I was curious if anyone heard any rumors if the 350Z with be able to come with a turbo from the factory in 2004?

 

Well either nobody knows, or cares.

 

I own a track version and have not heard of any plans from Nissan. Greddy turbo kit will be installed in my car as soon as they are availible.

Winston

 

Well I read the Z will only run 13.4 on the quarter mile with the greddy twin turbo kit. 6000 for about a second? Is it worth it?

 

The core greddy kit has the boost setting pretty low. I think I will have some room to play with the boost and careful tunning to get more power. At 6 grand the kit is really complete and can be easily modified.

As with any type of tunning, one will never know unless one tries.

Winston

 

Well if I had the money I would love to buy a Z and buy the greddy kit. But I think it would be a good idea for nissan to offer a Z that can run low 13's or high 12's for under 40000 grand. From the factory

 

You ain't kidding, Nissan would sell a **** load of them! I know I would buy one!

Winston

 

don't forget, the VQ35DE is designed as an NA engine, not a turbo engine. I have always said that you can turbo any engine, but that does not make it a turbo engine. A true turbo engine will be built to properly utilize a turbo. Low compression pistons, forged internals, oil squirtering piston coolers, etc. The VQ is a high compression NA machine, so slapping a turbo kit on it without properly tuning it will not yield high results.

Unfortunatley, even in Japan, the Z is still in NA form, only. The rumor mill is buzzing about a turbo version coming in the upcoming model year

 

Buy low-compression pistons and you should be fine to crank the boost.

BTW, a twin-turbo 350Z is on the way - in 2007. It'll be called the (Skyline) GT-R... No joke. However, it'll probably be sold as an Infiniti in the U.S.

 

It'll probably be a higher trim level of the G35 which will follow Nissan's naming scheme in Japan. I just wish that Nissan wouldn't toss the VQ35 in every car they produce now.

 

The reason the Skyline GT-R won't be here until 2007 (and actually dropped the "skyline" name so it's just GT-R) is because Nissan is doing a clean sheet design for it. They had to establish their money-making cars first before pushing ahead on the GT-R. I can't wait. I have a savings account set up already for my down payment...

 

join the club Trust me, I keep up on most of the Nissan news, but unfortunately, Nissan's being too tight lipped about the new GT-R

 

Bah, just wait for the next incarnation of the Supra.

 

it should be out in '07, too. shouldn't it?

 

Yeah. Although noone has any clue what the powerplant or looks are going to be. Rumor has it V8.