From this months Car & Driver.

 

exactlyy what im looking for 320 horsepower i just hope automatic not 6 speed.. hoping its true so i couldd rape the is350 and bmw 335i all dayy long ..lol... nicee find

 

..dude what are you smoking??raping 335i's lmao..the bmw 335i is putting down unmarkable numbers in the 1/4 and 0-60 times..you might wanna do some research on this ..many forum members will tell you the same thing.im just waiting on a offical word if the new 08 is going to be turbo'd or not.. which is still unknown till this point..

 

As much as I'd love for the 08 to be turbo'd I HIGHLY doubt that it will be. Simply because it would greatly cut into the sales of the GTR next year. I will definitely agree with the fact that the 335i is putting down ridiculous stock times, but I think that with a 330-350 hp powerplant and a strong transmission the new G would easily keep up, not even talking about BLOWING AWAY an IS350. I wish that April would come sooner, does anyone know the date of the show, i'm too lazy to look it up..

 

6th-15th of April

 

The 08 coupe does not have to rape 335i in order to do well, if it is on par with the 335i in terms of performance; it will sell it hotcakes.

 

Where did you get the 330-350HP #? I highly doubt you can get 330-350HP from a 3.7L in it current form w/out either variable lift or twin turbo. Even w/ 330-350HP, the G will able to keep up w/ the stock 335 but when you add Vishnu into the equation, the G will fall behind again.

The current G is already faster than the IS350 from 0-120MPH, so I don't care too much about the IS350.

 

I got those numbers from the talks that since the sedan is about 306 now, and like it's precedent sedan which had 260, while they gave the coupe 280, the coupe will be about 20hp stronger than the sedan. The speculations go anywhere from 330-350. And common sense. If the current 3.5L makes 306 hp, I'm positive that they'll be able to easily achieve 330 with a .2L increase.

Aside from that there is definitely no comparison between the easiness of modification between the 335i and the G, the factory turbo'd motor needs some software, better air inlets, and probably a front mount and you'll be decimating most highly tuned cars. The only downside is the not yet evident reliability factor, that BMW's aren't as acceptable to mods as japanese cars are. But that's yet to be seen on the new line so I'm not going to make claims I can't support on that.

 

Going from 260HP to a 280HP in a 3.5L is going from a 74HP/L to 80HP/L. But going from 306HP to 330-350HP from a 3.5L to a 3.7L is going from 87HP/L to 89-94HP/L. It's really hard to break into the 90HP/L from a N/A engine w/out variable lift. I don't recall any car under $50k that break 90HP/L from a N/A engine w/out variable lift. So, keeping the same HP/L as the current 3.5L, you're looking @ 320-325HP.

 

I really don't give a crap if it can beat a 335 or not. 320 horses and looks that can kill are enough for me. I can't beleive I'm about to trade in my 06 M35 and go back to a G Coupe...Oh well.

 

The 08 Coupe will look so good Infiniti could put a 4-banger in it and it would sell like hotcakes.

 

for all we know it might turn into some gay @$$ chick car. After all Infiniti did say that they are trying to target single middle age woman.

 

Throw some D's on that B@tch

 

The last couple of comments is a perfect examples of why Infiniti should make a G25 too.

 

So 2 out fo 3 articles say the 3.7 liter is going into the new G. I hope that is true.

The G with or without the 3.7 liter will not blow away the 335 (nor the IS350 for that matter) but it will tighten up the gap to a point where it shouldn't be the deciding factor unless you are modifying the car in which case the 335 wins hands down. The G engine already makes more power up high (above 6k rpm) that the 335. The larger engine will make the power difference at low rpm a bit closer. The current difference from 0-120 is only 1.9 seconds between the 2 cars. If that difference gets below a second then the difference in overall acceleration is negligible. The "feel" of the engine at low rpm will never be comparable between the 2 cars. The BMW has that hands down.