View Poll Results: Has Your 350Z Shut-Down At High Speeds When Shifting Into Neutral?
Yes! I have at least an INTAKE.
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Uhhhm No! I have at least an INTAKE.
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Yes! I'm Stock.
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No! I'm Stock.
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Scary Moment The Other Night...
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Okay...... Forgive me if this has been covered... But I damn near shyt a cat the other night when I was running with my friend (his 03' Vette) on the Tollway @ 120ish and I decided to go into neutral and noticed my rpm's drop along with the rest of my gauges!
I was approaching my exit and low and behold... NO POWER, thus no power steering!
Thinking fast, I depressed the clutch engaged 6th gear... 'Voilla... Power back on. Now I'm always underhood keeping my car meticulous inside and out, so my connections are all good.
This certainly must have to do with my JWT? I reset my ECU regularly, so... What gives? ![Confused](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif)
*NOTE* Keep in mind guys... TRIPPLE DIGITS! I have also shifted into neutral @ 80 I believe without incident.
Please indicate if you have experienced this, what MODS do/did you have at the time.
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*NOTE* Keep in mind guys... TRIPPLE DIGITS! I have also shifted into neutral @ 80 I believe without incident.
Please indicate if you have experienced this, what MODS do/did you have at the time.
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I had this issue after I installed my new intake. My MAF wasn't re-installed perfectly the way it was stock, plus the hks filter popped off (damn that cheap plastic bolt) so after tighting everything back up and reseting the ECU I have no probs. Granted, I dont let the car drop revs in neutral at high speeds. I think the increase in air turbulence causes this stalling issue.
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Originally Posted by dan-14
i've driven a car without power stearing before and it was harder to stear but not unsafe.
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Originally Posted by yobri
Same, it was only rather difficult when the car was not in motion... felt like I was going to snap the steering wheel off or something. But when the car was in motion, power steering was a rather negligible thing. Haven't experienced the same in the Z, but I think I'd shiz a cat too if the same happened to me at 120... ![](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/icon43.gif)
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Yeah, it was somewhat manageable, but significantly harder than w/ power assist! And keep in mind... I was already in the process of changing lanes to exit!
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But everything appears to be tight and in order.
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Think I'll start a poll on this...
Surely there is a definitive answer.
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Should've downshifted instead of slapping it into neutral. I was told & also read this on the forum that putting it into neutral, especially at high speeds, somehow chokes up your engine (still trying to find out why). There is a thread somewhere that states this. Subject was something in the lines of engine stalling with the JWT Popcharger. Not sure if other intakes experienced this but it seems to be isolated to the JWT Popcharger. I have this intake as well & I've had no issues (knocks on wood). Already took it up a few times in the 3 digits with no problem but I made sure I never put it into neutral.
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Originally Posted by dan-14
is it really hard to turn the Z with no power stearing or something? i've driven a car without power stearing before and it was harder to stear but not unsafe.
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Originally Posted by GTNPU Z
Should've downshifted instead of slapping it into neutral. I was told & also read this on the forum that putting it into neutral, especially at high speeds, somehow chokes up your engine (still trying to find out why). There is a thread somewhere that states this. Subject was something in the lines of engine stalling with the JWT Popcharger. Not sure if other intakes experienced this but it seems to be isolated to the JWT Popcharger. I have this intake as well & I've had no issues (knocks on wood). Already took it up a few times in the 3 digits with no problem but I made sure I never put it into neutral.
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so the more important question is did you beat the vett??
what happened to your cars no biggie its happened to me once or twice all i did was put the car in nuteral, clutch down and start it again. granted this wasnt a Z but its not that bad of a sittuation.
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I have a JWT popcharger I haven't once reset my ECU and had no such problems what so ever. What do yall think my car is doing since I haven't reset my ECU? I can tell yall I have manage to pass the speed-limiter on my car with the JWT popcharger and had more to go. My stock air box had me stuck at the speed limiter 156. I'm just really intrigue if it would be wise of me to reset my ECU or Not.
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For all you modified (JWT) folks who replied No.... Are you saying that you indeed went into neutral at the speeds mentioned, and your car was fine? I find that shiz VERY hard to believe I'm the only one... The few of you who mentioned it had happened, didn't poll correctly.
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Originally Posted by TXSTYLE
For all you modified (JWT) folks who replied No.... Are you saying that you indeed went into neutral at the speeds mentioned, and your car was fine? I find that shiz VERY hard to believe I'm the only one... The few of you who mentioned it had happened, didn't poll correctly.
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Originally Posted by TXSTYLE
Hmmmmmm? 5 of you are stock and this still happened! Guess it's a fluke of some sort. ![Confused](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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The stalling issue aside for a moment... I'm not knocking you, I'm just suggesting you don't shift into neutral [and coast] at *any* speed. If you do, it's extremely difficult to match revs when you re-engage, unless you coast & brake all the way down to a stop. When you re-engage without matching revs, that's what's hard on the tranny. I second the motion to downshift rather than pop it into neutral. Good luck.
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The stalling issue aside for a moment... I'm not knocking you, I'm just suggesting you don't shift into neutral [and coast] at *any* speed. If you do, it's extremely difficult to match revs when you re-engage, unless you coast & brake all the way down to a stop. When you re-engage without matching revs, that's what's hard on the tranny. I second the motion to downshift rather than pop it into neutral. Good luck.