I purchased my 350 z a little over a year ago. I drove it for 10 months no problems. At 100,000 miles the clutch started Slipping. This seems to be normal wear and tear in October I replace the clutch with a stage 2 JWT performance clutch and flywheel combo. As soon as I replace a clutch started having problems such problems that are still continuing my car has been in and out of the shop for months was well over 7000 dollars put into the suspension and drivetrain of his car with no prevail.Once i replaced the clutch started feeling in the rear end of the car what felt like something was loose almost as if the car was not attached to the subframe. I still have this issue and I have replaced the struts front and back I've put new rims due to the factory one were bent in the center hub (not outside) I put new camber arms on the rear end (the passengers side camber arm was bent) I have never wrecked this vehicle nor does there seem to be any report of it being wrecked on car fax. Not saying that it hasn't just not reported if so. I have had three sets of tires since March 2012 I've had the car aligned at least 5 times I have had new spark plugs new o2 sensors new TPMS sensorsI have had new brakes. I have taking it to the Nissan dealership. I have taken it to the foreign maintenance shop here which one of the best mechanics in town supposedly I've taken it to numerous shop Both in town and out of town to get seconds opinion on what is wrong. What's causing the issue for the car to not stay in alignment and for the rims to be bent in center hub. The uneven wear of the tires and most of all what is causing the feel of the wheels being loose. As time goes on the problem gets worse and other thing get worse along with it now there's chatter from the engine the transmission and its almost as if its a lifter sound that comes from the engine when driving in gear at low rpm. I don't know too much about cars at all until I purchased this car in March of 2012 its been nothing but a problem in a huge money pit and I feel like a lot of it is men at the shops pushing me around thinking I'm stupid to get my money because I'm a female. But far from stupid Am I and I do my research and have researched a lot with this car I'm just at a end on what to do next . I know this car has a lot of issues but I revert back to the 10 months I drove it with none. I believe that the clutch was never installed correctly and but most of my problems have Stemed from this. I feel as if the clutch was not tightened 2 specification and its loose which in turn has caused the tranny to be loose the car to handle and drive like s*** so any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cliff notes? Eyes hurt

 

cliff notes? possibly a troll, that or somehow she has taken to a nissan dealership and one of the best mechanics in her home town and they have missed the either shot wheel bearings or shot sub frame bushings.

also another person who somehow has lifter noise in a engine with no lifters, or is hearing the standard noise of the cams and has never had a vehicle with solid lash adjustment before and freaking out about it then someone who has no idea what they are talking about said "oh thats lifters"

i dont hate on grammar and blocks of text because i tend to do it too, adhd is a *****.

 

Got lost in the wall of text

 

Well, from what I can assertain from what you wrote. You are complaining about the way the car drives/sounds/feels after you had a JWT clutch/flywheel installed. With out hearing/driving the car all of us are just guessing. But, the JWT combo is noisy and shutters a bit at low speeds. Especially, from a stop. So, what you are experiencing maybe normal for that clutch setup.

 

sorry Rox, that sucks... $7000 in the project though sometimes you have to know when to let it go, and im sure it wasnt at once so in small "fixes" it has added up

as a few suggestions above, double check wheel bearings, bushings, your worries of wrongly installed tranny/clutch and then also knowing that your new aftermarket clutch will sound alot different then a OEM one

good luck

 

should try my south bend 6 puck bet that would be fun, enough chatter people think somethings wrong lol

definitely alot of shuttering at times too.......

 

Holy text.

 

I'd go back to a stock clutch first to remove that variable, rebuilding the rest of the car should not be necessary and the fact that you still feel the same problem means they still haven't found it.

 

How do you dump $7k into suspension issues and not get it sorted out? You could buy brand new coilover, all new bushings, clutch and trans, and get an alignment w/o spending that much.

 

motons, all spl control arms and suspension bits, solid bushings? think i priced that out at something over 10k

 

That motul fluid did wonders for my chatter. My rps on my last Z was embarrassing

 

Exaggerating maybe??

 

Well, posted b/c of issues with the car didnt know there was a certain format of MPA /APA of posting.
Any Anyhow back to the facts subframe is bent can tell from looking under the car . car sits at angle the drivers the seems to be lower to the ground . checked bushing and bought but mechanic said they were good no need to replace.i know jwt has loud chatter but this is a very loud chatter that was 1&2 gear only at first to even louder every gear including 6th on highway at 70+ mph. The car drives like something is off line.for example for see everything to turn smoothly it would be tight and alligned ●|● it feels like ●\● best example I can think of is old cartoons when driving in car that wheels are bent all crazy as car drives characters move up and down to movements of bent wheels. Sounds crazy best I can do on a non visualization explanations.

 

Roxy sorry to hear your being taken advantage of.

You need to find a new shop, they're playing off your ignorance.


FIND A NEW SHOP TO WORK ON YOUR CAR! or get a BF who wont let this happen to you.

GL