the next gen z
 

I know most of this is old news by now, but still a decent read...to be honest im a little bit worried for the future of the car.

Nissan's Next Z at Powertrain Crossroads

If they plan to drop power like that, they better figure out how to shave weight off the Z. Our cars are fat pigs.

Hmm. They could possibly go the FT-86 route and get the weight down to sub 3K lbs or they could bring a turbo into the equation I suppose...

Actually, a diesel-hybrid motor + turbo could make great power and have great gas mileage. Tuned right, boost could come on late (preserving MPG under normal driving) and the car would still feel torquey thanks to the electric motor doing the lowspeed grunt work.

amg 6.3L v8 please. that's really the only one i want in the Z.

That would be badass too :tup:

:iagree: I just drove a C63 the other day. Very nice car! :tup:

I'm not feeling the hybrid turbo idea though.

in terms of power i kinda feel like the z is stuck...If they add a decent amount of power to comepete with the new 5.0 and other cars, there is only so much they can do..think about it..if the z came with 400 or so hp who would buy a gtr...in gtr news i saw that the refresh is coming in 2012...500hp and other new things.

I predict the VQ38TT will trickle down from the GT-R to the Z..... you heard it here first :P

I like that idea better. Maybe they bump the GTR with a V8. With no plans for changes to the Z until 2014 or later, it certainly seems possible. Althogh an NA variant is more likely.

Merc's 3.5? Hell no. Why not BMW's turbocharged 3.0? :P

I'm still suprised they are going to make another gen. Z

Because Nissan doesn't have an association to BMW?

Yeah, we won't need one after 2012 Mayan Apocalypse zomg.

This would be ideal. They will want to move the GTR up the ladder to keep it's dominance anyway. You know Porsche is gunning for them and the 3.8 work is already done. Detuning a bit and mass producing will bring costs down. A turbo and non-turbo model will let them hit price targets.

because they dont want a flood of people coming in to get their fuel pump and injectors replaced once a year under warranty lol.

V8's and TT's? Yeah, I don't think so. We're in the second malaise era if you hadn't noticed. HP won't increase unless MPG increases accordingly. CAFE requirements are becoming loftier and will override the incredible HP advances (engine efficiency) we've seen in recent (10-15) years. I suspect we'll see cars with better power-to-weight ratios though as more money is put into materials rather than grunt.

we already make more power than it and we are N/A...although think of the tuning possibilitys

I just can't get myself to accept a hybrid powertrain in the Z. The initial battery torque is there, but the combustion engine will probably be smaller than what's in there now.

The VQ38TT is an interesting option, converted to mass production and detuned somewhat.

I do expect direct gas injection to also appear here - I'm surprised Nissan hasn't offered it (except in the Infiniti M56 right now). It was my one reservation on getting the Z in 2010.

By the time this comes about, the warranty will be close to expiring, and I'll be looking to wrench in a couple of turbos. :driving:

Nissan has done TT's in the Z before and if we are in a second malaise era, none bothered to tell Nissan, Ford, Chevy, Chysler, BMW, or many other companies currently push the most HP in their history on mid model sports cars. :D