Nissan 350Z — TIMING CHAIN OR BELT?

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The Nissan 350Z is a sports car manufactured by the Japanese marque Nissan. Launched in 2002, the 350Z was the successor to the legendary Nissan 300ZX and quickly became one of the most demanded sports cars worldwide. In 2008, this model would be replaced by the Nissan 370Z, an updated model that followed the same philosophy as this one. In Japan, this model was marketed as Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33).

Nissan’s 350Z is a sports car built on the Nissan FM platform. It shares some elements with Infiniti vehicles. It was sold in coupe and roadster bodywork. It had a longitudinal front mid-engine and rear-wheel drive. In terms of engines, all versions of the 350Z were powered by 3.5-liter V6 gasoline/petrol engines. This model also had several performance variants under the NISMO sports brand, such as the NISMO R-Tune or NISMO S-Tune GT.

This vehicle had only one generation. It competed with rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz SLK, the BMW Z4, the Mazda RX-8, the Alfa Romeo Brera, the Audi TT or the Honda S2000 among many others.

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Nissan 350Z. Timing Belt or Timing Chain?

Down below you will see a list with all Nissan 350Z models that have been produced. They are classified by model identifier, year and type of bodywork. Above each list, we show you a series of pictures so that you can have a visual reference for each model. In some cases, both the original and its updated design are displayed to help you identify them with ease.

In this guide you will find all Nissan 350Z.

■ Timing Belt / Cam Belt (Correa / Faja de Distribución)
■ Timing Chain (Cadena de Distribución / Cadena de Tiempo)
■ Gear Driven (Distribución por Engranajes)
100% Electric, No Timing (Sin Distribución)
Unknown / Not Updated (Información desconocida)

If a car model is specified in blue, it means its motor engine has a timing chain; that is, it has no timing belt. The rest of the vehicles marked in grey have a timing belt/cam belt.

Nissan 350Z I – First Generation (Z33) (2002)

Roadster (Convertible / Cabriolet)

Diesel Engines

There are no diesel-engined versions of the Nissan 350Z cabrio Gen 1.

Petrol Engines

  • VQ35DE 3.5 280 CV (2005 – 2007)
  • VQ35DE 3.5 291 CV (2003 – 2005)
  • VQ35DE 3.5 301 CV (2004 – 2007)
  • VQ35DE 3.5 305 CV (2005 – 2006)
  • VQ35HR 3.5 310 CV (2007 – 2009)
  • VQ35HR 3.5 313 CV (2005 – 2009)

Coupé

Diesel Engines

There are no diesel-engined versions of the Nissan 350Z Coupé Gen 1.

Petrol Engines

  • VQ35DE 3.5 280 CV (2003 – 2005)
  • VQ35DE 3.5 291 CV (2004 – 2007)
  • VQ35DE 3.5 301 CV (2002 – 2008)
  • VQ35DE 3.5 305 CV (2005 – 2006)
  • VQ35HR 3.5 310 CV (2006 – 2008)
  • VQ35HR 3.5 313 CV (2005 – 2008)

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