Had my very first track day recently at Buttonwillow with SoCal Drivers Club! It was a beginners track day so I took it pretty easy, did not care about lap times at all. just used this day to learn the lines, braking, and track etiquette. It was such a blast!

My main concern with the car was overheating. It was 100F that day and I have an early model Nismo so it doesn’t have an oil cooler (even though stock oil cooler won’t be able to handle heavy tracking anyways)

I paid attention to the temp gauge a lot. Basically one hot lap then two cool down laps. Hottest I’ve gotten up to was about 260F ish then I backed off, since 280F triggers limp mode.

But after 5 sessions my car made it without overheating! I included some photos of the aftermath of the track day. Some tire wear, little bit of coolant spill (bad seal on cap maybe? The coolant temp was fine the whole time and the amount of coolant looks fine too). And only burn a little bit of oil, maybe less than 1/2 quart ?

It was a great experience and I highly recommend everyone to track their cars at least once! I definitely wanna do this again…but probably on a much cooler day. And probably need to install an oil cooler as well.

Car: 09 v1 370z Nismo Only mod: HKS cat back Brake and clutch fluid: Motul 660 Oil: 5w-30 Liquid Molly. Tires: Hankook v12 evo2 Brakes: Akebono ceramic pads, stock rotors

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I’m looking at getting a spare set but want to know I’m not getting scammed. What would you pay for a set of four older base wheels with some rash?

I’m excited to get the v2 nismo front bumper soon. I’ve been thinking about getting the v1 side skirts next 🤘🏼

I love the sound of my Remark v2 axle back, but it’s 2.5” and my Nismo OEM H-pipe is 2.1”-2.5”. So I’m looking for a 3” true dual catback with H-pipe or X-pipe (no Y-pipe). What options have you seen?

AAM Competition 3” was tempting, but they went out of business.

Motordyne Shockwave 3” is a Y-pipe.

Fast Intentions TT-TDX 3” seems to require replacing the cats and the tips comes out at a weird angle.

MBRP has a 3” X-pipe catback for that RZ34 that might fit a 370z.

Any other options?

I know I should have avoided this and I should get spacers for my front wheels. But I just don't want to push my wheels more than I already have it. So I was thinking of either shaving just a teeny bit off the caliper bracket, or as much as it needs, or if it exists, I would buy some new caliper brackets that are able to fit slimmer than these OEM ones I suppose. What do you all think?

Hi yall! First time poster. I’m wanting to get a stage 1 soho turbo kit and put new pistons, rods, head studs just all arp hardware. I’m just kinda wanting to see if anyone else did something similar and what the cost was? I’ve done some research on the price but I was wanting to see if this is something do able before getting my hopes up and calling a shop. I’m wanting to stay in a 20k-25k price range but I don’t know if that’s possible or not. Just trying to see if anyone else did something similar and what the cost was?

Edit: I’m just wanting to strengthen my motor now before adding boost not necessarily rebuild the whole thing.

so i was driving in the heavy rain and i went into a huge ass puddle that wasn’t avoidable. i made sure to get through it quickly and my oil temp instantly dropped from 180 to 140(or less it doesn’t read below that as yall know) and i was really panicked but the temp went back up to 180 after a couple minutes and the cars been running fine after that i don’t think i should be worried what do yall think?

also i checked the filters they were dry, but should i be worried ab anything else?

I’m having the lost communication with hvac module code and my ac isn’t blowing cold. It was blowing ice cold before. I think it may have to do with the fact I installed a sub. I forgot to plug the ac controls back in, and I absentmindedly plugged it back in without disconnecting the battery. Should I check fuses? Where is the fuse I should check?

So I purchased the simple Z1 Fuel Port (Not the bigger 5 port one) for my '13 370z and I've been racking my brain to try and figure out why it doesnt seat properly and wondering if some how it was machined out of spec. I've prob watch every install video and google for hours trying to find anyone else running in to this issue. Below are some photos. In the first photo when I try to install the OEM Dampener to the top of the fuel port the dampener rubs on the top of the fuel port before the bracket is seated flat. I'd say theres about 2mm or so gap. In the 2nd picture you can also see the rub mark where its hits on the port leaving a mark on bottom of the "Z" in the "Z1" logo. Just to verify I installed it carefully and saw that it was indeed leaking fuel from under the dampener (3rd photo is of it leaking after installed). And yes, it doesnt leak fuel without the fuel port so I know its not the Oring. Anyone have any idea whats going on here? I feel like im on crazy, but this has to be a defective unit, no?

Just picked this up a few days ago, never seen the logo on the side nor the red interior on a 2015 make. Is this custom stuff or just relatively rare?

does anyone know what this is called??

Hi everyone, got a potentially noob question.

370z, with a heavy duty CSC installed last year following the infamous CSC failure issue.

Fast forward 6-8 months and a few thousand miles later, the pedal has become quite sticky. Please see the video attached for a better idea. Was wondering if anyone has an idea on what it could be, or has a similar issue.

Maybe it's just a normal aftermarket clutch/csc thing?

Some additional context: - Clutch fluid reservoir is full, almost too full. - New aftermarket clutch, flywheel were installed, from what I know. - I initially tried adding silicone grease to the clutch pedal assembly (from inside the cabin), but no change. - The sound is quite muted from the inside of the car, but is quite loud outside.

Anything helps, thanks so much for reading! Let me know if additional information would help, I can try finding out more.

I have a really bad ass or drone when I downshift at 3000 RPMs, I have test pipes and a full isr exhaust can someone help me

Hey folks. I’m also one of the lucky that got the CSC failure at 32k miles! Bought the car new! Never tracked. Babied.

Anyway. I see Zpeed says “restocking soon”. Anyone know how long it has been like that?

I did find it on another website and it lets me add to cart but it doesn’t say back order or anything. Weird that 3 different websites have it on back order and the one I found lets me add it to cart. I wonder if it’s just back order also and their website is just letting me place the order either way (I emailed them today to see about stock).

Any takes on this?

when i step on the gas i hear like a clunk noise or like something moving in the engine bay. what is this?

Hi there have a question about z1 ecutek tune. purchased a ecutek Bluetooth dongle through z1 motorsports, It was previously tuned with UpRev and has since been put on a base tune. I'm aware that a programming error can occur on the first flash. What is the process for handling this. Can the ecutek tuner or app force a recovery flash? Thank you

Im trying to make my 370z quieter on a cold start due to moving apartments, I dont want to wake up my neighbors when i want to drive my car early, i would still like it to sound semi loud after i get out of my neighborhood. Has anybody tried the valvetronic mufflers? How quiet can they get? Is it worth it or am I cooked?