spc rear camber arms same as 350z?

BrandonSS

I'm not looking for the answer to save a few bucks. I'm just curious. And, like said before if one has the parts for their 350 and upgrade, what could they keep around?

As far as R&D'd... isnt the 370 lighter than the HR 350z's? Not looking at a pure engineering aspect, but the forces should be less than that of a 350z in cornering, meaning that the 350z arms should be beefier or stronger than needed on a 370. No?

Sh0velMan

I don't think any company that makes aftermarket stuff does any real FEA/CAM work to this effect. The fact that most all of them use big thick steel parts pretty much tells you that. They can be reasonably sure that if they make it with heavier gauge steel tube than the stock part used, it's going to be plenty strong enough.

There are, however, exceptions and those exceptions cost $$$.

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cheshirecat

I get what you're saying, but cornering pressures on suspension pieces aren't that cut and dry. However, you're on the right track.

From an engineering standpoint, a part is made to bear a certain amount of maximum load before failure. If one vehicle has the capacity to generate 50% of that load at max power, and the other has the capacity to generate 55%, you'd be safe to assume that the part can handle the loads from both vehicles without an issue.

just to add a nugget to the discussion... the 02-06 Maxima also uses the same arms and toe bolts.

It's almost like Nissan shares parts between different platforms. I wonder why they would do that.

One more- the 02-06 Altima also uses the same parts....

need I go on good sirs