Bleep Bloop, new member.

[misterjones4]

Hey there, I got my Z last summer, but my application to the forums got stuck in the toobs or something, but I'm in now. I have a silver 09 touring with small brakes and bose nav that looks like gamecube graphics. look forward to getting deep into the details on these cars.

[Spoiler]

Greetings... welcome to the forum...

Where at in NC?

[danegrey]

Glad to see you here, enjoy the Z, for it likes to run

[Memphis370Z]

Welcome.

[Quicksilvers]

Welcome to the 370Z forums. Post some pics of your Z if you can.

[osbornsm]

Bleep boop made me think of Family Guy R2-D2.

[Quicksilvers]

Welcome to the 370Z forums. Post some pics if you can.

[Nixin]

Congrats & Welcome to all things Z! This is an amazing forum.

[mkrism]

This is my first post!!!! Bought my z back in January and happy to be with some fellow Z lovin folks 2016 6SM with 13000 on the OD. I hope to pick up some good tips on making a little more torque out of it and maybe some bank account friendly upgrades on the exterior. Nice to meet everyone!!!!!!

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[BettyZ]

Congratulations! First steps: oil cooler and CMAK.

[Quicksilvers]

Before you begin any exterior modifications definitely install a Z Speed Performance CMAK Kit before it’s too late and install an engine oil cooler I have an AAM Competition S-Line oil cooler and it helped out tremendously. Exterior modifications are very subjective since everyone here likes something else.

[Spoiler]

Welcome mkrism ...

[mkrism]

Originally Posted by BettyZ

Congratulations! First steps: oil cooler and CMAK.

So I'm looking at 2 purchases at about 500$ a piece and and labor for an install. Why should this be done on a car with less than 15,000 miles on it??? Please excuse the lack of knowledge on this as I am a first time Z owner.

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[BettyZ]

Originally Posted by mkrism

So I'm looking at 2 purchases at about 500$ a piece and and labor for an install. Why should this be done on a car with less than 15,000 miles on it??? Please excuse the lack of knowledge on this as I am a first time Z owner.

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No problem, questions are welcome here.

Oil cooler: the Z is badly undercooled. Even spirited street driving will push oil temps above the 240*F range, and the engine will start pulling timing and go into "limp" mode, with the same effect on performance that a limp **** has on a .. different type of performance.

Z1 25-row oil cooler kit, Setrab core, wrapped oil lines, and a thermostatic plate would be my recommendation, unless you plan on tracking/seriously street driving your car, then go with a 34-row option.

CMAK: the CSC on the Z is a ticking time bomb. It could fail in a year. Or it could fail tomorrow. It's a garbage plastic cylinder inside the trans housing. When it fails, you can't shift. Which is a badness thing.

You have to drop the transmission to replace it. So you're looking at at least $1000 in labor to replace this part. Every time it fails. And it will fail, often. There is no better piece of preventative maintenance than replacing the CSC with a CMAK. Even better, since the transmission is already coming off, you can upgrade your clutch and flywheel for basically zero labor cost. ZSpeed has options to include a clutch/flywheel when you purchase the CMAK.

If you're still on the fence, you could ask -ZS-Carpenter for his opinion: his stock CSC failed at ZDayZ and he had to nurse his Z some 600 miles home in 5th gear, never knowing if he could get moving again after each gas stop...