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More interview with head honcho, part 2
- still Z34 chassis code but 70-80% new parts
- after figuring out if they should make it Z35 or not, they considered the costs and decided to throw more money where the customers would appreciate.
- 370Z ABS issue has been fully revised to avoid the freezing effect from the 370z when understeering.
- head honcho figured the R32-4 period skyline GT-R kinda "turn up the boost and go faster" is fun.
- he likes to think the theme behind Z and GTR be "beauty and the beast". Z looks good, responds well to driver as a "dance partner", but the GTR is the beast, go fast first, response and driving involvement later.
- Z is supposed to give you a lot of margin for error, everything has a big window to respond to. Where you get the correct feedback and information to play with, it doesn't break away suddenly and so you can play to your own tempo with this chassis.
- it's the same powertrain as the 400R or the Q50 RS but it is specifically tuned with an additional recirculating valve to avoid the turbo slow down between shifts and over throttle closures. This is very much something that's introduced with the manual transmission to this engine package.
- suspension is tuned for street and occasional drifts but it's not really geared to go fast (head honcho said it himself) at an engineering standpoint it's not as well tuned for lap times as Nissan could do. (I'd think that's Nismo's home turf)
- new transmission has a Magnesium housing (?) To shoulder the torque while keeping the 9 speed transmission weighing the same as a 7 speed form before.
- head honcho looked at the camera and said "if you tune it, it's your responsibility, ok? "
- "it's pretty heavy, why?" "The engine alone is 100kg heavier than the VQ37HR, ya know?"
- with that in mind, Nissan chassis tuning is made to be as mild as possible even with very wide tires. That's the Nissan way. More people have more fun that way. (If people reviewing it say it's not as sharp as an s2000 civic type R, Porsche 718 or whatever, know that it's on purpose)
- DAS steer by wire is not to go onto the car in any way. The DAS was a standard equipment in japanese skyline (Q50) meant for japanese consumption because the starter occupied the space where a right hand drive steering shaft would go where the starter would go. They made a convoluted linkage system to connect the steering wheel back to the steering rack. This was very much an engineering requirement because they wanted a mechanical connection between the wheel and the other one in front of you.
- still Z34 chassis code but 70-80% new parts
- after figuring out if they should make it Z35 or not, they considered the costs and decided to throw more money where the customers would appreciate.
- 370Z ABS issue has been fully revised to avoid the freezing effect from the 370z when understeering.
- head honcho figured the R32-4 period skyline GT-R kinda "turn up the boost and go faster" is fun.
- he likes to think the theme behind Z and GTR be "beauty and the beast". Z looks good, responds well to driver as a "dance partner", but the GTR is the beast, go fast first, response and driving involvement later.
- Z is supposed to give you a lot of margin for error, everything has a big window to respond to. Where you get the correct feedback and information to play with, it doesn't break away suddenly and so you can play to your own tempo with this chassis.
- it's the same powertrain as the 400R or the Q50 RS but it is specifically tuned with an additional recirculating valve to avoid the turbo slow down between shifts and over throttle closures. This is very much something that's introduced with the manual transmission to this engine package.
- suspension is tuned for street and occasional drifts but it's not really geared to go fast (head honcho said it himself) at an engineering standpoint it's not as well tuned for lap times as Nissan could do. (I'd think that's Nismo's home turf)
- new transmission has a Magnesium housing (?) To shoulder the torque while keeping the 9 speed transmission weighing the same as a 7 speed form before.
- head honcho looked at the camera and said "if you tune it, it's your responsibility, ok? "
- "it's pretty heavy, why?" "The engine alone is 100kg heavier than the VQ37HR, ya know?"
- with that in mind, Nissan chassis tuning is made to be as mild as possible even with very wide tires. That's the Nissan way. More people have more fun that way. (If people reviewing it say it's not as sharp as an s2000 civic type R, Porsche 718 or whatever, know that it's on purpose)
- DAS steer by wire is not to go onto the car in any way. The DAS was a standard equipment in japanese skyline (Q50) meant for japanese consumption because the starter occupied the space where a right hand drive steering shaft would go where the starter would go. They made a convoluted linkage system to connect the steering wheel back to the steering rack. This was very much an engineering requirement because they wanted a mechanical connection between the wheel and the other one in front of you.
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