Originally posted by warmonger:
How does your nissan 3.5 compare to that? About the same with an extra .5L displacement. All things considered the 3.0L conversion with cams exhaust and tuning is about as efficient as the 3.5L in the 350z producing less power but not by a lot and definitely expected with the half liter smaller engine.

So its all relative.



The VQ35DE rev-up engine with the new cams is dyno'ing over 250rwhp in the 06 350Z's bone stock. Add Nismo cams, intake, and exhaust (similar to the scenario you outlined for the 3.0L Duratec) and the numbers only go higher. And MANY people have tuned the VQ30DE engines well beyond any Duratec engine without having to replace stock internals.

As a former SVTC owner, I loved the Duratec engine, but I wouldn't put in the same class as Nissan's award winning V6 lineup for 10 years running. Just my .02. And in short order the next gen Nissan V6 will be out, and it'll trump the competition once again...

Last edited by cjbaldw; 07/28/06 02:01 AM.
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