Well just got my reply back from Mr. Eric Hsu at XS engineering. (you know. those guys that turbo'd the IS300) well he said that they're planning to turbo their 350Z when they get it later next month.

if he had enough interest from fellow 350Z drivers, he would think of a bolt on kit manufacturing run... but alas. a custom job, esp with the Z's engine bay so packed, could run upwards to $5k->$8.5k ..

but hey. at least we'd be the first on the street with a blown 350Z

anyone interested?

--Cheston

 

Thanks for the offer... but why not just wait until Oct/Nov next year (2003) when Nissan shows a turbo (or supercharged) 350Z off that will most likely hit dealers in 2004?

I know for a fact they've got the card up their sleeve, the question isn't if they'll play it, it's when.

It's coming, trust in that. They'll need something to fight Toyota's new Supra and Mazda's new RX7... the stock 350Z won't do it, unfortunately. Toyota is going to do a V6 Supra to compete aginst the 350Z, with a V8 Supra as their higher end model so if we all put our hands together, maybe Nissan will introduce the 350ZR as being a 4.5 V8 with the eight speed paddle shift tranny?

How they'd shoehorn a V8 into it I am unsure, but it has been done in testing... whether it's road safe or what, no idea.

-j-

 

Ahhh... gotta love the community love,
its ok. i will throw on a turbo. soon enough.
its not about being naive, its about knowing your limits.
if i can do only do 7-8psi, then so be it
but you know, they said that about the maxima 3.0L too. and i got it to run 9.5psi.

Thanks for your comments,

Cheston

 

Kai... my source in Japan, Takahasi, told me a few months back that Nismo was working on parts to increase the Z's horsepower to over 400hp, yes. He suggested that they were going to created the ZR this way.

I have no clue if this plan is still int he workd but the ZR, based on past Nissan ZR series, will be a limited edition race inspired 350Z that most likely will be one bad *** car.

Sure we can buy the parts and do it ourselves to a regular Z as Tak told me... but it'd be cheaper (I am guessing, since you're buying it all at once) as a ZR... at least, I hope so.

Nismo just did that with their race car, 450hp to be more precise. So my source was right, as I stated three months back or so. The only thing he has been wrong on thus far was the 0-60 and final hp stats. He claims they were changed for insurance reasons, because any tech that has seen the 350Z's engine up close will tell you there is a GREAT DEAL of room for extra hp if you know what you're doing.

Heck, anyone with a clue and a few hundred extra will be able to push it up to 300hp really easy. Maybe a little more than a few hundred... that was a figure of speech but my point is, the engine's intake car be modified big time. We haven't started to discuss something as simple as the air filter. Some might be surprised to learn how much can be obtained with the proper air filter. Rumor has it the Nismo filter will give better gains than a
K & N which myself, I'll have to see stats on to really take serious.

K & N are king of the hill!

I am really excited about seeing what can be done with the car to drop the weight, a carbon hood, carbon nose cone with better air intake, heck... what else can we switch out?

-j-