RE: Nissan 350Z GT-S: PH Heroes

[givablondabone]

hughcam said:

Very interesting car however on a separate note I can get on with the authors writing style.

Too much drivel.

Can or can't?

At least get your own post correct eh?

[hughcam]

givablondabone said:

Can or can't?

At least get your own post correct eh?

Clever bloke. Bet you're a right laff to be be around...

Edited for the pedant.

[liner33]

Alias218 said:

4.5bar seems a tad strong. As Nanook said, more like 4.5psi. Wouldn't want more than that through a stock block anyway (which this presumably has).

Liner33 - how much boost were you putting out? I've always fancied supercharging my 350 but don't fancy it on a stock block (or at least stock compression) so much.

The stock engine is pretty strong really on the 350 and 370 . My 370 was around 9 psi iirc and made 470hp or so , even boosted torque isn't that impressive imo but can't recall the figures off the top of my head

[unsprung]

The 350Z is compared alongside its predecessor, the 300ZX, as well as its successor, the 370Z, in this video here.

One quote from this video: "If you'd like to make this car ugly, there are people who will help you."

[Pie-n-Peys]

hughcam said:

Very interesting car however on a separate note I can't get on with the authors writing style.

Too much drivel.

Edited by hughcam on Thursday 21st December 15:18

Completely agree. Seems to be happening more and more lately. Theres always plenty of complaints about it, but the editors still seem happy with this style.

[zeeboy]

Lovely article - Thanks. It brought back memories of the buzz of excitement generated by the 350 in those days. Nissan really need to give us a comparable successor SOON. Don't get me wrong, the 370Z is a brilliant car, but I'll need 400hp+ in 2018.

[Jonstar]

I love these cars and would have one if not for one reason:

Its too bloody heavy. I just can't understand why a two seater "sports" car needs to be over 1.5 tonnes, what the hell is in this thing that it weighs as much as an m3? Imo a sports car needs to be lighter but as a gt its great.

[robm3]

Bencolem said:

Please stop it. I was genuinely interested in the review of both this and the 911 T. You ruined both by giving it to Nik Cack-it. His articles don’t say anything. They’re just full of idiotic unhelpful phrases that are as annoying as they are inaccessible. Is he paid by the word or something?

“Cue the instant gratification of every adolescent fantasy built on the groaning, dusty charisma of Max Rockatansky's Pursuit Special.”

“But then you'd never have the fun of switching it on or the lengthy build-up where you deliberately abstain, as though you too were attempting to save precious fuel to go beyond the Thunderdome.”

Utter tripe.

Whereas I found those paragraphs relevant as the on/off button is the coolest thing on the car. I also grew up loving the Mad Max series and even tried to get a clutch mechanism for the LS2 in my Ultima so I could spool up the supercharger.

So no, I didn't see it as 'utter tripe', far from it in fact.

[Bendrix]

You’d have thought Pistonheads and Autocar would listen to the frequent comments all saying they find Nic Cackett’s writing style hard work. It’s not the fact he uses big words, it’s the fact that they’re boring as heck to read.

[samoht]

Jonstar said:

I love these cars and would have one if not for one reason:

Its too bloody heavy. I just can't understand why a two seater "sports" car needs to be over 1.5 tonnes, what the hell is in this thing that it weighs as much as an m3? Imo a sports car needs to be lighter but as a gt its great.

Same here, joins a long list of cars that would be really interesting to me if they were a quarter-tonne lighter. It's because it's a shared platform with the Skyline 350GT I think, it's basically the same as an M3 in that it's on an exec saloon platform; they just decided to make it a two-seater.

[zeeboy]

samoht said:

Same here, joins a long list of cars that would be really interesting to me if they were a quarter-tonne lighter. It's because it's a shared platform with the Skyline 350GT I think, it's basically the same as an M3 in that it's on an exec saloon platform; they just decided to make it a two-seater.

You probably say the same about girls. And it bores them too.

[davey83]

Another 350z owner that's never heard of this GT-S model. Struggled to read this article as there's a fair amount that's just didn't seem to relate sadly.

The 350z for me is special little car with bags of character and for the price of a good example, say 6k you'd struggle to find another car like it. The noise/performance/looks/reliability/cost ratio is strong with this one.

[xjay1337]

Nanook said:

blade7 said:

0.45bar more like. Who writes this stuff?

I can't remember the last time I read a PH article that didn't have at least a typo, or some more obvious factual nonsense gone wrong.

Get someone to proof read your stuff guys, it's not difficult, and it doesn't take long.

Quite so.

And as an aside, the writer should know cars. To read back 4.5bar boost is quite crazy .

I kike the 350z but as stock they are so slow. Forced induction is much needed. Shame tbere wasn't production version .

[J4CKO]

Jesus. everyone a literary critic these days ?

[coldel]

xjay1337 said:

Quite so.

And as an aside, the writer should know cars. To read back 4.5bar boost is quite crazy .

I kike the 350z but as stock they are so slow. Forced induction is much needed. Shame tbere wasn't production version .

So slow compared to what? £5k will get you a 280bhp two seat RWD GT car with a V6 in the front. Its not going to be an TM Evo off the line, but its not slow at that price?

[TameRacingDriver]

Even old ones are about 14 seconds 0-100 mph, so I fail to see how they are "so slow". I had a Roadster version which was even heavier and slow it was not. Tons of torque as well for an NA engine. I think some people need a reality check. Yes, they aren't as quick as a 911 Turbo (as I found out!) but then a 911 Turbo isn't £5K.

[blade7]

A 350Z makes a lot more sense to me than something like a 944 S2 that people are trying to knock out for 2 or 3 times the price.

[oceanview]

blade7 said:

A 350Z makes a lot more sense to me than something like a 944 S2 that people are trying to knock out for 2 or 3 times the price.

Yes, but, you could say that about 60's Ferraris - they're dynamically crap- but sell for millions!

[Loyly]

TameRacingDriver said:

Even old ones are about 14 seconds 0-100 mph, so I fail to see how they are "so slow". I had a Roadster version which was even heavier and slow it was not. Tons of torque as well for an NA engine. I think some people need a reality check. Yes, they aren't as quick as a 911 Turbo (as I found out!) but then a 911 Turbo isn't £5K.

The problem wasn't so much that weren't fast in an objective sense, they'd blow a shopping car into the weeds with ease. They didn't feel fast or satisfying, and that's half the problem. They should have been quicker, they're too heavy and the handling wasn't up to much. I like them enough but the drive they give is rather less than the sum of their parts.

[TameRacingDriver]

Loyly said:

The problem wasn't so much that weren't fast in an objective sense, they'd blow a shopping car into the weeds with ease. They didn't feel fast or satisfying, and that's half the problem. They should have been quicker, they're too heavy and the handling wasn't up to much. I like them enough but the drive they give is rather less than the sum of their parts.

Hmm, I dunno I quite miss mine in a way. They aren't super fast I admit but they are plenty quick enough to be enjoyable on the road. There are better machines for hooning but most driving isn't like that anyway, and for anything up to 8/10ths I found them very enjoyable cars to drive and own. I actually think they have pretty decent handling for a heavy car.