ride difference between track and touring models???
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Can anyone tell the difference between the two?? Is the ride stiffer? Reason I ask is that I'm still up in the air between buying a touring, performance or track model. Aside from the Brembo's I can't really see a reason to buy a track model over the others? Any help here is appreciated.
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Remember you can always get aftermarket sways or suspension to stiffen up the ride on the touring.
The reasons to get the track model are:
lightweight forged rims by Rays Engineering
brembos
This explains the price difference over touring.
If you're thinking about modding heavily / getting rims / getting big brakes kit, etc, there's no reason to get the track...
I also saw a post where brembos were tested against stock brakes, the only difference was a couple of feet of stopping distance (less than 10 feet) and cooler temperatures (you can put higher temperature pads on in either case, so that shouldn't be a concern either).
In short, the stock brakes are fine, good even.
Oh yeah, and don't count on the Bose system in the Touring blowing you away. It is a decent sound system, but most people aren't really that satisfied with it.
The reasons to get the track model are:
lightweight forged rims by Rays Engineering
brembos
This explains the price difference over touring.
If you're thinking about modding heavily / getting rims / getting big brakes kit, etc, there's no reason to get the track...
I also saw a post where brembos were tested against stock brakes, the only difference was a couple of feet of stopping distance (less than 10 feet) and cooler temperatures (you can put higher temperature pads on in either case, so that shouldn't be a concern either).
In short, the stock brakes are fine, good even.
Oh yeah, and don't count on the Bose system in the Touring blowing you away. It is a decent sound system, but most people aren't really that satisfied with it.
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I got a 2003 Touring and it came with stock 18's.
I read an article once (been trying to find it ever since) about how a car review website test drove the 2003 track for a year and then got the touring and they said the touring was a much smoother ride. Which makes sense, since the "touring" is for touring and I'm sure the suspension was tuned to make it a smoother ride for "tours".
As for the rest, The leather heated seats with eletric positioning is more for bling, a status thing. Girls always comment on the leather and the eletric positioning thingy.
The BOSE... I am up in the air about it. I like music, but I'm not an audiophile. I also find people who drive up with their subwoofers blasting to be very inconsiderate. I'm embarressed when I come to an intersection with my music loud, I always try to turn it down before I get there. I know me and my friends laugh at people who have their music blasting so I'm paranoid at people laughing at me. The point is that the BOSE is good in my books and I'm just a normal music lover.
The Navigation in the touring was more of a resale value for me, I thought I would never really use it, but man has it helped me out of a lot of situations. I'm looking for a new home, so I use it to find houses in ads. Also when I'm stuck in heavy traffic, I use it to find my way to another street. Helps me look for stores (mostly shops for my car
) Also, the navigation tells you on the maps other things then just roads, you can make it an option to show you tourist/historic landmarks, banks and ATM places, resturants, reststops, etc. And I use it when I go to another city to visit my friends. Actually, just mentioning all these things have made me really like my navigation
Oh, yeah, and chicks love it ![Wink](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Also, doesn't the track come with a default rear lip(spoiler)? I'm not a fan of spoilers. I like the slick look of the 350Z rear end with no spoiler and the Touring has no spoilers.
I read an article once (been trying to find it ever since) about how a car review website test drove the 2003 track for a year and then got the touring and they said the touring was a much smoother ride. Which makes sense, since the "touring" is for touring and I'm sure the suspension was tuned to make it a smoother ride for "tours".
As for the rest, The leather heated seats with eletric positioning is more for bling, a status thing. Girls always comment on the leather and the eletric positioning thingy.
The BOSE... I am up in the air about it. I like music, but I'm not an audiophile. I also find people who drive up with their subwoofers blasting to be very inconsiderate. I'm embarressed when I come to an intersection with my music loud, I always try to turn it down before I get there. I know me and my friends laugh at people who have their music blasting so I'm paranoid at people laughing at me. The point is that the BOSE is good in my books and I'm just a normal music lover.
The Navigation in the touring was more of a resale value for me, I thought I would never really use it, but man has it helped me out of a lot of situations. I'm looking for a new home, so I use it to find houses in ads. Also when I'm stuck in heavy traffic, I use it to find my way to another street. Helps me look for stores (mostly shops for my car
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Also, doesn't the track come with a default rear lip(spoiler)? I'm not a fan of spoilers. I like the slick look of the 350Z rear end with no spoiler and the Touring has no spoilers.
Originally Posted by Fletch69z
Touring also has 17" rims so there's more sidewall. That's probably about the only real difference in ride stiffness.
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go touring bc of bose, leather, heated seats
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"A lot" of extra weight?
The Track is 3,225 pounds.
The Touring is 3,247 pounds.
Is 22 pounds "a lot" of extra weight for you?
The specs was gathered from the nissan website:
http://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/ModelSpecifications/0,,120017|120563|,00.html
Click on Curb Weight.
The Track is 3,225 pounds.
The Touring is 3,247 pounds.
Is 22 pounds "a lot" of extra weight for you?
The specs was gathered from the nissan website:
http://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/ModelSpecifications/0,,120017|120563|,00.html
Click on Curb Weight.
Originally Posted by gatti-man
If you want fast get track or get base. Touring comes with alot of extra weight.
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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
I also saw a post where brembos were tested against stock brakes, the only difference was a couple of feet of stopping distance (less than 10 feet) and cooler temperatures (you can put higher temperature pads on in either case, so that shouldn't be a concern either).
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Originally Posted by ZlleH
I read an article once (been trying to find it ever since) about how a car review website test drove the 2003 track for a year and then got the touring and they said the touring was a much smoother ride. Which makes sense, since the "touring" is for touring and I'm sure the suspension was tuned to make it a smoother ride for "tours".
The stated reason for a harsher ride for the Track is the lighter rims (18 lbs v.s. 26 lbs), so they transmit the bumps on the road more easily.
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I stand corrected, I don't know why they said the touring was smoother. Maybe it is like what you said, the wheels. Although you would think the track would get smaller rims for tracking and smaller rims would be smoother. My touring has stock 18"
Originally Posted by zpak
I thought the suspension was identical in all models?
The stated reason for a harsher ride for the Track is the lighter rims (18 lbs v.s. 26 lbs), so they transmit the bumps on the road more easily.
The stated reason for a harsher ride for the Track is the lighter rims (18 lbs v.s. 26 lbs), so they transmit the bumps on the road more easily.
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Originally Posted by Jcolman
Can anyone tell the difference between the two?? Is the ride stiffer? Reason I ask is that I'm still up in the air between buying a touring, performance or track model. Aside from the Brembo's I can't really see a reason to buy a track model over the others? Any help here is appreciated.
i prefer the cloth seats thoug...
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The suspension in both trim-levels is identical. In '04, the car (again, both models) received the Euro-spec suspension, which gave the car a somewhat smoother ride and helped to eliminate freeway porpoising.
The weights of both models are close enough that it would likely not make a difference in ride (it's mostly unsprung weight anyway, existing in the brakes and/or wheels).
The Touring model's leather seats really don't have any more padding than the track's cloth seats, but I'm sure they each have their own feel.
As for which model to buy, take it from someone who has heavily modded their car, the track model is worth it because a big brake kit upgrade to any lesser model is going to cost you anywhere from 3500 to 8000 dollars and offer minimal performance gains over the very well designed Brembo system. This is the only part of my car that made it a track model that I will not replace. The wheels had a nice resale value compared to the 17 or 18" wheels available on the other models. The aero kit, including the chin spoiler, the underbody diffusers and the rear wing are all basicallly "marketing features" in my opinion, and don't mean squat unless you plan on oval racing the car. The touring model has leather, which I don't care for in a sports car, the bose sound system, which by all accounts in not really too much of an upgrade over the base system. Heated seats...whatever.![Wink](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Anyway, I say if you're gonna mod, get a track. If you're gonna stay stock and it's going to be a daily street drive and creature comfort is important to you, get a touring.
That's my 2.
The weights of both models are close enough that it would likely not make a difference in ride (it's mostly unsprung weight anyway, existing in the brakes and/or wheels).
The Touring model's leather seats really don't have any more padding than the track's cloth seats, but I'm sure they each have their own feel.
As for which model to buy, take it from someone who has heavily modded their car, the track model is worth it because a big brake kit upgrade to any lesser model is going to cost you anywhere from 3500 to 8000 dollars and offer minimal performance gains over the very well designed Brembo system. This is the only part of my car that made it a track model that I will not replace. The wheels had a nice resale value compared to the 17 or 18" wheels available on the other models. The aero kit, including the chin spoiler, the underbody diffusers and the rear wing are all basicallly "marketing features" in my opinion, and don't mean squat unless you plan on oval racing the car. The touring model has leather, which I don't care for in a sports car, the bose sound system, which by all accounts in not really too much of an upgrade over the base system. Heated seats...whatever.
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Anyway, I say if you're gonna mod, get a track. If you're gonna stay stock and it's going to be a daily street drive and creature comfort is important to you, get a touring.
That's my 2.
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Depends what kind of mod you are looking to do. If you are all about tracking, then get the track and do your performance mod.
I bought the 350Z for the looks, it just happens to come with nice horsepowers. Let's face it, 80% of us is not going to go drag racing and to the tracks. The mods I'm going to do will be 50% performance and 50% looks. I ain't going to show off my lambo door mod and have cloth seats waiting inside. I want the leather seats. So I disagree, it depends what mod you would like to do. You can want to do tons of mods and should get the touring as well.
I bought the 350Z for the looks, it just happens to come with nice horsepowers. Let's face it, 80% of us is not going to go drag racing and to the tracks. The mods I'm going to do will be 50% performance and 50% looks. I ain't going to show off my lambo door mod and have cloth seats waiting inside. I want the leather seats. So I disagree, it depends what mod you would like to do. You can want to do tons of mods and should get the touring as well.
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Anyway, I say if you're gonna mod, get a track. If you're gonna stay stock and it's going to be a daily street drive and creature comfort is important to you, get a touring.
That's my 2.
That's my 2.
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Originally Posted by ZlleH
Depends what kind of mod you are looking to do. If you are all about tracking, then get the track and do your performance mod.
I bought the 350Z for the looks, it just happens to come with nice horsepowers. Let's face it, 80% of us is not going to go drag racing and to the tracks. The mods I'm going to do will be 50% performance and 50% looks. I ain't going to show off my lambo door mod and have cloth seats waiting inside. I want the leather seats. So I disagree, it depends what mod you would like to do. You can want to do tons of mods and should get the touring as well.
I bought the 350Z for the looks, it just happens to come with nice horsepowers. Let's face it, 80% of us is not going to go drag racing and to the tracks. The mods I'm going to do will be 50% performance and 50% looks. I ain't going to show off my lambo door mod and have cloth seats waiting inside. I want the leather seats. So I disagree, it depends what mod you would like to do. You can want to do tons of mods and should get the touring as well.
For what it's worth, here's a shot of my interior...no cloth here
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No way! I love the look of the stock leather seats, They are tight! I've seen some custom leather seats on the Z and they all look "loose" I love the stock leather seats. IMO, the leather seats are one of the things I don't have to change in the interior. I'll agree with you on the brembos, they are crazy expensive.
BTW: Nice seats, just not my style.
BTW: Nice seats, just not my style.
Originally Posted by kcobean
And if you're going for looks, you're going to want an aftermarket seat or seat-skin anyway.
For what it's worth, here's a shot of my interior...no cloth here![Smilie](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
For what it's worth, here's a shot of my interior...no cloth here
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Originally Posted by ZlleH
"A lot" of extra weight?
The Track is 3,225 pounds.
The Touring is 3,247 pounds.
Is 22 pounds "a lot" of extra weight for you?
The specs was gathered from the nissan website:
http://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/ModelSpecifications/0,,120017|120563|,00.html
Click on Curb Weight.
The Track is 3,225 pounds.
The Touring is 3,247 pounds.
Is 22 pounds "a lot" of extra weight for you?
The specs was gathered from the nissan website:
http://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/ModelSpecifications/0,,120017|120563|,00.html
Click on Curb Weight.