I spoke to the director of Nissans' PR division a,d he said that the 35th ed. would be released late december. He would not give me much info other than there would be a bump in HP, and available in yellow. (p.s. I asked him about the regular 05, he said no hp increase just some running fixes and yellow).

 

Nissan should be able to do better than that!!

 

WTF!!! That is ugly!!!

 

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Too much speculation going on these forums......most dealers don't even know yet. The best evidence I've seen is the 35th Annv. Z picture on the 05 Maxima brochure. At least we know there is yellow and new rims for that model.

 

Ill beleive a HP bump when I see it. Id like to know how they plan to get it. cause nismo sure doesnt have a freakin clue.

they probably wont go to a louder exhaust, a rougher cam, a *dangerous* CAI(cant sell a car to market with such a chance of hydrolock; people wont know), there is no nismo ECU.

so if nissans "performance" department doesnt know how to boost HP reasonably, how will nissan?

 

My guess will be either a free flowing plenum and header design. Like you said, the exhaust might be too loud for some and the cai is categorized as r-tune by nismo..so what else is there other than ecu tweaking. Some goes for the G35c..how are they getting the 295+hp..maybe it's marketing bs?

 

I work at Nissan and no one knows about it except the 19s and yellow paint and badging. Besides that, we really do not have anymore information. I think someone from this site came in saying that we were lying.

 

take dealer info with a grain of salt, but thanks for the info.

all info should be labeled as speculation till you see it on nissans website or a press release.

as I said before, back in 2002 "insiders" said 315hp out of the Z. so it wont be the first time misinformation has be spread as the truth.

 

You know considering the previous Z had twin turbos and 300 hp, Nissan could at the very least up the 35th anniversary model to 300 crank hp. In my opinion, the 2003 350Z should have come with at least 300 ponies, and them the anniversary closer to 320. That would give me something to get excited about. It just seems like 287 is not that much compared to alot of stuff out on the market today. But then again, the Z has never been about raw hp numbers.

 

I dont know, in the 30k market its got the S2k beat for HP. it spanks the 50k porsches every which way. mustang gets similair power from a V8. only cars that can really boast a more powerful engine for their size are the evo and STI; which are quite impressive themselves.

300hp came along with a massive rumbling steel V6 in a car that weighed more than a battleship. 300hp and it was leaps behind the mere 287 in actual performance.

as for 300hp in the Z now; thatd be fantastic; but first you have to seperate fact from hype; if they DID do nismo; they would probably toss the exhaust on there and call it 300; problem is we know thatd be more like 291. and theyd probably charge 5grand for the package with the extra "13 hp" as the biggest feature when its really just 4 hp for a 800$ exhaust.

Im waiting for the 40,000$ enthusiast or even base "nismo Z"; complete with graphics. itll be out eventually; and people will love it.

 

3.5L V6 only making 287 hp is kind of low for Japanese.

 

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Not sure if this pic has been posted yet.

Allegedly back of Maxima '05 brochure.



Note 35th Anniversary in left corner

Z-Stalker

 

I wouldn't expect too much out of an "Anniversary Edition" Nissan. Remember what they did with the Maxima? Pedals, shifter, Aero kit, embroidered mats and the exhaust from the I30 to give it more hp. Kinda frustrating when you consider they came out with the 3.5l the following year. Putting the 3.5l in that edition would have been a real change for the 2001 model.

 

FLY BY Z, whats your name and extension at NNA. I'd be very happy to talk to you about the 35th anni car.

 

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