New NISMO 370Z Design

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Dammit - the only thing I want is the seam welding. I don't like the nose or the wing - and I can buy the chassis bracing and exhaust - but seam welding at the factory - that's going to make me jealous if I just buy the Sport.

Urgh. What to do... (was planning on buying in May).

miguez

As someone else in this thread noted, the Nismo 370Z does not have seam welding, which the Nismo 350Z did. That being said, here's what the Edmunds article listed earlier in this thread says:

"Underneath its showy aero bits, the 2009 Nismo 370Z is a pretty hard-core machine. It's not seam-welded like the 350Z Nismo, but its chassis has been stiffened to the point that mass dampers have been fitted to control vibration.

The Nismo Z gets hollow antiroll bars, so they're lighter than the ones on the regular 370Z. The front bar is just 15 percent stiffer, but the rear antiroll bar is 50 percent stiffer, so the Nismo 370Z should turn in so quick, it'll seem it all happened yesterday already. The front strut tower brace is stiffer, too.

The damping on the Nismo 370Z is much more aggressive, too, with 40 percent firmer dampers up front and a huge 140 percent increase in the back. Roll stiffness is up 15 percent, too. So, yeah, you're going to notice something's up as soon as you get into the Nismo Z.

Spring rates are 15 percent higher than the regular 370Z in front and 10 percent higher in the rear. We're cautiously hopeful the ride won't be as harsh as on the Nismo 350Z, but aren't about to place any bets. The Nismo has the same 13.7:1 steering ratio as ordinary 370Z coupes, while its brakes are identical to those of the Sport-package 370Z, featuring 14.0-by-1.3-inch front discs and four-piston fixed aluminum calipers and 13.8-by-0.8-inch rear discs and two-piston fixed calipers.

To get that 350-hp rating, Nissan revised the ECM tuning of the VQ37VHR engine and fitted a less restrictive exhaust. The exhaust pipes are laid out in an H configuration for the Nismo 370Z instead of the Y-pipe on the regular Z, and have, of course, been tuned to deliver a deeper sound.

The 350 hp peaks at 7,400 rpm versus 332 at 7,000 rpm in the normal Z. Redline remains 7,500 rpm, though, so you'll really have to work to use that extra power. Torque edges up 6 pound-feet to 276 lb-ft at the same 5,200-rpm threshold."

Should be fun .

joeyz10

front spoiler too pointy!!!

imag

I have to say, it's growing on me the more I look at it. Thoughts:

• I'd be worried about trashing the nose on driveways, but I guess I could always replace it with the standard nose.

• I do like the rear - the haunches look much more defined with the extra cuts and the vents.

• It looks like the wheels are the right offset, something that was kind of bothering me about the standard car. They also look thinner, like they should be lighter (although they are wider).

• It had better have an oil cooler. I don't think I can see one in the high res shots.

• Speaking of which - where is the front license plate supposed to go? I hate the cursed things, but they will ticket in my hood. A plate looks like it would take up half of the radiator airflow...

victort

everything looks good except for the spoiler!

RedlineHR

Wow!

Most of all I like the rims - must have! The front bumper, sides and wing are cool - not sure about the rear.

But I need to have my leather and Nav so I am still looking at the GT.

Maybe I can buy the Aero parts and wheels for my 370.

DannyGT

WOW! I'm not all for body kits and what not but this is INFINITLY better than that lip-kit we all thought was going to be the nismo 370z. GG Nissan...the designers really took the lines of the car and meshed them well with the new bumpers.

HKYStormFront

i love it, gets rid of all the things that i don't like about the "regular" Z34 (and that's not much)

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WooZ

Not liking the spoiler too much. Screams ricer...

Cuauhtli

Nice job nissan! specially on the g nose, wheels and the interior. The rear bumper looks ok but the wing and sides gotta go. I give it an 8/10.

FairmanZ

Notice that the silver paint color on the nose doesn't quite match the body?

I hope the production vehicles will have better paint matching.

imag

Ahh - I note that Inside Line is now saying that the car is *not* seam-welded. Bummer. The new car is probably stiff enough without that.

MC

thats just how the paint sits on differnet materials urethane vs metal on my magnetic black nismo 350z in the right light the bumper and hood were way off in color

JoeyD

I think we have a new front runner in the body-kit race. Buh Bye Zele. Say what you will about the wing...it may not work on a stock 370 but on this body it works perfectly. I'm not big on body kits but if this one becomes available for retrofit I'll seriously consider it.

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370Ztune

Personally, I enjoy the GT2 style wing. Since the 370Z has more of a curved back end like a Porsche, I think it works well.

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