Former Z Owner's Rant about the 370z

juicypinkkk · 04-18-2012, 08:15 PM

^ I'd believe that. I drive an Si as my daily (6 speed) and its buttery smooth every time i shift it. It's got some other problems (i.e 3rd gear pop out) but yeah, Honda can make a transmission for sure. But for 90% of the other vehicles ive driven with 200+ lb-ft torque and 250+ hp, the Z's transmission is not bad.

Red__Zed · 04-18-2012, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by OnCallZ

Not a rumor but a fact, I used to own a 580whp 390wtq s2k and stock transmission did great for the 3 years that I owned it (the car was driven hard), all that's needed is a new clutch.

From what I remember people on s2ki did big turbo builds on stock transmission, the weak link was the differential which was remedied by going aftermarket.

To this day I can't think of a manual transmission that shifts as nice as the s2k.

Quote:

Originally Posted by juicypinkkk

^ I'd believe that. I drive an Si as my daily (6 speed) and its buttery smooth every time i shift it. It's got some other problems (i.e 3rd gear pop out) but yeah, Honda can make a transmission for sure. But for 90% of the other vehicles ive driven with 200+ lb-ft torque and 250+ hp, the Z's transmission is not bad.

I was being a bit sarcastic

I used to have an s2k laying ~530wtq, trans still felt great (although it was definitely less reliable if abused).

OnCallZ, as you noted, the diff was the weak point. Ironically enough, I remedied this with a 300ZX TT diff

Were you on S2ki?

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04-18-2012, 08:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
juicypinkkk Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 162 Drives: 2012 Sprt 6MT 370z Rep Power: 16	^ I'd believe that. I drive an Si as my daily (6 speed) and its buttery smooth every time i shift it. It's got some other problems (i.e 3rd gear pop out) but yeah, Honda can make a transmission for sure. But for 90% of the other vehicles ive driven with 200+ lb-ft torque and 250+ hp, the Z's transmission is not bad.