The Official 370Z Autocross Thread

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by zpower86

I misspoke about Dixie -- Charlotte will be his first National event.

Brenden- will you be doing an LSD early on?

Originally Posted by gomer_110

Just my two cents but I can't see a STU 370z being worth a damn without a proper clutch type LSD.

I personally don't know. The stock one hasn't let me down, but I don't know how that will be as I do more events and the car gets modified. I don't have much experience driving cars with a true type lsd so getting that seat time will def be a priority in terms of developing my own car.

In regards to the vlsd, what driving characteristics should one look for when determining that the limits of the dif have been exceeded?

Oh, and I hope he does well. I'd like to reach out to him after to get his impressions and learn more about his build.

[zpower86]

Originally Posted by Brendan

I personally don't know. The stock one hasn't let me down, but I don't know how that will be as I do more events and the car gets modified. I don't have much experience driving cars with a true type lsd so getting that seat time will def be a priority in terms of developing my own car.

In regards to the vlsd, what driving characteristics should one look for when determining that the limits of the dif have been exceeded?

Oh, and I hope he does well. I'd like to reach out to him after to get his impressions and learn more about his build.

Agree with Gomer — you’ll want the LSD. It’s prob top 5 on my list of ST mods (wheels/tires, coilovers, a-arm, lsd, power mod). Basically you’ll spin the inside wheel on every corner exit. The car won’t rotate on throttle application (which adds to understeer, but saves you from spinning out). The VLSD doesn’t allow the power to be put down. If you’re driving the car hard in BS, you’re already being held back. A friend of mine drove my Z once and thought my clutch was slipping, but it was just the inside tire smoking LOL.