370Z cannot go through water ??
 

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I love my 370Z and I don't look down to it.

I just wonder technically why it cannot go through that flooded road while some others can .. ??

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As long as the Water don't enter the Air Filters,also the Exhausts...then should be fine......

Nope, a 370Z is not a boat or a submarine by any stretch of imagination ...

If it was a certain white Lotus Esprit, you might bet your money.

First off you never drive through a water filled area. You don't know how deap it is. Being from Cali, I guess you have never had to deal with flash flooding. This guy was an idiot.

huh..

Some people's kids. :shakes head:

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Troll much? :rolleyes:

I'm not a troller, but anyway I'm sorry if you felt uncomfortable for my thread.

As someone replied above, fortunately here in California I've never had to drive my Z on flooded road yet.

I just literally wondered why a 370Z in that movie failed to go through flooded road in its technical aspects, especially if some other cars could do it.

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I'm perfectly comfortable, thank you. I was just giving you $hit for asking why a Z could not drive through that lake :roflpuke2:

The Z is a low car. That's the technical reason why it can't make it and other cars can. I didn't even watch the video, but I'm going to guess there were no other sports cars just inches off the ground driving through it.

You should never HAVE to drive your Z on a flooded road. If the road is flooded, dont' fuckin drive on it. I avoid puddles more than a couple of inches thick. I've even gotten honked at for stopping in a lane to wait for an opening in other lanes to avoid a puddle. Worth it.

The host explained it at the beginning. Water getting into the engine through the intakes. The car might be modified with CAI which may sit lower in the front bumper then stock air boxes, thus sucking in water at a lower level.

I was hosting a cruise through the hill country for a bunch of Houston folks several years ago when a sudden rainstorm hit. There wasn't even any standing water yet, but the guys running Stillen G3's insisted we pull over immediately due precisely to that concern.

Only a moron would attempt to drive trough floodwater, even if they have a Hummer. You have no idea how deep it is (i.e. if the road has washed away underneath) and many, many incredibly stupid people have died this way.

Another possible reason, speaks to how low the car is. Like Jar said. The level of water at which the Z starts floating would be much lower then other cars and if the gas tank is not full, the rear starts to float first and the car has no drive as the wheels lift of the pavement.

dumbass

Driving across that much standing water In any vehicle is, let's just say, stupid.

Are you competing for the Darwin Award?

He won

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You can't win if you survive.

OP, please tell me you wouldn't actually consider driving through that. And other people on the thread, please don't tell me you think that intakes and exhaust are the biggest concerns with attempting to ford a flooded road.:ugh2:

shh!

Please allow Darwin to complete the work he began!

I missed it. Then now I understand.

Thanks.

:D


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"Sure, some sports cars or supercars might get lucky and plow their way through, like this*Lamborghini Gallardo*for example, except this*370Z*driver wasn't so fortunate and his choice to drive through that road didn't prove a wise decision after all."

The article said some sports car could. I just wondered why a Z could not - but now I understand that I missed the explaining part in that video.

Anyway we'd better stop here. I don't want to make any more troubles.

I gently reject the Darwin award.

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As long as the engine is running the exhaust can be under water.

The guy in the video is still an idiot though.

Generally speaking, low cars have low intakes. When filled with water they suck it in to the cylinders of the engine. Water does not compress. Because of which, the piston rods will break and other internals will foul.

Regardless of the vehicle, this is INCREDIBLY stupid. Yes, it is bad for the car, but it is worse for your life. Cars can be replaced, but people can not.

I would love to punch the ahole at the DMV that issued you your license. You have displayed a sincere/severe lack of common sense. Mods need to lock this thread down asap.

Gentlemen,

Forget the air intake and the chance to hydro lock the engine by filling the cylinders with water, or having water find its way into the rear end and quarter panel air vents.

The real issue is all of the electrical components hidden in the bottom of the doors, and low on the kick panels, etc.

For crying out loud .... my 1990 300ZX had the ECU hidden under a "plywood" panel on the floor at the firewall on the passenger side. What would water do to that with the car running? The doors have drain holes for rain water that gets in from the top to get out through the bottom, but the damn things will allow water in from the bottom in a flood! Door locks, window motors, window amplifiers, security system!!

If you drive one of these cars through any water that is higher than the rocker panels ..... you deserve the horrendous dollars it'll take to fix the fried and corroded electronics that will appear down the road, or immediately.

I regret that I failed to make my question more clearly from the beginning.

I wondered about the 'difference' for why some sports car can go through the flooded road while a Z cannot in its technical point of view.

Sorry for my lack of clearance.

Of course I'll not try that dangerous behavior in real life, but I just wanted to know the technical things.

This might occur because maybe I'm still poor at my English. God blessed you America. I'm kind of an agnostic, but I believe if he exists, he must speak in English. Seriously, I envy yours so much.

Have a good day.

:D

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If my memory serves me correctly, there was a member on here years ago that flooded his 370z. I believe he was from Australia and got caught in a flash flood in a very rural area. His car was instantly totaled, but he made it out safely. His insurance replaced his car.

The design of the Z isn't partial to high water. The stock air boxes are mounted pretty low in the front. Flood the front bumper and you will successfully flood your engine. This becomes even more prevalent for those of us who have installed aftermarket air intakes, such as the Stillen Gen III or the Injen SP Series. These effectively place the conical air filter intakes lower to the ground and further forward.

Cars with raised intakes will be able to tollorate higher levels of water. A lot of off road guys mod their jeeps with snorkel type intakes. These run upwards to the roof of the vehicle. They also typically have raised suspensions that help with this along with raising the exhaust. My 2012 Civic's air box is up pretty high towards the back of the engine compartment against the firewall. Although I don't plan to test this theory, I do believe that car could handle a higher level of water then my Z. It really all boils down to the design of the car.

Jump to conclusions much? That is not OP in the video.

Do you jump to conclusions much? I never said he was the one in the video. He is just the idiot that posted this thread.

Then your post should have read like this.

The way you originally worded it made it sound like he was the one that drove through the water and should not have been given a license.

And yes I jump to conclusions all the time, especially when led to those conclusions.

My post is worded based on how many beers I have consumed at that given point of the day. I'm a bit of a drunk. I apologize if it wasn't worded to standard. I was around 6 Heinekens at the time. Was also busy watching jungle book with my kids. Now that one is asleep and my wife is working with the other to go to sleep I'm in the play room with Anki overdrive. Picked up the jump kit and a few more straight a ways earlier today ftw.

No sweat.What happens on the ice, stays on the ice as we say in hockey land.

I don't know much about hockey, but I hope thats not like when I was a kid growing up in WV where they would say, "what happens out in the barn, stays out in the barn"...

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Did you have to get counseling?

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I'm gonna leave this here and :wtf2:,

Gotta have the low drag Nismo body package for that much water.

Felix0121,

You have no apologies to make for your original thread post, or your English. And you have every right to be proud of your country. You did just fine!

Gene