600HP ALL-MOTOR 4.2L VQ 350Z Track Day

The OnPointDyno Nissan 350Z with its monster 600HP all-motor NA 4.2L VQ engine hits Toronto Motorsports Park for a shake down session.

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[inserstnamehere]

Turbos are cool and all, but there’s nothing like a sorted N/A motorsport spec engine.

[x-hooktowhook]

That thing is inspirational for all us VQ owners

[VS]

sounds like a straight up GT3 race car now, holy shitballs

[joshjones]

Good lawd! That thing sounds like a damn monster man!

[mmeyershome]

That engine note has a little 911 RSR in it. Its like a Porsche playing the trumpet.

[troycheron]

I was present during filming at TMP, it sounds even better in person! Good seeing amazing things coming out of Toronto!

[jacquesgold]

LONG LIVE THE NA MOTOR!!!


Brings a tear to the eye!!! Amazing job on all the work that has gone into this car.
Would love to know the number of hours Sasha has pumped into this

Reminds me of my little baby..

[nelsitin]

now that’s the best sounding VQ in the world ever, music to my ears 😍

[timkramer]

This should be one of those random cars you've never heard of added to Gran Turismo

[rlscustoms]

My God the sound gave me goosebumps holy shit, wow what a car 😳

[HuntersMoon]

Great build, I love Sasha's approach to development of this thing

[anthonyclaxton]

Sometimes I like to come back and watch this and other videos of Sasha and Kels just to hear that amazing piece of performing art he built. Poetry in motion. Best sounding VQ engine that I have ever heard in my life.

[ZyxSpeed]

Holy crap that sounds savage! Incredible sounding machine! Never thought I'd say that about VQ!

[esb]

Always great to see how real you people are, no hiding at all.
Anybody that is into real world racing knows how much can go wrong anf actually goes wrong.
Thanks so much for sharing!

[coryunferferth]

VQ'S are a good sounding engine..as long as young dbags don't straight pipe them!

[QuickSlovak]

The oil pressure pulsation is really no concern, basically, as long as the bottom end is holding up. Bearing wear will be your first indicator. It seems you're sampling fairly quickly, so you're actually seeing the pressure difference peak-peak with data acq aliasing. You're going to need to a faster DAQ and a lab grade pressure transducer like a high UNIK 5000 to actually capture the wave form at about 3-4kHz.
I don't know how this Frankenstein engine is setup as far as timing drive, but what you are probably seeing is the oil pulsation from the timing chain tensioner. The tensioner will be most affected by the camshaft closest to the tensioner, however the VQ has a rather strange 3 chain setup with the exhaust cams running off the intake cam gear, so I'm not sure how that affect this pulsation. In a typical DOHC engine with a single timing chain, this is caused by the tension varying in the chain as each ramp on the cam(closest to the tensioner) lobe imparts a force on the valve and then the slack from the valve closing. In any case, it's normal for timing chain engines to have as much as 300kPa difference peak-peak from this pulsation. If you have VTC, you can actually see the phase shift in the oil pressure (relative to crank position) from the cam timing change if you're able to sample fast enough. I'd try to capture the peak-peak min and if it's >250-300kPa, send it! Even with aliasing you can probably capture the min pressure if you can hold a steady state condition for a few seconds.


In other news, I really love the development on this car! Proper engineering and fabrication skills.

[brianrobinson]

I love the sound of traction control on a race vehicle. The first time I heard it was on my friends race bike (Suzuki GSX-R600)

[jellie]

This is a higher level that the usual street racing videos out there.
I truly enjoy this

[FiveFiveGarage]

Mother of God. The sound!!!! Thank you for the in-car footage, that Z is gonna be a beast when he gets it dialed in!

[crzywldr]

Thank you guys for following this build. Easily one of my favorites. I cannot believe how much R&D has gone into this over the years. Its like a prototype every time we see it come back.