370z vs 335i Coupe

Blaizon

Both cars are awesome. I really do love the 370 and with boltons they are very respectable cars. My boy has a bolton Nismo 370 and that car is pure sex!!! Stock for stock it's a drivers race between both cars, basically whoever messes up looses. Now you say 6at vs 370 and I'd probably give it to the 6at as they don't drop boost while shifting and the shitlfts are quick. I tested this between wifey's car and mine. Her sedan would pull a solid 1.5 cars on me up to 120ish stock for stock.

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chuckd05

Call me crazy , but my BMW dealer has a 335i Sedan , in the blue color with 12,500 miles in their lot. It caught my eye passing the dealer and I have been toying with the idea of possibly making a move on it...


here's the auto trader link.....

335i at my dealer

Im pretty confident I could get them down to 27ish...

If I could find a 335xi for same price with low miles I would be even more serious about it.

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09 370Z 6M PW - FBO Best 1/4 mile = 12.926 @ 109 SOLD -- 08 BMW 135i - FBO 12.1@120mph SOLD -- white 09 e92 335 Coupe Mtech - 11.9 @ 119 :-)

wolf370z

You're trading the Z in on a 335i?

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kgreen

Thats not what he said you dummy...

wolf370z

He didn't specify.

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klubbheads

Nothing wrong with that... I think the other way around is crazier than going from a Z to 335.

I did go from a 335 to a Z and the only reason was because the 335 was "too" perfect of a car. I wanted more character, rawness in the car and the 370z is filling that role perfectly...

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wolf370z

I can't say I agree with that. Too perfect of a car? If it was perfect it would have more character and rawness like you said. In fact I might even go far enough to say that the 335i coupe is flawed in the fact that is lacks character... guess that's why they offer the m3?

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jaxxx

I have a 07 with a oil cooler, with a tune, DCI, downpipes.. I put down 375whp and about 380 lbs of torque. with drag radials I ran a 12.10 @ 115 mph. stock I ran a 13.1 @105

those mods cost me <$1200 besides the drag radials, Ill be adding an intercooler and meth in the next month

daimon1313

I've been contemplating a BMW myself. But when I was back in Dallas a few weeks back, all I saw were BMW's on the road. I would say, in the North Dallas area, 1 out of 5 cars were BMWs and that may be a very conservative estimate.

They are great cars, no doubt, but I just didn't want to buy a car that everyone else had as well.

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NYBladeZ

335i's are BMW drag race cars. As other members on here have posted, 335i's that were making more power could not keep up with the Z in the corners although they made up for it in the straights. Also remember the 335i is turbo charged, as more and more Z's are getting turbo charged this will not be even worth discussing. I love the inline 6 engine layout but BMW gives you some really small yet efficient turbos. Put enough stress on those turbos and you have a reliability issue.

I ran with a 335i on the way home today and I can tell you from my personal viewpoint, he wasn't confident in the turns.

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2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

370Zsteve

No! he wasn't confident his wallet could handle the repair bill in event of an off-road excursion

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wolf370z

They really are BMW's drag cars... especially if you went the 135i coupe route you'd be lighter, not to mention weight shavings on top of that compared to the 335i. With about $1800 in mods you can easily make over 400rwhp with stock turbos.

But comparing a boosted Z vs. a 335i and once again no comparison, the Z would just make the '35i look SLOW

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NYBladeZ

and honestly if I wanted a drag car I'd go back to Mustangs. I've experienced one dimensional cars, 2 Mustangs were a lot of fun. They were cheap to mod and were torque monsters. Hell if they kept the 99-04 body style with the new motor I'd probably still have one.

If there is one thing I wish the Z had its more low down torque but that's the trade of with very high revving engines. I've made the adjustment but still, you could always tap the pedal in a Stang and feel that torque, even with TT's Z's don't get full torque until ~3500rpm.

I wouldn't get a BMW 135 or 335, the exception being the new M135 but I'm sure you're looking at $40K+, a waiting list, or hard to come by inventory

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2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

CharleyGFX

It's the same way in tallahassee. But I see about 5-6 370Z's a month. Saw a silver one today on campus actually and was really surprise There should be a all Z day in Florida!

As far as the 335i goes? they are too common and every "Miami Jersey Shore" kid has one. I can't wait till I am supercharged, than I can walk on these fckrs. My friend has one that is full bolt on, and is about to get a piggyback. Can't stand that his **** is faster than mine.. well in a straight line anyways

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AlphaSnacks

I drove a number of 335s...I didn't even consider it a worthy purchase and started looking straight at the M3. I used to think to myself "what's the point of the M3 now with the 335 being twin-turbo?" Well, after driving a 335 and M3 to see for myself, I quickly realized: "oh, the 335 is a half-assed car compared to the M3."

No limited slip diff (the ultimate killer, imo). Flat looks. Unaggressive feel. Lack of road feedback. Handling nowhere near as tight as the M3 or 370Z. And that interior was about as plain and unappealing as you could get.