Since this has been confusing to a lot of people, and Nissan/Infiniti still has a mix of rating systems in use, here is some real quick basic information.
SAE J1349 JUN 1995 = OLD
SAE J1349 AUG 2004 = NEW
SAE J2723 = certified = "voluntary" and based on top of J1349
http://www.sae.org/certifiedpower/details.htm
About SAE J1349 Certified Power
Power and torque certification provide a means for a manufacturer to assure a customer that the engine they purchase delivers the advertised performance. This SAE Standard has been written to provide manufacturers with a method of certifying the power of engines to SAE J1349 or SAE J1995.
Document SAE J2723 specifies the procedure to be used for a manufacturer to certify the net power and torque rating of a production engine according to SAE J1349 or the gross engine power of a production engine according to SAE J1995. Manufacturers who advertise their engine power and torque ratings as Certified to SAE J1349 or SAE J1995 shall follow this procedure. Certification of engine power and torque to SAE J1349 or SAE J1995 is voluntary, however, this power certification process is mandatory for those advertising power ratings as "Certified to SAE J1349".
SAE Engine Rating Standard Prevents Numbers Fudging (an article on how GM will use SAE J1349 Certified Power, AEI May 2005, Vol 113 No.5, p 59 )
General Motors has become the first manufacturer to certify an engine's power and torque ratings using a newly adopted SAE standard (J2723), James Queen, GM Vice President, Global Engineering, announced during his keynote address at the SAE World Congress and Exhibition in April 2005. The world's largest automaker plans to certify all of its engines to the voluntary standard, and is encouraging its competitors to do the same. The LS7 engine for the 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 was certified under the new standard this month. The 7.0-L V8 unit produces 505 hp (377 kW) at 6300 rpm and 470 lboft (637 Nom) at 4800 rpm. "The new voluntary SAE power and torque certification procedure ensures fair, accurate ratings for horsepower and torque as it uses third-party certification," said Queen. "SAE technical standards level the playing field, and this certification procedure is just the latest example of the value SAE has offered over the past century." To tout power and torque ratings as "SAE-certified," engine manufacturers must have an SAE qualified witness watch over the entire testing procedure to ensure that it is conducted in conformity to SAE standard J1349.
Third-party witnessing is the main provision of J2723. An existing SAE standard, J1349, spells out how the actual testing is to be done. J1349 was updated last year to eliminate some ambiguities that allowed engine makers to cite power and torque ratings higher than the engine's actual capabilities. Engine makers are free to cite power and torque figures drived from testing conducted outside the scope of the SAE standards, but they may not claim the figures are SAE-certifed. "We feel that both the consumer and industry are well served by having accurate, consistent ratings from all manufacturers," said David Lancaster, a Technical Fellow in GM Powertrain and Chairman of the SAE Engine Power Test Code Committee that updated J1349 and wrote J2723. Data from a wide array of parameters (e.g., air:fuel ratio) will be collected during testing conducted to the SAE standards. SAE will create a database and offer it to industry in different packages and at different price points.
By Patrick Ponticel
So far
ONLY GM is making it a point to officially "CERTIFY" their engine's power ratings across the board. DCX has done so but only on the 8.3L Viper engine. You can see the documentation below. And the whole "certification" process is entirely optional to begin with. Using the "NEW" standard (J1349 AUG 2004) is mandatory, however on all new or updated powertrains. Nissan and other manufacturers have gotten away with using older ratings since if you do not change the engines you are not required to restate the numbers. You MUST use the new standard on any new or updated powertrains though.
http://www.sae.org/servlets/epcdAppl...PAGE=epcdIntro
PLEASE DO NOT SAY that SAE J1349 AUG 2004 is "OLD". That is wrong period. It is in fact the NEW standard. J2723 simply tells a manufacturer how they go about officially "certifying" an engine.
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