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on this journey we will find our souls
begin to intertwine the art of God so
pure
and uh
lost my son
breaking faith for mine
girl for to inspire it stop
mr.
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all right you guys what is going on as
always you're watching roads untraveled
my name is Marcus and today I am behind
the wheel of a very special supercharged
Nismo 370z this will be a very cool
comparison because I actually drove a
phone stock in Nismo 370z very recently
if you haven't watched that video you
guys should definitely check it out and
we are still down here in Atlanta
Georgia and thank you so much to the
guys over at royalty performance for
tossing us the keys to this car today
it's gonna be a lot of fun
so currently this car is putting down
yes just take a guess you guys
if you guessed 603 wheel horsepower you
are correct okay with only 12 pounds of
boost with a centrifugal supercharger
stock block you guys okay so basically
what royalty performance has done was
they got this car it had a stock still
in supercharger kit on it right basic
kit four hundred wheel horsepower and
they put their own and billet wheel
inside the supercharger and also they
put a billet pulley on the rear of the
supercharger it is a I believe it's a
three three and a quarter inch pulley
and that is good for 603 wheel
horsepower a crap ton of power plenty of
power
oh yeah all right it is running an
aftermarket clutch right now so it's a
little bit chattery off the line it
takes a little bit to get used to and
you get that awesome constant suction of
the supercharger when you're in vacuum
and then as soon as you get under load
it goes away and then you get a blow-off
every time you shift it pretty fantastic
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all right second year
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hooks up awesome
now honestly
traditionally I am not like I'm not the
world's biggest 350 or 375 and power
the nature of this engine is all top end
power and like a little bit of mid-range
torque and this just accentuates the
power Bend so it's kind of the perfect
combination of boost you know forced
induction in combination with a
completely daily drivable build okay
this is a stock bottom end and royalty
performance actually has plans to put a
three inch pulley on it instead of a
three and quarter inch pulley on it to
get up to about 650 wheel so they do
have future plans for this car so
traction control is on it
apparently traction actually works
totally fine with this car as it is
stock obviously right does it's not too
invasive but the minute you go above 600
wheel horsepower in traction control
becomes very invasive
so just in one of the owners over at
royalty performance has suggested I just
turn it all the way off which is awesome
I love it hearing about that when we're
talking about modified cars because
especially when you're talking about a
traction control system that's made for
let's say 350 horsepower like this is at
the crank we've effectively we
effectively have double the horsepower
of the stock engine here so
clutches not too forgiving off the
lineman I got it you just got to ride it
a little bit and then you're totally
fine
and what's really cool is royalty
performance has done their own custom
air-to-air intercooler setup to work
with the still in kit so everything but
the supercharger is all proprietary and
custom to royalty performance and this
is one of the only supercharged 370 C's
in the world to crest over 600 wheel
horsepower or so or so I've been told
so they have the stock still in kit
basically came with a very small water
to Aryan or fuller South on the top of
the intake manifold and royalty
performance I've gone away and taken out
that core so it just flows completely
freely through there and then they've
built their own big front mount
air-to-air intercooler setup to go with
it which as far as I can tell for them
has worked very well and has been a much
more efficient than the small core with
the stilling kit like I said 12 psi
they plan to run 14 in the future maybe
hit 650 to 700 horsepower in the future
but we will see because again it's it's
a very tricky game you play when you're
pushing
that guy wanted a little pull he was
like ah can I hear it yes you can and
this is still running stock headers and
stock catalytic converters it's just got
a catback on it so it's still relatively
quiet around town but like I said that
still leaves room for more power gains
in the future which is exactly what
royalty performance is going to do this
is one of their kind of showcase cars
their showcase bills that they have it
takes a while to get used to that it's a
really distinct supercharger sound that
they have
oh it sounds awesome it really does
these cars have great steering right
from the factory awesome steering wheel
tack is dead in the center of the gauge
cluster
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that's a six-speed the clutch is a
little bit it's a little bit grabby for
the street but other than that
drivability has not been sacrificed in
the slightest okay so let's talk ride
height as far as I know all the
suspension in stock
let's look at all the creature comfort
comforts we've managed to keep AC in
this car as well
just a riot to drive as you can hear
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very angry very angry the see cars have
always been in my mind the muscle cars
of the Japanese world and this is I mean
superchargers are kind of to my my point
of view are kind of an American thing
like I said not a big fan of the 350z
but the 370 is a different beast
altogether and I've already got like a
little bit of adrenaline sheiks going on
all right here's third year from 4000
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okay all right plenty enough power but
it's not scary it's not a scary power at
all it basically just takes the stock
power band add some insanely cool noises
and then adds a lot more top end power
and it just keeps on building it's it's
really quite something else
this engine drops to 7500 rpm we're
gonna calm down a little bit here we are
I mean I don't want to get deported we
are not in my home country the United
I'm not American the United States is
not my country so to come down here it
is an honor it as a privilege everybody
down here in the south I just want to
say it's been incredibly humble and
sweet and southern hospitality has been
very nice to us so I appreciate I
appreciate you guys down here in the
south having us for about a week down
here it's been a blast so I just want to
say thanks guys for all that
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yeah even three to four thousand rpm it
one of my critiques with the stock
invisible 370 is the torque number is
just not impressive it's just not a very
impressive torque number so to see it
effectively be raised throughout the
power band especially near the top end
is something I can you know you can
really look forward to if you're going
to go or if you're considering the
supercharger route in one of these cars
and it kind of gives you good confidence
that you can so far reliably this cars
been on the road for six months up the
power to you know five hundred plus and
in this case 600 plus wheel horsepower
without blowing up the the engine block
car looks really good that wing in the
back is aces awesome aces in this car
the interior is much nicer than a 350
see a little bit nicer than a stock 370
as well the Nismo does add a few things
I've got some nice red stitching
Alcantara steering wheel these Nismo
seats you know if you're going to
supercharge the 370 obviously the normal
370 is a lot cheaper but this this is
basically the be-all end-all of the Z
car in 2018 is this what we're looking
at right now is it's pretty much as good
as it gets
even with Jackson up it hooks up totally
fine in second gear
absolutely fine hooks up and second year
you do get a little bit of traction
though at the top of second which speaks
a lot to the power band that the
supercharger actually adds I mean it
drones a little bit but it's it's a very
aggressive growl this engine has very
aggressive growl a little wind down
whistle when you come down to a stop
just a pleasure to drive all the sights
and the sounds of this car are very
animated it's it's a kind of a
cartoonish car everything in the
interior the way it's laid out it's very
kind of comical like straight out of a
comic book or like a movie or something
it's very hot wheels ask this card it's
honestly it's got a lot of character and
I you know I can't really say that about
many modern Z cars they kind of have
less and less character the newer you
get with them but this car in particular
the sounds and the sights of this car
are
awesome something to be remembered
absolutely
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the inputs are all very good to this
sitting position is made specifically
for me I feel like a lot of aftermarket
seats nowadays and new cars even will
just have too big like as funny as it
sounds they have side bolsters that are
too big and when you go to steer your
elbow just gets caught on them this
seating position is great and the
shifter position as well is pretty much
perfect shift your feel is awesome
like I said the only thing that you
really got to get used to is the clutch
which is aftermarket right and you kind
of need that when you're doubling the
power
wing looks awesome in the rearview all
the things you love about a 370 just
amplified and magnified up to 10 and
honestly you guys it is this is one
sensory overload that's for damn sure
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faster and faster the more you give it
and the higher the boost pressure is
only 12 psi for a 600 wheel very
impressive temps are all good
it's a driver's car this is absolutely a
driver's car the focus is on the inputs
the feel of the car the sights and the
sounds like I was saying that's what
it's all about so again thanks Justin
and the guys over royalty performance
for having us and on such short notice
tossing me the keys to this awesome
looking Nismo 370z with a nut
supercharger on it so I appreciate you
guys making the time and yeah thanks you
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