No Burnouts With the A7?

bluzman · 07-22-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by need4speed

Propaganda writing. Since american car companies are doing poorly
And the Z is soooooo goood. They have to find some minor inferiority.
Something made up but not too big to cause controversy.
That way readers who don't know these cars very well just might
Opt for the american model over the Z.
Its like in car and driver when genesis coupe beat camaro v6 in every category but
Camaro still won based on camaro looking nicer which is pure opinion. How does a car win on a opinion of how it looks. Meanwhile motor trend felt the same way bout the camaro
But felt since the genesis coupe was the superior driver. It won.
Lil thingz said like ugly interior cheap. Can't burn out. Or doesn't feel fast when the numbers
Point fast is better judged by test drive. I know when I drove the Z it would chirp from a red light with electronics on. My 08 3.5 altima spins pretty hard with 57 less hp n 4lbs less torque n the tcs on. Lol n I have the sport sedan. So imagine the Z!

Yup, it's a conspiracy

J/K

hey32g · 07-22-2009, 07:50 PM

Thanks guys. Makes me feel a lot better.

nicknick · 07-22-2009, 08:41 PM

Good times do not come from smoking the tyres. All this does is ruin your tyres and put undue stress on your components. Why would someone want to do this to their car?

FricFrac · 07-23-2009, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by nicknick

Good times do not come from smoking the tyres. All this does is ruin your tyres and put undue stress on your components. Why would someone want to do this to their car?

Uhh are there no teen agers in Australia? Every time I go out with my friends under 30 all they want to do is get the rear end loose and light 'em up. More money than brains I say

Florida_GATOR · 07-23-2009, 12:22 AM

I just do it because i love the smell of burnt rubber...and its just good ol' fun

hey32g · 07-23-2009, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nicknick

Good times do not come from smoking the tyres. All this does is ruin your tyres and put undue stress on your components. Why would someone want to do this to their car?

Mom, is that you? Why are you on this site? Geez, leave me alone!!

Just kidding with you.

For me, it's not the fact that I want to do some idiotic tire smoking, it's that I hate cars that intervene in my driving. The first thing I do when I get in my 335 is turn off the traction control. I want to control how much wheelspin I get either from a standing start or coming out of slow corner.

If it doesn't get much wheelspin due to it being a great chassis and a great setup then that's great (my old 968 was a perfect example), I just don't want engine power reduced because my cars "nanny" thinks that I need some type of help to control a car.

I absolutely hate traction control. I grew up driving muscle cars and learned how to control a car without help from a computer.

And furthermore if someone is paying for their own car and their own tires and if they want to go melt them down by doing some tire smoking burnout then I say go for it if you don't have the potential to hurt someone. It's a free country do what you want. Or at least it used to be a free country.

Smoke'em if you got'em boys! Before Obama makes it illegal.

kannibul · 07-21-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by hey32g

I was reading an article today (see below), and they mentioned that in the A7 they were not able to spin the rear tires. They said the engine management system cuts in and reduces the power even though the traction control has been turned off.

Is this true?

If so, is there a flash that fixes it?

In a sense, this 370Z is supposed to be Nissan’s Mustang. That means the Nissan needs to be able to do a huge, smoky burnout. Just one problem – it can’t. We tried. The traction control was off, but apparently “off” is a relative term with the automatic transmission model. Even with the electronic nannies turned off, the computer controlling the motor will still cut the power off at the first hint of wheel spin. It’s a result that left a colleague and I sitting in an empty industrial park with a cabin filled of disbelief rather than smoke. In fact, in several conditions, we found the traction control overbearing, stepping in when we’d have rather it didn’t.
Quick Spin: 2009 Nissan 370Z Touring automatic [Review]

LOL -turn off TMS.

It'll roast them in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and I've busted it lose in 4th...with the 7AT.

marcussoori · 07-22-2009, 10:26 AM

BigD · 07-22-2009, 10:58 AM

I've also smoked mine up with the VDC off

wstar · 07-22-2009, 11:15 AM

^ What they said. I cleaned off my tires on the 7AT just fine at the drag strip, and that was on their super-sticky surface and bypassing the water box.

fly yellow · 07-22-2009, 12:12 PM

I disagree completely that this is supposed to be Nissan's Mustang. Nissan didn't take a major step backwards in technology with a solid rear axle. They aren't simply relying on good old fashioned displacement to generate power. The Z wasn't built just to perform in a straight line.

platyperz · 07-22-2009, 12:37 PM

I just read that review and it sounded like a total hack job.

Trips · 07-23-2009, 03:28 AM

I like it when you smoke the tires enough to get in the car and fill the street from one side to another. The smell is intoxicating like when your at the winternationals in pomona, but it comes with a expensive price tag you don't need to be a teenager to enjoy an occasional burnout. WARNING DO NOT SMOKE THE TIRES IF THERE'S A COP BEHIND YOU!

earwicker7 · 07-23-2009, 02:51 PM

What is this, high school? The only people I know who want to "burn out" are kids who are trying to impress some girl with their dad's car. Losing traction is a negative, not a positive. If you want to burn out, go buy an old Crown Victoria and put a blower on it. You'll look really cool as you crash it into a tree.

wstar · 07-23-2009, 03:13 PM

Losing traction has its advantages at times, especially in tight cornering when you want to drift more than steer to make the tight radius (think U-turn without 3 lanes of space to do it in, for example). It's also a valid technique at the drag strip. If you're running slicks, you roll through the waterbox and do a full burnout to warm them up. If you're running street tires, you skip the water box and do a mini-burnout (anything more is just wasting rubber) to clean the surface of the tires off.

I'm not a fan of high-school kids doing burnouts and donuts in the street either, but it's not right to say that loss of traction has no place in serious driving.

07-23-2009, 12:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Florida_GATOR Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 705 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z Blk Rep Power: 18	I just do it because i love the smell of burnt rubber...and its just good ol' fun __________________ MK44 Creed- " Ive got a bullet here with your name on it, and im gonna keep firing till i find out which one it is " Most badass job ever.

07-22-2009, 11:15 AM	#10 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3595	^ What they said. I cleaned off my tires on the 7AT just fine at the drag strip, and that was on their super-sticky surface and bypassing the water box. __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details

07-22-2009, 12:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
fly yellow Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 455 Drives: 09 yellow 370z Rep Power: 266	I disagree completely that this is supposed to be Nissan's Mustang. Nissan didn't take a major step backwards in technology with a solid rear axle. They aren't simply relying on good old fashioned displacement to generate power. The Z wasn't built just to perform in a straight line. __________________ A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Mitch Hedberg

07-23-2009, 03:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,732 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	I like it when you smoke the tires enough to get in the car and fill the street from one side to another. The smell is intoxicating like when your at the winternationals in pomona, but it comes with a expensive price tag you don't need to be a teenager to enjoy an occasional burnout. WARNING DO NOT SMOKE THE TIRES IF THERE'S A COP BEHIND YOU! __________________

07-23-2009, 03:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3595	Losing traction has its advantages at times, especially in tight cornering when you want to drift more than steer to make the tight radius (think U-turn without 3 lanes of space to do it in, for example). It's also a valid technique at the drag strip. If you're running slicks, you roll through the waterbox and do a full burnout to warm them up. If you're running street tires, you skip the water box and do a mini-burnout (anything more is just wasting rubber) to clean the surface of the tires off. I'm not a fan of high-school kids doing burnouts and donuts in the street either, but it's not right to say that loss of traction has no place in serious driving. __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details

07-22-2009, 07:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
hey32g Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 278 Drives: ‘14 370Z, Black, 7AT Rep Power: 6727	Thanks guys. Makes me feel a lot better.

07-22-2009, 08:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
nicknick Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 438 Drives: Mazda mx5 2007 6sp m Rep Power: 17	Good times do not come from smoking the tyres. All this does is ruin your tyres and put undue stress on your components. Why would someone want to do this to their car?

07-22-2009, 10:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
marcussoori Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA Posts: 468 Drives: 09 370Z Red AT Sport Rep Power: 17

07-22-2009, 10:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
BigD Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 15 Drives: red 370z 7a Rep Power: 17	I've also smoked mine up with the VDC off

07-22-2009, 12:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
platyperz Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 81 Drives: 370Z PG A7 Rep Power: 17	I just read that review and it sounded like a total hack job.

07-23-2009, 02:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
earwicker7 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 265 Drives: 09 370Z (maxed out) Rep Power: 17	What is this, high school? The only people I know who want to "burn out" are kids who are trying to impress some girl with their dad's car. Losing traction is a negative, not a positive. If you want to burn out, go buy an old Crown Victoria and put a blower on it. You'll look really cool as you crash it into a tree.