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The first full race built 370Z (to my knowledge)

Long story short we have been working with a garage/racing team in Germany recently and here is some info with pics that I think you all will love.

Currently, they are designing a fully functional front bumper with a front diffuser for all of you track enthusiasts. :happydance:

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I have been Racing Nissans for more than 10 years so I know them all very well.

We built the yellow 370Z (with our race 350 dry sump engine fitted) for the 24 hours at the Nurburgring. It handled beautifully on its
Bilstein Dampers (Bilstein were one of our technical partners) along with Reccaro,BBS, and Dunlop.

We have developed a new bumper which takes the splitter, and you will see from the photo shots sent separately that we have adapted the side inlet sections to take air to the Diff (on one side) and gearbox oil coolers.

It would take a long time to give you all the details of this car.!!!

Please let me know what you think.

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/q...052009_245.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/q...an370Z_018.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/q...an370Z_027.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/q...an370Z_031.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/q...052009_093.jpg

-Hunter

looks intense...wonder whats all those switches for...lol

where's the gear shifter??

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Originally Posted by nogoodname007 (Post 89611)

where's the gear shifter??

are you serious?

Sequential shifter ftw

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Originally Posted by molamann (Post 89621)

Sequential shifter ftw

:iagree:

-Hunter

cracks in the windshield....any vids on this Z??

This car crashed into a another car during the 24hr event at Nurburgring. They got it fixed and finished the race.

There are some videos here.
http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-p...0z-inside.html

that could explain the cracked windshield then

Those bumpers come out and Im buying :)

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Originally Posted by RCZ (Post 89738)

Those bumpers come out and Im buying :)

Sooner or later, RCZ is going to convert his 370Z to an Unlimited FR time attack car. :happydance:

-Hunter

I'm loving that front bumper. It's very close to the stock look but with some functional inlets. Very nice.

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Originally Posted by 370Ztune (Post 89598)

Long story short we have been working with a garage/racing team in Germany recently and here is some info with pics that I think you all will love. ...

The front light mounting is elegant. I was going to mount my Bosch Compact 100s to the same transverse bumper bar, but was still thinking of some way to put them down in the "snout" part of the shroud. But that affects airflow, and still sticks out further than the bumper.

If you just run a plate forward through the snout with a top attachment to the bumper, you get the required stiffness but simplify quick removal of the overall bumper shroud. Like I said ... it's elegant.

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Originally Posted by 370Ztune (Post 89753)

Sooner or later, RCZ is going to convert his 370Z to an Unlimited FR time attack car. :happydance:

-Hunter

Its true, later than sooner, but I think so too.

Okay, now I'm excited! There is a lot of stuff I want more info on here...

- details on splitter and front body work... is splitter<=5"
- detailed pictures and specs on roll cage
- more details on how they chopped up the dash/panel and doors, what remains
- can I get a copy of the custom button panel they created for center console? I've imagined exactly the same thing to control fans for coolers, lighting, power cut off, fire suppression, etc
- what suspension mods did they make... what dimensions did they end up with... what caster/camber/toe are they running
- did they seam weld? can we get some shots of that? any opinions on where the car needs more rigidity from the guys that did the work?
- details on brakes
- how are they getting air to the brakes?
- where are the vents next to the headlight going?
- besides the wing, did they use a rear valance/diffuser to get downforce? how much total downforce front and rear over stock are they running?

THANKS for answering any of these that you can. Hopefully with your partnership with the team you can get access to some of these details.