I've never been a Z car guy, I like the underdog- making more out of a wallflower car, but I think the designers did the right thing with the new 370...
http://www.nissansportmag.com/newvehicl ... n370z.html
the New 370z
the New 370z
Merlin from Datsunhistory.com
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"test mule? I don't need no stinkin' test mule... Bert Vorgon is my test mule"
Re: the New 370z
starting to plan for a VQ37VHR swap...byron wrote:I'd be all over that like a fat kid on a smartie.
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Re: the New 370z
Wow, aluminum SLA front suspension and rear multi-link, hollow sway bars, carbon fiber driveshaft, nice stuff. I'll have to read more about the elect. heel-toe manual transmission.
Re: the New 370z
A starting price of $30K is pretty cool - nearly affordable!
I was really hoping that the new Z would incorporate the manual transaxle of the GTR - without the AWD system, but I just scoured the specs and overview in Merlin’s link, and I can't find it. Looks like it’s a conventional mid engine/m rear drive lay out.
The rev matching option looks good; I wonder what it'll be like to drive. I've recently (last week) rented a Lincoln MKS AWD with auto/rev matching technology for a 6 hour road trip down the I-5 - it was pretty smooth and fairly well engineered for what it was. It'd be a trip to try that technology with a manual transmission. I kind of figured this was coming, and I fore see this as being a standard feature on all manual transmission cars in the near future.
Nice car, they did the old 240Z proud at the design level.
Good job Nissan.
Byron
I was really hoping that the new Z would incorporate the manual transaxle of the GTR - without the AWD system, but I just scoured the specs and overview in Merlin’s link, and I can't find it. Looks like it’s a conventional mid engine/m rear drive lay out.
The rev matching option looks good; I wonder what it'll be like to drive. I've recently (last week) rented a Lincoln MKS AWD with auto/rev matching technology for a 6 hour road trip down the I-5 - it was pretty smooth and fairly well engineered for what it was. It'd be a trip to try that technology with a manual transmission. I kind of figured this was coming, and I fore see this as being a standard feature on all manual transmission cars in the near future.
Nice car, they did the old 240Z proud at the design level.
Good job Nissan.
Byron
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Re: the New 370z
I expected the weight front to rear to be better....
"People don't like it when shit doesn't match their rule of thumb." Sam
Re: the New 370z
anyone think of a vantage when they saw the front end?
looks better than a 350z that's for damn sure.
looks better than a 350z that's for damn sure.
Re: the New 370z
Nissan sides with the camp who prefer not to have a 50/50 weight dist.icehouse wrote:I expected the weight front to rear to be better....
they like the 54/46 or so area as optimal. i think the GT-R is the same.
richard norrish
'68 'goon resto / '71 ice racer / '72 'goon project / '70 4-door rust pile / '67 520 project
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'68 'goon resto / '71 ice racer / '72 'goon project / '70 4-door rust pile / '67 520 project
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Re: the New 370z
Sounds like it would come close to 50/50 then after driver (+passenger).rnorrish wrote:Nissan sides with the camp who prefer not to have a 50/50 weight dist.icehouse wrote:I expected the weight front to rear to be better....
they like the 54/46 or so area as optimal. i think the GT-R is the same.
I'm your huckleberry.
Re: the New 370z
That's pretty awesome... The interior is porn as far as I'm concerned.
Faster is gooder.