2010 Z Sport to 2013 Mustang GT

Red__Zed

because the nissan story about why the distribution is good is a complete fabrication...it is just an excuse.

cossie1600

yup, why do you want 50/50 weight distribution coming out of the corner? I would rather take a mid engine corner and take advantage of its braking and turn-in too

Red__Zed

you want 50/50 on 30% throttle, because that's how they run skidpad tests

ImportConvert

Pretty much. My 370Z is NOT what I expected when pushed hard. I didn't push it like that on a test-drive, or I honestly may have bought something else. That is a serious downside to the car. It is crap in a corner.

Why?

Lets say you enter the corner lightly on the brakes...well, then you balance on the throttle...but wait...you have to be ACCELERATING to balance...longer the corner...faster you go...constant radius corner...you do the math. Tire adhesion has a limit...so now you have a decision: Get off the throttle and toss the rear-end out, or stay on the throttle and have the front end push you off the road. Screw that. I'll take the 50/50 of my Z06 back in a heartbeat. Get off the throttle gently and just let the car settle back down. The 370Z is a thinkers car. You have to know the corner intimately and treat it "just so", or the car will bit you in the ***. The 50/50 cars are more simple. You can do what you please, and if it's the wrong thing, let the car correct it and remain calm, no big deal. Just be smooth, "listen" to the car, and let it fix any problems you run into. The 370Z, it's like a bitch girlfriend seething all the time, and if you push the wrong buttons, it will go nuclear on you and you can't stop it. There is no warning that comes in time, and it won't stop until it hits something, and it is highly UN-likely that you will talk it down, no-matter how gently you caress it.

This is just my opinion, having a properly engineered car, and now owning a 370Z, regarding weight distribution. Deal-breaker? No. I am keeping my 370. It is, however, a huge disappointment.

UNKNOWN_370

So there's no scientific reason for 53/47? They made it up for marketing reasons?

Red__Zed

Correct. The "scientific" junk is just marketing bs

UNKNOWN_370

So i just researched this tidbit of info... Thanks. You're absolutely right. But I would like to say this... Nissan throws around that 50/50 weight distribution thing around because of PORSCHE. They copy everything Porsche does. They are the ones who began the 50/50 weight thing. Now I don't know if Porsche was scamming or not? But I clearly remember them selling cars off of this theory.

ANYONE remember th3 advertisements for the 1987 & 1988 Porsche 928 S4?
Well, Porsche had a beautiful picture of the porsche on a green mountain road, possibly the autobahn or a section of the Nurbergrhing or however its spelled. The writing boasted the 928 S4 as the fastest automatic transmission production car in the world. 0-60 in 5.0 seconds and a top speed of 171mph. They boasted high end blaupunkt stereos and features that you didn't see on cars till the year 2001. but the hook of that add was the 928 s4's perfect 51/49 weight distribution. lol. Or 50/50 in the earliest adds.