Just curious, why didn't Nissan use CVT on Z?

HKYStormFront · 08-09-2012, 08:46 PM

it just slides to another pre-set ratio as quickly as it can. it's not very convincing as far as i've heard

MarkGideon · 08-09-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

it just slides to another pre-set ratio as quickly as it can. it's not very convincing as far as i've heard

It's not, at least not in my Altima. The first three "gears" do not really seem to change much of anything when you shift through them. Shifting into "fifth" and "sixth" do drop the RPMs a bit. It does seem to be really more of a gimmick than actually something useful. But, as a 4-cyl DD, it works just fine to drop down to "D" and leave it there.

Liquid_G · 08-09-2012, 09:19 PM

Cvt is horrible. Try merging into traffic quickly with it. You press the gas and wait at least 2-3 seconds before any real acceleration comes on.. Scary if someone is coming up on your ***..
Also my track record with cvt's is not so good. Had trans replaced both in my Murano and my Cube... Why do you think Nissan bumped up the CVT warranty to 120k miles?

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Mt Tam I am · 08-09-2012, 10:50 AM

My question is not about CVT but why make a sports car with an auto at all?

andre12031948 · 08-09-2012, 11:26 AM

ALL of that plus CVT uses a rubber band as main part for shifting-not good for high H.P.

08-09-2012, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Liquid_G A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Burbs Posts: 1,439 Drives: 09 370z Supercharged Rep Power: 43	Cvt is horrible. Try merging into traffic quickly with it. You press the gas and wait at least 2-3 seconds before any real acceleration comes on.. Scary if someone is coming up on your ***.. Also my track record with cvt's is not so good. Had trans replaced both in my Murano and my Cube... Why do you think Nissan bumped up the CVT warranty to 120k miles? Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk 2 __________________

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Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3842	My question is not about CVT but why make a sports car with an auto at all? __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber Last edited by Trips; 08-09-2012 at 12:03 PM.

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08-09-2012, 11:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
andre12031948 Banned Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: monticello new york 127 Posts: 1,095 Drives: 08 350z black 6m/t Rep Power: 0	ALL of that plus CVT uses a rubber band as main part for shifting-not good for high H.P.