stivvy101 Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 OK only owned my 350Z 23 days unfortunately after 6 it was back to the garage because of dtv (warped rotors) i noticed after a few days the car was shuddering slightly under braking. The work has beeen carried out now and i will be picking it up tomorrow its a 04 silverstone grey GT only 40k miles obviously im thinking the car has been driven hard by the previous owner . my question is can the gear box / clutch / engine etc take a lot of " hammering" for want of a better word because i have no hope of a refund and really want to start enjoying the car in the future. thanks for any help... Quote
Neilp Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 the gearbox will take upto 700bhp + easy. The clutch isnt so good tbh Quote
Lexx Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Warped discs is not always caused by the car been driven hard. Quote
Neilp Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Warped discs is not always caused by the car been driven hard. +1 could be shite discs, not fitted correctly, bad pads, far too many factors. Quote
Voodoo Vix Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 My discs got warped on my old car because it was never driven and although not cheap they weren't expensive either Quote
stivvy101 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Posted July 15, 2011 Warped discs is not always caused by the car been driven hard. iam a pooly myself lexx you helped me before when this problem started i expect you remember had a right carry on getting it resolved hope your correct and my car is ok its kind of spoilt the whole new car buzz well you know Quote
stivvy101 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Posted July 15, 2011 My discs got warped on my old car because it was never driven and although not cheap they weren't expensive either thanks the car had after market brakes but yeh its not done a lot of miles in the last year or so Quote
JetSet Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 My discs got warped on my old car because it was never driven and although not cheap they weren't expensive either Warped discs is not always caused by the car been driven hard. Yeah, had disks go into warp mode after about 9 months and 2k miles on my brand new Celica. They fixed it on warranty but the engineer said that lots of rust on the disks can cause them to warp Pete Quote
Stroudy Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Got a slightly warped front right rotor on mine due to rust through little use before i had it but was minimal enough to pass MOT without even an advisory. Only noticeable when stopping very hard from speed but doesnt effect actual stopping, just a faint noise. Quote
Chris`I Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Lets not confuse warping discs with DTV guys and gals. Warping discs neigh on never happen these days. What most people refer to as warped discs is actually DTV. The Zed seems to be very fussy about disc runout. If not installed with correct runout then you will get DTV within a few thousand miles. Quote
HaydnH Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 ...and DTV stands for? Disk thickness variation. Quote
Lexx Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 ...and DTV stands for? Disk Thickness Variation. Stivvy - Which dealer did you buy the car from? Quote
Cragus Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Lets not confuse warping discs with DTV guys and gals. Warping discs neigh on never happen these days. What most people refer to as warped discs is actually DTV. The Zed seems to be very fussy about disc runout. If not installed with correct runout then you will get DTV within a few thousand miles. +1 Quote
Stroudy Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Thanks. Amusingly, i did read that quickly first time and saw Dick Thickness Variation Quote
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