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Japanese aftermarket metalsmiths ARC have apparently developed a new "Performance Bar" for the Z33-based Nismo 380RS, which ties together the front of the engine bay and bridges the gap between the very ends of the frame rails. To be honest, I’ve never considered the 350Z’s chassis to be especially wanting for rigidity [...]
Japanese aftermarket parts powerhouse Blitz has apparently transplanted the RWD drivetrain from a Z33 Fairlady Z into a near-new R35 GT-R, which suggests only one thing: there are plans afoot to enter a back-wheel burnin’ GT-R into the sideways circus that is the D1 Grand Prix.
While I personally frown upon such mechanical mutilation of a [...]
Dropped some serious coin on a set of those Impul exhaust headers for your VQ35HR-equipped Z33? Got some change left over? Well, you might want to consider Greddy’s Easy Cam range, which has just been expanded to include the newest variant of Nissan’s venerable 3.5-litre V6.The Greddy bumpsticks feature 264° of duration and 11mm [...]
Despite sharing its displacement with the venerable VQ35DE, Nissan’s VQ35HR is so fundamentally different from its predecessor that practically no aftermarket part can be shared between the two motors. Owners of new VQ35HR-equipped 350Zs feel this the most, as the ‘DE has oodles of aftermarket support while thanks to its relative newness the ‘HR has [...]
Ever wondered what’s involved in putting together an endurance racer? Curious to know what it takes to bring an ordinary 350Z to a standard that’s capable of handling the mighty Nurburgring Nordschliefe for 24 hours straight? Read on… German magazine Auto Zeitung, in conjunction with RJN motorsport, campaigned a Nissan 350Z in the recent ADAC [...]
The 350Z is rapidly gaining popularity as a racing platform, however the unique stresses of the circuit can very quickly generate enough heat to cook the Z33’s standard viscous limited-slip diff. Help is at hand though, as Japanese parts manufacturer and tuning house Mine’s have released a differential oil cooler for the Z to give [...]
Thumbs sore from twiddling those analogue sticks in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue all day? Is your significant other (or more likely your mum) bitching that all that game playing will never bring a tangible payoff? Well, perhaps GT Academy is for you… GT Academy is an eight-month long competition being run by Polyphony Digital in [...]
Like a burlesque dancer cunningly obscuring her naughty bits with a couple of well-placed fans, Nissan recently showed journalists this mysterious teaser at the Nissan 360 event in Lisbon, Portugal. Nissan’s head designer Shiro Nakamura revealed the fabric-covered form, but was tight-lipped about what it actually represented. Those pronounced wheel arches and two door shape [...]
If you found Nismo’s 380RS-Competition a little too confronting (and expensive), then perhaps you might like to try Power House Amuse’s own 380RS Superleggera. It’s not fully released as of yet (Amuse’s website promises that it’s “Coming Soon”), but Mike Garrett from Auto Otaku was at a recent Amuse track day at Tsukuba and managed [...]
Nismo has announced that the 2008 version of the race-ready Fairlady Z 380RS-Competition is now on sale. Don’t get your chequebooks out just yet though, because this machine is definitely not for the average Sunday driver. With 400 metric horsepower and 421Nm of twist, the naturally-aspirated 3.8-litre VQ35HR-based V6 is the centrepiece of the 380RS-C. [...]
