New Z or TT my 370?

Elmo370z · 07-25-2022, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Z944

I'm waiting to see the nismo. If it's not super hella tight 3000, I'm gonna put in a vr38.

Seems I could just swap a vr38 top end and all the plumbing and turbos of my choice. Build up the bottom end.. forged rods, knife edged crank, liners.. Not sure what bore and stroke increases are possible. Don't they share the same block? The GTR is just dressed up with bigger bore liners, or longer stroke, right? If the coolant passages line up.. it should be good to go. I could, in theory just by a GTR nismo top end and rebuild it, plug it in... intake, throttle body should all line up and look OEM.. the ultimate Z sleeper. Of course, would need a stand alone, tune, etc etc, etc $$$$ Or is there something I'm not seeing here?

Shrug. For me it's not cost tho. I'll never sell my nismo. The only way I'd sell this car was if the new one was just too friggin' sick to not have. It's about what I think would be cool to have. I like doing mods from the OEM parts bins. It's kinda my thing. I also like displacement... a lot. None of this stuff is cheap, even the "cheap" stuff. I've just accepted that cars are money pits lol. If I sink 100k into it to make it exactly how I want.. idc.(As long as I can space out that 100k at least a few years lmao) The 370 is damn close to exactly how I envision a perfect sports car to be. One of the best platforms to work from out there IMO. If it was built exactly how I want it, it would likely have had a prancing horse, and retailed for 250k+. I would easily dump millions into a 100% custom ground up one off build. It's a damn bargain in those terms.

Also, I think the nismo cars will go way up in value eventually. I'm roughly 100k into my 951, bought it for 12k 20 years ago. I'm doing a similar restomod parts bin build on it that's almost done. It's a 3.0 s2/68 951 top end swap. Sorted ones in any mileage are going for 50ish k now. Mine with the mods and total ground up resto is probably a 80-100k car now. My point is, it's all where you're true perceived value lies.

Anyway.. my .02.

The 350 Nismo will go up in value, if it has been unmolested.

370Z944 · 07-26-2022, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Elmo370z

The 350 Nismo will go up in value, if it has been unmolested.

100%

Sometimes I regret not getting the 350 nismo. Frankly, I think the first gen 370 nismo is better tho. I came across two while sourcing my 2011. I think in 20 years the badged 370 nismos will be pretty collectible. In 20 years you'll be able to pop the hood and still go.. no ****.. a vr top end.. rad. The stillen, FI, <insert random aftermarket parts huckster> cars will likely long be forgotten about. Rotting in some storage unit, or barn cause they couldnt get the parts to fix it, and just said eff it. It should also be CARB compliant. Will pass smog and visual.. Looks OEM. Theyre not gonna remove intakes and parts to look for turbos underneath.

That's one of the great things about keeping mods in the OEM bins.. It's arguably not molesting it. Not everyone agrees, but enough do to make the mods worth it in the long run, if done right. It takes a while to find the right buyer to appreciate it, and chunk ouyt a premium for it, but they're around. MA motorsports would be a good shop to do the build if hedging against deflation I think. Of course if you really want to impress and shut up even the most purist snobs you could try to get nismo to do it. MA is pretty closely affiliated with their motorsports division tho, so in 20 years it could still be considered OEM built even. In the Porsche world we have the classic cars program now and porsche will completely disassemble and rebuild your car with original factory tooling. MA is kinda like andial in the porsche world. Porsche ended up buying andial.. Their old builds are basically oem porsches to collectors. Ruf comes to mind, they never built 944's but everyone has heard of them.