They took a great car and made it much better.

lovethe370z · 11-17-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt

Power Windows - There is no issue with them. The only issue is the reset process is forgotten by many after unplugging their battery. Definitely not an issue.

Oil-temp - Only a problem for those that track their car. Sure, it's slightly higher in some Z's than what the 2004.5 350z's ran under normal conditions (from what I've read), but daily street driving we should see zero negative impact. For tracking, an oil cooler not being an option or even standard is more of an issue.

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Originally Posted by Matt

"Clunky" MT - Nope. Is it a perfect MT, no, but I wouldn't say that there are issues. Most of the small nuances that people complain about apparently diminish quite a bit after some mileage gets put on the car.

Well, there is the "issue" of hearing clunk-clunk-clunk when depressing the clutch in first gear while the engine is under load. This has been highly discussed in several threads on this site, and I didn't think that it was resolved by adding mileage. Nonetheless, the transmission is a GREAT transmission, and the clunk-clunk-clunk noise can be avoided. Its just not something you would expect from a $40k sports car. Although I guess it isn't... it is a $30k sports car with $10k in options lol.

EDIT -- ths may not be the MT anyway now that I think of it. Wasn't the issue that I'm referring to somewhere in the vacinity of the clutch/flywheel? If so then correct, this is a perfect MT!

Matt · 11-17-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by lovethe370z

Well, there is the "issue" of hearing clunk-clunk-clunk when depressing the clutch in first gear while the engine is under load. This has been highly discussed in several threads on this site, and I didn't think that it was resolved by adding mileage. Nonetheless, the transmission is a GREAT transmission, and the clunk-clunk-clunk noise can be avoided. Its just not something you would expect from a $40k sports car. Although I guess it isn't... it is a $30k sports car with $10k in options lol.

I've read no less than 2 people say that the 1st->2nd shift definitely smoothed out past 5k miles. Certainly not what we want to hear, but it gives me hope.

Shifting to 2nd certainly feels a little rougher than my 72 Bug's shift from 1st to 2nd. Getting into 6th requires a little more effort than other gears, but that's not too much different than other similarly geared vehicles, I believe.

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