Originally posted by Yankees25:
Not sure why you think the VQ doesn't have torque. I gave up my SVT in favor of a G35. 260 lb-ft of torque is nothing to sneeze at, and a nice step up for me coming from the SVT. Heck, the Legacy GT (the other car I seriously cross shopped) doesn't have as much torque (250 lb-ft). And for '05 the VQ in the G35 gets a bump to 298HP in the 6MT (the auto goes to 280HP/270 lb-ft).
And when it came down to price, it was VERY reasonable (got into the G35 for less than a Legacy GT LTD would have run me). Luv me my RWD.
Yankee, NICE CAR man. You got any pics?  I agree, torque is in no short supply as compared to the old SVT. It's nice not to have to go over 3k-4k RPMs to get any kind of oomph out of the SE-R, unlike the SVT. Short example, usually when I leave my development, which exits onto a highway right after the crest of a hill, I get on the throttle a little bit since cars come flying over the hill at a good clip. In the SVT, I'd have to wind it up to 5k RPM in 1st/2nd to get going. In the SE-R, I can keep it well under 4k RPM and get better acceleration short shifting the 6-spd, due to the torque.
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