My god, that's lightweight. Might want to buy an extra wheel front and back, for when one cracks on a particularly nasty pothole.

Not a lot of potholes on the race track, but I suspect you can't say the same on the streets of Puerto Rico.

 

I would still keep the stock wheels and I really hope they don't crack :|

My daily commutes are only around ~10 miles per day though.

 

That's real light. What's the price tag on those?

 

Around $550-600 per wheel on 18" depending on width. Shipping for me was $200, plus center caps which are around $40 each.

 

They clear BBK?

 

Yes. I will be 100% sure when I test fit them though, but I was told it did clear the stock akebonos.

 

Go a little more aggresive man ! Love those wheels these are on my consider list along side with a few others.

 

I plan to stay stock height, so I don't want to risk it being too aggressive and needing to lower the car to pull it off.

 

At least be 1finger cap all around

 

I still can't really imagine how the car will look with the wheels, so idk what look I really want.


UPDATE on the Uprev tune:

The 1st time that I took the car for a tune, it felt better at the higher RPMs, but the car felt more or less the same.

After searching and reading about tuning experiences, I came to the conclusion that the Electronic Throttle map had been left stock, which explains the car feeling more or less the same despite having more HP and TQ according to the dyno.

I read a thread on the370z forums about a member who had tuned that map himself for "smooth throttle". He explains that: "The stock throttle map uses lower values at the upper end of the pedal range when at lower RPMs. This doesn't let you get on full power in the lower part of the range, instead opening up a bit gradually as the RPMs rise".

More info about the thread here:

Smooth Throttle for UpRev - Nissan 370Z Forum

So I went to my tuner and asked about the Electronic Throttle Map and he had left it stock, so I showed him that thread and we tried out the values. The car is now more responsive and I don't have to switch to lower gears in order to get better torque and power delivery.

 

^^^ This is a great post. Good to know. I plan on getting an uprev tune in Austin after I put on my rhfc's, intake and get a port n polish... Dyno'd my car yesterday and I feel the reading was a bit high, idk... Info is in my build thread. But I'm glad to know this helped! It was kinda making me nervous hearing several people not being able to really -feel- any gains from their tunes...

 

When I made my appointment, I didn't really know what questions to ask about what exactly would be done to the car. I knew the air/fuel and timing will be tuned, but didn't know there was an Electronic Throttle map that could also be tuned.

I'm sure you have several tuner options in TX, so call different shops and make sure to ask about what they will be tuning.

 

Yeah, I completely understand. I'm trying to research and understand as much as I can before I go. Uprev has an actual Uprev shop in Austin, I think I heard it was their headquarters? So I thought I'd look into there. My friend works at D3 in Houston, (they do a lot of their own tunes plus many tunes for Hennessy) but unfortunately they don't support Uprev ... And I don't want to spend the $$$ for a stand alone... Especially since I don't plan on doing anything too crazy.

 

Well an Uprev shop is probably the best choice. You can also check local g/z meets and ask other owners.

 

Post-Tune Results are in:



Only got 2 runs in, since the dyno program was having trouble, but both runs were over 300whp.

And finally, the OEM baseline dyno and Post-Tune Dyno.



Summary:
Full Stock Baseline: 254.17HP/219.34TQ
After RHFC, Catback, Stillen Gen 3, M370, and tune: 301.27HP/251.67TQ

Gains = 47.1HP/32.33TQ


Satisfied with the results. Still waiting on my wheels and NST pulleys to arrive which should help me get over 310whp.