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phunk 10-29-2011 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 1382812)
I turned off my SRM, I hate it. Every time I pull up to a light and put it in Neutral and move my shifter left/right I look like I'm showing off. I turned it off and never looked back..

Ya I just stopped moving the shifter back and forth. In 13 years of driving manual trans and moving the shifter back and forth, never once did I find that I failed to take the car out of gear. SRM gave me a reason to get out of the habit. When it's out of gear it's out of gear, looking back on it... To be constantly jerking the shifter back and forth just to keep on checking that it's out of gear and keep doing it the entire time I'm coasting as if it may have fallen back into gear somehow... It looks awfully OCD to me now lol

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by phunk (Post 1382860)
Ya I just stopped moving the shifter back and forth. In 13 years of driving manual trans and moving the shifter back and forth, never once did I find that I failed to take the car out of gear. SRM gave me a reason to get out of the habit. When it's out of gear it's out of gear, looking back on it... To be constantly jerking the shifter back and forth just to keep on checking that it's out of gear and keep doing it the entire time I'm coasting as if it may have fallen back into gear somehow... It looks awfully OCD to me now lol


:iagree:

roplusbee 10-29-2011 04:39 PM

:icon18::iagree:

ImportConvert 10-30-2011 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by phunk (Post 1381509)
No. Gearing like that helps but isn't needed for that power... There are faster cars with more aggressive gearing. 430rwhp can hook in a Z all day with no drama unless your setup wack

Speaking of, how are the OEM VLSD's holding up to a TT setup? I have heard that if you work the OEM diff hard, the oils degrade in the center unit and it quits working. Yet I see a lot of people with SC/TT in their SIG and no diff swap.

ImportConvert 10-30-2011 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phunk (Post 1382860)
Ya I just stopped moving the shifter back and forth. In 13 years of driving manual trans and moving the shifter back and forth, never once did I find that I failed to take the car out of gear. SRM gave me a reason to get out of the habit. When it's out of gear it's out of gear, looking back on it... To be constantly jerking the shifter back and forth just to keep on checking that it's out of gear and keep doing it the entire time I'm coasting as if it may have fallen back into gear somehow... It looks awfully OCD to me now lol

I discovered that I had left it in gear ONCE. I was very tired. It's going to be a VERY hard habit to break.

theDreamer 10-30-2011 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1384089)
Speaking of, how are the OEM VLSD's holding up to a TT setup? I have heard that if you work the OEM diff hard, the oils degrade in the center unit and it quits working. Yet I see a lot of people with SC/TT in their SIG and no diff swap.

Not that many guys with a SC/TT setup pushing their car to the limit. I would say there have been maybe 3-4 with a 370z who have pushed it. A lot of guys do some heavy street driving, canyon carving, but getting on the track is a whole different game with heat/limits.

phunk 10-30-2011 09:06 PM

I can't comment because I have never known anyone to have a failed diff in the z33/z34 world

ImportConvert 10-31-2011 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by phunk (Post 1384247)
I can't comment because I have never known anyone to have a failed diff in the z33/z34 world

My info came from a wikipedia article on the vlsd/miata mx5 and how the silicone in the diff broke down and the diff failed to work. The article stAted that by sixty thousand miles, this type of diff will be non functional. Obviously this is just hearsay and I wanted to ask someone who had btdt. Thanks! ( to re cap, it just does poorly, equally poorly, for the life of the car?)

ZInferno0248 11-03-2011 09:01 AM

Love my Stage 1 SC'd Z. It takes some getting used to driving the car with 400+ RWHP. The rear gets loose easily in gears 1-3. This is something that becomes more predictable as you drive it more and more. Does not really make the car a dragster though, the real fun against other cars is from a roll. The Z has a hard time using the extra power in first gear (lots of tire spin and blowing through redline) but after about 40 mph, the power is very usable and awesome. I pulled on a friends modded crotch rocket (180hp) at 60 mph and ran away from him to 155 mph (which is when I let off). He claims he's beaten a Z06 in the same scenario and could not believe the Z was so fast. The FI really brings the Z alive. It makes it a totally different car.

Red__Zed 11-03-2011 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by phunk (Post 1384247)
I can't comment because I have never known anyone to have a failed diff in the z33/z34 world

Not sure If serious

KaienZ34 11-03-2011 09:12 AM

ZED...:hello:

krod 11-03-2011 11:55 AM

For you guys with SC's, is an oil cooler required if you're running FI in a daily driven Z? No track time, just DD with the occasional joy ride. Just wondering if an aftermarket oil cooler is necessary. Also what typw would be sufficient if any?

KaienZ34 11-03-2011 12:57 PM

Oil cooler is a YES, they don't cost that much. If your going FI'ed and not ready to spend 10K+ your setting yourself up for trouble.

Check out this thread.

http://www.the370z.com/forced-induct...ed-builds.html

Perfourmance 11-03-2011 10:50 PM

a few pages back there was talk of raising the limiter...as a newb, would you be looking at upgrading the valvetrain? are 370s getting into aftermarket cams? most of these F/I setups seem to be unbroken/sealed motors. what's a safe bottom end whp #?

Notsud 13 11-15-2011 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by christian370z (Post 1378386)
Most stock E9X M3s put down around 335-350whp and 250-260ftlbs. Add in the extra weight, and it's an even match for a full bolt on 370Z. Add forced induction to the Z or G, and it will not be close.

have you guys seen a supercharged e92 m3? those things are ******* beasts.

sorry for bringing the e92 comparison back up, just thought i'd mention it cause i've always thought highly of the m3 motors.


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