SULTANS OF SLIDE: Search for the BEST production DRIFT car (370Z inside)-Road & Track
 

I thought it was a good article.
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DISCUSS!

i like how they rated the z's brake pedal.. 1.1 out of 5 points... and the worst of the group...

It was rated a 1.1, seemingly, because the brakes were too good. While that may be bad news for drifters, it should be pretty good news for everyone else.

Now, the hand brake not locking up the rear wheels properly may be another story.

Nice article but....uh yeah....I really don't care if my car is the best drifter or not :)

Interestingly, if the brake issues were resolved, the Z may have taken top honors. It lost to the M3 by 10 points. Figure 5 of those came off in the subjective brake categories of Brake Pedal and Handbrake. Once those are fixed, I bet you'd pick up another 5 points at least in the speed and angle ratings.

Thanks AK370Z,excellent article.

Read this on paper last night. Even the driver that thought the 370Z was the best (Daijiro Yoshihara) commented on the weird ABS system. Drifters would probably be better off yanking the ABS fuse.

M3 drifting? Madness!

Great article. Interesting about the breaks, but this could be totally fixed. Wondering if a video will come up soon to go along with the article.

What doesn't it do good? lol

well besides being affordable...

I always though a good handling car would be a poor drifter.:confused:

Never did like this "sport" called drifting. Nice article (for entertainment), though.

I was not surprised at the outcome, I knew the M3 would win immediately. Tiff Needle testing the M3 when it first came out comes to mind....

well I really don't think drifting was on the mind of the nismo Z makers....

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the Nismo rims look awesome

I can't get mine to lock up. I tried a couple times...nope!

Isn't the "ABS fuse" also the same fuse for other systems? Like VVEL or something?

I don't know - I'm asking! :)

Project Mu ebrake pads will solve that, and the Nissan ABS system is a nightmare with it's Electronic Brake Distribution. In the 350z this was easily solved by pulling the yaw sensor which allowed you to keep ABS but permanently disabled VDC and EBD. I can't comment if this works in the 370z, but one would assume it's the same system.

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if you look closer though, the lexus they throw in there is an automatic. if you can give points back the the z, you could probably give some points to the is-f if it had a handbrake

cool article...im still keeping VDC on though. :)

cool to see that we were right behind cars in a higher price/performance bracket.

looks like fun. too bad we dont get to drift on public roads... even before that, people crash without stability control.lol

I find articles like this an oddity. The drivers are complaining about vehicles being too well balanced? Brakes and stability control are too good? Interesting...

Good thing the fastest way through a corner is the straightest line, not a drift. I would take their complaints as compliments in real racing.