Hey Tim, it is great to see someone take the time to show how it is done. I know I will go down this road in the future as well. But for now still going with the bolt on NA route. Bought my Z 9.5 years ago and It was stock when I bought it. I will quickly catch up with your other videos of the serie in the next few days. I must say that ARC catch can is pure eye candy. Wish I was able to find one for my Z.
Thanks for the comment. I'm still surprised there's so little info about the HKS V2 but I expect it's going to become more popular as people hunt for more power. I've owned mine from complete stock too. Bought it about 12 years ago. Mechanically there isn't much stock left now 😅 I'm actually selling the ARC to reconfigure the engine bay. Oz might be a long way for you though!
Thanks! It's excellent. Even though there's some slight modification to install the kit, it works brilliantly. The SC whine is pretty understated and there's a nice amount of blow off noise. It'll all come out in the subsequent videos (as I furiously edit them together) but I'm currently hitting just over 10psi with the 100mm pulley and the restrictor opened up to 58mm. I dynoed 330whp @6.2psi with the standard 48mm restrictor. Dyno/retune this week with the higher boost. Aiming for ~400whp for the time being. With a stock bottom end just buy the kit with the 110mm pulley and go unrestricted, but I'm doing it the hard way. I intend to build the engine in a year or two so it'll be 100mm pulley, unrestricted.
@@irresponzible I can't wait for you to put out the videos! I have been looking everywhere for decent footage on this kit. Have you heard about running the 100mm pulley AND the restrictor plate? What are your intial impressions in terms of power, throttle response, power band etc? Thanks!
@@joaquinmalagon9343 yeah, my initial tune was the 100mm pulley and restrictor plate. 330whp is still a lot of fun with good, linear response, but left too much power on the table for me for the cost. Hence I opened up the restrictor some.
@@irresponzible Ahhhh so the progression is 100mm with restrictor then 110mm unrestricted and finally 100mm unrestricted? At what RPM does boost kick in? Do you have issues with traction at WOT? And how is your low end torque and pedal response? Thanks!
@@joaquinmalagon9343 for me, just the 100mm pulley. Started with 48mm restrictor and then opened it up to 58mm. I'm hoping that's enough for me until the engine is built, but we'll see. On a stock bottom end I would recommend to get the 110mm pulley, rather than do what I've done. I think I read somewhere it'll top out at about 12psi? I can give a better idea after the next dyno run. It's really dependent on rpm/throttle. Yesterday I was at 1psi with 30% throttle and 4300 rpm. Same rpm at 38% throttle was 4.5 psi. Very responsive to throttle. I haven't pushed it too hard at from low rpm yet, but I expect it will break traction pretty easily. Not wild/uncontrollable tho
Hey Tim, it is great to see someone take the time to show how it is done. I know I will go down this road in the future as well. But for now still going with the bolt on NA route. Bought my Z 9.5 years ago and It was stock when I bought it.
I will quickly catch up with your other videos of the serie in the next few days.
I must say that ARC catch can is pure eye candy. Wish I was able to find one for my Z.
Thanks for the comment. I'm still surprised there's so little info about the HKS V2 but I expect it's going to become more popular as people hunt for more power.
I've owned mine from complete stock too. Bought it about 12 years ago. Mechanically there isn't much stock left now 😅
I'm actually selling the ARC to reconfigure the engine bay. Oz might be a long way for you though!
Can’t wait to see the whole series - awesome first video, keep it up!
Thanks Champion
Awesome video, Great to see you having a go at the V2 HKS kit
Cheers
You got a new sub!! I'm currently restoring my 04 g35 coupe.
Many thanks. Hope you find it useful
Looking forward to this series
Thanks. I'll do my best not to drag it out
Hi Tim, is the engine a DE? I have a 2003 Touring that need some engine work so watching this with interest!
Yep, it's a DE. Mine's an 03 too.
I'm hoping to pick up mine remaining parts over the next few months so I'll have some good references for a rebuild!
Great video! How did you like the HKS V2 supercharger? Is it worth the money? Thanks!
Thanks! It's excellent. Even though there's some slight modification to install the kit, it works brilliantly. The SC whine is pretty understated and there's a nice amount of blow off noise.
It'll all come out in the subsequent videos (as I furiously edit them together) but I'm currently hitting just over 10psi with the 100mm pulley and the restrictor opened up to 58mm. I dynoed 330whp @6.2psi with the standard 48mm restrictor. Dyno/retune this week with the higher boost. Aiming for ~400whp for the time being.
With a stock bottom end just buy the kit with the 110mm pulley and go unrestricted, but I'm doing it the hard way. I intend to build the engine in a year or two so it'll be 100mm pulley, unrestricted.
@@irresponzible I can't wait for you to put out the videos! I have been looking everywhere for decent footage on this kit. Have you heard about running the 100mm pulley AND the restrictor plate? What are your intial impressions in terms of power, throttle response, power band etc? Thanks!
@@joaquinmalagon9343 yeah, my initial tune was the 100mm pulley and restrictor plate. 330whp is still a lot of fun with good, linear response, but left too much power on the table for me for the cost. Hence I opened up the restrictor some.
@@irresponzible Ahhhh so the progression is 100mm with restrictor then 110mm unrestricted and finally 100mm unrestricted? At what RPM does boost kick in? Do you have issues with traction at WOT? And how is your low end torque and pedal response? Thanks!
@@joaquinmalagon9343 for me, just the 100mm pulley. Started with 48mm restrictor and then opened it up to 58mm. I'm hoping that's enough for me until the engine is built, but we'll see.
On a stock bottom end I would recommend to get the 110mm pulley, rather than do what I've done. I think I read somewhere it'll top out at about 12psi?
I can give a better idea after the next dyno run. It's really dependent on rpm/throttle. Yesterday I was at 1psi with 30% throttle and 4300 rpm. Same rpm at 38% throttle was 4.5 psi. Very responsive to throttle.
I haven't pushed it too hard at from low rpm yet, but I expect it will break traction pretty easily. Not wild/uncontrollable tho