Check this out guys (and girls). We've spent the past couple of months developing the black 350Z, pulling the engine, fitting custom rods, pistons (8.3:1), blueprinting, and surrounding the engine with a range of components that have subsequently been cast to make up a complete kit.

Components include 2 x 350hp Garrett ball bearing turbos, custom manifolding, large front mount intercooler, MoTeC M800 ECU, and a whole lot more.

The engine made 520 horsepower on the engine dyno, therefore offering a power to weight better than a Lamborghini Murciélago, but with the drivability of a standard car. It purrs along and literally pulls up hills in 6th gear from 1000rpm. In fact, it has 1 pound of boost at 920 rpm.

We're proud of it and encourage anyone who wants a range of images to contact me via my email:
cuspub@optushome.com.au

 

Seems the image didn't attach, so here it is.

 

Have any more pics??

 

if you don't mind me asking, how much did this total setup cost? in the 10s of thousands? or less?

 

In the 10s of thousands.

The approach taken was that here in Australia we pay ridiculous amounts for our cars, eg, the basic 350Z is $60,000, hence spending another $45,000 taking the price to $105,000 may seem high, however the bottom line is that the Lambo comes closest with regards to performance (forget about kudos etc, because the Nissan will never have that), however at around $654,000 in Australia for the Lambo, the $105,000 350z seems cheap!

 

Holy crap thats a lot of money. I wish I could talk about money that way. Well, i guess you learn something new every day. I had no idea the z was 60 grand in australia.

 

What's their monetary unit compared to ours??

 

Mate, everything is expensive (car wise) over here. For example, if we were to have a new Vette here, it would sell for inexcess of $150,000.

The Dodge Viper sells for around $220,000

 

We get around 72 cents for your dollar, however it's not just the exchange rates, it's the silly Government tarrifs, duties et cetera.

 

Sa-weet.

 

What do you mean when you say "blueprinted"?

 

The factory tolerances are adered to. As in, every gudgeon to piston, every bearing to crank et cetera, is exactly the same, as are the weights of the pistons, rods and so it goes. In other words, the engine is rebuilt to the best possible specifications.

 

what kind of exhaust system is it running? and any upgrades to the cooling system?

 

The exhaust is fabricated stainless 3.5" to the stock rear muffler (for that stealth look).

The cooling system is standard and we have some darn hot weather here!

 

please send me some high resolution pics

i can host them for you.

mikewazowski@***.net

thanks,
victor

 

was any functionality lost by going with the motec ecu i.e. ABS, etc..?

 

I've got to see this. You in Sydney?

Are you going to offer a more basic kit?

 

I know it was asked before, but approx. how much would a setup like that run someone here in the US of A because im sure theres some people dying to get their hands on a 500+HP Z...thanks.

 

Nizpro, can you beat this? A Z in Indonesia has a price tag of US$100,000
Anyway, please post up some pics

 

Well AUD$45,000 is US$33,000 at current exchange rates. Add shipping and any local import duties.