Zwitta Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hey Guys and Gals, I've been a proud 370z owner since September, love the car to bits! Went to a drift experience day at Santa Pod yesterday and after some time in their Skylines with welded diffs I took my Z out for a quick "spin", needless to say it needs a mechanical diff over the viscous one installed from the factory. Anyways, I thought I'd say hey and post these youtube vids for you all Donuts First, with an attempted transition into Figure 8's Then screw the donuts, let's just try and make it happen without wasting too much rubber! Anyways, I'm looking to get to a Z meet in the northwest sometime soon! and if anyone has any LSD recommendations for the 370 that'd be amazing! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 to the forum Mike tyre suppliers may be useful too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 to the forum Mike tyre suppliers may be useful too clutch suppliers too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwitta Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hehe, Thanks for the welcome! I'll be looking for tyres as soon as I get a real LSD I'm sure!! I was surprised at how stable it was going round despite its short wheel base! I'm sure it's going to be very capable once it has a good mechanical LSD of some description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Welcome to the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwitta Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 I was also surprised at how snatchy the clutch is under these conditions, a harder wearing clutch will no doubt go in once this one goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 may be worth pm'ing ZMANALEX. He will be able to advise/sell on LSD and clutches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwitta Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Sweet Mikey, that's just the kind of information I'm looking for! I'll blast him a PM after I've done some more reading, I think I've got a good idea of what I actually want out of it and I know some of my options, I guess now I'm looking for a reputable place to have the work done... I also need to have a chat with my dealer to see what warranties they think it'll void and what they will still cover me for if I get it done... No doubt soon I'll be after a decent oil cooler and probably a bigger rad :/ ahh and so it begins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 aboard Mike Look forward to see how you get on with the 370z. As the other Mike has said, ZMANALEX and our other traders should be able to sort you out the bits you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 abbey motorsport are also traders here. For some specialised work to be carried out its worth speaking to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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martinmac Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi and welcome to the forum, very interesting stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zwitta Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Hey hey, thanks for all the welcomes! Looking forward to finding a meet with a few of you as soon as! Here's another quick video of my trying (and failing) to figure 8 with the standard LSD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ebized Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 welcome to the forum and 370 ownership Looks like you will be making some of our traders happy, but if they can't help I found Stillen provided a great service in getting their exhaust to me viewtopic.php?f=103&t=31681) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Looks like you will be making some of our traders happy, but if they can't help I found Stillen provided a great service Indeed they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zwitta Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hey thanks for all the welcomes! I'm looking at a Carbonetic 1.5 way LSD, some guys in the states say the 350 model will fit inside the existing housing! Will probably have to look into cooling for it though but that's going to take more research. Does anybody have any experience with aftermarket diffs on their Z, what was it like? did your dealer know? I really don't want to take her in for a service and for them to come back and tell me my warranty is totally void due to the LSD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Give ZMANALEX a PM, I'm sure he must have played with plenty of LSDs in his 350z monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwitta Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Done and done! I really don't want to mod the 370, it's one of the few cars I really don't want to mess with too much, but the diff really isn't appropriate for a sports car of this calibre! I can only assume they went with the torsen viscous to keep the costs down. Some sort of FI would be interesting in another year or so though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TimGSXR Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Blimey, seems like there are a few 370s knockin about. Nice to see your running it in correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwitta Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Hehe, she's done 4k miles already, I also made sure she was nice and warm before starting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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