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Originally Posted by speedfreek
Wait a minute....the Z is NON-ASPIRATED that explains everything  |
Its so easy to dissect a word and feel like a G in writing. Ok the second half of that is V6. V6 usually will either give you average torque and high HP. Or it will give you average hp and good torque.
When the Z33 first came out. It was balanced with 287 hp and 280lbs of torque, but nissan decided to play HP wars, now the engine as it was very balanced and pulling a lot of power with the original tune, but over time each new tune either added better quarter times or better 0-60. It was hard to get both because the VQ was maxed out from the onset.
You can use bolt ons for different applications and pull pretty high numbers. But its hard to get that necksnapping power out of such a small powerplant.
This is why BMW opted for the 3.0 with the turbo. Its a better balance of hp/tq and with fgoing FI you can keep the torque/hp ratio.
The only way to get both hp and high torque on a non asp motor is to go v8 or FI.