Looking for insight from Z owners who also own a GT-R

Divexxtreme

I was being a bit unfair. I should have clarified that stock, the cars are fine. Sure, the seats and interior plastics as you stated, could be improved. But overall, the quality at stock HP levels were fine.

But just to run 9 psi safely from a Roots blower (722 rwhp/660 rwtq), you need to swap out the cast pistons, and build the stock tranny and rear-end. I was spoiled since I was used to 996 variant Porsche Turbos, which come with forged rods and pistons from the factory, and bulletproof transmissions and axles that are good for over 1000 whp. All the P-cars require are bolt-ons to run 700-800 rwhp for tens of thousands of miles without any issues, whereas the Z06 requires a built motor and driveline...which I found to be frustrating.

All that said, I think a head/cam Z, or one with intake, exhaust and tune, or even one with a Centri blower at low boost should be fairly reliable overall.