370z pics on ZCG lift! Under-car and other shots
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I've found a new image for my signature...
Old school beside new school.
Although, it would have looked better with the 370Z in Platinum Graphite...
Old school beside new school.
Although, it would have looked better with the 370Z in Platinum Graphite...
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To put it in perspective, those are 17" Panasports on my RB26DETT powered 240Z. The wheels on the 370Z are MASSIVE!
I measured the spacing at ZCG and it's VERY possible to get 335 to 345's on the stock 19x10" "sport package" wheels on the 370Z.
I measured the spacing at ZCG and it's VERY possible to get 335 to 345's on the stock 19x10" "sport package" wheels on the 370Z.
A floating Rotor means it floats around the hub and doesn't require any method to remove them except removing the caliper and bracket. That is the way Nissans have been. These are floating rotors that are on the 350z and possibly the 370z. Now the pictures you show have a seperate HAT, which is different from a floating rotor. The HAT does look different on the 370z.
Does the 370Z have two-piece rotors, just like the stoptech big brake kits. In other words, the rotor and hat are separate, allowing the rotor to expand when it gets hot, without warping or whatever.
one piece and floating is something that really doesn't work well... maybe on some brochure... but THIS is how a floating rotor is:
http://www.zeckhausen.com/Brembo/Rotor_Replacement.htm
"A floating Rotor means it floats around the hub and doesn't require any method to remove them except removing the caliper and bracket." that is how pretty much any rotor in the civilized world is connected to the hub... and I'm curious to see how it floats when is squeezed on the hub by the rim... or you keep the rim loose so the rotor can float?
http://www.zeckhausen.com/Brembo/Rotor_Replacement.htm
"A floating Rotor means it floats around the hub and doesn't require any method to remove them except removing the caliper and bracket." that is how pretty much any rotor in the civilized world is connected to the hub... and I'm curious to see how it floats when is squeezed on the hub by the rim... or you keep the rim loose so the rotor can float?
Thanks for sharing!!!!
Looks like Nissan got rid of the dual-caster-personality, split lower control arms in the front. They went back to traditional A-arms. Strange though, that Nissan went as far as to patent the design of the Z33 front suspension, only to scrap it out on the next Z.
Perhaps it wasn't fast enough and too many pieces to assemble. We Quality Manufacturing Engineers know that when you have more parts, you have more variation, and more opportunities for error.
Z33 suspension
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/nissan-350z-design2.htm
Looks like Nissan got rid of the dual-caster-personality, split lower control arms in the front. They went back to traditional A-arms. Strange though, that Nissan went as far as to patent the design of the Z33 front suspension, only to scrap it out on the next Z.
Perhaps it wasn't fast enough and too many pieces to assemble. We Quality Manufacturing Engineers know that when you have more parts, you have more variation, and more opportunities for error.
Z33 suspension
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/nissan-350z-design2.htm
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I use a Nikon D300 DSLR. for these shots, I was using the 16-85 Nikkor zoom with Image Stabilization (Nikon calls it Vibration Reduction).
Interior shots - not much light for those shots so I bumped the ISO setting to 3200 and with image stabilization on (VR), I was able to hand-hold shots at .25-.5 seconds with minimal blur even at an f8 aperture. It's not the fastest lens (f3.5-5.6) but then I shoot at F8 anyway to get a better depth-of-field, so a fast lens would not have helped in this situation
No touching up in Photoshop.
Let me say it is was a real challange to get the Blue from that z represented properly. I would purposely under-expose so it looked right.
Ok, Too much information
Yeah I am a camera geek as well as a z-geek. Put the two together for some real fun.
I use a Nikon D300 DSLR. for these shots, I was using the 16-85 Nikkor zoom with Image Stabilization (Nikon calls it Vibration Reduction).
Interior shots - not much light for those shots so I bumped the ISO setting to 3200 and with image stabilization on (VR), I was able to hand-hold shots at .25-.5 seconds with minimal blur even at an f8 aperture. It's not the fastest lens (f3.5-5.6) but then I shoot at F8 anyway to get a better depth-of-field, so a fast lens would not have helped in this situation
No touching up in Photoshop.
Let me say it is was a real challange to get the Blue from that z represented properly. I would purposely under-expose so it looked right.
Ok, Too much information
Yeah I am a camera geek as well as a z-geek. Put the two together for some real fun.
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I guess those are not LED lights then(next to the projectors/Headlights)when i first saw the pics of the 370Z the lights reminded me of the Aston martin Lights,because they have their LEDS placed like that.
I guess those are not LED lights then(next to the projectors/Headlights)when i first saw the pics of the 370Z the lights reminded me of the Aston martin Lights,because they have their LEDS placed like that.
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Front/rear suspension
The front suspension is aluminum. Is the rear steel? The opposite of the 350? Is the front front top/bottom A-arms camber/caster adjustable?
Is the diff mounted by more than one attachment point?
Is the diff mounted by more than one attachment point?
