Such thing as insurance for the CSC?

kenchan

I looked at a csc elimination kit pict the other day, and kinda lol'ed that it's basically the old design the 350Z/G35C's came with.

Austonian

This is how I sleep at night.

but didn't they also have the same problem?

kenchan

i thought they did too, but since the design is completely different, they encountered the external slave cylinder leak, not the CSC. much easier to repair i thinks.

JARblue

Hrmm... did not hear as much about this.

I wonder how long it would take for problems with the Z1 kit to emerge. They did use a Howe racing cylinder (maybe better than the one Nissan chose?), and they have replacement cylinders for $60 with no transmission drop to install.

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JARblue

That was the inspiration. Why Nissan went back to the old, shitty design is beyond comprehension

I bought the Z1 kit when my master started getting soft. I enlisted some help and did the install over a weekend. I did not want to get stranded since I drive all over Texas, including places with no cell service and no traffic. Road side assist doesn't do much good when you can't call them

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JARblue

It was the original internal design with plastic components that had the problem. They solved it by using an external slave for the last few model years IIRC. Then for the 370Z, they went back to the shitty, prone-to-failure original design

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kenchan

Were the Z's CSC at one point? sorry, dont know the history of fairladies.

JARblue

I thought the early 350Z were internal CSC but they had problems (like the 370Z does) and so they went to an external slave in later years. But I'm no expert nor did I stay at Holiday Inn Express last night

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kenchan

that is the beautify of your system. THAT i can fix on my own! dropping trannies, id need external help.



i see. my G35C (2004) has the old folk lever + pivot ball system with the external cylinder.

JARblue

part of my reasoning for this kit was to avoid having to drop the transmission if any more problems with the slave arise


I just took at look at it. The Z1 kit looks far superior. And I like how some idiot vendor (who I already figured to be an idiot) was knocking the build quality

The 350Z definitely had an internal CSC originally. I'm not exactly sure which years or models used an external one (I saw reports of 2007s with internal CSC failures). Or whether it was the same design as the G or they improved the G and used the new version on both Z and G in later years.

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kenchan

that's good that he z1 kit looks more robust. yah, i dont know the history of the external/internal slave setups either. but what i do know is that my G's clutch feels noticeably better than my Z's clutch even though it is said that csc provides a more direct feel. i dont think so!