AlWakRa 370z's Journal - PW from Qatar

Martijn_b · 12-25-2019, 09:25 AM

Once that you got to take it out on track. Its gonna be a bit trial and error probably for the first 2-3 times, but it should be fine after that! Enjoy!

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Hotrodz · 01-05-2020, 08:46 PM

The saying is...the more caster the faster you will be! Depending on camber mine is runs between 6 and 8. I use less caster the more camber I run and toe.

AlWakRa · 01-06-2020, 09:27 AM

I believe my caster at 5.5-6, this is the max, maybe because I am not that low, as I understand, more caster means more camber gain when you turn, it is very beneficial if you want a street/track car.

Hotrodz · 01-06-2020, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlWakRa

I believe my caster at 5.5-6, this is the max, maybe because I am not that low, as I understand, more caster means more camber gain when you turn, it is very beneficial if you want a street/track car.

6 is about where I keep mine when running -3.3 and still with a little toe. I was at 6.6 with pretty much your exact alignment.

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AlWakRa · 01-06-2020, 03:42 PM

I think my height is the limiting here, as MCA adviced me to return oem swaybars, so I had a little rubbing when I lowered the fronts, I will need to roll my fenders, also, I am planning to go for lower tires next time and get the car lower. I have two sets to finish right now, 275/40/18 sur4g and 285/30/18 r1s, after they are done, I am planning on trying 295/35/18 yoko a052, a lot of positive reviews about them.

I didn't know if I reported it, but I have some issues with my tranny, a little hard to get gears in and 5th grinds, the clutch engagement point isn't as smooth as it was, I think after two weeks I will have some time to get the transmission down and check clutch/pressure plate, if everything looked fine, I think I will be due for a new synchros or full tranny. It is still drivable but I need to be easy when shifting.

Hotrodz · 01-06-2020, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlWakRa

I think my height is the limiting here, as MCA adviced me to return oem swaybars, so I had a little rubbing when I lowered the fronts, I will need to roll my fenders, also, I am planning to go for lower tires next time and get the car lower. I have two sets to finish right now, 275/40/18 sur4g and 285/30/18 r1s, after they are done, I am planning on trying 295/35/18 yoko a052, a lot of positive reviews about them.

I didn't know if I reported it, but I have some issues with my tranny, a little hard to get gears in and 5th grinds, the clutch engagement point isn't as smooth as it was, I think after two weeks I will have some time to get the transmission down and check clutch/pressure plate, if everything looked fine, I think I will be due for a new synchros or full tranny. It is still drivable but I need to be easy when shifting.

Copy that! You are running much taller tires than I am. Running a smaller diameter tire will help. I am running 315 30 square so rubbing has not been an issue.

Sounds like your synchros are starting to go. I got to start saving for a tranny just in case!

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AlWakRa · 01-18-2020, 01:11 PM

Did an Autocross event today, my best run here

AlWakRa · 01-25-2020, 04:26 PM

The schedule is very tight for my RSX, before two weeks I missed a round, this weekend there was a round that I participated in, but still I have alignment issue and limp mode, my fastest lap was 2:37, hopefully I will sort out the power issue this week, but I am not looking into tuning until I can get a trackday to do the logs.

Here is my fastest

My car speed was third from last, but I finished 10th from 20 participants in both races. I hope for improvements in next race.

AlWakRa · 02-10-2020, 07:17 PM

After two years of hard use with OS Giken HTR2CD, decided it is time to go back to single plate clutch, ordered Zspeed Stage 3 with CMAK upgrade to v2.

OS experience was fantastic in track, good in street until you reach a traffic jam, it heats and starts to be an on off engagement, I wouldn't blame the kit as I got the second most aggressive model in their lineup

recently, the gear changes started to be hard, the feel is more like the clutch isn't disengaging quickly, and 5th grinds unless I go very very slowly in it. So, it is a great time to get the transmission down for inspection on syncros and change the clutch. Also, I plan to use the car in street more often, I choose a little aggressive kit, but it should be a lot better than OS in street and holds track abuse.

Waiting for it, it should shows up within two weeks.

After that I plan on doing some adjustment for autox, like getting my sway bars back on the car, changing my sur4g to r1s and getting the car lower (it should go pretty low with 285/30/18) with more aggressive alignment

as my current one isn't aggressive

Did one Autocross event with the Z, unfortunately didn't get my fastest run recorded, this was an experiment to use 1st gear in the narrow layout, which was slower than my fastest by more than a second.

Also, participated in another race with my rsx, only mod was to change the exhaust and manifold, which didn't get the check engine off for secondary O2 sensor, and I get rear bushes installed and new bolts for camber and toe. Had a better alignment Front -3 camber 0.08 toe out (3 caster which isn't adjustable) Rear -1.8 camber 0 toe. It rotates better now but still understeers, but this time felt the lack of power, so kpro4 is on top of my list.

I have my plans set for now, I will get my boltons completed, which I already mentioned before, IM, CAI, 70mm TB, and tune. For suspension, I will try to get new front top mounts to increase caster, I may reduce rear camber a little, also, I may get a strut braces for rear side, which should help the car to rotate better.

AlWakRa · 02-18-2020, 02:08 PM

The new clutch and flywheel from Zspeed, Super Street kit with Cmak v2 conversion to the one I have already. Kudos to Joe for the great service and communication.

Martijn_b · 02-18-2020, 04:16 PM

You never get a "sticky" clutch pedal on track? I had this twice on the Nurburgring now

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AlWakRa · 02-18-2020, 04:54 PM

Didn't have any issue with sticky clutch, I have SS line, rjm HD CMC, rjm pedal, cmak, and OS htr2cd. I use Castrol srf for fluid. But I think number of times I shift in a session are less than one lap at the ring

6 upshifts, 5 downshifts per lap, 11 total (12 if we counted 4th-3rd at first turn).

I felt a slippage with the clutch last time I drove it, so hopefully my transmission is fine. I think these little kilometers were very hard (nearly full time trackdays, autocrossing) lots of shifting and launching.

If I went back to before the clutch upgrade, I had two oem csc failed, one after I bought the car (used so maybe first owner), fixed on warranty, the other after like 25k kms, mixed street and track use, but didn't get sticky clutch as I had ss lines and dot 4 fluid as my first mod.

AlWakRa · 03-08-2020, 06:19 PM

So after Clutch install, the clutch has benn much easier to drive on, it hold power well, but pedal efforts still higher than what I imagined it will be. I feel the flywheel is light on higher rpms, but a little heavy on low rpms, I would loved if I have that light feel everywhere. Anyway, my z has became a lot more friendly in traffic. Unfortunately, it looks my synchros are bad, the grind in 5th didn't go.

Some photos I took for the car

370z 1 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr

370z 2 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr

370z 3 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr

370z 4 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr

Martijn_b · 03-08-2020, 06:50 PM

Too bad, hope you can find a good used gearbox locally for not too much.

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AlWakRa · 03-16-2020, 11:40 AM

My race car update, lots of work with it, full bolton with hondata, and rear big swaybar, I found vtec wasn't working

and because of all the noise inside the car, I wasn't suspecting it, anyway, after all the work, my car is now the fastest car in the straight, still understeers which held the car back in turns, started in 9th, climbed until 6th, until an angry guy stopped the race. I need to work on my racing lines and fix some issues for next season.

12-25-2019, 09:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Martijn_b Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 280 Drives: 2010 370z MB 6MT Rep Power: 3787	Once that you got to take it out on track. Its gonna be a bit trial and error probably for the first 2-3 times, but it should be fine after that! Enjoy! Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk __________________ Instagram: Boosted_Fairlady

01-05-2020, 08:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hotrodz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NW, AZ Posts: 9,330 Drives: 10 Nissan 370z Nismo Rep Power: 2684386	The saying is...the more caster the faster you will be! Depending on camber mine is runs between 6 and 8. I use less caster the more camber I run and toe. __________________ *Fast Intentions TT Installed and Tuned by Seb at SpecialtyZ 610whp 560tq:\|Fast Intentions 3" TT-TDX*\|SpecialtyZ/Fast Intentions 72 Row Oil Cooler\|SZ 6 Puck Clutch & Flywheel\|3GsCustoms\|Z1\|Wavetrac\|Hotchkis\|Whiteline \|Blitz\|Fortune Auto 500\|Fujimura\|SPL\|H&R\|TK\|TWM\|RPM Rollbar\|Sparco\|Next Level Performance\|TrackSpec\|AeroFlow Dynamics\|Pioneer\|

01-06-2020, 09:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	I believe my caster at 5.5-6, this is the max, maybe because I am not that low, as I understand, more caster means more camber gain when you turn, it is very beneficial if you want a street/track car. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

01-06-2020, 03:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	I think my height is the limiting here, as MCA adviced me to return oem swaybars, so I had a little rubbing when I lowered the fronts, I will need to roll my fenders, also, I am planning to go for lower tires next time and get the car lower. I have two sets to finish right now, 275/40/18 sur4g and 285/30/18 r1s, after they are done, I am planning on trying 295/35/18 yoko a052, a lot of positive reviews about them. I didn't know if I reported it, but I have some issues with my tranny, a little hard to get gears in and 5th grinds, the clutch engagement point isn't as smooth as it was, I think after two weeks I will have some time to get the transmission down and check clutch/pressure plate, if everything looked fine, I think I will be due for a new synchros or full tranny. It is still drivable but I need to be easy when shifting. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

01-18-2020, 01:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	Did an Autocross event today, my best run here __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

01-25-2020, 04:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	The schedule is very tight for my RSX, before two weeks I missed a round, this weekend there was a round that I participated in, but still I have alignment issue and limp mode, my fastest lap was 2:37, hopefully I will sort out the power issue this week, but I am not looking into tuning until I can get a trackday to do the logs. Here is my fastest My car speed was third from last, but I finished 10th from 20 participants in both races. I hope for improvements in next race. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

02-10-2020, 07:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	After two years of hard use with OS Giken HTR2CD, decided it is time to go back to single plate clutch, ordered Zspeed Stage 3 with CMAK upgrade to v2. OS experience was fantastic in track, good in street until you reach a traffic jam, it heats and starts to be an on off engagement, I wouldn't blame the kit as I got the second most aggressive model in their lineup recently, the gear changes started to be hard, the feel is more like the clutch isn't disengaging quickly, and 5th grinds unless I go very very slowly in it. So, it is a great time to get the transmission down for inspection on syncros and change the clutch. Also, I plan to use the car in street more often, I choose a little aggressive kit, but it should be a lot better than OS in street and holds track abuse. Waiting for it, it should shows up within two weeks. After that I plan on doing some adjustment for autox, like getting my sway bars back on the car, changing my sur4g to r1s and getting the car lower (it should go pretty low with 285/30/18) with more aggressive alignment as my current one isn't aggressive Did one Autocross event with the Z, unfortunately didn't get my fastest run recorded, this was an experiment to use 1st gear in the narrow layout, which was slower than my fastest by more than a second. Also, participated in another race with my rsx, only mod was to change the exhaust and manifold, which didn't get the check engine off for secondary O2 sensor, and I get rear bushes installed and new bolts for camber and toe. Had a better alignment Front -3 camber 0.08 toe out (3 caster which isn't adjustable) Rear -1.8 camber 0 toe. It rotates better now but still understeers, but this time felt the lack of power, so kpro4 is on top of my list. I have my plans set for now, I will get my boltons completed, which I already mentioned before, IM, CAI, 70mm TB, and tune. For suspension, I will try to get new front top mounts to increase caster, I may reduce rear camber a little, also, I may get a strut braces for rear side, which should help the car to rotate better. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

02-18-2020, 04:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Martijn_b Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 280 Drives: 2010 370z MB 6MT Rep Power: 3787	You never get a "sticky" clutch pedal on track? I had this twice on the Nurburgring now Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk __________________ Instagram: Boosted_Fairlady

02-18-2020, 04:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	Didn't have any issue with sticky clutch, I have SS line, rjm HD CMC, rjm pedal, cmak, and OS htr2cd. I use Castrol srf for fluid. But I think number of times I shift in a session are less than one lap at the ring 6 upshifts, 5 downshifts per lap, 11 total (12 if we counted 4th-3rd at first turn). I felt a slippage with the clutch last time I drove it, so hopefully my transmission is fine. I think these little kilometers were very hard (nearly full time trackdays, autocrossing) lots of shifting and launching. If I went back to before the clutch upgrade, I had two oem csc failed, one after I bought the car (used so maybe first owner), fixed on warranty, the other after like 25k kms, mixed street and track use, but didn't get sticky clutch as I had ss lines and dot 4 fluid as my first mod. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

03-08-2020, 06:19 PM	#13 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	So after Clutch install, the clutch has benn much easier to drive on, it hold power well, but pedal efforts still higher than what I imagined it will be. I feel the flywheel is light on higher rpms, but a little heavy on low rpms, I would loved if I have that light feel everywhere. Anyway, my z has became a lot more friendly in traffic. Unfortunately, it looks my synchros are bad, the grind in 5th didn't go. Some photos I took for the car 370z 1 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr 370z 2 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr 370z 3 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr 370z 4 by Ali Al-Emadi, on Flickr __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

03-08-2020, 06:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
Martijn_b Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 280 Drives: 2010 370z MB 6MT Rep Power: 3787	Too bad, hope you can find a good used gearbox locally for not too much. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk __________________ Instagram: Boosted_Fairlady

03-16-2020, 11:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
AlWakRa Track Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Qatar Posts: 600 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 13450	My race car update, lots of work with it, full bolton with hondata, and rear big swaybar, I found vtec wasn't working and because of all the noise inside the car, I wasn't suspecting it, anyway, after all the work, my car is now the fastest car in the straight, still understeers which held the car back in turns, started in 9th, climbed until 6th, until an angry guy stopped the race. I need to work on my racing lines and fix some issues for next season. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring Sport Pearl White 6MT Powered by: Fast Intentions - Motordyne - Stillen - OS Giken - CJ Motorsports - Mishimoto - MCA Suspension - SPL - SuperPRO - RJM - Z1 Motorsport - Zspeed - Volk My Humble Journals

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