MDeezy

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I dont understand why either, the sylvia was just as popular as the Z, and more 240s live on now than older Z's and as soon as you mention drifting you expect to see a 240. If they brought the almight Z back and it is doing so well, wouldnt they think, hey if we brought the 240 back, it could just as well or maybe better than the Z!?

Maybe they dont want to distract sales from the Z, but really it would distract people from buying maybe an SRT-4, or Cobalt, or what ever other car would compete in that class.

I think sadly the sylvia will only live on in the aftermarket world, Z is back and the GTR is comming back, so I guess we 'll have to be happy with that.

Gears & Crosses

But it isn't here (US)...

Nice link by the way. And very nice car

Ant96GLE

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True story

abradic

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I would love to say turbo it, but the 3.5 has issues with boost. If you want to buy a project car, screw the GTO. Buy a Supra, or an E36 M3 to boost. Oh yeah!

JClaw

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The 2005 Z's internals have been redesigned, possibly for the eventuality of boost in future Z's.

Jeff92se

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I think if Nissan has it's finger on the scene right now, they should consider bringing back the 240sx again. But they would probably screw it up AGAIN and use a stupid truck motor. One thing for sure, if they do bring it back, it will have well less than what the Z or G series have. Hopefully just a thinly detuned turbo 4 cylinder detuned to about 220 horses or so.

Nealoc187

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Yeah if Nissan wants to make a real killing they would bring back a turbo (or at least easily swapped) 240. They would clean up... SRT sales would go through the floor and Nissan sales would go through the roof. Who the F would buy an SRT4 when they could get a factory turbo 240 for the same or a few thousand more.

Jeff92se

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Is the SR20DET engine still in production? I would think Nissan could make it pass USA emissions with little problem. It's not like high powered 4 cylinder engines are a rare thing now in the usa. ie.. SRT, STI, EVO, etc....

burtreynolds

I think the popularity of the 240sx platform (along with a few others including my own) is the ability to build a great, fun car on a low budget. No one feels bad about modding the crap out of a car they bought for $1-$5k. I own a 1G DSM and I love it. After a few boostless years, Mitsubishi finally brought the Evolution to the US. It is by far one of the most fun cars I have ever driven, puts my AWD Talon to shame as far as drivablility and still being fun and fast and reliable BUT no one is buying them. Too much money. I imagine the same thing would happen to a "new" 240, who wants to spend $25k-$30k before you can even mod? Dodge did it right with the SRT-4 Neon, make it affordable because the majority of buyers are in their 20's. Then offer upgrades that do not void the factory warranty on top of it. I think Nissan is smart they are concentrating on making cars that people will continue to buy based on performance, luxury, and reliability.

Quicksilver

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It's in the S15 Silvia as we speak. Maybe it's the 5 valve motor w/ boost, but I think it's still the regular 4 valve motor...

EDIT ->

Nissan Silvia (S15) Specifications
Configuration Front engine / Rear wheel drive
Engine Aluminum 2.0L DOHC Inline-4 16 valve with intercooled turbocharger (SR20DET)
Horsepower aprox. 250 bhp @ 6,400 rpm
Torque aprox. 202 ft-lbs @ 4,800 rpm
Transmission 6-speed manual
Length 175 in (4,445 mm)
Width 66.7 in (1,695 mm)
Height 50.6 in (1,285 mm)
Wheelbase 99.4 in (2,525 mm)
Weight 2,734 lb (1,240 kg)
Tires/Wheel F: 205/55VR16 R: 205/55VR16
Suspension F: Independent - Struts R: Independent - Multilink

This car would be damn perfect, as long as they sold it for under $24K...

abradic

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JClaw, do you know exaclty what they did to the new VQ35 in the 350Z and G35 coupe? I see the power is up because of a 7K redline. An article mentioned it was possible due to stregnthened internals...what was done? Is that engine able to be boosted now without having the issues of the earlier 350Z/G35? I absolutely love the way the G35 looks, and would like to buy one when the 2005's become slightly used if I was able to do FI without heavily reinforcing the engine. Let's face it, the current Greddy kit is only 7psi, and I would love to see 12-14 without crunching the motor.

JClaw

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From what I have read the problem is mostly the rods (and 10:3:1 comp sure as hell doesn't help). But you can still get nearly 400whp out of it reliably.

They basically changed the entire internals for 05. Common sense says that the 7k redline implies stronger stuff, and they didn't just change the entire internals just for a measly 13 hp. Honestly, even if I had the money (which I don't, being 18), I would wait before buying a 05 G/350. If it's something you want to keep for a while, you should wait it out. Because if the new internals truly sustain boost better, then the potential of a G/350 would be outrageous, you basically have a skyline (not to mention that RWD sure as hell can come in handy will all that power). There's an altima putting down 383 pounds of torque at the wheels at only 5.5 psi, so I definately think the VQ35 can be a monster, let's hope the new internals solve the problem.

I would wait a few years, guys are bound to boost theirs soon. I would wait and see, it's a lot of money.