370z drift setup?

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

I have personally tried to pull an ebrake on an auto 350 and wasn't very successful because the engine is still connect to the tranny and your brake fights against the engine. So the car just acted really confused and i Looked like an idiot. You need a clutch to separate the two and then you can completely stop the rear wheels from spinning so not sure how they were doing it.

I bought a set of stock 18's and the stock tires which are 245 and 265 worked great. New rears will last a full day for an beginner\intermediate driver with about 20-30 short runs. Once you get good you will need to bring extra spares. I would disagree with used tires as they don't last as long and you will waist time swapping them out. Plus new tires drive so much better, when they get worn down you start spinning out a lot.

Originally Posted by Z370Z011

Do you think adding a carbon fiber hatch will mess with the weight in the car making it too light in the back for drifting or auto track?

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

Im not sure of the weight difference but if anything it will help decrease weight for flicking the car in short turns and should help prevent spinouts. This car is easy to spin out because it has so much weight in the rear that you barely need to do anything to get it sideways. If you clutch kick/ebrake/feint, its just for a second and then you're sideways so you may have to initiate a bit harder but I doubt it will make that much of a difference. But losing weight is never a bad thing for this heavy car.

Originally Posted by bboylegit

I had my friend in my car and we were doing some clutch kicks and messing around and he said it feels like the VDC is still on even though i turned it off. Did you come across this problem and if so, how did you fix it to turn the VDC completely off?

Originally Posted by bboylegit

I had my friend in my car and we were doing some clutch kicks and messing around and he said it feels like the VDC is still on even though i turned it off. Did you come across this problem and if so, how did you fix it to turn the VDC completely off?

Originally Posted by _ace_

Strangely, I've repeatedly heard that you need to pull the brake light fuse. I've never bothered to try it.

Originally Posted by wdkwang

Hey VDC, I agree with you on the steering angle issue. This car doesn't have nearly enough of it. The VLSD is rather finicky, as well. I wanted to ask you on how you've gotten the car to ebrake drift cause mine does not have nearly enough locking power even after retightening it. Yes, I do clutch in.
I mainly power over or clutch kick. Only power over when it's raining.

Originally Posted by URA

I've made my own inner tie rod spacers spacers that give more angle but at a cost of having less thread and also installed project mu ebrake pads...that help a bit more than factory but still not perfect.

btw a welded diff solves all lsd issues for drifting and adds float to the rear end.

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

When I use the ebrake its on tight low speed turns and I also use it with a feint move. First I swing the car away from the turn then towards the turn, then I yank the ebrake and counter steer. Works pretty well with me.



I really dont recommend just using spacers on these cars. I thought of doing that until I saw how short and stubby they tie rod threads were. You will be left with very little threads so it wasnt worth it to me. You might want to hit up George Marstanovic and see if he can make some of these for the 370z. Im sure he will if there is enough interest. Steering Angle Rack Spacers - Maverick Motorsports

Originally Posted by bboylegit

I had my friend in my car and we were doing some clutch kicks and messing around and he said it feels like the VDC is still on even though i turned it off. Did you come across this problem and if so, how did you fix it to turn the VDC completely off?

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

Nope, never had that problem. Sometimes I forget to turn it off after turning off and on the car and then it wont let me drift but as soon as i turn it off its play time! Just make sure you keep your foot on the gas when you quickly kick the clutch. What exactly is it doing?

Originally Posted by bboylegit

Maybe I'm just tripping. It kind of feels like the car is correcting itself.

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

Hard to tell without being in the car, if you let go of the gas it will will try to straighten out or flick the other way but thats the only thing I can think of. Unless you have an automatic and are trying to pull the ebrake.

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

Hard to tell without being in the car, if you let go of the gas it will will try to straighten out or flick the other way but thats the only thing I can think of. Unless you have an automatic and are trying to pull the ebrake.