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What are the best suspension mods for the 370 for DD and some track use?

I don't want to lower the car, but if there were a few things.. just best bang for the buck type stuff that I could add to the car to

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Old 09-02-2011, 10:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I don't want to lower the car, but if there were a few things.. just best bang for the buck type stuff that I could add to the car to help with some track use, without making the car rough on the street for DDing.. what would they be?
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I don't want to lower the car, but if there were a few things.. just best bang for the buck type stuff that I could add to the car to help with some track use, without making the car rough on the street for DDing.. what would they be?
hmmm, well sway bars come to mind as one easy thing to do. Nismo suspension if you don't want coilovers but want a more aggressive setup. It only lowers the car maybe 1/2".

Not too sure since I'm not at the point of dropping $$ for a set of coilovers, but I would imagine they are height adj too so you could set them for the minimum amount of drop (1/2 to 1" I'd imagine).

I'm interested to see what folks with moton or jrz's have to say as far as that goes.

Perhaps the Nismo japan body brace setup that Z1 carries. Or the GTspec braces (or whatever they're called).
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Thanks for that info... I forgot to add that I have a 2011 with sport package.
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what sort of pads can be used for both? or should the pads just be changed right before going to a track?
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what sort of pads can be used for both? or should the pads just be changed right before going to a track?
brakes pads?

I'm running carbotech xp8's all around. "entry level" track pad, very easy on the rotors, non corrosive dust etc. A little bit squeaky but not near as bad as the stock brembp pads on our old GTR. Xp8's are a bit grabbier than stock but once again, not as bad, from what I can remember, as the stock GTR pads were.

the 8's are good to 1350deg, the next step up is XP10's, i believe they're rated for 1550 deg or something around there. Much more aggressive bit, dust, noise, etc, but I don't have experience with them on the Z (yet perhaps). As long as my driver (wifey) says she's good with the xp8's, that's what we'll run. Last track event she only got brake fade twice toward the end of one of her sessions, but her braking style actually lends itself very well to avoiding ice mode etc with the Z so I'm hoping we can stay with the xp8s since others have said moving up to a more aggressive pad can trigger ice mode more often (she's had it happen once or twice now).
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Leave the suspension stock. Save your money for pads, brake fluid, and an oil cooler.
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Leave the suspension stock. Save your money for pads, brake fluid, and an oil cooler.


Oil cooler, fluids and brake pads are a must. Then id go for tires, then sway bars (fronts first, then rears), then coilovers. I feel like i forgot something....
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Stock and Nismo are really good IMO. The only better suspension worth to consider would be KW Clubsport for the least. If you track a lot, then JRZ, Moton, etc. But nothing is cheap though.
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unless the track day is imminent, dont buy items two years ahead of time
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What about swift springs? I just ordered a set of them myself. Not as expensive as coil overs, but still work pretty well from what I have read.
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If you get into tracking the car, you will outgrow the springs very quickly. Plus tires make more of a difference. If you want to go fast, buy slicks. If you can't drive, nothing will help you....
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If you get into tracking the car, you will outgrow the springs very quickly. Plus tires make more of a difference. If you want to go fast, buy slicks. If you can't drive, nothing will help you....
curious why you say this? The stock tokico's pair very well with the swifts, and you can always move to FA dampers paired with the swifts (which I prefer to most of the coils options)
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Red Zed- What is FA dampers?
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curious why you say this? The stock tokico's pair very well with the swifts, and you can always move to FA dampers paired with the swifts (which I prefer to most of the coils options)
I think that if you swap any aftermarket springs in the car it throws off the engineering of the stock shocks and springs. thus in the end giving you a worse ride. Nissan put a lot more time into the engineering of the pairing than swift did.
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I think that if you swap any aftermarket springs in the car it throws off the engineering of the stock shocks and springs. thus in the end giving you a worse ride. Nissan put a lot more time into the engineering of the pairing than swift did.
Based on my discussions with swift and FA, I think the damper valving is perfect for the swifts. The stock springs are too soft for stock setup.

My experience with KW'S and then swifts on the car seems to confirm.
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