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Old 10-22-2011, 09:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I bought the 370Z as a fun road car for occasional "spirited driving", not as a track car. It wasn't advertised as a track car, and it would be my expectation that if I ran it a lot on the track, I'd have to cough up for appropriate track mods, oil cooler included. That expense would be relatively minor compared to the price increase that the additional insurance coverage would cost me.

In my daily driving, oil temps have never been even close to limp mode, or anything else that would cause me alarm. It's fine with me that Nissan elected to add an oil cooler for 2012. On my 2011, I don't need it and for my use can't envision it possibly being worth the chance that Nissan could use an aftermarket version installation as an excuse to void the warranty.
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I bought the 370Z as a fun road car for occasional "spirited driving", not as a track car. It wasn't advertised as a track car, and it would be my expectation that if I ran it a lot on the track, I'd have to cough up for appropriate track mods, oil cooler included. That expense would be relatively minor compared to the price increase that the additional insurance coverage would cost me.

In my daily driving, oil temps have never been even close to limp mode, or anything else that would cause me alarm. It's fine with me that Nissan elected to add an oil cooler for 2012. On my 2011, I don't need it and for my use can't envision it possibly being worth the chance that Nissan could use an aftermarket version installation as an excuse to void the warranty.
Dude that's your own personal experience. How bout the forum brothers living on the deep southern end that can see heat indexes as high as 130? I had one Z without the issue and one Z with. You DO NOT have to be on a track to get close or see limp mode. A lot of you are letting that part go over your head. But anyway.
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Dude that's your own personal experience. How bout the forum brothers living on the deep southern end that can see heat indexes as high as 130? I had one Z without the issue and one Z with. You DO NOT have to be on a track to get close or see limp mode. A lot of you are letting that part go over your head. But anyway.
You'll hit limp mode no matter how you drive when it gets that hot? Damn that sux
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Dude that's your own personal experience. How bout the forum brothers living on the deep southern end that can see heat indexes as high as 130? I had one Z without the issue and one Z with. You DO NOT have to be on a track to get close or see limp mode. A lot of you are letting that part go over your head. But anyway.
I live in NJ so we dont see temps quite as high as the south but it gets darn hot. It was in the high 90s for weeks this past summer. During that time I pushed my Z many times on the backroads. I never even came close to limp mode. I personally think its pretty hard to get it into limp mode on the street unless you are driving like a total azzhat. I can see how indexes of 130 could lead to it though I suppose.
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I live in NJ so we dont see temps quite as high as the south but it gets darn hot. It was in the high 90s for weeks this past summer. During that time I pushed my Z many times on the backroads. I never even came close to limp mode. I personally think its pretty hard to get it into limp mode on the street unless you are driving like a total azzhat. I can see how indexes of 130 could lead to it though I suppose.
Driving spiritedly on the backroads of central texas, Southern Appalachians, western New Mexico/east Arizona, and now west Texas; I have never reached limp mode. I've come close, but I've never had any need to slow down for it to cool off. I just change up a gear and keep going, problem solved.
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Driving spiritedly on the backroads of central texas, Southern Appalachians, western New Mexico/east Arizona, and now west Texas; I have never reached limp mode. I've come close, but I've never had any need to slow down for it to cool off. I just change up a gear and keep going, problem solved.
Same here. I took my car to El Paso in the summer and while in DFW with record heat waves, no limp mode. Since I am going to track mine, I installed an oil cooler myself. Very easy.
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