Drifting
 

Anyone tried drifting with the 370 yet, or heard of anyone doing it?

I cant get my Z to go swideways for the life of me unless its raining out

even with the VDC off? you should be able to dift right? i mean that one commercial with the 3 models and 3 Zs were drifting.

haha oh it can get sideways - watch the sports illustrated model drive thing and turn off VDC

Dam you arcitc - beat me to it

FYI....they can also go up in the air......trust me....I did it! :rolleyes:

lololol

here is the clip -

With VDC off, I find it very easy to blip the throttle and induce a nice 'tail wag' around corners on dry pavement. If I really stood on the throttle during one of those maneuvers, I'm sure I could do a 360 before I realized what happened :roflpuke2:

Haven't seen that video before. Way cool...

...then looked at the swimsuit models' videos which were even cooler.:yum:

Drifting in Ebisu
 

I think there is a vid or two of some drifting at the practice course in Ebisu. I have seen at least one though in the past week. Check youtube or streetfire.

lol thats hydroplaning.

Drifting with a 370Z ;)

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Pictures of the Z
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...om/driftz2.jpg

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http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...om/driftZ3.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...om/driftz5.jpg

^ ooooo some very sexy rims on that Z. nices moves as well.

I haven't tried it yet, way too hard on all the parts, maybe when she gets a little older.

Kind of funny how drifting is so popular now. Auto, performance and tire manufacturers have spent the last 50+ years trying to get cars to stick and not drift for racing, and now we've just went and messed things up :icon17:

I have gotten the Z to drift several times and I love how progressive the chassis handles the throttle modulation. I mean I can get the car to step out just a weee bit or I can make it take a Godzilla step out around corners scaring lil women and children along the way :D hehe The car should be very easy to control and will if taking the correct line step out progressively and smoothly! Remember its all throttle control ;) GL and be safe!

What are the best tires for it?

The stock ones ;) I plan to wear the crap out of my stock tires since I'll be replacing them earlier than necessary anyways when I switch wheels.

If you can't smell your own tires, you're not trying hard enough. The Z easily breaks the rear end loose with VDC off at any reasonable gearing and speed.

umm ^s kinda silly... save those RE050s... get some cheap toyos to drift with... you will EAT up your stock tires if you slide around much in them...

That's the plan, I'm not keeping the stock tires on the car anyways. I am keeping my stock wheels (as opposed to selling them) though. I just have this thing about keeping a pile of all my OE pulloffs in the garage in case I ever want to put my car(s) back into stock config. I never end up using them, but I guess I'm just neurotic like that.

I am going to try to put my stock Rays on my wifes new RHD supra when I pull them off

Vdc?
 

Ok i feel like an idiot but what the heck is vdc? i know that its a button on the left but i never tried turning it off? is the vdc like a traction control? i feel like a total idiot asking this.... :eekdance:

Vehicle Dynamic Control. It's a superset of ABS. The inputs to the system are the individual rotating speeds of your 4 wheels (from the ABS sensors), the angle of your steering wheel, the throttle position, and a G-force meter that helps it determine what attitude the car's body is at relative to the line it is physically moving in (as in, are you sliding sideways?). The VDC function uses these inputs to attempt to maximize your traction. When it senses a loss of traction at any or all wheels, it has the option of independently applying the brakes for you at any of the 4 wheels, as well as electronically limiting the engine's power if it thinks the cause is too much throttle input. The goal is that when you do dumb things that cause you to lose control of the car, VDC tries to re-establish traction to give control back to you, usually at the expense of vehicle speed one way or another.

thanks..... for the info
 

THATS WHY!!!!! when i tried doing a burnout it just kept on grippin... i was sooo frustrated.... :roflpuke2:

Do you have sports package nappymike?

If not then you don't have the viscous lsd. Only one wheel whill spin (most of the time) that is why its so difficult to get your 370 sideways. For those stating its easy to drift, they have the sp pckg along with the lsd.

Any rubber you can get for it! For drifting, buying nice tires is WAYY TO expensive, you'll burn through a brand new set for the rear in a few runs, just grab a set of any old tire and just go out there an have fun. When you get more competitive and have more aggressive modifications thats when you start looking into sticky tires. The cars in Formula Drift run their tire sponsors top of the line Street tire, Toyo R1R, Hankook Ventus RS-3, Falken Azenis RT-615, Nitto NT03 or 1 i dont remember, Cooper Zeon RS3.

My last car was a G35 and comparatively the 370Z is harder to get the rear end to come around. Of course it can be done but you need to really draw on a lot of power.

But IMHO this is a good thing. The 370Z is so much more balanced; so much more confidence inspiring. It's nice to know that you can really get on the throttle exiting a corner and the car almost magically pivots. Probably not the best for drifting but certainly better for road racing (on a track of course...).

And this car is much faster than my old G35.

another drift/slide vid
 

YouTube - 370z

maybe with vdc on. with it off, i disagree. you can get the rear end to come loose easily. like others said, it's all throttle control. this car slides with ease.

its difficult to drift. easy to break loose, but hard to keep it. snaps u back very hard. the 350 for some reason was a piece of cake for me. maybe its the shorter/wider wheelbase

I think I was having trouble breaking loose when I got the Z, because the tires were so sticky. Now that I'm at 5K miles, it's a bit easier :D

Same here, very cool. Love the red one when it's parking at the end