350z Mods

[Tex Man of War]

Does anyone know what the capablities will be for the 350Z? Turbos, Superchargers and Superchips ...etc? (this will be the deciding factor if I buy it in August)

[Eclipse///Rage]

The Aftermarket Comunity For The 350Z Will Be Huge...
They are waiting just like us... to take a car and start tweaking it and putting bolt on's, and makin a fast car even faster....
Yes there Is gunna be alot of attention headed toward the 350Z....
Superchargers, Turbochargers, Superchips, Headers, Exhaust.....expect it all

[danid7399]

I think that there is giong yo be alot of people out there who buy a 350Z whoare going to be looking to get Turbo. My opinion but I wouldn't doubt it for on second.

[formerfordguy]

You might want to look and see what they're doing to the Maxima now. The VQ engine series will probably support cross overs here -- small tweaks for certain, but I bet the same stuff will be available.

[Gravitom]

Considering the engine is extremely similiar to the Maxima, Altima and Pathfinder, and Nismo is coming to the US soon, I think you can expect so pretty decent aftermarket support. And Nissan has mentioned that they may release a turbo version in a year or two. But considering that you call an ECU a "superchip" I doubt you will be buying a turbo or supercharger anyway.

[4doorSR20det]

stillen up in coasta mesa has had a supercharger out for some time now for the maxima it puts out about 400 hp when tuned right. I ran into a couple of them last year at Sea World. As we all know the same motor is in the 350z.

[znigma]

The Compression in the 350Z's motor is probably a bit too high to get any turbo kits out right away... I'd love to see it, but I just don't see it as very likely. I'd expect a SC for sure though.

[TwinTurboZX]

Actually the compression ratio of the VQ35 in the 350Z is less than that of the VG30 in the non-Turbo 300ZX, so I think a nice turbo running 8psi is all good.

[Bryan8412]

this car is nice but will be expensive to mod well. For starters, lots of weight reduction is needed, but i guess if you're good at that you could do it yourself, but 3000 lbs is too much to get going. Second, the redline is low, so you'd need a lower stroke. then you'd need to lower the compression which may be helped by the decreased stroke and add a good turbo and all its fixins (intercooler, wastegate, boost controller etc).

it can be a strong contender if alot of work is put in thats for sure, but it might get expensive.

[Whistlin87]

3000 pounds is too much to get going?

Try going 11.70's in a 3,700lb Grand National....or just hop in mine. 29LBS boost, baby. No car is too heavy for a turbo...thats what spooling is for.

[Bryan8412]

Originally posted by Whistlin87
3000 pounds is too much to get going?

Try going 11.70's in a 3,700lb Grand National....or just hop in mine. 29LBS boost, baby. No car is too heavy for a turbo...thats what spooling is for.

29lbs, theres the kicker

[V35-Driver]

Nismo already has things in the works as we speak...

http://www.prospec-ms.co.uk/350z/nismo.html

[LZRACING]

If the big companies don't do it , the small race shops around will !

[Malthus]

Originally posted by Gravitom
Considering the engine is extremely similiar to the Maxima, Altima and Pathfinder, and Nismo is coming to the US soon, I think you can expect so pretty decent aftermarket support. And Nissan has mentioned that they may release a turbo version in a year or two. But considering that you call an ECU a "superchip" I doubt you will be buying a turbo or supercharger anyway.

I found this on another forum. It's a scan of a page from a Japanese car magazine "Xacar." Take a good look. That looks identical to the 350Z engine bay, with a very similar engine setup, only different to accomodate turbocharging. From the setup and the use of the word "Turbo" as opposed to Twin Turbo, I'd say it's a single turbo or perhaps Twin in a sequential setup. Apparently this was spotted at a show somewhere and there were issues with lag or something. I can't read Japanese, so I had to take the person who posted it's word for that. Anyway, I just about had a stroke when I saw it. I'm not planning on getting a 350Z until 2004 and I planned to put custom twins on it, but now that there's the chance of a factory turbo, I'm about ready to jump out of my skin...

****Edited****
I'm just finding out now that the caption actually reads: "space is a factor in the FM platform engine bay, and the turbo Stagea suffers from turbo lag because of the long turbo plumbing. If the new Z were to have twin turbos, it would likely suffer the same problem." :cry: I'm sorry to anybody (like me) who saw this and got excited.

[hokie350]

Is that nismo picture car a chrome silver or silverstone?