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Originally Posted by KoolKarmaJoe
The 370Z is turning out to be a "WEAK" car!. It has a Achilles Heel, a piece of SH*T Drive train! Cars should be built on a solid foundation, but if your drive train is Sh*t , than you have failed Nissan! A Mazda Miata or a Suburu BRZ has a stronger drive train, that is more reliable than Nissan OEM CSC! I'm beginning to regret my purchase of a Z!
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That's a bit much
I have a problem with the way Nissan has handled certain issues (the ESCL and CSC in particular). But the Z does not deserve to be disparaged for them. If you think a Miata or BRZ is that much better, by all means you are welcome to trade your Z for one
You're attributing the quality of one small part of the drivetrain to the entire system. The MT holds quite a bit of power before needing to be upgraded itself. There is a CF driveshaft upgrade, but the stock one is certainly not garbage. No comment on the differential lol. But for street use, the stock system is absolutely adequate with the exception of seemingly random CSC failures. For *most* of that stock system to also be able to handle power increases and track duty with typical upgrades (like clutch and differential) is pretty impressive in my book. This is a $30K sports car after all. I will admit Miata doors are fuckin amazing, but Miatas and BRZs I'm sure have their own faults. The question I feel is more relevant than what those issues are is whether Mazda or Toyobaru treat their customers the same as Nissan with respect to those issues.
FWIW, I took care of a few minor issues I had with the Z (Z1 CSC kit, RJM clutch pedal assembly, tune for throttle lag), and the car drives amazing for me now. I did the installs myself (except for the tune) and the total cost for those three items was about the same or less than what most dealers would charge to put another garbage CSC in your Z if it fails out of warranty.