+1

 

lack of lsd can contribute to a spin out when driven by a noobie.

 

Thank God for TCS, I lost count of how many times it saved me...
OP should've gotten an Enthusiast model

 

dude where are the pics? POST PICS OR BAN!

 

I agree. In dry weather, unless you hit oil or gravel, the low speed cornering forces on a Z are almost high enough to make one nauseated. Give it too much gas however......

 

looks like you came to terms with this accident pretty maturely - no excuses. learn from it mang, don't mess your Z up!

 

sorry to hear it..

 

Wat?

 

EPIC ****ING FAIL!!!!!

 

Then you're not driving hard enough.

I've gotten sideways in 3rd with the tcs off going in a straight line, so I'd say it'd be easy to spin a base model around a corner...

 

Just a suggestion here: u know, it helps if all the less experienced Z drivers would at least do an hour of laps around their local circuits. this is so that they can check their Z's limits during highspeed driving... who knows, it might save someone's life/Z one day.

ofcourse i'm not trying to sound like a pro or smthing but i feel this is still the best way if you drive the Z really hard on public roads.

peace!

 

^^I agree, although I think one should avoid driving "really hard" on public roads anyway. Even if your the best driver in the world, your still dealing with all the other drivers (who amy not be the best drivers in the world), pedestrians, children, and elderly folk.

 

^i totally agree on that too!

"with great power comes great responsibility" LOL!

 

No offense, but my guess is that you don't know the difference between a LSD and an open differential. The truth is the exact opposite of what you just stated.

With an open differential, if you're on the gas around a tight turn and apply too much throttle.... your inside tire spins, your outside tire with all of the traction stays firmly planted, and you stay on right on course. No rotation. You also have a slower maximum exit speed because you can't put the power down where you can use it.

If you have a LSD in that same turn, more power is delivered to the outside tire that has more traction. If that tire breaks traction, guess what? You rotate. If you don't know what you're doing, the results will be ugly.

This is not to say you can't make a car with an open differential rotate, it's just the dynamics are much different. (and safer)

Most 18 year old noobs don't know how to properly handle a car traveling in a straight line, much less one that is rotating.

 

I used to autocross with an open diff. ^^He speaks the truth.^^

Now I autocross the same Z with a Quaife LSD. Much, much, better.

BTW a standard LSD will put more power to the outside wheel than an open diff. But only a Quaife (or ATB LSD) will put more power to the outside wheel than the inside wheel on the same car. Most LSD's simply lock (at some point) and split the power 50/50-ish.

 

Inexperience got you sideways in 3rd, not "driving hard enough."

 

put pictures up a**hole, why make a thread with no pics

 

Then you don't have a base model. Base models don't have TCS.

Oh thats right, you have an enthusiast.

 

This is one of the things that I would not admit.

 

I don't believe this... Every other person who does this blames the tires, the suspension, the fact that its the third Tuesday of the month or some other lame excuse. Thank you for being the first honest person in quite some time to actually accept that you made a mistake.

Also, sorry about the car and I'm glad you're okay...