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Hi people. Need new air flow meters for R33 gtr motor as mine have started playing up so figure I'll upgrade to z32's while I'm at it as I already have aftermarket turbos, Power fc etc. I've noticed a lot of them on ebay that are not Bosch or jecs ones but some still come with a Good 2 year warrenty but a lot cheaper to buy. Anyone used or uses them? If so, have you had ANy issues? are they just as good reliability and performance wise? And are they just as tuneable as the Bosch ones etc?

I doubt anyone has used these on this forum yet. I would still recommend using a used set.

If you want to be the test mule for them Im sure plenty of people would want to see.. Up to you.

Well apparently they are designed to meet or exceed oem meters which I think are jecs? Some come with 2 years warranty which is probably the same if not more than Bosch items. And the replacement 300zx meters range from $75-$150 as opposed to the $340 pricetag of Bosch meters. Might be worth a try. I'm willing to be a guinea pig if you guys are willing to not laugh if I waste my money lol.

I wouldn't laugh, I'll help you where ever I can, I'm pretty good with power fc's.

There are heaps of others here that would help also. This is a genuine curiosity thing.

Haha, maybe not so much laugh but more the 'I told you so' by the people who only believe in more expensive is always better. I'm happy to be the guinea pig anyway. Thanks for the offer on the power fc help but will get it put on the dyno cause it was only tuned last weekend but we think it was tuned with a faulty air flow meter because after removing the factory ones to do the whole clean and re-solder the car hi actually driveable now and doesn't want to stall but idles up and down constantly as though it has huge cams in it lol. Just to be clear though...if its a direct replacement for 300zx/infinity its the one I want? And will just need the z32 conversion plugs to suit rb26?

I would buy a new one from an SAU retailer (I did) . If you are going to buy an Ebay knock-off there are two issues - reliabilty as in accuracy... and length of life. The second factor only time will tell but the first you really need to do back to back tests with a known good one.The rumour is that they are not accurate but I am sure everyone will be gratefull if you are willing to do the testing.

Be careful, the ones that go for $150 ARE copies!

They work, but require hours of voltage re-scaling as they are nothing like the bosch/jecs unit.

Theres an article on garage 7s website about them.

Because the R34 costs $45-50000 and twice as much to insure. Was driving it once in two weeks if that. It was an awesome car but Thought I'd go for something a lot cheaper but still with the rb26 in it till my house is finished off :-)

Don't go the copy.

If you look hard enough you can get a new genuine one delivered for under $300. Much better option. Even second hand genuine would be better.

The copy will cost more in tuning and if it goes bung you will need to retune, The genuine items are closely controlled in terms of airflow vs voltage. I doubt the copies are.

Lol, looks like you need to fix your profile bar under: cars!!!

A good read to tell real from fakies here:

http://forum.nistune.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1431

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