Nismo makes a showing in C&D
 

This month's C&D has a two-pager on the Nismo 370Z. The overtone is that they feel it's not worth the money and you have to be careful when you try to better an already great 'base' car.

Also interesting is that that VQ engines (per C&D) are like fine wines...tey get better with age. Just a 2000mi difference led to faster acceleration times, but of course their realization didn't account for any other factors.

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Wow, good find! I personally feel that my vq37vhr has loosened up and settled in with time. My engine feels more responsive and smoother than the first few hundred miles and it just keeps getting better!

great find!!! makes me feel great i got a nismo!! aa i cant wait to break this baby in!!

LOVE the avatar! http://www.the370z.com/avatars/370zd...ine=1248983721

Yeah, I posted a different thread essentially explaining my disappointment with Nismo models. (Thread is Nismo = Cheez-mo)

I personally love my 6MT Sport Touring. The car is an absolute pleasure to drive and has an elegance and refinement in its body design that I and most people who see the car absolutely love. The Nismo ruined that fluidity and style.

good scan, i haven't gotten my mag yet. i think the comments are fair actually.

Imagine that, they weren't blown away by it at all.

What jumps out at me is the 18lbs front downforce and 35lbs at rear. WTH. Didnt the 350z Nismo Z have 150lbs down force? Wheres the performance improvement? Is this 3 tests now where it didnt perform better? I really hope they have one in the Car and Driver Lightning Lap. Hopefully it will be broken in and actually crack 3:10 per lap as the old Cayman S did 3:09....I think the regular Z will crack the 3:09 mark so really the Nismo should be at "least" 1 second better. So far it seems to be a dud performancewise. Im gonna give it the benefit of the doubt and wait for a broken in retest. Cant believe Nissan would release a car like this that cant deliver the goods faster.

I think he's a little jealous and "unsecure" that the Nismo's reviews prove it isnt quite what he thought it'd be cracked up to be haha

Wow - how old are you again?

"Toy" my a-s-s. This is a serious car. It may not be Porsche GT3 caliber, but it ain't no go kart.

But I do agree it's kinda ricey looking.

Flip/Flopping like a pancake. :confused:

haha thanks I am a big fan of the avatar as well.

I have been very pleased with my car but, I do believe that the Nismo was overhyped, not by Nissan, but rather by the consumer. We all knew what the Nismo package would consist of but for some reason we thought it would be the god-send GT3 slayer. I think the looks of the Nismo are subjective and I will leave that to the individual, but by looking simply at mechanical specs the physics of it being much better than the standard 370z are just not there. It does however deliver a slightly better on track performance margain and does display some items that Nismo has to offer for the standard Z, and that I do believe is what Nissan was going for on this. While the Nismo may have disappointed some I think that it will please many, and further more be a great platform of which to build a full track car on.

IBTL! Let's try to keep it civilized, I understand the flame fest in the bimmer thread but let's not repeat it.

:iagree:

I personally love the Nismo styling and performance. I believe we will see better times/performance out of them from other magazines/articles in future.

You're no fun AK :)