The Official 370Z Autocross Thread

[cossie1600]

there is no such thing as a perfect car. heck i would even argue the cars that win at the national arent street driven, most are trailer queens anyway, even in stock class. its all relative and what makes you happy. i had a rx8, i got rid of it after 6 months because it was such a disappointment at the track. it doesnt mean i dont like the car, it just didnt do what i wanted it to do

[Shamu]

I made assessmsnt pretty quick that a CS 370Z or wouldnt be much fun. Nismo in BS isnt much fun either. Then learned no one had even asked SEB to class the 370Z in SP! So I wrote up request and asked others to write in. We now are stuck in BSP. Not a fun class with EVOS but heck of a lot better than ASP! So started down that parth and 370Z still comes up short against class leading car potential in HP. And silly SCCA Solo rules dont let you use full coilover in the rear which is a problem if I want ultimate performance and proper motion ratios for the track.

I'm now playing more on the track with my car and its gone into SSM.. ...Sigh honestly 370Z sucks for most of classes right now if you want to live without an oil cooler I guess CS is best. I wont roll that way.

Its more of a fun car than a car that will be nationally comptitive. 370Z in CS is likely best chance but yeah big bar up front and saggy nasty stock springs you have to live with. I had a hard time with Nismo springs being too soft up front. My car rides better on 1000 lb front springs with 400 lb rears on JRZ coilovers than it did on stock Nismo Tokico junk. And performance is like night and day.

Its nice to have car setup on 315 rears and 285 fronts that actually turns! I'm just running against 500 HP turbo 3 rotor RX7's now. No delusions of making this a nationally competive AX car.

[AutoX Z]

Originally Posted by Shamu

Its more of a fun car than a car that will be nationally comptitive. 370Z in CS is likely best chance but yeah big bar up front and saggy nasty stock springs you have to live with. I had a hard time with Nismo springs being too soft up front. My car rides better on 1000 lb front springs with 400 lb rears on JRZ coilovers than it did on stock Nismo Tokico junk. And performance is like night and day.

Its nice to have car setup on 315 rears and 285 fronts that actually turns! I'm just running against 500 HP turbo 3 rotor RX7's now. No delusions of making this a nationally competive AX car.

After taking apart my front suspension I found that the front of the car spends almost all of its time on the bumpstops. There is maybe .5" of travel at most and then a big squishy 3" bump stop. In the rear there is more travel, maybe 1.5" before you hit the bumpstops.

And my car turns just fine. Is it like a miata? no but its much better than many other car's I've driven.