The Official 370Z Autocross Thread

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Originally Posted by buzzyng

Wow, I've just spent about 2 days reading through this massive thread and have so many questions :-) Grateful for all the info provided.

My situation - I have a 2010 370z Nismo that my dad gifted me. It has about 20k miles and only drive it in nice weather. I've never had any interest in tracking the car as I've been racing motorcycles competitively for a long time. After an accident last year, my motorcycle days are now behind me. I recently went to a 3 day track driving event that included autocross. Oh my gosh, I missed out for all these years. So now I want to dive in.

The car has the stillen dual long tube intakes and cat delete but everything else stock. I was looking at upgrading the radiator and an oil cooler to do track events but am worried about being put in an AX class that is really meant for highly modded cars. Where is the best place to be competitive without spending alot.

I have a C8 that I could use for AX but I liked the idea of a smaller more compact car but really not sure the best approach. Appreciate any insight or guidance. thanks

The cat delete puts you straight to street prepared assuming we're using SCCA classing. That's a rather deep part of the pool already, especially for someone just getting started. A good track car is rarely a good autox car. Like Averying said, you could do XSA but it is mostly a "run what ya brung" class.

If you want competitive right away, use your C8 for autox. C8's are classed fairly competitively in factory form.