So, picture this: it's 2008, and Nissan drops a bombshell in the car world-introducing the VQ37VHR engine. This bad boy was a game-changer, finding its home in the 370Z and the Infiniti G37, among others. Nissan's VQ37
when it first came out in 2008, it had more power than v8 muscle cars. I miss my 370z, i owned the nismo and it felt so stable even in the rain, learning how to drive manual in this was really hard that even my coworker who loves manuals stalled driving it for the first time in traffic. It was rewarding when i mastered it though.
The gasket issues in the early years is actually the oil gully gasket by the timing chain. Would break down and leak so they eventually changed it to metal gasket to fix it. Changing it is a pain because you have to take the front plate cover off.
This car is literally the easiest car to make good power with good weight, Intake 400$ test pipe 200$ Catback 400$ and tune 600 $ and you have 400+ crank HP and it’s 3300 pounds. It’s 20k and you only need 1500-1600$ to FBO it. AND it’s reliable.
An easy 20HP is simply swapping the exhaust system. That's 20 HP minus a tune. HIgh flow converters or test pipes added with intake and it's plausible to gain 40 HP with a tune. It's not cheap to add power to this engine as it's pretty good out of the box. If one doesn't want to spend upwards of 50K and up for the new Z, you can get a 370Z (or Infinity) in the 20s and spend about 10K for a Z1 orTop Gun supercharger and you'll have a more powerful car than the new Z for 20K cheaper.
