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Look. Look at that wickedly orange and modded Nissan 370Z. It's been swapped with a twin-turbo V6 that makes 400 horsepower. It has a manual. A manual! But rather than excitement or joy, this only gives me a deep sense of sadness.
It's called the Clubsport 23 Project, built by Nissan Motorsports and MA Motorsports. They started by finding a Nissan 370Z Nismo donor and dropped the 3.0-liter VR30DDTT twin-turbo V6 into it. And because the VR30DDTT had never been mated to a six-speed manual transmission before, I had to create a clutch disc, cover and flywheel assembly to hook up with the Nismo GT LSD Pro-Carbon 2-way differential.
There's a bespoke dual exhaust system with high-mounted exhaust tips, which look cool. The rest of the mods include upcoming Nismo brake pads and stainless steel brake lines, Nismo suspension components and Nismo cast aluminum-alloy wheels. There are also Nismo body panels, carbon fiber splitter, modified rear pumper and a carbon fiber hood with hood pins.
If that all sounds too good to be true, it's because it is. The car is not for sale. At least not for right now. Nissan created it for SEMA
Depending on the level of interest, Nissan Motorsports may offer a "builder's kit" that consists of parts and components of the car.
Why would not there be interest in this? This is the 370Z of tuner dreams! It looks awesome, has a great-sounding engine and three pedals. this is what Z has been wanting, especially since Nissan's sports has been stale of late. The GT-R is too expensive and the 370Z is oooooold news, man.
It's great that they turned the 370Z into this awesome thing, but you know what would be greater? If they made it for real and sold it to people. And to show it at SEMA, a trade show that is not really open to the public, is just adding insult to injury.
It's not just Infiniti. It's Nissan, too: Put up or shut up.
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