Why would they put ducts in for looks?

My guess is they are using file photos from older models since nothing has changed on the exterior. The ducts will either draw air from the fang vents, center vent, or from underneath the car and will run directly to the caliper or the rotor for cooling.

And my guess is it will be very simple to retrofit since nothing else has changed.

Pretty simple, IMO.

Yeah, post up pics if you get them. Curious to see what they went with and how it works.

Pics would be great. :tup:

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Yea I'll see what I can do. I figure if you cut the wheel you should be able to see them??

Dunno....
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...QvGsGlDO8iR-0w


Hell, even the current fangs are fake vents.


My comment was more in terms of "functional" vents that aren't. I wanna know if they are set up to actually push air on the brakes.

I've looked at the tech line diagrams and I see the oil cooler, but I don't see any duct work for brake cooling. But that's not to say they didn't put some slits in the front side fangs to deflect air to the brakes.

The panda has spoken

Me hopes so hhahahahah

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Gotcha. I would hope so.

Yeah, me too. I'm just not assuming they are good until there is evidence.

I'm shocked to why there hasn't been after market air ducts made yet.. I'll be picking up a pair of these ducts in seconds

I'm sure it is demand. The people that really need serious track cooling are the guys that track their 370s frequently, and there really aren't that many out there. Probably not enough to justify development costs for any of the aftermarket companies only to sell a few dozen units at best. You're better off fabricating your own cooling ducts, which shouldn't be too difficult as you can buy generic kits out there and put them together yourself.

If NISSAN adds some real cooling to the brakes and we can get part #s and order the pieces, that would be awesome.

the dealer's open for couple more hours. wat are you waiting for? :icon17:

$30k cash to fall out of the sky. :bowrofl:

hahaha. :D

It would be great, though. Depending on how much they are going for in another year or two I might get one. I have always wanted a roadster and for whatever reason I like the Z with the top off. It is either that or an S2K.

Fvck yeah it would be!:tup:

subscribeeeeeeeed, i want those ducts and cooler dammit

any of you guys that were checking ever find any duct info?

Only this.

Damn I should have waited for the 2012's. Would have loved to have gotten one of those with my Z. :(

Haha^^
Someone please go interrogate a Nissan executive for info on ducts and coolers. And I HIGHLY doubt getting the Nissan cooler will void warrenty if installed by Nissan. Just a matter of time.

void is too strong of a word, but yes, it creates warranty concerns. nissan will be more than happy to tell you this if you call them.

To Air cool OR Not to Air cool, that is the question....

Subscribed...thanks Red and wstar for your insight. Good thread, very educational, even though I can only keep pace some of the time. That's ok, kenchan, Steve and onzedge will translate. I heard that if one sub woofer is good then two are better. I want to see wstar fit the water oil cooler along with the 19 row air oil cooler. I still can not find the thing-ma-jig and do-hickey in the FSM...haha...onzedege.

Oil temperatures are one of those things where that is not the case. You will end up tooling around town with the oil at 140-160* causing unnecessary wear, or you will end up tooling around with your oil-cooler's thermostatic plate closed 90% of the time.

Unless Nissan's oil-cooler is just total crap, which by the look of it, I really don't think is going to be the case.

Except your coolant is typically high (-ish, depending on conditions, but generally 195F+ even for mild driving in mild weather), so it can't cool the oil down any lower than that. If anything, it will help warm the oil up to that range faster and it keep it more stable. The questionable part about running dual (air and water) coolers both off of filter adapters is whether the stacked adapters pose a failure risk.

World's coolest coolant?

Pls stop typing my thoughts faster than me:p


Kthxbai

Still nothing about the brake ducting? Not that I need it. Just really curious how they fixed it.

You know you want it.:stirthepot:

7 pages of not so useful information about this oil cooler? This makes me sad.

Nissan dealer here tells me there's no real ducting coming....on the other hand, they don't have any 2012s in for a while, so I don't exactly trust them.

Ya really, when i went order mine in early jan 09 they didn't even know the 370 was coming out. They said wait you want to order a 350? We have a few on the lot now. :facepalm:

Girl at the dealership I went to this morning kept urging me toward the used 350Z on their lot because it was a manual. Then she kept saying I could have an '11 with the NAV/M6/Touring/Sport. Sometimes you just cannot get through to people.

2012. Touring. NAV. Manual. Sport Package. Coupe.

It's an amazingly simple concept. It took the manager to grasp it.

Same thing happened to me when i ordered my 2012. I kept hearing the 2012 will be the same exact car no changes, glad i waited. Now i'm patiently waiting for delivery. Plus, i refused to by a 370z that was touched by anyone besides me, considering i love detailing. :happydance:

....so I read this whole 19 page epic novel, only to get to the end to see it died with no answers a few months ago. FML.

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Fortunately, my experience in DFW is they all know its a 370z. What they don't know and it really pisses me off. They call the sport appearance pkg the sport pkg and try to pretend the apearance pkg has sport pkg features. Or they show you a sport package and call it touring but its a base sport and then move you over to another car that has leather and call it their touring model with the leather pkg. Lmfao. I don't know if they are playing stupid to warrant more cash for the cars on ignorant people or if they are really that dumb? Maybe they just like playing with packages?:ugh2: