Living With It: 2009 Nissan 370Z (MotorTrend)

sbsmoov · 12-10-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by AK370Z

Great article.

This is not the first time it's been said that the new VQ almost seems maxed out to many automotive reviewers. Nissan is def reading these reviews and I think they are going to put a TT engine in their next Z update. With the GTR, they already have the technology in their hand. All they have to do is make a smaller (or detuned version of the GTR engine) engine with turbo and we will have our first TT factory ____Z

Yes. We have heard other reviewers say it seems maxed out. But I don't recall them using such negative statements like those in the article. "Rev it to 5000 rpm...it'll vibrate your fillings..noisy and harsh...not a pretty noise -- its just noise, like an industrial blender with bad bearings...unacceptable in this configuration...Nissan can and should do better". Thats waaaaay more than just saying it seems maxed out--the statements made here are more akin to saying this motor is garbage.

shizzawha · 12-10-2008, 11:28 AM

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Yes. We have heard other reviewers say it seems maxed out. But I don't recall them using such negative statements like those in the article. "Rev it to 5000 rpm...it'll vibrate your fillings..noisy and harsh...not a pretty noise -- its just noise, like an industrial blender with bad bearings...unacceptable in this configuration...Nissan can and should do better". Thats waaaaay more than just saying it seems maxed out--the statements made here are more akin to saying this motor is garbage.

That does sound pretty harsh. I got to rev one at the nashville z rally and I personally was curious on how bad the engine vibration and noise was at the redline. I held it there for a good while and I will say it was slightly worse than the 3.5, but by no means horrible, or even bad. There was another guy there that did the same and he didn't notice any difference. This was in a yellow base model they had their personally at the Nissan headquarters and not the yellow touring they have as a part of the z rally. Maybe the z rally 370s and the demos have been beaten to death, I'm not quite sure.

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This is not the first time it's been said that the new VQ almost seems maxed out to many automotive reviewers. Nissan is def reading these reviews and I think they are going to put a TT engine in their next Z update. With the GTR, they already have the technology in their hand. All they have to do is make a smaller (or detuned version of the GTR engine) engine with turbo and we will have our first TT factory ____Z

I would love to see a TT Z again, but for now I've been pretty impressed with the Z34.

UNKNOWN_370 · 08-13-2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sbsmoov

Yes. We have heard other reviewers say it seems maxed out. But I don't recall them using such negative statements like those in the article. "Rev it to 5000 rpm...it'll vibrate your fillings..noisy and harsh...not a pretty noise -- its just noise, like an industrial blender with bad bearings...unacceptable in this configuration...Nissan can and should do better". Thats waaaaay more than just saying it seems maxed out--the statements made here are more akin to saying this motor is garbage.

Actually, if you were reading reviews in 2009-2010. This was the normal. Its what inspired Z hate and killed the sports car sales aside from Bush's wars and econ plans. The Z's NVH was grossly overexaggerated by many. NVH is above average and only slightly abnormal for a sports car of this caliber. Also, NVH issues decrease to normal for a sports car in the automatic Z.

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