cannot even BUY (not new from a retailer anyways) parts that are not CARB EO approved in CA anymore. Unfortunately, we're not exaggerating either.
SS FireHawk it looks like Stillen personally ripped you a new one but I’m also curious. Do you even have a 370? Have you even used the Stillen SC kit? Because on paper it’s a performance tested kit made by a man who has messed with Nissan for longer than you have been alive. I’m just wondering how you got these accusations.
Newbie question: If the air intakes are directly behind a solid portion of the front bumper, how do they get any air? Wouldn't it make more since to have them slightly lower, so they are behind the open area of the bumper?
ArokhX It's sucking the air from the same source as stock. I think the airflow going under the crash bar probably provides plenty of air. I still might do a custom air duct just for fun
Knife Nut it is a cold air intake because it's sucking the air from inside the bumper, just like the stock intake. A short Ram Intake has the exposed filters in the engine bay, and that will be sucking in hot air.
I had to remove mine because my Q60 felt a lot slower after installation, people are saying you don’t need to tune your car after installing a long tube CAI but I strongly disagree, you definitely need a tune.
I never ran into any issues. These arent much linger then stock tho since the filter sits right in the bumper. Even on the dyno my car made better power then stock with these
@@BrosFOURRSpeed That’s good, mine made my car feel hesitant and slow and after removing it it came back to normal, I was going to tune it but I live in CA so there’s that lol.
the stock intake is great considering we already have a cold air intake and if you just add drop in K&N filters you can get around 14whp gains up top with no tune. It's been dyno proven on video otherwise I wouldn't have believed it. With our VVEL system having our throttle body flaps always open our intake tubes and intake manifold are always full with fresh air so If you have a scan tool and check out the IAT and the temp outside is 60-65 degrees and ur goin 45-55 mph for example, the temp I see in my stock G37S temp is never more than 65-70 degrees but with ur intake and a tune I'm assuming it would make more power overall. I'm just sayin the drop ins are the best bang for your buck and obviously ez as hell to install. great video though man.
I just bought a 2010 roadster and it has an aftermarket intake. I'll need to pull the front bumper to figure out what it is. Also has at least and axle back exhaust but could be something more, Oh the dangers of buying a used car from a dealership that knows nothing about the car, Anyway I'm in the middle of replacing and updating the bungees with addition of the spring tether on the soft top fifth bow because the top wouldn't open when I bought the car, it was a good negotiating point that saved me $1,500 for $222 in parts and of course several hours of my time. I'm going to have fun getting this car 100% sorted then drive it for a while and sell it because I get bored fast.
I'm wondering how much shorter (inches) the 370z is when removing the front facia? I have a garage that's only 157" deep lol.. And wondering if I can store the Z in it over the winter months
An engine is an air pump. The power it makes varies by how much air you pump with it, with all other things being equal... Can you get a body-color matched door handle, or even better a door-handle delete mod? lol
Actually no. The Z has a pretty smart ECU and actually compensated for the upgraded intakes. These do add about 10 HP. I ended up putting my car on the dyno in a later vid and mine was making more power then a bunch of stock Nismo cars that had been on the same dyno. And talking with the masters who tune these cars, the ECU compensates in favor of more power
Smh in the comments. Thanks for sharing this video with us so we can draw our own conclusions as to whether or not we want it and how to install. How do you service your air filter? Do you ahave to remove the bumper?
Why no turbocharging? Leaving my Nismo stock for now, but will do a turbocharge in a couple of years. Should easily reach 400hp with CPU and twin turbocharger.
Very informative video. Nicely done. Unfortunately, this CAI bolt on is just some cool noise. No real gains. I have a 16 Nismo myself and the only bolt on that will give you some gains are HFCs. Save your money and boost or SC it.
Anyone recommending HFC has not had them longer than 2 years. On the dyno, they basically make no power and are junk. Please do not recommend buying HFC to people because they will fail in 2-3 years with a PO420 code. I'm talking from experience. VQ owner for 12 years here and if you are around the VQ family long enough Motordyne ART pipes and Shockwave are really how you go exotic.
Looks very cool but not sold on the performance gains of this at all. They claim 10-15whp without a tune. I just cant see it being that big an improvement over the stock intakes..
How long did it take you to get your resonated S line exhaust in from AAM? Ordered 3 weeks ago and haven't heard anything yet. Contacted via email a week ago, no response. Called 3 days ago and left a voicemail and still nothing.
Bryguy hey there, I just brought a resonated s-line titanium exhaust for my Z. Got an instant email response and they followed up when I sent a question. They did say the 5" exhausts are back ordered until mid-september. Maybe email patrickm@aamcompetition.com directly, he was super cool and helpful
Thanks. I ordered on July 31st, have not received any follow up since on my order. Emailed him 9 days ago with no response, called and left a voicemail 5 days ago with no response. Just shot him another email lets see if I will ever hear anything back. Getting to the point I'm really irritated with the customer service. Thanks for the response
How not? The air is getting pulled in from the same exact spot. Air is flowing under the crash bar and the filter sits on top. The airflow creates enough flow 6 inches away from the filter and the vacuum of the engine draws it in through the filter
Yeh it was easy to do and you will never be able to tell anything was cut. The stock intake will still go back on with no issues, and someone would have to take the bumper off and look in between the crash bar and rad cover to see the cuts.
That'll be a pain to clean or change those filters. But looks good! Any sound difference? Pretty car for sure!
Fitment looks horrible. Any product that forces you to cut your car is not worth it imo.
GrumpyShihTzu that's what I was thinking especially with a new car, with and old shitter cut what ever you want hahaha, I also have noticed no one likes to spray over the bare metal after they cut
Kain Harris Say hello to lots of rust right hidden under all that plastic, by the time somebody realize what happened the whole front end of the car is roted away. Agreed I would not do that to my own car.
so to clean the filters the bumper have to be removed every time...thats crazy!
RickyisHere not really caring about taking off the bumper because that's the correct way to work on any car, but the rust is my main issue with this, its not had to give it a little spray black while everything is out of the way, also I've had a z31 got rid of it to get a z34 and I wouldn't change a thing and I've still got a 280zx as my project so Ive had enough of rust and am going to do anything I can to keep all rust off my z34 including the fuel cap screws hahaha I wouldn't dare touch the 370 its a brilliant car as is, nismo 370z only just came to Australia so I might upgrade to that when I can but that'll be a few years
What he cut was plastic not metal
Got to remove the bumper every time u need to clean the filters
Knife Nut negative man that shit ain't cheap for a z
Knife Nut how much was it in total for the kit and install?
Knife Nut you buy used? That's about the price of the supercharger brand new
Knife Nut lucky you. Also I think this guy isn't looking to go crazy fast so he's just doing some bolt ons to get a nice little bump
Yea you got 8 grand to loan him LOL
The 370Z already has a very optimized intake, you may only see 2-3HP at the top end with the system but who cares.
They look sweet when you open the hood and the sound is great.
BigHeadClan please explain how it would only gain 2-3HP at top end? Maybe without a tune but surely gain noticeable gains after one
@@robertzamora5201 Aye I'm referring to the intake without a tune, most people who only get an intake or exhaust just leave it at that
without getting a tune.
With a tune it's probably closer to 12-16HP which is something the old butt-dyno would pick up.
BigHeadClan depends on the intake you get if it’s the same diameter as stock intakes then you don’t require a turn right away like the Z1 intakes but any 3 inch intakes requires a tune...I would personally do exhaust first headers y pipe catback then go intakes and tune that way you don’t spend money twice on a tune if you do the intakes first
@@robertzamora5201 So long as the MAF retains the orginal specifications a tune shouldn't really be required even with a 3in. Intake.
But for sure you don't want to pay twice for a tune, headers would be last on my list of installs though.
Currently saving for my Takeda Stg II intake and a Borla exhaust, after that it will all be suspension mods.
So I recently bought a 2017 370Z Nismo with only 18,000 miles. It had the Short Ram Intake installed and it wasn't even installed properly and one of the filters was bent in. So I took you advice and bought the AAM Cold Air Intake and will install it next Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing how it sounds and drive.
Nice! You'll love them!
@@BrosFOURRSpeed Got them installed yesterday and I can definitely tell the difference in power. Far better than the SRI!
@@BamaScorpio69 Sweet! When I dynode my car, it makes about 10 more HP and TQ
That's a lot of work lol, I just went with a drop in hi flow air filter.
how was it?
I install the intake but the car just showed the engine check light, did you have to reprogram it? or what did you have to do? is it just me?
Did you install the sleeves where the MAF sensors go? You shouldn't have any issues with those installed
Okay...the next thing you have to install is a Pedal Commander!! I put one on my 370Z and by gosh, by golly, it really (really, really, really) makes a difference...NOOOOOO hesitation when you step on the gas, none, zero, zilch, nada...you literally feel like you've got a turbo under the hood!! Get one, you'll love it and wonder why you didn't get one earlier.
Bruce Skinner you can get an ecutek tune and it fixes pedal response
Eddie Rivera or just drive a manual.. lmfao
Kaci Park No, you're actually incorrect. The pedal response is delayed in all versions. An ecutek tune opens the throttle bodies much faster and more linear than stock; manual, or auto
JJ When you do some bolt on upgrades, you'll need a tune at some point to correct the AFR's, adjust ignition timing, and a whole slew of other things. With Ecutek, it has a table where you can adjust throttle sensitivity. The stock value is slow to ramp up until you're over 60-70%. The ecutek throttle position map is linear and the throttlebodies open faster. Think of it like BMW's sport mode, but on all the time for Throttle sensitivity.
I have a tuned Supercharged Infiniti Q60 and someone gave me a pedal Commander and Wow, I am impressed.
How long did it take you to install it?...
Thanks 👍
Maybe 2 hours or so. Not too crazy
@@BrosFOURRSpeed damn... I have the same set up... I'm getting ripped off by my mechanic. Says it takes him 4 hours @ $95/HR and this is from an experienced technician who only works on Z's... SMH 😞
@@francoalfaro7750 That's why I never take my cars to shops 😂.. DIY FTW!
How long did this take?
Aside from the filters interrupting the airflow to the radiator, future cleaning requires the bumper to be removed. And all this for what is likely to be an insignificant and practically unnoticeable power improvement.
Excellent video. Clear, concise, and accurate.
Orly J Thanks!
If you drive a nissan hard after a reset. Ecu will give you a higher horsepower tune/ more aggressive.
lifehacks
What happens when you need to change the air filters?
You have to take the bumper off. Depending on you're milage tho, its not that often. Only need to clean then once a year if that
Thanks
@@kellyweb No problem!
I got a 350z. I also thought about adding this kind of air intakes to it. After watching couple of videos explaining if it is worth or not I just stepped out from it. Waste of money with good looking though
art pipes + tomei is litty
No I meant "litty", read.
The day people will understand that you need a fucking TUNE to actually take advantage of their bolt ons will be great.
Doing this does absolutely nothing without a tune.
You'll "feel" something is different,yet gather some actual numbers other than a feeling and you will see.
Fuck's sake people are clueless!
Do you plan to install an oil cooler kit too?
Rene87 I'm thinking about it
I'm curious about your experience ;-)
Got much trouble with my mishimoto kit on the '15 Nismo
Rene87 really? how so?
Came for the car , stayed for the dog
Oh yea get yourself and rjm v3 clutch pedal. makes shifting the car waaaaay easier.
10liberty now this is a good idea. The clutch in the z is fucking awful. I've been driving manual for 17 years and it still coughs me up sometimes on the 1-2 shifts
No doubt this is the best upgrade i did to my car. excellent product.
Don't need to take off brace , or engine cover .Cold air is a 1 hour job tops.
Just made it easier to film the video
put a cover rain to the filters !!! nice car
Injen is better. Didn’t have to cut my car up, just had to replace the washer reservoir with the red one provided.
Do you have oil cooler on the z????????
K&N provides a short ram intake with a heat shield.
cut something, lost 10k in value
You will never see those cuts. When I end up trading in the car, it will have the stock intake back on. They would have to remove the bumper to see anything.
Benn Dover it’s plastic he cut my man
@@jyeah6244 hmm plastic and rusting in a same sentence? makes sense
Benn Dover “so you’re gonna lie and let the front rot because of rust. “It’s plastic and it’s just the stock intake hole slightly enlarged
did feel any difference from the stock intake alone with z1 tube
ASMR Birds at 5:50
Oh no....not another person wasting money on this.... I hope you got these for free from the vendor. It looks good though so good for car shows
Strunz0 Cars wasting?
Amir Dadabhoy yeah, I think air intakes on a car like this (that already have super efficient airflow) are not worth the $$
this is a cold air intake, if you dont believe it helps check dyno numbers
Strunz0 Cars look up the administration tuning 🙂
Yao Xiao oppositelock.kinja.com/why-aftermarket-cold-air-kits-dont-work-510198938
waiting for u to add a twin turbo
Ken Li hes not going to, saving up for gtr instead
hi..wonder if you can make one vid on how you reset your ECU after the mod
The intakes alone will not add power, The Zs have the best stock intake in the world dyno proven time and time again. You will lose power most likely, because now the air has a longer distance to travel, with an 800$ uprev tune you might gain 5-10hp at the crank. with 20% drivetrain loss the gain to the wheels will be very minimal, add some good quality headers and a REAL exhaust system and by that I mean either true duals with high flow cats or cat delete or single exit such as agency power then go get a tune and you will get a nice 20 to the wheels. Good luck bro
Corey Kauffman stock headers are pretty good from what I heard. The exhaust part is very true - stock system is so restrictive from cats onwards.
Yes the stock headers are good but some nice long tubes will gain you more power with a good tune, and yes the stock system is very restrictive because of all of our stupid emission laws in the US. Agency power is a very good system with art 2 test pipes but if not done correctly you wont be able to pass inspection, but the power gains with tune will very good
Corey Kauffman nope it adds like 12 hp around there. It's proven do your research again. I got them and you can feel the difference . Plus without the bumper it feels like a beast
Ulises Roldan don't really need to do my research considering my car is a built track car, "feeling the difference" and a dyno sheet are totally different. Every intake says they add 10+ HP without a tune they do not, because the engines ecu does not compensate for extra air coming in without a tune therefore you lose performance. Do your research bro. Feeling the difference when you bolt on the intake is the exact mental reaction they want you to have so you keep buying bolt on parts thinking they are actually making a real difference with out a tune. And if you don't understand that thwn you obviously have no knowledge of EFI tuning, AFR, or timing variables.
well your numbers are off. have the same car and have stillen longtube intakes and car gained 13 rwhp about 20 to the crank with just this mod. with HFC and catback and tune I made 341 rwhp and 405 on the crank. that's 55 crank hp with intakes art pipes and catback and uprev tune stock headersat the moment if I do them car will make about 352 rwhp
You made look very easy... As easy as changing the oil.
Not sure if I could do the cutting part... Afraid of fucking that up 😆 LOL
you need test pipes and this www.z1motorsports.com/z1-products/z1-motorsports/z1-vq37-intake-plenum-power-mod-370z-and-g37-p-7267.html
and a tune. It will wake up that car pretty good.
but the air intake don't get air I will cut the bumper or get new bumper
Yes they do. Air flows right under the crash bar giving plenty of moving air for the intakes
What voodoo is this? Those pesky running lights gave you no trouble? :P
i'm sure you'll notice the difference in gas
@Bros FOURR Speed Hey bro what do you think of the Stillen Gen III? Was that an option for you? I'm planning on getting the Stillen just wanted to know what you thought? Nice video!
I have the Stillen. After seeing this aam Kit i would say pretty equal in design. except the stillen has all aluminum piping.
Federico Toriz Both have all aluminum piping. But the AAM is tunable.
no sir the section that goes through the front core support on the aam is silicone hose. not so on the stillen.www.stillen.com/stillen-2009-2017-nissan-370z-generation-3-ultra-long-tube-dual-intake-kit-402852.html
10liberty Hey thanks for the reply bro I think im gonna stick with the Stillen!
Bros FOURR Speed Thanks for replying bro!
Dope vid bro🤙🏻
If i was u i would've painted those pipes
powwwaaaa!
Y waisting time with something that can't b seen? or ruinning by cutting the car with only 2HP ?? By the way is this how filter need to b change? (by taking the whole bumper of ? I owned a R33 GTR so Im a Nissan fan but not this one! Looks good tho. iL click th like nwyz...
So many internet mechanics and experts in these comments LMAO
So you've just voided the engine warranty of brand new car ?
Way late but good for new comers. This won't void your warranty. If someone tells you that, they are lying. Only if a modification specifically causes a problem can it void the repair that's under warranty, not the whole warranty though.
very poor product , fitment of parts is terrible .having to hack out part of your car to make the pipes fit ,how do you clean the air filter pods .2/10 .
Sucks quite a lot more
So to everyone saying CAI doesn't make power, it really needs a tune. Nothing is wrong being behind the bumper. They don't need cleaned often.
I had intakes, exhaust and testpipes. My base Dyno was 305, after all the parts, I was at 315. A tune brought it to 327. If the intakes are your first mod, it has better gains. But on the Nismo, with the free flowing exhaust, there are less gains than advertised. I've never seen anyone say they didn't make power with a CAI on the 370Z in my 6 years of ownership. So the ignorance being spread from jealous individual's is completely wrong.
Not everyone needs a turbo. These intakes are $500, turbos are $10,000. A Stillen SC kit out the box is actually trash. Their tune is trash, their manifold is trash, the pipes are trash, and the MAF placement is near the filter, which causes IAT's to read lower than they are which can cause ignition timing to not be optimal and you start knocking and pre-detonating.
If everyone is this damn salty and jealous about him modding his car, y'all have some serious issues.
Do you have personal experience with our kits?
It reads to us like you're parroting misninformation here, rather than first - or even secondhand - experience, so we felt it necessary to provide the correct information.
Out of the box, our tunes are designed to be as turn-key as possible, and pass CA smog and will maintain the factory Nissan powertrain warranty - that translates to 430whp that's useable every day whether you're commuting or slicing through Big and Little Tujunga. To our knowledge, there are currently no other CARB EO#, OEM-Approved forced induction options for the VQ35HR or VQ37HR.
Many aftermarket tuners utilize the components in our kits to get upwards of 700hp out of the VQ - same plenum, same supercharger head unit.
Obviously, a custom tune tailored to the vehicle will outperform a generic canned tune, but the tradeoff there is that you no longer have the factory powertrain warranty or more importantly that CARB Exempt EO#.
You may not be familiar with the car scene here in California, but they've cracked down quite a bit on emissions; you can't just 'bribe a guy' to get past smog like some folks would do in the past. You cannot even BUY (not new from a retailer anyways) parts that are not CARB EO approved in CA anymore. Unfortunately, we're not exaggerating either.
SS FireHawk it looks like Stillen personally ripped you a new one but I’m also curious. Do you even have a 370? Have you even used the Stillen SC kit? Because on paper it’s a performance tested kit made by a man who has messed with Nissan for longer than you have been alive. I’m just wondering how you got these accusations.
Negligable.
It actually dyno'd at 10 HP increase. With tuning tho you can get a tad more. Not bad for N/A
I want to do a similar set up on my g but since I live in florida hydro locking is a big concern
Newbie question:
If the air intakes are directly behind a solid portion of the front bumper, how do they get any air? Wouldn't it make more since to have them slightly lower, so they are behind the open area of the bumper?
ArokhX It's sucking the air from the same source as stock. I think the airflow going under the crash bar probably provides plenty of air. I still might do a custom air duct just for fun
Knife Nut it is a cold air intake because it's sucking the air from inside the bumper, just like the stock intake. A short Ram Intake has the exposed filters in the engine bay, and that will be sucking in hot air.
I had to remove mine because my Q60 felt a lot slower after installation, people are saying you don’t need to tune your car after installing a long tube CAI but I strongly disagree, you definitely need a tune.
I never ran into any issues. These arent much linger then stock tho since the filter sits right in the bumper. Even on the dyno my car made better power then stock with these
@@BrosFOURRSpeed That’s good, mine made my car feel hesitant and slow and after removing it it came back to normal, I was going to tune it but I live in CA so there’s that lol.
@@Ocho474 oh interesting. Was it this exact kit?
Haha this nerd makes laugh, have to cut some part for a little to no power at all. Probably gonna messup the a/f ration too
These cars can make 20-30 hp with this with no tune, and the car relearns new bolt ons
F.Y.I you could have used some grease and not a vice
Am I the only female watching 😂
Possibly! Do you have a Z!?
Yes I do lol
@@devanniej7579 Nice!! It's such a fun car!
No lol
Love your vids. Beautiful car. Z for life!!
jeff young Thanks!
or do i need to reset the ECU after that intake or muffler delete mod?
Yeah I too need to get an intake for mine, Great video!
You think so?
That's true yeah, nothing wrong with bolt ons though
time flies
the stock intake is great considering we already have a cold air intake and if you just add drop in K&N filters you can get around 14whp gains up top with no tune. It's been dyno proven on video otherwise I wouldn't have believed it. With our VVEL system having our throttle body flaps always open our intake tubes and intake manifold are always full with fresh air so If you have a scan tool and check out the IAT and the temp outside is 60-65 degrees and ur goin 45-55 mph for example, the temp I see in my stock G37S temp is never more than 65-70 degrees but with ur intake and a tune I'm assuming it would make more power overall. I'm just sayin the drop ins are the best bang for your buck and obviously ez as hell to install. great video though man.
sk8punk318 lol 😂
I just bought a 2010 roadster and it has an aftermarket intake. I'll need to pull the front bumper to figure out what it is. Also has at least and axle back exhaust but could be something more, Oh the dangers of buying a used car from a dealership that knows nothing about the car, Anyway I'm in the middle of replacing and updating the bungees with addition of the spring tether on the soft top fifth bow because the top wouldn't open when I bought the car, it was a good negotiating point that saved me $1,500 for $222 in parts and of course several hours of my time. I'm going to have fun getting this car 100% sorted then drive it for a while and sell it because I get bored fast.
Oh cool. Sounds like a pretty fun project overall man! Have some fun with it ;)
I bet these little cars Twin Turbocharged are a beast...
Since you did cutouts for the holes, can you put back the stock air boxes but if you needed too ? Can you still put it back on ?
Yeah when I sold this car i put the stock boxes back on. Everything fit normal
I'm wondering how much shorter (inches) the 370z is when removing the front facia? I have a garage that's only 157" deep lol.. And wondering if I can store the Z in it over the winter months
Another great video dude. Can't wait for the video with sound clips. Bet it sounds like a beast!
An engine is an air pump. The power it makes varies by how much air you pump with it, with all other things being equal... Can you get a body-color matched door handle, or even better a door-handle delete mod? lol
Also, the intake will do nothing more than make more noise, been proven time after time a waste of money.
Actually no. The Z has a pretty smart ECU and actually compensated for the upgraded intakes. These do add about 10 HP. I ended up putting my car on the dyno in a later vid and mine was making more power then a bunch of stock Nismo cars that had been on the same dyno. And talking with the masters who tune these cars, the ECU compensates in favor of more power
I heard K&N filters only, for the money 14hp with filter alone. There is a video of a mechanic dyno showing this..
On these filters I would put Hydroshield just in case
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Can I buy the silicone tubes from your stock system?
Smh in the comments. Thanks for sharing this video with us so we can draw our own conclusions as to whether or not we want it and how to install. How do you service your air filter? Do you ahave to remove the bumper?
Doesn't the ecu just adjusting timing for the extra air and make the intake pointless?
I like aam but this is a joke! Cutting the car to fit it? It's not made for this car then!
There was no need to remove the amount of parts he did to change the intake...
370z nismo is this same porn look car ! looove !
I did this exact same install but I keep saying i have a p010c code pls help :(
How much for the ISR silicone intakes?
Why no turbocharging?
Leaving my Nismo stock for now, but will do a turbocharge in a couple of years.
Should easily reach 400hp with CPU and twin turbocharger.
It looks like a proper turbo kit installed is about $20k. I ended up trading this car for a GTR anyways
Very informative video. Nicely done. Unfortunately, this CAI bolt on is just some cool noise. No real gains. I have a 16 Nismo myself and the only bolt on that will give you some gains are HFCs. Save your money and boost or SC it.
I think dynos actually prove gains. Best bolt ons for gains on any car is a quality intake and racing headers.
amievap78 what are hfcs? I also have a 2016 nismo
Baytric Bullock High flow cats. Check out fast intentions website.
how much did you get yours for ?
Anyone recommending HFC has not had them longer than 2 years. On the dyno, they basically make no power and are junk. Please do not recommend buying HFC to people because they will fail in 2-3 years with a PO420 code. I'm talking from experience. VQ owner for 12 years here and if you are around the VQ family long enough Motordyne ART pipes and Shockwave are really how you go exotic.
You have to tune the car to notice a difference in bolt ons.
tbh videos like that I really enjoy the reviews not so much this I like
would water gets in there?
How much for irs boots
If you can get a decal
Sell me your ISR pipes??
He Thanos snapped the drives side intake lol
Now you have pure hot air from engine. You have more power only for 5mn before engine starting make heat.
No..this gets the air from the exact same source as stock. A short Ram intake would be sucking in hot air.
What you brother buy?
Outstanding bro.
All that work for intake better add at least 500 horsepower
Tyler Banh thats not how it works...
Those metal pipes will draw heat!
Clean Z
Fantastic job. Great to see the fitting. You made it look simple!
very cool😘
Looks very cool but not sold on the performance gains of this at all. They claim 10-15whp without a tune. I just cant see it being that big an improvement over the stock intakes..
The car does feel better with them installed. I'm filming a review about them this weekend. They definitely opened up the car a bit.
Cool man, thats good to hear! Will keep an eye out for the video :)
did you had to remap the ECU after that?
No, it adjusts fine to the change. If I didn't put in the MAF spacers, I would need a tune.
Dude, I was looking for the payoff. I wanted you to test it on a drive right now.
I needed to let the ECU reset and learn everything. I'll be filming a review this weekend since I've put 200 miles on the car now
How long did it take you to get your resonated S line exhaust in from AAM? Ordered 3 weeks ago and haven't heard anything yet. Contacted via email a week ago, no response. Called 3 days ago and left a voicemail and still nothing.
Bryguy hey there, I just brought a resonated s-line titanium exhaust for my Z. Got an instant email response and they followed up when I sent a question. They did say the 5" exhausts are back ordered until mid-september. Maybe email patrickm@aamcompetition.com directly, he was super cool and helpful
Thanks. I ordered on July 31st, have not received any follow up since on my order. Emailed him 9 days ago with no response, called and left a voicemail 5 days ago with no response. Just shot him another email lets see if I will ever hear anything back. Getting to the point I'm really irritated with the customer service.
Thanks for the response
They never sent me an e-mail saying my S-line was shipped or sent me a tracking number. Just showed up at my house about a week after I ordered it.
Honestly dont see how any air is getting in now lol
How not? The air is getting pulled in from the same exact spot. Air is flowing under the crash bar and the filter sits on top. The airflow creates enough flow 6 inches away from the filter and the vacuum of the engine draws it in through the filter
Waste of money. Just WASTE.
370034330 Sound bro
Now that you have had the intakes installed for a while do you think it was worth removing the bumper and doing the cutting required?
Yeh it was easy to do and you will never be able to tell anything was cut. The stock intake will still go back on with no issues, and someone would have to take the bumper off and look in between the crash bar and rad cover to see the cuts.
Thank you for the reply. Your videos have me searching for a Nismo as well.
CarShow210 I've been running stillen intakes for four and a half years I don't regret it.
The only CAI I'd do would be amintuning. Everything else is a waste
love this channel :3