Everyone with oil temp issues

alan93rsa

Robert,

As others have stated the oil can get hot in short order if pushed. My experience was 2 laps at modest speed, 2 laps in traffic and 1 hot lap to hit 275F and climbing. Out of 170 cars I was the only one that had to stop due to oil temp issues. That is pathetic.

Nissan needs to stop allowing any journalists to drive this car on anything other than a loop around town. As it stands now they offer the enticement to drive the car on a track. I believe they know this can't be done without exploring the outer edges of seriously shortened engine life.

As for your mechanic's thought on oil temp I'd buy 220 maybe 230. Over 240 and anyone driving a Porsche on the track will most likely be hitting the pits to find out what is wrong.

Speaking of Porsches I bought the Z because it 'looked' like a good alternative to a Cayman S. I'm not so sure anymore. Six Caymans were at Mid-Ohio last weekend and not one pulled off track. A friend ran four sixty minute stints on Friday in his Cayman S without a single issue. He's had this car for two years and he flogs it with regularity.

I'd suggest you take your car to a track and have someone drive it that knows the track. My guess is that you would be asking them pull off the track in a very short period of time.

If I had wanted a Hyundai I would have purchased a Hyundai! As it stands I purchased a car that needed an oil cooler but the factory didn't want to complete the job. At the least they could have included instructions on how to install one in the owner's manual, don't you think?

Or maybe a warning sticker on the speedo:

Please do not attempt to pass a Hyundai

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Robert_Nash

I don't have any intentions of tracking my car; if I did, I'd be installing an oil cooler...I really don't see a problem.

I would think, given the price differential between a Cayman S (especially what a Cayman S can get up to) and a 370, you should have enough money left over to buy as many additional oil coolers as you could want.

If the oil temps are getting dangerously (for the engine) high for normal driving/conditions that's a problem that needs to be addressed...if, however, it's primarily an issue when tracking the car then I don't see it as something Nissan is obligated to address.

I do hope that Nissan makes additional coolers (engine oil, differential, etc) available; at least as an aftermarket product if not as a factory installed option for those who want/feel they need them.



Edit: Maybe this isn't the thread for this but a though on tracking street cars...
Most street vehicles intended for the public and for public roads; even high performance "sports cars" are not race cars. If you take a street car to the track you are engaging in an activity that the vehicle was NOT intended for (regardless of whatever hype various manufacturers like to hit us with) and it's an activity that WILL put more wear and tear on all your vehicle's components/systems than normal driving.

Tracking your car is fun...no one can deny that...who doesn't like to pretend to be a race car driver for an afternoon but a street car will never be a purpose-built race machine.

I'm sure there are some stock street vehicles out there at/near the Z's price range that may, in regards to certain components/systems, hold up/do better (when tracked) than the Z...I suspect there are other components/systems on the Z that might hold up better that those other vehicles too. A mass produced vehicle is always a collection of compromises no matter who makes it; at least that's going to be the case unless you are willing to spend lots and lots of money for your vehicle.

I'm really not trying to start an argument here or ruffle any feathers...it just seems as if there are a lot of people these days with expectations of a modestly priced sports car that just aren't very realistic...then again, maybe it's just a function of my age and how I've seen automotive product change and improve over the past forty years or so...I know first hand how far vehicles have come...how much better they are in just about any category you could name. Those who have been around a bit less time that I may think 0-60 times in under 5 seconds and top speeds in excess of 150 have always been commonplace.

Thank God they don't build them like they used to!

Ok...soapbox put away now.

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-My Basset Hound Is Smarter Than Your Honor Student and Barack Obama -

jayem76

I've read through this whole thread. I'm still deciding on whether to buy this car. I think everyone has valid points.

Robert's message makes a lot of sense though. Its a production car. There aren't any advertisements out there that say the 370z is track ready (at least i didn't see any). If there are ads, please post them. Then I'd say there's more reason to be upset with Nissan.

The Nismo 370z, however, is being called an out-of-the-box track car. Now if that car has overheating issues on the track, I'd be a little more pissed off about it.

What to do, what to do??? I think I'm going on another test drive this weekend...