Just got my hands on a '24 stock Nismo mid pipe and muffler to replace the suitcase muffler that came on my car. Wow what a difference. The car actually sounds like it should now with the manual midpipe (no resonators) and auto muffler.
I didn't expect all the happy little burbles transitioning...
Durability is going to be heavily tune dependent when you get much above 500 wheel HP
As with any twin turbo car, keeping it cool is important too. Make sure your intercooler and cooling system upgrades are sufficient for the build and driving style.
Yep. The fact is, it is an older platform and you can feel it. It doesn't have a lot of the bells and whistles a BMW or a mustang has. The performance trim with the manual trans like I have is kinda hard to keep in the power band when driving aggressively due to gear spacing and lag.
All that...
In stock form its a fun street GT style sports car. It's not a track car. It can be made into a great track car relatively easily though, that's kinda the magic with these cars.
I ended up buying the dongle and renting the nissan connect software for a day so I could turn it off myself. My local dealer could not grasp what I was asking for when I talked to them about getting the sound enhancement and noise cancellation turned off. The service writer kept saying "uhh...
I had one on my manual C7 Corvette and I liked it, but that engine is way different than ours.
I don't think I would like it on my manual trans performance model Z. The weird throttle responses on these has more to do with the turbos and the tuning. I could see the pedal commander actually...
As others have said, any low sleek car is not as easy to see as a "regular" vehicle. You gotta be extra thoughtful about where you park, at intersections, etc
The atmosphere is 80% nitrogen. That said, no there is not a reason to run higher pressure. In a race setting the nitrogen filled tires won't gain pressure from temperature as much as air filled tires, but the optimal pressure is a mechanical phenomenon not dependent on the gas used.
Depending on their dyno and settings, you'll see between 340 and 390. As long as you use that dyno and tuner, you'll know your gains relative to your baseline.
My favorite is how you can find all kinds of hate for all the unnecessary electronics, modes, sensors, etc on modern cars, with calls (especially among BMW guys) for a simple no fuss drivers car that is like the M cars 20+ years ago. Then Nissan does it and it is "dated" and "sparsely equipped"...
Ok. What I was thinking is sometimes the stock studs are long enough that they will protrude beyond the spacer and interfere with the back of the wheel. They were like that on my miata and I had to trim the studs.
I have the manual so my vote is obvious. If I have any gripe its the rev hang (revs want to stay up when you let off to shift) but you get used to timing it. The trans shifts nice and positive, the clutch is light and predictable.