Japanese Culture and the Z

kenchan

I've not had oil temp issues. You newbs are reading too much bs and not enough truth.

Rui Z

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Endgame

Also, why does the Z need more HP and torque to move into the elite status? The Cayman S has been called the best sports car on the planet and it has less power and torque than the Z.

HP and torque is not what is need; weight loss is. If the Z dropped another 100 pounds and refine the engine a tad more (or give it better breathing mods from the factory as all those issues disappear after that - but then that takes away the fun of modding), then it would be very close to elite to me.

How my car is set up now, it is outstanding/smashing/da bomb/awwhh yeah/word to your mother/thumbs up, and any other phrase you can think of. Well, I lie some, I need sways and stickier tires...

ProfessorDave

Endgame just called me FAT!

Where is your holiday spirit?!

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Rain, snow, sleet, hail: 2009 Mazda 3 sGT HB
Everything else: 2009 370z, PW Touring 6MT

Endgame

DOAH!!! MY BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ProfessorDave

Seriously, I agree with you - the Z could lose some weight. Tough to do with all the safety equipment required these days.

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Rain, snow, sleet, hail: 2009 Mazda 3 sGT HB
Everything else: 2009 370z, PW Touring 6MT

ImportConvert

The Z really isn't that fat when you consider everything. The best way to make it thinner is to trash the material. I think Nissan should have made the car out of fiberglass and the Nismo with carbon-fiber bits (Fenders, etc.)

This would have allowed them to keep most everything the same, yet shaved a good bit of weight, eliminated door-ding potential mostly, etc. The only thing is crash-ratings, and I am not an automotive engineer so I don't know how changing from aluminum sheet to CF/glass would effect the need to add support beams that werent necessary before, if at all.