What did you do with your Z today IV

kenchan

have a safe flight, mr. onzedge!



hi mr.gurney- thanks!

my G is my dressup car so ive lowered her and have 3pc SSRs. she sports prokit, d-specs, front and rear stillen swaybars, stillen heim joint camber rods ($), ARK Ti front strut bar ($$$), powergrid endlinks. she came out of the box with large wheel gap on the front and slow steering. she looks pretty now and drives tight...that's the way i like my G. she has no clearance issues on most of the roads here as long as i take it slow and on an angle.

as for my Z, she looks great at stock height and i dont sense she needs suspension upgrade for the roads around here so no plans lowering. i might do sway bars down the road if someone (powergrid) offers adjustable endlinks front and rear for the 370Z.

i want to be able to take the roads with full spirit, not slowing down over man-hole lids like cars that were tuned incorrectly for street. lol

lowering a car just because everyone does it is wat naive folks do. unless specifically needed, no need to mess with the suspension on the Z.

good morning, pint and mustang!

Pintsize725

I miss my G some days but I only had a sedan. Morning Mr. Kenchan! Any new returns/ordering today?

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kenchan

hahaha! yah, no returns but i do have a new intake on order for my G. i took off the 350Z-tube and pop-charger last year as i was tired of noise, but my mpg went to craps (from 17-18mpg to 10-12mpg on surface roads ) so going to put that back in and enjoy improved throttle response, mpg, and slightly more power.

my G runs pretty rich when stock... not enough to have carbon buildup on the rear bumper, but my mpg shows.

alcheng

GoodAM Mr.kenchan, agree on the no-need drop for Z.

I had a slightly different experience on drop when I was driving the bmw where it gave me some serious issues on both F&R cambers, well, rear camber arm and front camber-plate solved the problem but 4-wheel alignment had to be done all the time and the tires were feathered like crazy...

Same reason as Mr.gurny stated, I feel the ride on the Z is firm enough for DD, no point to stiffen it or lower it for now...


Mr.onzedge

Have a safe return flight


Or function over form? LOL, I think he is kind of both, but definitely ken-san has a very high standard/demand.

Luckily I am not his optician... jk jk


Good Day Mr.Steve...


My lowered bmw didn't get me a $1500 damage physically on the car itself, but the extra $$$ I spent on replacing tires+camber arm+camber-plate+4-wheel alignment is about that amount....


Ms.Pint, same boat here, drive the Z to work, everyday, work= drive the z=


dude... they pay you to do all this!!!!

kenchan

hey there, mr.alcheng! my Z's my weekend fun car and i still dont feel necessary to change the suspension. it's one thing to tighten it up to your liking, but another to just drop and stiffen it up for cosmetics. if it's a dressup car, then by all means do wat you want to make the car look nice. or if it's a pos car that needs improvement.

most often, such cars go slower due to skipping tires, discomfort, slower engine rev-up due to larger vibrations, and abs noise during hard braking. will also throw off your yaw control which you can't turn off during throttle up. the Z's stock suspension is more than capable for street and the stance is fine so not worth compromising or spending my time on it.

what really cracks me up are folks that say these things yet they drive around with inferior/junk tires with wrong offset wheels while racing their dropped z aka 'race car' in their heads. lol

LunaZ

So it's the Swifts?
All this time I thought that skipping, yawing, ABS action I felt on Friday night was due to a late braking maneuver in the wet while transitioning from asphalt to concrete rumble strips at the entrance to an offramp.

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kenchan

plus you suck at driving, i guess.