Making a Nismo a Track Beast

ImportConvert · 12-12-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by NissanUSA

Yeah true I may sell my z06 too help fund this project further. I think I'm gonna get the basic performance parts with the starting 20k, then do the interior, audio, and advanced performance stuff with another 30-40k from the z06. Then I will be satisfied with it. Oh and what's NA mean? Sorry all I found from google was Narcotics anonymous

To beat a stock c6z in a 370z for track use is a helluva crazy task. I don't think you will have a very streetable 370 if you do so for under 20k.

ChrisSlicks · 12-12-2011, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

To beat a stock c6z in a 370z for track use is a helluva crazy task. I don't think you will have a very streetable 370 if you do so for under 20k.

I do it every time out. All you need is a decent driver and tires.

ImportConvert · 12-12-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

I do it every time out. All you need is a decent driver and tires.

And a better diff, oil cooler, diff cooler, trans cooler, more power, better brakes, on and on and on. Unless you are talking a single lap or maybe two on a very tight track. Try running leguna seca for half an hour vs that z06 and let us know how a stock z on better rubber does against a z06 with equal drivers.

sig11 · 12-12-2011, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

And a better diff, oil cooler, diff cooler, trans cooler, more power, better brakes, on and on and on. Unless you are talking a single lap or maybe two on a very tight track. Try running leguna seca for half an hour vs that z06 and let us know how a stock z on better rubber does against a z06 with equal drivers.

A beginning driver needs only the oil cooler and brake pads/fluid... just like most of the folks have said in this thread.

ImportConvert · 12-12-2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sig11

A beginning driver needs only the oil cooler and brake pads/fluid... just like most of the folks have said in this thread.

I agree, but op wants a car that is more capable than his z06, from what I understood.

ChrisSlicks · 12-12-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

And a better diff, oil cooler, diff cooler, trans cooler, more power, better brakes, on and on and on. Unless you are talking a single lap or maybe two on a very tight track. Try running leguna seca for half an hour vs that z06 and let us know how a stock z on better rubber does against a z06 with equal drivers.

An oil cooler and brake pads are a must upgrade, everything else is nice but not required to do better laps than a Z06 on street tires (vs a Z34 on slicks). And in these sessions I was following and passing an instructor at WGI, who was a very capable driver. On the racetrack you win in the corners, not on the straights - on a balanced race track anyway. So yes, if you want to drop lap times quickly tires a good way to go, but I always recommend to people not to jump to race tires right away because they can hide bad habits. I'm not trying to say that the 370Z is faster than a Z06, that wasn't my point, just that tires and grip are hugely important.

ImportConvert · 12-12-2011, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

An oil cooler and brake pads are a must upgrade, everything else is nice but not required to do better laps than a Z06 on street tires (vs a Z34 on slicks). And in these sessions I was following and passing an instructor at WGI, who was a very capable driver. On the racetrack you win in the corners, not on the straights - on a balanced race track anyway. So yes, if you want to drop lap times quickly tires a good way to go, but I always recommend to people not to jump to race tires right away because they can hide bad habits. I'm not trying to say that the 370Z is faster than a Z06, that wasn't my point, just that tires and grip are hugely important.

Pm sent.

Shamu · 12-13-2011, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

On the racetrack you win in the corners, not on the straights - on a balanced race track anyway. .... tires and grip are hugely important.

you think so? Lol. My 175 WHP 2.5 liter Porsche 914/6 chasing a 500 HP 430 GT on Laguna Seca.

2480cc Porsche 914-6 vs 500 HP Ferrari F430 - Laguna Seca - YouTube

sig11 · 12-13-2011, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Shamu

you think so? Lol. My 175 WHP 2.5 liter Porsche 914/6 chasing a 500 HP 430 GT on Laguna Seca.

2480cc Porsche 914-6 vs 500 HP Ferrari F430 - Laguna Seca - YouTube

That's a good example of why he should spend money on training first.

m4a1mustang · 12-13-2011, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Shamu

you think so? Lol. My 175 WHP 2.5 liter Porsche 914/6 chasing a 500 HP 430 GT on Laguna Seca.

2480cc Porsche 914-6 vs 500 HP Ferrari F430 - Laguna Seca - YouTube

The car didn't do it all on it's own.

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