Fuel starvation, who else?

Bucketlist2012

I am not trying be a jerk..But man, what are these cars built for ????

Cornering... being driven fast... Not track racing, I get it, but normal sports car driving.

I will be putting limited miles on the 370Z myself...

And sadly, it wouldn't be my Daily driver..

I will Track my Car this year and get all the Fun I need out of life..But if is Sad that they build something that supposed to corner and be driven hard. and it starves and overheats...

Oh, and I love Z's...My 300Zx was great, and my 350Z was great.. i feel that my step up to the 370Z, was although looking good, is a step down due to poor R and D...

They did not get it to starve in testing ??? Man...

Sorry, but I just dropped a chunk on the 370Z and my 1971 Z/28 will smoke this car on the Road Course..Quarter mile they are about even and that is WAY COOL for a quiet idling V-6...VERY NICE...

But fuel starve and oil cooling ? Weak...

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1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
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Streetlife

I have a 2012 model that i pre ordered, it came with an oil cooler, but i am aware that the 2009-2011 370Z's had cooling issues at the track and with some spirited driving. My best advice would be to get an oil cooler from Z1 Motorsports and be happy, the 370Z is well worth the extra investment. Throw in a CBE and you'll be grinning again,trust me, you'll forget the fact you needed one as i'm told by 2009-2011 370Z owners.

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Red__Zed

I don't see how an oil cooler is supposed to fx the fuel starvation.

Bucketlist2012

Yes, I forgot that part..

Seriously, you should be able to toss the 370Z around and have NO fuel issues..

I have some cloverleafs that I can check, but in the 40 year old car, i can run them over and over and over and over at max grip .....40 year old car with a Holley and a stock Fuel tank..40 year old technology...

ZERO starvation....ZERO cooling problems...

2009 "high performance" 370Z, ???????

No matter how you slice it...It is weak..

But again, it is what it is....Sad.

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

Bucketlist2012

Thank you...I will just chill out and add the mods later..

The car is way cool with the new interior and exterior, ect...And I do love it.

Also the Z/28 is Highly modified to be able to perform like it does..I spent as much modifying the Camaro as I spent on the whole 370Z..

Being the Wife's Car, I will have to sneak it to the shop to add the Mods..

My Wife hears the words "modifications" and she knows how dangerous i can be with a checkbook and modifying Cars..She still doesn't get me fixing the "Old " Car...

So Thanks, I will wait and prepare my modification attack...STEALTH...She will never know it .....

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

wstar

It's a compromise car. All reasonably priced consumer sportscars are. After all, what percentage of them will ever even *see* track usage? Most people buy them for looks, and Nissan has to play a certain marketing, pricing, and looks game here more than anything just to keep the car alive. The oil cooler is a non-issue on the street in most climates (and they put some extra cooling in some hotter markets from the start, and added it to all of the cars in the US in the most recent MY update).

Personally, I think given the situation, they've managed to hand us a pretty awesome platform that's just a few obvious mods away from basic track duty (oil cooling, brake upgrades).

Even the fuel starve thing: most people will never notice this off the track, and even on the track it's mostly avoidable by keeping the tank topped up. It's not *that* huge a deal at the beginner level. If you're out there in slicks and wings and doing some definitely-not-beginner-level driving, you're already in a position where you're doing lots of upgrades to any factory car, so this is just another one to add to the list.

Well, obviously it all depends on the cars' respective mod levels and money input and of course the drivers, but I highly doubt that with other things being comparable, a '71 Z/28 can keep up with a 370Z on a road course, especially if it doesn't have a power advantage. The handling in the modern Z is just miles better than almost anything you could buy in 1971.

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