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Originally Posted by UltArc
I am not comparing 2003s, I am comparing 2012 and 2013s. And I am tying my best to stay in the same ball park, so of if I am looking at 6 cylinders I try to stay with only 6s. Sometimes you can't, but I try to. I don't think there was a Camaro in 03, and I don't know much about the Mustangs from back then.
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The person here had an old 350Z he bought for under 10k. Seems like a pretty solid deal. Now comparing it to your new mustang or anything else that is double the price seems silly.
Even if you just want to compare the engines, Nissans 350Z's VQ35 engine platform is over 13 years old. In 2003 it was a very effiecent engine. In fact it was the only V6 engine from Nissan, Ford, or GM to be listed on the top 10 engines:
Ward's 10 Best Engines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2007 Ford's Duratec 35 finally made the list. My point is, that each company's inovations come at different times. Comparing a newer V6 to an older V6 is not really an apples to apples comparison. Think of comparising the 1990 V6 300Z TT to even a V8 mustang. both were pretty solid cars. Then look at the neglected Camero of 1990. It did not get a quality engine in it until the LS1 in 98? Amazing engine, but took forever to get to the market. I wonder what Nissan has up their sleeves for their next engine platform?