The Official 370Z Autocross Thread

[zpower86]

Originally Posted by gomer_110

December Fastrack

Thanks. So only 6 of us wrote in letters. I'm not sure how they think it's "not beneficial to the category". :/

[gomer_110]

Guessing from comments I've seen on another forum that they view it as:

370z>350z and 350z = current class winner therfore 370z = class killer

IIRC the 350z was originally in STR and the reason it got moved was that a top driver curb stomped the rest of STR in one. So apparently if we want the 370z in STU someone needs to do a full tilt STR build and put a top driver in the car and then curb stomp the field.

[zpower86]

I thought Jason rhoades did/attempted that.


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[gomer_110]

J-Rho did.

Here's what we are up against:

My only answer would be power difference. The 350Z is already a winning car and the 370Z is capable of ~30-40rwhp more than the 350Z. Torque goes up as well. Weights are close on the two cars so you just put an even faster car than the already winning car in the category.

Because the 370 is smaller, lighter, stiffer and more powerful than the 350, which is already a class winner.

...There is a good balance right now at the top of STU between the AWD cars, the 350Z, and the C5. If the 370Z were put in the class there is a risk it would push all of the current cars in the class out of contention. If there are enough people who would build 370Z to make STU a spec class around that car, that addition could be seen as a net positive. At this point, I don't think there is enough interest in the car to justify that move.

I personally don't see the 370Z getting moved anytime soon based on all this. Maybe if they open boost tables in ST for the turbo cars they'll have enough of an advantage over the 350z to open the door back up for the 370z.

[PharmDZ]

Ugh this is frustrating... kind of stuck in a rut here. Still not willing to trailer/hoosiers for ASP but the car would get wrecked in STR, especially around North New Jersey/Philly. Some serious S2000 STR builds here.

Now to figure out what to do with this damn car...

[gomer_110]

Originally Posted by PharmDZ

Ugh this is frustrating... kind of stuck in a rut here. Still not willing to trailer/hoosiers for ASP but the car would get wrecked in STR, especially around North New Jersey/Philly. Some serious S2000 STR builds here.

Now to figure out what to do with this damn car...

Maybe find a codriver that could haul the Hoosiers to events for you and just change from street to race tires on site. Not ideal but it gets the job done.

[Brendan]

Maybe Ill do an str build for my region. I really want more front camber.

[gomer_110]

Just go to ASP and enjoy the purple crack.

[Brendan]

*researching 350z str builds.

[zpower86]

The 2017 scca solo schedule has been posted.

Champ tours:
https://www.scca.com/articles/200469...ur-17-calendar

Match tours:
https://www.scca.com/pages/match-tour

[gomer_110]

Originally Posted by zpower86

The 2017 scca solo schedule has been posted.

Champ tours:
https://www.scca.com/articles/200469...ur-17-calendar

Match tours:
https://www.scca.com/pages/match-tour

You missed the ProSolo schedule.

https://www.scca.com/pages/prosolo

[cjwsrt6]

It's pretty awesome how they won't move the 370 to stu and keep it in str but stu and str have essentially the same exact pax. I can't recall any class that has limited tire size Lower then stock like they did the 370 in str.
and why the hell is FS pax half a second faster then BS with cars like the new mustang and camaro, m3...

[gomer_110]

Until 370's start turning up in large numbers at NATIONAL events don't expect much to change. From everything I've seen in the short time I've been autoxing, the majority rules regardless of whether their decisions make sense. Look at the cars with favorable classing (pony cars, miatas, corvettes, the twins, and old shitbox hondas) and how many of them show up to national events vs the other cars with poor classing.

You can make a "what came first, chicken or the egg" type argument but it still won't change the fact that the 370 has poor classing and that isn't going to change in the near future.

[Brendan]

I may be at nats this year. If not the year following. I think I'll be happy in bs since my local competition is pretty fun to race with, I just wish we had more factory camber.

[xxAGAVExx]

First Autocross since I installed my powertrix coilovers, they felt great. Any tips for adjusting the dampening? They are 15 way adjustable, I had them at 10F and 8R from soft and it felt pretty good, I adjusted them up to 12F and 10R and didn't really feel much of a difference, but time was slower by 0.20s both runs. Now I'm still learning, so the 0.20s could very easily have been the driver, but any tips appreciated




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