Stalling the 7AT

1hot370z · 03-08-2011, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CharleyGFX

So last night, I was driving home around 1AM. There were no cars on the road, so I figured I have some fun. I turned off traction control, put it in M mode and decided I was gonna drift the car, as I turned right, at the four way intersection. I was coming at it in 2 gear, went side ways and started sliding. Now, during this slide, I guess I was having too much fun? that I forgot to take my foot off the gas... So I spun out of control and was doing doing doughnuts in the middle of the road. After the 2nd circle, I tried to correct the car, and drive off. But EVERYTHING just turned off on me and my z started rolling backwards into the median. I freaked out and pulled the E brake. Put the car into Neutral and tired to start the car again.. it did not work. So I put it in park and got out of the car to see if I hit anything. Got back in the car and tried to start it.. it worked normal again. I drove it to school this morning and everything was fine.

Can anyone tell me WHAT happened and should I be worried about it? Hope what I wrote was clear enough for you guys to understand what happened.

From my experience in my old 5sp auto 350z, when I would drift it on the track and spin out, the car would automatically turn off and stall out, all of the lights would come on but remain in the ON position.

However, after talking to many other 350z/G35 drifters, they said this is just an emergency shut off the car will perform, even if the TCS or VDC is turned off. There is nothing wrong with your Z. In fact, I tried restarting it and it would go, until I put the car in park, shut it completely off, and then restarted it..

Doesn't happen with a lot of manual drivers because we can depress the clutch, just like in my new 370z. It's more of an automatic thing.
That's why. Just a safety feature.