Yah... Base is spartan... same engine and no frills. So it is gonna be light.

When you go with a grand touring, you're getting luxury features that are gonna weigh you down a bit. You gotta realize that walking into it. Don't think it's much of a surprise that a base model is gonna be a little faster than a grand touring (0.3 second difference 0-60 or sumpin' like).

You want a spartan sports car? ...go with a Lotus, heh. Those things are stripped to the bone. Very freakin' light. I'd take a GT 350z over a Lotus Elise though... more comfortable ride (guess I'm kinda into creature comforts).

I am very happy with my GT. It's still not as heavy as the roadster... and if you wanna beef up the torque... there's lottsa mods you can do.

I'ma keep mine stock for a while though... yah.

 

When I first bought my 06' it felt slow as well, but when I installed my test pipes, it had much better throttle response.

I suggest you install some test pipes. The 06's feel sluggish, but are quite fast.

 

yea im going to do plenum spacer, pop charger, test pipes evo2 exhaust, and a hundred shot again

 

Funny you mentioned the weight thing and it being slower. I drove my buddies 06 and it felt less torquey, slower. i ran him with my current mods and he has nismo exhaust, spacer and popcharger but at the very top of fourth he caught up. then pulled a fender on me till we shut em down. Now when i had test pipes installed, it was no contest........dont let that revup full you!!

 

+1 on weight

 

 

What test pipe are you running on your '06? I am considering this vs. HFCs. I'm just concerned with the smell, loudness, rasp, & CEL on test pipes. What is your experience on your test pipe? Is yours resonated?

 

Don't bother with the spacer, it doesn't work on the revup motors. You need to get the MREV and all will be good again.

 

Your buddy made a mistake by putting the spacer on the REVUP. He is losing power with that mod.

Hey next time you're in southern california, i'd be honored to run you.

 

The 03-05 cars feel like the power is flat across the rpms, but my 06 feels pretty slugglish, untill about 4k, and at 5k it really pulls hard. I guess sort of like driving a honda with v-tech, but not really. My car is stock btw.

 

Put some test pipes, you'll love it.

 

I want to get test pipes, but from what Ive read on this site, you will still get some rasp on the stock exhaust even with resonated pipes. What pipes do you have, and is your exhaust stock?? BTW do you have any pics of your car?? I live in la crescenta, and I was just wondering if I have seen it around.

 

OMG where do you get these pictures from ?!?! Lol

I’ve driven a ’04 Performance back to back with my ’05 Track. And the “older” does feel faster in the lower revs. Different response, different torque curve. I still prefer the rev-up engine for it’s high rpm torque.

Just finish your break in.

 

When I first got my car, I put test pipes and I added an extra resonator on the b-pipe. This combination didn't have a rasp, but it did smell.

I have custom test pipes, and a greddy evo2 exhaust. These are the before pics, when I hadn't blacked out my headlights yet. https://my350z.com/forum/media-share/204539-pics-of-my-ppw-56k-no-no.html.

 

Cool thanks for the info, I think Ive seen your car a few times in glendale. I recognized mike on the antenna lol, it looks sick, good job.