I picked up my 05 6mt coupe yesterday! I love the car, but my gripe is that it feels considerably slower than the 04s I test drove before ordering my 05. Is this just a consequence of the car not having been broken in yet? I've got about 200 miles on the car. I picked it up with 13 on it.

 

If the car only has 200 miles on it, you shouldn't be pushing it hard enough to know how fast she really is in the first place. However, to answer your question usually I do believe that a broken-in car will be a tad faster.

 

'05's are probably a little slower down low since there is less torque than an '04. Up top it'll feel faster and def after you break it in and can go above 4k.

 

Yeah, I'm taking it easy until I hit about 1500 miles, staying below 4000 rpm. I was referring to the low end torque. Does that improve with time.

 

Nope low end will not improve the 05 has less torque. Higher speeds it will do better.

 

That's funny. I just started a thread about how quick my car feels now as opposed to 1000 miles ago (Im at 3500 now). My 05 6 speed gave me a niiice 2nd gear wheel spin today.. no not a chirp.. spin. I hit 1st at 7000 and must've nailed the shift/ torque point. The car is quicker than it was 1000 miles ago, and I broke it in by the book at 1200 miles. 10 lbs less torque shmorque. I'm very happy .

 

alletMT.. you will LOVE 3rd & 4th gear >=D lol.. if you race an 04 that is when you will pull lol

 

Just be patient man I had the same issue with my car until I passed the 2500 miles. Once I hit that mark it was a completely different car.

 

^^^^^
Come on 2500!

 

You have to learn how to launch the car properly with VDC turned OFF (a must for any power out of the hole). If you're not aggressively launching the car from a stop in first, you really won't know what the low end of the 05 is like.

There's plenty of torque there, you just have to learn how to use it.

And as for the comments on the differences between the 05 and 04, there are posts on here with dyno graphs comparing the stock forms of both years that show LESS low-end torque in the 2004, with the 04 beating the 05 at peak torque of 4800. Not too many people can launch this car effectively at 4800, which means at launch the 05 will more than likely have more torque than the 04.

 

lol..........power throughout the power band, hp and torque will improve with miles.

 

Unfortunately a race of that kind is too high of a speed to find out...

 

Don't leave things in your G, It doesn't like extra weight at all, Warm her up nicely, and everything should be kosher.

I <3 3rd GEAR!!!!!

 

Everything is tight being so new bro, so give it some time. Another factor is the ECU has learned granny driving already (understandably).
Once it's broken in and driven more spiritedly, it will respond.

Congrats on the new ride. Enjoy.
C.

 

no trust me lol 05 6MTs vs some stock 350z and g35s AT gets a good little push at +70

theres nothing wrong withour low end vs an 04.. we're tied wiht an 04 up til high 3rd and 4th then we start to pull