Z Nismo - Boosted 6 Autowerks Intakes

[Modfather]

I wanted to relive my 2007 glory days of turbo noises on my old S14 so after a lot of looking i went with the intake kit from Boosted 6 Autowerks.

It was fairly straight forward to install but nissan gifted us with sharp edges and tight access so there was lots of colorful language and blood spilled, lol.

Very happy with the result, it sounds even better when its on the road. The kit is good quality and i like that i got to support a small business.

I saw concerns about heat soak - time will tell, the nismo has a stronger charge cooling situation that the regular z, the bumper helps get a lot more air in too, i put my phone camera into one of the stock airbox intake air feeds and could see daylight so thats promising.

 

[DeepBlue]

Sounds great. I’ve been thinking about the AMS setup. They imply 10 whp gains with no tune.

 

[thesilverbullet]

awesome sound - thanks for posting..

the boosted 6 & ams both have the same gains… skip to the 42min mark to see the dyno results. the gains over stock start at 4.5k rpms.

 

[Modfather]

awesome sound - thanks for posting..

the boosted 6 & ams both have the same gains… skip to the 42min mark to see the dyno results. the gains over stock start at 4.5k rpms.

That’s interesting, I didn’t expect it to pick up that much power. I must admit it does seem noticeable more responsive down low as well

 

[thesilverbullet]

The boosted 6 flows a little better up top. it’s a/f ratio ran leaner (11.7) whereas the ams a/f was a little richer (11.2) on the same fuel map. The tuner made a comment that he may could pull a little fuel from the ams tune to match the boosted 6 power. So end of day they are basically the same power wise with stock turbos. The tuner talked about making a street run with both to see if there is a difference with intake temps. they should be data on the boosted 6 intake temp from the Q50/Q60.

 

[5thZ]

I've seen word that AMS is working on 3.25" intakes (would require tune). OP - sounds great

 

[VR30Infection]

I’ve seen it proven time and time again that an open element intake under the hood sucks air from the radiator heat. When doing dyno runs with the hood open and a giant fan blowing all of the heat away you don’t get the same results as you would with the hood closed I’ve sent a message to my tuner to see what his findings are.

 

[Hernandooo]

I’ve seen it proven time and time again that an open element intake under the hood sucks air from the radiator heat. When doing dyno runs with the hood open and a giant fan blowing all of the heat away you don’t get the same results as you would with the hood closed I’ve sent a message to my tuner to see what his findings are.

Beating a dead horse here. The open element not only sucks hot air from the radiator & heat exchanger, but when static, your engine and turbos heat as well. Resulting in hotter charge temps. Sure upgrading heat exchangers and intercoolers will keep it down (for now), but you're just making them work harder then they have too, resulting in the inevitable heat soak.

unless you're running an interchiller

 

[5thZ]

I think we can all agree however for the purpose OP got them for, they exceeded expectations. They sound great - just what he wanted

 

[VR30Infection]

Beating a dead horse here. The open element not only sucks hot air from the radiator & heat exchanger, but when static, your engine and turbos heat as well. Resulting in hotter charge temps. Sure upgrading heat exchangers and intercoolers will keep it down (for now), but you're just making them work harder then they have too, resulting in the inevitable heat soak.

unless you're running an interchiller

Yes. The horse is no longer with us. lol. And his Horse power is missing as well.

 

[Modfather]

Yes. The horse is no longer with us. lol. And his Horse power is missing as well.

Time will tell, the nismo runs cooler than the regular Z based on track day reviews I have read due to the extra airflow so hopeful that helps it.

Besides with it being red and now making spooly boy noises it’s probably gained even more bhp anyway

 

[heritageownerKurosawaz400]

I’ve seen it proven time and time again that an open element intake under the hood sucks air from the radiator heat. When doing dyno runs with the hood open and a giant fan blowing all of the heat away you don’t get the same results as you would with the hood closed I’ve sent a message to my tuner to see what his findings are.

Wouldn't the giant fan be driving at excess of 50 MPH?

 

[VR30Infection]

Wouldn't the giant fan be driving at excess of 50 MPH?

Only if you drive down the road with your hood up my friend. Heat rises, and a hood open with a fan blowing, blows the radiator heated air away. When you’re driving with the hood closed, the inside of the engine compartment is constantly filled with hot air. A good intake pulls the air in from a location in front of the radiator and fans. (Like the factory intake box)

 

[5thZ]

Not to go too far aside from the main topic, this is why hood vents exist. Not so much for open air filters (which might actually be a really good value, but let's not consider that right now) but really to allow low pressure air to escape. High pressure air, ie, charge air coming from outside pushing through the engine bay will get trapped within the engine bay. Hood vents, when properly placed in the low pressure areas, allow the hot air to escape - keeping overall engine and system temperatures down. While I was considering making my 370Z a track only car I was going to go with trackspec hood vents to alleviate the heat problems associated with Forced Induction on the VQ platform for longer track use.

Edit: While we're on topic, it is important to note that AMS just revealed their 3.25" intakes. They are not cold air intakes. They are open air. They state they are for high-horsepower builds where volume of air is most important.

I read that as "Buy our AMS intercoolers to lower the hot charge air from our open air filters"

 

[VR30Infection]

A lot of stuff is designed and sold based on popularity within the marketplace. First there was the Nismo/ams then boosted 6 and RAE @3” now ams says “that’s cute” boom 3.25”. To make money all you would have to do is design a 4” and put it to market and a bunch of people would buy it thinking it would give them more power. A large under the hood intake can do great on a dyno and on a drag strip where you don’t have heat soak issues. It’s under 12 seconds and then you start icing things down.