I drove the MT Sport and AT Nismo before ultimately buying the Nismo,
It depends what your looking for but the Nismo just felt more planted on the road out of the box, the transmission is no slush box either, it shifts very quickly up and down. The whole package is very engaging with the nismo...
Time will tell, the nismo runs cooler than the regular Z based on track day reviews I have read due to the extra airflow so hopeful that helps it.
Besides with it being red and now making spooly boy noises it’s probably gained even more bhp anyway 😏
I wanted to relive my 2007 glory days of turbo noises on my old S14 so after a lot of looking i went with the intake kit from Boosted 6 Autowerks.
It was fairly straight forward to install but nissan gifted us with sharp edges and tight access so there was lots of colorful language and blood...
It would have some similarities for sure,
the nismo has some differences to the normal z underneath, I remember rear subframe/bracing being one piece, there could be other things too. I saw a bit about it in this video:
Would be interested to see if they did anything to the chassis on the...
Turbos have a certain efficiency range that they work within, on a stock car they are typically sized so that boost comes in quickly so you don't get a lag when you put your foot down, the knock on effect of that is they run out of puff at the top of the rev range. when you go to bigger turbos...
it does drive like a normal car when in standard mode for sure, took one of my friends out it in today and he thought the stiffness of the suspension is no worse than his 2019 E63s AMG so even that point is down to personal preference and tollerance.
Bit of background first - I have owned a couple of Silvia/240sx S14s over the years and also got to drive R33 gtst and experience an R33 GTR, i am very familiar with older manual transmission nissan sports cars!. I am also an avid fan of the "save the manuals" club!
I have also owned some...
Long time Nissan Fan and watcher of this forum, Had a couple of Silvia/240sx S14s over the years and also got to experience some skylines (R33).
Went a long time with no play thing but finally early last year i was able to get something, i picked up an MX5 club at the time because i needed my...