nigess Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Hi just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. 350z HR.I was going at a not recommended speed and a van decided to pull out to outside lane in front of me. I may have been on a slight curve on road not sure. Anyway I braked quite hard and s**t the life out of me as what happened can only be described as a tank slapper on a bike for all that have experienced one of those. I feathered the brake and brought it under control but I could have lost it. Has anyone else experienced this and why did it happen. Cheers 1 Quote
jumping350 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Hi just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. 350z HR.I was going at a not recommended speed and a van decided to pull out to outside lane in front of me. I may have been on a slight curve on road not sure. Anyway I braked quite hard and s**t the life out of me as what happened can only be described as a tank slapper on a bike for all that have experienced one of those. I feathered the brake and brought it under control but I could have lost it. Has anyone else experienced this and why did it happen. Cheers ^^ thats probably your problem 1 Quote
Rock_Steady Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) I imagine most people are going to say that it happened because you were driving at " not a recommended speed " Edited April 30, 2015 by Rock_Steady 1 Quote
nigess Posted April 30, 2015 Author Posted April 30, 2015 Yeah I suppose you're both right but they are built to go fast anyway I suppose I asked for those comments didn't I 1 Quote
jumping350 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 im sure we've all done it before bud, just a lesson you have to learn. Most likely you had too much speed to wash off in time, and as a result lost traction. But could be a number of related things including tyres and brakes 2 Quote
Rock_Steady Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 it could be because one of the calliper's pistons may have been stuck or is sticking, which will result in unbalanced braking. Travelling at " not a recommended speed " will only amplify the effects and perhaps, give you the feeling of " tank slap " or snaking. But as jumping said, could be a number of related things. 1 Quote
nigess Posted April 30, 2015 Author Posted April 30, 2015 I think its possible I was steering away from van at the same time as braking as I was not sure what the hell he was going to do. He looked like he was going to pull out on me and as a result I braked and instinctively steered further out away from him so basically was putting more strain on nearside front when braking heavily. As you rightly say lesson learned 1 Quote
bamdc2 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Road may have been uneven or slight camber which could make things worse. 1 Quote
KrisRatcliffe Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 The "not recommended speed" just does it for me Slow down 3 Quote
DoogyRev Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Hi just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. 350z HR.I was going at a not recommended speed and a van decided to pull out to outside lane in front of me. I may have been on a slight curve on road not sure. Anyway I braked quite hard and s**t the life out of me as what happened can only be described as a tank slapper on a bike for all that have experienced one of those. I feathered the brake and brought it under control but I could have lost it. Has anyone else experienced this and why did it happen. Cheers ^^ thats probably your problem This ^^ and if you want to find out why this happened may I suggest you pop down to your local library and read a few books on Physics. since you obviously did not pay attention at school. 3 Quote
Wayne370Z Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Perhaps if we knew what the "not recommended speed" was we could better assess what went wrong (or how much of a danger you are on the roads).... Edited May 1, 2015 by Wayne370Z 2 Quote
Ekona Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 What tyres are you running? Make, model, size and pressures please. 1 Quote
DoogyRev Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 What tyres are you running? Make, model, size and pressures please. I am going to guess . . Ditch finders, different on all four corners 1 Quote
StevoD Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 What tyres are you running? Make, model, size and pressures please. ****ing hell its not sped dating at least by him a drink first 2 Quote
Ekona Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 If he's running OEM sizes on MPSS at 32psi, he can have some flowers. 5 Quote
StevoD Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 If he's running OEM sizes on MPSS at 32psi, he can have some flowers. do i get flowers now then 1 Quote
Grundy Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 What tyres are you running? Make, model, size and pressures please. I am going to guess . . Ditch finders, different on all four corners Wait what, is Doogy now Ricey?!? What the hells going on Quote
StevoD Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 What tyres are you running? Make, model, size and pressures please. I am going to guess . . Ditch finders, different on all four corners Wait what, is Doogy now Ricey?!? What the hells going on alot has changed around here Quote
Paddy78 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 If he's running OEM sizes on MPSS at 32psi, he can have some flowers. I thought it was 35 psi? Quote
docwra Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Im fed up with this holier than though bullshit - if the guy had the same experience on a racetrack or closed road would it have been due to something else? Of course not, if you really feel the need to have a pop at someone the Daily Mail has a comment section, get yourself over there. If you were on a curve and getting a move on its possible that the weight shift from the back to the front as you braked (broke?) meant that the rear tyres no longer had the traction they did, hence why they let go, its actually a recognised drift initiation technique called brake drift. Ive found on track my car is very susceptible to losing the back end under heavy braking/downshifting, certainly worse than some other cars Ive had, if you do need to brake while going round a corner then you need to be as gentle as possible so as not to upset the balance of grip too quickly. If youre right on the limit then even lifting off the throttle by a fraction can be enough to make the car go sideways, braking will obviously have a much greater effect. 8 Quote
mouthwash Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Probably that odd Nismo badge you have on your front bumper put your car out of kilter causing you to initiate a 360 no scope spin but it seems you managed to avoid it. Solution? Remove italic nismo badge from your car As you can see, I have nothing helpful to say. Edited April 30, 2015 by mouthwash 1 Quote
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