Rebuilding and Modifying a Nissan 350Z - Part 7

[@axelito2124]

The z and g have very heavy steering. Feels even heavier with a racing wheel. If you guys have abs still hooked up I recommend pulling the abs fuse . Also bypass your lsd diff if you have one due to the traction control not fully disabling when you push the button.

[@jake77515]

This!

[@lb9gta307]

Pulling the ABS fuse (in most cars at least) disables traction control.

[@rosaatomica9976]

Nicholas Rodrigues traction control is no good for drifting my guy, exact opposite of what you need for drifting

[@lb9gta307]

@@rosaatomica9976 um yeah. Not news to me. But, uh, thanks for the info?

[@rosaatomica9976]

Nicholas Rodrigues then whats the point of the comment if 1 its not news to you and 2 youre aware that they built a drift car? i mean i aint tryin to start a war or anything but like cmon

[@rubenm1927]

I'm a little late commenting on this one, however, there is an "air relief plug" you remove on a coolant hose on the right side of engine, near the battery, that allows you to bleed air out the coolant system a whole lot easier. Check FSM section CO page 9.

[@dancarlos1216]

There is also a coolant bleed screw you can remove near the battery area. Just pop it back in once coolant spits out.

[@martinlanza1236]

The water pipe on the passenger side of the engine bay has a vertical stork with a Philips screw - that's the water bleed valve - makes it easy to burp the engine when refilling the coolant

[@kevodean]

the 350z i drove frequently back in 2010 and occasionally years after that till my close friend parked his bc it needed work, but it always felt like heavy steering but very precise, it was a drivers car if you wanted a exhilarating daily

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

If you like your power steering pump you generally turn the car off when the reservoir gets sucks dry.. lol Little tip, best way to bleed is have it jacked like you do and slowly turn the wheels side to side and stop before each lock and top up as you go. Once you start it and it aerated/sucks the reservoir dry it can be a pain to bleed and generally isn't good for a pump. Some cars can be a real bastard like Ford's lol

[@tomwagemans1872]

We use a vacuum assisted coolant filler at work. Works every time even on cars like Porsche with their front radiator/ rear engine setup.

[@mas921]

CASTER IS HIGH! this is why the steering is so HEAVY! stock caster is 8deg and this is 9.2! This is very good for "spring to center" in drifting but this will add tons of full lock camber gain! The 350z has remarkably low SAI/kingpin of 5deg, so extra caster and that crazy 3+degvcsmber is totally not needed. This is a norm for the s chassis drifters but not the double wishbones 350z

[@comfort_in_discomfort]

The highlight was the in-car cam while doing the donut at the end... I think you'll need to find a skid-pad somewhere (even a wet parking lot...) to have a little practice on wheel-hand speed. Looking forward to it.

[@tobycosford1]

I like the "Kit Car" lights on the alignment rack.

[@GarielMotorsports]

Needs to put some tests pipes or high flow cats and the car is gonna be wake up like a monster, congrats DP nice ride

[@realtalk4689]

You guys do great work, sharing of your thoughts and detail. Those are nice cars.

[@OctaneMonkey]

Rwd is so much fun in the winter. Just need to put some snow tires on it so can push it around in the snow!

[@altimatic2183]

Love your content Please keep it this way, the amateur but professional style

[@rarile6307]

The z Steering gets really heavy when you are on stock arms with Front upper control arms and roll center correction lower ball joints it will lighten up some.

[@Ztaal3]

Drift car becomes street car ^^, hope it gets a more drift sentric setup in the future ! Love from Norway!

[@jameannohere]

Got an 05 G myself. Steering is a bit heavier then "normal" cars. Also the steering will feel heavier then you prob remember because of the Momo/NRG wheel. Smaller diameter thus less leverage

[@FACTOTUM_55]

An oil temp gauge is Handy on these cars. My Infiniti could only handle a couple laps at TMP before going into limp mode from the oil overheating. Got a stillen 11 row oil cooler and heat was a non issue after that

[@-CLASSIFIED-]

man i love that body kit.

[@warrendexter84]

Raise the car to get rid of excessive camber

[@rtsoccerplayer]

And that would help with rail road tracks too.

[@t1mmy13]

Haha look at this guy

[@The_True_]

Great work resurrecting the Z! Maybe some snow drifting in the future? Either way, this car will do great as you add suspension parts, so enjoy the skids! 👍😎

[@kevodean]

that momo monte carlo looks really good in any civic

[@TheRobphobos]

Raise the height a bit if you don't have any adjustable parts yet. If you want the steering to free up a bit the inner transverse link bushing to an spl one helped me. Same with the radius/compression arm. Don't use any poly bushings, they're awful, you'll get binding. I went from poly to spherical on 90% now but of course its a fair bit harsher.

[@555iftyCal]

Paint looks mint car looks mint, polish up those headlights!

[@PK-R]

Smashed it ten times!!

[@Chanworx]

I never knew you guys were Stoney Creek folks until I saw the in car background 🤷‍♂️ Im just down the road in Grimsby!

[@pFbSpecV]

Man this build came out great!!

[@joshuaspears5236]

What adjustable arms are you guys going with my 2 cents would be go with powered by max. I love their stuff.

[@garage_nostalgia]

You guys should pick up an airlift b vacuum tool for coolant, I work at a nissan dealer and swear by it, it's super easy to use unlike the last one you had

[@speedacademy]

Is this the kit: www.amazon.com/UView-550000-Airlift-Cooling-Checker/dp/B0002SRH5G

[@MrWuWatt]

I have the exact same car, even the same colour! Id love to get out at TMP with you guys! I've actually met Peter before when Sasha was tuning my car at SG in like 2010.

[@tylerandrews55]

My dad had a 350z in that sunset la mans orange like the parts car, and yeah the steering was heavy

[@Nasonix2]

Z's normally have medium heavy steering. If it seems obnormal to you, then it might be obnormal. As for the exhaust sound, if you take out too much of the muffling, it'll sound like a trumpet lol

[@alexderus7480]

That bleeding procedure was part of a TSB for old Altimas with poor heater performance. NTB02-047c But boo-urns swapping the Momo steering wheel out for NRG.

[@captainobvious9188]

Turning that wheel: Ka-chow! Ka-chow!

[@nathanwalden9338]

My 03 Z has heavy steering. It has been lowered a little too.

[@mylesmadison8289]

I've owned one of these cars for a couple years and the steering is normally really heavy feeling. If you have Light steering in these cars it likely means bad compression arm bushings

[@SevenHobbits]

Hydraulic power steering is heavier than electric but you get more feedback

[@doctorlobsteroctopus]

Steering in my Z is a little heavy, but I'm sure a non stock wheel exacerbates the issue

[@michaelallen2501]

As far as the heavy steering is concerned, have your wheel and suspension modifications changed the scrub radius of the front end? Might have increased it.

[@cinos796]

Wisefab everything

[@motoray69]

Most nissans have heavier steering.

[@Realoony]

Would you consider putting some sort of mesh on the front bumper to keep stuff from getting into the radiator? Nice build though. :)

[@speedacademy]

Mesh is coming!

[@Danielism]

Lol so it isn't just me that hoons on that street every new car I get, I take it over there for a shake down.

[@WelcomeToTheMadness]

Now all the sliding on the streets...

[@maxzimmermann6605]

polish the headlights! it looks great other than that!

[@leeroy60]

It's awesome you guys decided to call the car Zed. I said you should call it that. Even made the Pulp Fiction reference. Have fun drifiting!

[@gazorpazorp9798]

Deep dish whip AND nay, nay!

[@AceDumev]

My z with stock wheels compared to my z with my 9.5" wide front wheels is night and day. Much heavier steering. Just the way it is.

[@normastitz876]

Speed Academy needs an Air Lift to bleed coolant.

[@Doggepp]

Im sure NRG stepped their quality up after being roasted on the internet. Still wouldnt run any of their stuff though.

[@murraygraham4868]

Yeah my 350 has fairly heavy steering

[@feelthatfeelthat]

Man that e28 is gorgeous. Pls dont drive it in the canadian winter lol

[@H1GHD3FF]

Ive heard Z's do have a heavy feel coming from the steering wheel

[@sir2honda]

I know that's a Valvoline shirt, but the way he has his seat belt makes me think it really is a Vasoline shirt.

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!!

[@oussamabenkhedda2658]

Very nice

[@ovidiscool]

they do have heavier steering than other cars

[@ecoboostdeesnuts9352]

Yeah my z had heavy steering I didn’t mind

[@CapeRoadsPOV]

Please get an Uprev remote tune from Moncef at Admin Tuning!

[@chrisridebike8]

Or have On Point tune it like they do with all their cars, especially since he had probably one of the highest NA hp VQs ever built

[@CapeRoadsPOV]

@@chrisridebike8 that was on standalone, if On Point can tune on Uprev then sure. But Admin are one of the best at Uprev tuning.

[@broadwayline]

OnPoint has been using UpRev before Admin was even in business.

[@Torquetwospec]

show that bimmer please lol

[@DollaBill101]

Slam it on Tarmacs

[@josephwicks8972]

Run the 350z against the s2000 !

[@xozindustries7451]

What’s wrong girly man, did you skip arms day, the steering too heavy? Read it in an Arnold voice, 😝 it will be better with a nice lightweight aluminum LS in the front end

[@VS666]

i miss my nismo =(

[@AnalogDave]

Zs have heavy steering.

[@michaelallen2501]

Man, you guys need to upgrade your cheap, shitty vacuum filling system with the proper tool from airlift. I can fill and bleed any cooling system in any car I'm likely to encounter in under 5 minutes. No waiting for thermostats. No idling for an hour wasting fuel and money. No finding out 15 minutes into a test drive you didn't get it all. No mess. No nonsense.

[@killsalot78]

Honestly like ppl gave me shit for busting ur guys balls on doing an interior swap on a drift car. But you guys went in to get an alignment without doing control arms first???? Like thats great you guys have a nice interior to drive your car on the street with such a bad alignment that not only is handling fucked but its not going to be the best it can be as a drift car. I probably sound more salty than I am but this is a really goofy sloppy build guys, like sure the spirit of drifting is to do whatever makes you happy but I know you guys can build some solid cars. So many strange choices on this build its like its your first time DP.

[@PGHdrift]

More angle=slow in an underpowered car

[@tillman40]

Drifting is for people who can’t drive sprint cars