#WanganCarChallenge My version. The MODERN Devil Z!

Hello, CT. What’s good, my name’s Flux. Recently, MR2Maniac started a challenge….

…which involved designing a car to be something out of the Mid Night Club. Normally, I’d just go with a Camaro with a big-ass engine, because that’s how I roll. But not today. I have decided to do something a bit more…interesting.

LET’S GO

1. Car of choice

For this, I have chosen the Nissan 350Z. It’s got good aero, it’s easily modifiable, and best of all, it’s the successor to the 240Z.

2. Upgrades

In Wangan Midnight, we find that the Devil Z was powered by the L28 engine, not the stock L24. As you may (or may not) know, the L28 is from the 280Z, which is newer than the 240Z. Given this, it would be logical to conclude that a modern-day Devil would have a VQ37 engine.

Upgrade-wise, the engine should be bored, stroked, turbocharged, and tuned. I made this chart to better describe what’s in my head:

I decided to go with a numeral upgrade rather than a proportional gain, because 1,235 horsepower is just a bit too much, don’t you think? Plus, since this is real life, an upgrade to the engine strength would come in handy. It IS a Wangan car, after all.

Since the Devil Z is more about speed than control, suspension isn’t that much of a priority. But, since I don’t intend to make myself another victim to the Fairlady curse, we’ll be adding track-grade racing coilovers and sway bars, along with racing slicks.

3. Visuals

The Devil Z had some pretty unmistakable mods: Carbon widebody fenders, an S30 race aero kit, RS Watanabe F8s, and a blue paint job.

Since there’s no race aero kit for the 350Z, the Ings N-Spec Type-E body kit will work quite well.

For paint, the Daytona Blue paint color will do perfectly.

As for the rims, the original F8s will do.

4. Performance

Performance-wise, speed should be the one thing we’re shooting for. Pretty much every other factor (except control) is irrelevant.

CHART TIME

This time, we’re going with a proportional gain, not numerical. Why? 275 mph is too high of a top speed, that’s why. Anyway, to figure out the speed we should shoot for, we need to divide the stock 240Z’s speed with the Devil Z’s.

125/200 = .625

Now divide the 350Z’s speed with the value.

155/.625 = 248

248 mph. A little crazy, but not too far off from reality.

So, in a nutshell, the Devil Z 2.0 will be a VQ37-swapped 350Z. The VQ will be bored and stroked to 4 liters, with the components reinforced by aluminum and steel. It will have twin turbos, allowing it to make 780 horsepower. With an Ings body kit, this new Devil Z will have a top speed of 248 mph.

And, just because words don’t do it justice, here’s the closest I could do to recreating this thing:

That will be all. Thanks for reading this, friends. Peace!