Endgame, Yeah, I was pretty much sold on the 135i, had my wheels, suspension, everything picked out, then I got an invite to see the new Z. The best thing
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11-30-2008, 08:44 AM | #31 (permalink) |
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Yeah, I was pretty much sold on the 135i, had my wheels, suspension, everything picked out, then I got an invite to see the new Z. The best thing about the 370Z is that it is about $8k less and the same if not better performance. And that's without forced induction, can't wait to see what a turbo or twin turbo kit will do for this car. I'm a big fan of wide tires, I really like the fact that the 19's with 275 rears fit no problem, which means you could probably stuff a 295 or 305 under there. Good luck getting anything wider then a 255 on the Bimmer without rubbing. |
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Same with me! I was going BMW performance suspension and doing the Tii treatment. Glad to have a fellow convert on the boards. |
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BTW, great first post. Feel free to introduce yourself in the "New Member" section and post some pictures of your ride.
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Also the current 350Z can fit 315s in the rear with fender rolling, so I am expecting the same or more out of the 370Z. The fenders on the 370Z come rolled from the factory too! When I saw it in person there was a TON of room back there. This will be a bad a** car for sure.
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Too big of a stagger in my opinion. I have found that on the 350Zs at least I prefer a 20mm difference between front & rear max. I also like a shorter sidewall. I think my ideal setup would be what I run on my 350Z which is 295/30/18 front and 315/30/18 rear.
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Those are sick numbers for a stock car @ this price!!!
OP do you know what trim this z was? I'm thinking of just getting either base + sports or touring + sports... Lighter the better [:
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Yep, thats what I currently run on my time attack 350Z.
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Thats a whole lot of rubber up front man, any reason why you had to go that big? did it just balance out the car better or what?
Also could you shine a little light on the suspension settings you use? Camber, spring rates, etc. I want to get an idea of what works on the Z. |
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As for suspension settings, that always changes as the car develops and for the different tracks we are at so there is really no "set it and forget it" settings.
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It is fun for sure. The last two seasons the car ran multiple classes and the driving was split between myself and another driver. This coming season we are sticking to one class and I will be the driver.
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When I first bought mine back in February it seemed hard to launch without to much spin but now that the car is somewhat broken in and I have gotten use to the clutch I think 4.7 is very possible. In May I went to New England Dragway and my best qtr was 14.0 but at 104.98. That was with a walk off the line and letting off during the shifts. Quick note that the car is right at redline at the traps and dispite trying both staying in third and wasting time hitting fourth the better trap speeds happened with the shift to fourth right before the traps. Heading out tomorrow to the drags so I will let everyone know if things are faster tomorrow.
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