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370z weight ratio? Front to rear.

Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N Nissan's argument that acceleration will distribute the weight rearward to achieve a more neutral weight balance so they biased the weight towards the front while the

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Old 03-01-2014, 08:14 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Nissan's argument that acceleration will distribute the weight rearward to achieve a more neutral weight balance so they biased the weight towards the front while the vehicle is static.
Marketing crap.


Fixing weight on the Z is hard, otherwise Nissan would have done it.

Get the battery in the back, and drop what you can from the front. I wouldn't expect playing with downforce to be the first place to look.
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Marketing crap.


Fixing weight on the Z is hard, otherwise Nissan would have done it.

Get the battery in the back, and drop what you can from the front. I wouldn't expect playing with downforce to be the first place to look.
Yep, I'm skeptical as well. I'm just listing what they said. :P
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