how fast is FI'ed Z and satisfaction - part 2

Flyboy · 10-28-2011, 10:47 PM

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..

phunk · 10-29-2011, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

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

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

ImportConvert · 10-30-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phunk

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.

roplusbee · 10-29-2011, 04:39 PM

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

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?)

Red__Zed · 11-03-2011, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by phunk

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

Not sure If serious

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.

KaienZ34 · 11-03-2011, 09:12 AM

ZED...

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.

Forced Induction Finished Builds

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 #?

10-29-2011, 04:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
roplusbee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 2,360 Drives: 2007 350Z NISMO Rep Power: 23	__________________ 2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift \| UPREV \| F.I. \| Greddy \| Competition Clutch \| Injector Dynamics \| Aeromotive \| Pioneer \| JL

10-30-2011, 09:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
phunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,669 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 974724	I can't comment because I have never known anyone to have a failed diff in the z33/z34 world __________________ Charles @ CJ Motorsports : Website \| Facebook \| Instagram \| YouTube Home of the 9 second, stock longblock, stock drivetrain 6MT 370z. 9.91 @ 142mph

11-03-2011, 09:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
ZInferno0248 Base Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 154 Drives: 2010 370Z Nismo SC'd Rep Power: 15	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. __________________ 2010 370Z Nismo, Silver / GTM Stage-1 SC / Custom Tune / GTM Oil Cooler / FI Resonated Test Pipes / FI CBE / Alpine HU / Focal's / JL AMP & Sub / AP Racing BBK / TTA TE-37's / RE-11's / KW V3's / SPC Camber Arms / Whiteline Sways

11-03-2011, 09:12 AM	#10 (permalink)
KaienZ34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LA. not L.a. Posts: 21,652 Drives: Z34 Tour/Sport Rep Power: 178	ZED... __________________ *"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"* http://www.the370z.com/members/kaienz34-albums-z34.html

11-03-2011, 12:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
KaienZ34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LA. not L.a. Posts: 21,652 Drives: Z34 Tour/Sport Rep Power: 178	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. Forced Induction Finished Builds __________________ *"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"* http://www.the370z.com/members/kaienz34-albums-z34.html Last edited by KaienZ34; 11-03-2011 at 01:00 PM.

10-28-2011, 10:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Flyboy Base Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Destin, Fl Posts: 152 Drives: Nismo Rep Power: 16	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..

11-03-2011, 11:55 AM	#11 (permalink)
krod Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: texas Posts: 54 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 15	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?

11-03-2011, 10:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
Perfourmance Base Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Phoenix Posts: 23 Drives: Viper Driver Rep Power: 15	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 #?

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