i got 19.2 gallons for you :yum:

:ugh2:

I bet your drained after that.

oh you have nooooo idea :bowrofl:

once you see --- you got about a gallon and a half left.....

my starvation issue happened with 3 dots and a nice long fast right hander off memorial here in houston. as the image shows the green line means im on the gas, yellow is where i start to sputter and luckily coast to my final spot indicated in red. i tried to start it for 3 minutes but the 100 degree heat had me and my dog hailing a cab to the gas station.

http://www.the370z.com/members/fuct-...9237-stall.jpg

If you dont speak of problems how can anyone learn from them or fix them? I have also never had to call a tow truck mine has always re-primed. Not to mention a 35-40k sports car should not get stuck on the side of the road because we turned to fast.

I have had multiple different fuel starve scenarios as well so sharing the information and tank level at the time can help others. The most common assumption is it only happens on long sweeping turns. I can prove that wrong if anyone wants to go for a ride. :driving:

I enjoy reading the stories they are all different and give me more knowledge. I dont have to baby my car around every right hand turn because I know about a fuel starve problem, I just need to know what level my fuel tank should be at. Unfortunatly it cant always be full.

i can't either. just bad luck after bad luck. i think time to move on and get a 2014 per other poll thread. :ugh:

i bet you were only making left turns (opposite to UPS trucks)? :icon17:

For you guys WHO never had the fuel starve problem, can only guess about it. It's real and it sucks when it happens. :shakes head:

how would you know? i never seen you actually drive you Z :stirthepot: lol work too much bro.

fair enough, but all I saw in the past 6 pages was the beating of well deceased horse. I'm not seeing many solutions being proposed, so I proposed one.

How many miles you got on the car?

Mine has a little over 23k its an 09.

:icon23: :icon17:

Fuel starvation is very real. For me it is a track issue primarily. I need to fill my tank after every 30 minutes on the track or I will get starvation by end of second session and I am still above half tank by two dots.

At Sears Point there is a right hand turn (Turn 2) preceded by a long sweeping left, that nails me every time at 3/4 tank. I once thought it was VDC but with it off it continued.

I can not remember ever experiencing starvation on the street but then again it might feel like VDC so I am unsure.

Cossie, you are driving your car the way it was meant to be driven. Of course the car was meant to have a better fuel system too.

Best of luck.

Is this fuel starvation something that is fixed on newer models? If not, how much of a problem is this really for a person that sees only street driving?

I've not heard of a '13 doing it, then again, maybe we just don't drive it the same...


I don't have any curves like that to try on.

Yeah I've never had such problems on my 10' has 9k miles, I have taken turns left and right with 2 dots on my fuel gauge before with no hiccups.. I also was only going 15-25mph.

time for a regret thread

I've never seen you drive your Z either. Or even a video of it. :stirthepot:

The fix was mentioned once in this thread. ;)

http://www.the370z.com/track-autocro...p-install.html

This is not a daily street driven problem for most. I fill my tank at half, to keep the fuel pump immersed and cool. I live on a winding mountain road and this is not a problem for me, except at the track.

The Dragon claims another car:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...630D3BBD61.jpg

I wonder if he was trying to drift....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...gonRally-6.jpg

ditto

i have gunned it around to get to the station quickly and have never once experienced fiel starvation

have your fuel pump checked out at the dealer, they should be covered under warranty

No I have a 2012. I had it happen twice last weekend on the track. It happened during 3rd session, and I forgot to top up before 4th session-so it did it again on the exact same turn.

Was it the Dragon or those bright *** rims? Probably blinded the driver... :shakes head:

well, its not a 370 so it wasn't fuel starvation :rolleyes:

I have nothing to add to this discussion other than I ******* love this intersection. I go out of my way when running errands to hit it.

I can't fault you either.

How often does some idiot spoil it for you?

9 times out of 10.

Worse than expected.

Yeah, but it's easy to go around and try again, so it's not all bad.

Not sure if this is related but check out my thread;

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...e-problem.html

By the way, I have to ask you about your avatar of the old NHL Hartford Whalers Hockey uniform before they moved to Carolina to become the Carolina Hurricanes. Are you from CT or the New England area transplanted to CA?

I would agree, it sounds like something else. I have only experienced fuel starvation at 2/3 tank on VERY hard turns at the track. I don't see how this could even remotely happen daily driving.

I dont understand the fuel pump excuse, wouldnt it do it turning either direction or at low tank levels even in a straight? I am 100% certain my fuel pump is fine.

My fuel pump is fine. My Z just don't like hard right hand turns. :icon14:

Should install a external fuel cel in the trunk and pipe it to the purge tank in the tank. Maybe use a valve to keep it shut. If you starve or run out, open the valve and fill the purge back up.

Maybe use a mercury switch and an electronic valve so tight turns the mercury switch turns on, valve opens, fuel dumps into the purge, but straight line the valve is shut so you don't empty the fuel cel.