Hey guys, new to the forums here and I have a question regarding G35's.

I'm always one to stick to a sort of "performance luxury" shall I say and am trying my best to get out of a 2001 S4 that I currently have. Thinking on trading it in on a '04-'05 G35. The bodies to me are just sleek and sexy and the sound of those engines are awesome. I know opinions here will be biased (of course ) but regarding performance on these cars how are they? I know they are in the range of about 290hp or so, so there is definitely room to mod. With full bolt ons and ECU what kind of power can these cars make? Do they handle well? I will be making a run here soon to test drive one but around here its hard to find people or dealers with nice ones in stock (and especially 6-spds).

I value opinions and the honesty of people that currently have them and have experienced all aspects of the car after driving them for a while. If anyone has any advice or anything for a newbie (or a point in the right direction to a good post about the cars) that would be awesome.

Thank you

 

You will love any year model G35, there are some differences so it depends on what is important to you... The 03-04 had 10lbs more torque and that feels great during regular driving as you have a usable power range starting low on the RPM scale... If you don't mind shifting, get the 6MT version if you can find one, they are much fun!

 

stock the performance is enough handling is good but is better in the 05+6mt because its the first year that has sport tuned suspention... you can fit that with simple mods tho to get it handling great

sadly with full N/A bolt ons you wont see more than 300rwhp and that will cost as much as a stage one vortech super charger kit that will get you more power.

 

There are lots of options that you can do for suspension. They stiffen up the cars and make it more enjoyable in twisties and what not. However on the power side there is not that much you can do. Well in general. With bolt ons you will generally only see 20whp gains, if that(That is with exhaust, intake, spacer, and a few others on at the same time). They way to go for big power is F/I. They can be had from as little of $5,000. On the stock block it will be safe to run 340 whp - 385 whp.
Test drive the car, I think you will love it.

-AGThing1227

 

I have an 04 with sport tuned suspension, 05 is not the first year, sorry, your mistaken

 

What bolt-ons would get you 300 whp? Sign me up...

 

He said you won't see more than 300whp. Meaning not one specific bolt on or a combo will get you 300whp.

If you would read the thread you will see I already stated what will get you close. Beebo is correct. With only bolt ons you will not see 300whp+. Well regular bolt ons. You can go above 300whp but it will cost lots of money. More so than F/I.

-AGThing1227

 

Awesome, thanks for the good replies. Still trying to look around here and find anyone with a good one in stock thats a 6mt, but those are pretty hard to come across for some reason around here.

I know everyone hates the "Well my friend said..." kind of scenarios but I have a legit one. My friend owned a mid 2000's 350z. I believe it was a 04-05 or whatever. He had bolt-ons, exhaust, all the goodies including fuel management and chip I believe. From what I heard he was pushing about mid 300's to the wheels with that. Of course, he was simply going off of what the guy before him told him and he really is not that smart when it comes to cars, nor has he driven anything with comparable power before. Does this seem pretty exaggerated or does this seem possible without a forced induction setup? I do not know the full capabilities of these engines when it comes to N/A... of course, thats probably a question I should be asking in the tech section I guess...

Thank you for all your responses guys, you have been extremely helpful so far

 

I love my car, and nobody could drag me out of it. As far as bolt ons are concerned don't expect to see huge gains. If you want nice gains go with a conservative FI setup (vortech or stillen supercharger). You will love it either way. Good luck!!

 

Okay, I went back and read your post about getting maybe 20whp with bolt-ons, and I know what those are and agree with you. However, when you are starting stock with under 240 wheel horsepower -- NOT 280-298, that's flywheel -- the math doesn't work. I think you may eke out 250-260 but nothing close to 300, that's my only point; that the OP should not expect anything close to 300 whp with bolt ons. I searched for dyno numbers on the site and didn't see any coupe, rev-up or non, with all the bolt ons you can imagine, that touched 260.

 

Well mid 300 is very unlikely. BUT if could of been done. The 350 motor is the same as ours. I bet he made 290whp. Or 300whp with cams?. The person he bought the car off of was probably saying the hp to the crank and added a bit to it . I have no idea, I do not know much about people pushing the limits N/A. But how much money do you have to spend for some power? What type of gains do you want? Alos look at my350z.com, g35nyc.com, and all the other ones at the top of the page. Just read up and learn. You will be suprised how much you will learn in a few days.

-AGThing1227

 

People have come close to 300whp. I think 289whp was the most I saw. If I can recall, I forget. But you will need cams (VERY EXPENSIVE), engine management system, good tune, and other things to put you close. It is just very costly and not worth it in my opinion. It will cost as much as a S/C. I believe the rev-ups produce better numbers as well.

-AGThing1227

 

i wasnt talking about the normal bolt ons people get like intake, exhaust, spacer, merv and ecu reflash... those will get you around the 20whp... im talking about those + cams.. ect.. ect.. Like an N/A built engine...
http://www.infinitihelp.com/Infiniti...escription.htm

http://www.infinitihelp.com/Infiniti...escription.htm

there some good readen for ya...

 

nitrous isnt a bolt on anymore?

 

I would think your S4 would have more power than the G35 but I could be wrong. I love my coupe, test drive one and see what you think.