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None of those cars had systems as advanced as Super HICAS
Posted by
ZLover4Life
on August 18, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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How many other cars?
posted by BradZ (FL)
on August 17, 2007 at 03:54 PM
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As I just said in the other post I made, Super HICAS registers how quickly you turn the wheel in addition to how fast the car is going and what direction you're turning... no other system did that.
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94+ HICAS upgrade?
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CaliguyPurdue (redesigning)
11:54:15 08/17/07
Pretty sure you'd need a '94+ TT subframe, the NA bits for
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YugoBernie (NoVA)
12:03:42 08/17/07
Thanks for the insight, I guess I will pass
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CaliguyPurdue (redesigning)
12:41:35 08/17/07
LOL, you consider HICAS a *major* design feature? :) (n/m)
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Inzane
12:07:31 08/17/07
look at slalom speeds with and without it
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LJZTT
12:17:04 08/17/07
hmm. Interesting. I think it's kind of half a dozen one way
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MixManMash
12:26:10 08/17/07
i personally think its the driver who thinks
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Alan(NJ)
12:29:53 08/17/07
2nd. (n/m)
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YugoBernie (NoVA)
12:30:53 08/17/07
3rd (n/m)
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AntiHero
12:36:54 08/17/07
Very good point. It's like having a tool and not knowing
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MixManMash
13:06:42 08/17/07
exactly. Guys also try to justify it by saying saves weight
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Alan(NJ)
13:12:43 08/17/07
And you're basing your entire argument on a NISSAN produced
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Inzane
13:19:42 08/17/07
no im not.
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Alan(NJ)
13:28:07 08/17/07
You do realise your TT has different spring rates, different
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Inzane
13:31:57 08/17/07
I'd be willing to bet over half the people logged in
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LJZTT
15:22:04 08/17/07
And now you think the oem Z32 suspension is "significantly
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Inzane
22:59:05 08/17/07
No data indicates differently. Do you have two new examples
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LJZTT
17:18:09 08/18/07
TT also has different springs and sways
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aliaZ
13:32:17 08/17/07
i know that (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
13:34:44 08/17/07
then why compare your NA to your TT?
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aliaZ
13:42:00 08/17/07
sorry. i'll go sit in the corner for 5 minutes (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
13:46:45 08/17/07
no worries (n/m)
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aliaZ
14:07:04 08/17/07
Or finding a tool in your toolbox that you don't NEED but
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Inzane
13:21:30 08/17/07
Like I said it's 50% one way, half a dozen the other.
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MixManMash
14:12:25 08/17/07
This is driving me crazy!!
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na300zx (OH)
14:42:19 08/17/07
actually....
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LJZTT
15:26:30 08/17/07
Oh wow. Sorry to have upset you so much over something so
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MixManMash
12:43:26 08/18/07
That quote wasn't directed at you. I was just giving an
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na300zx (OH)
15:02:59 08/18/07
No worries. (n/m)
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MixManMash
11:11:13 08/19/07
yep (n/m)
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ZLover4Life
00:39:01 08/18/07
the only problem is that the other half have nothing to
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LJZTT
16:18:09 08/17/07
A simple speed test through a serpentine doesn't paint the
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Inzane
13:00:02 08/17/07
It was developed via testing at Nurbergring, not a simple
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Technomancer
14:53:51 08/17/07
Hey! We've had this conversation before!
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Technomancer
14:59:17 08/17/07
Put the drugs down. (n/m)
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Spongerider :)
16:00:05 08/17/07
I know you like to follow me around
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Technomancer
17:12:55 08/17/07
Over your head a usual. (n/m)
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Spongerider :)
12:45:22 08/18/07
Yes, and you know what? I checked the reference source you
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Inzane
22:55:49 08/17/07
nope but you add flatout grip and you have quite a barometer
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LJZTT
16:19:53 08/17/07
check it out
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Alan(NJ)
12:43:32 08/17/07
Johnny on the spot with the video! Beat me by 1 minute
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CaliguyPurdue (redesigning)
12:47:50 08/17/07
slow day at work
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Alan(NJ)
12:50:10 08/17/07
I'm ignorant? I didn't say it was a "bad feature". Can
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Inzane
13:17:41 08/17/07
i didnt call any names out or direct it to anyone
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Alan(NJ)
13:19:17 08/17/07
i would consider the Zs suspension
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Alan(NJ)
13:22:04 08/17/07
I HAVE watched the video, more than once. The nice CAD
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Inzane
13:28:23 08/17/07
i'm sure faster laps is extremely minimal
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Alan(NJ)
13:33:40 08/17/07
2nd. (n/m)
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MixManMash
14:14:56 08/17/07
"HICAS" is a major design feature.
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eriksu9
14:52:29 08/17/07
and if it were so dangerous
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Alan(NJ)
15:02:08 08/17/07
Check your facts.
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BradZ (FL)
15:11:37 08/17/07
the preludes did not operate at the same speeds as the Z (n/m)
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LJZTT
15:28:19 08/17/07
I realize that...
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BradZ (FL)
15:40:40 08/17/07
at the speeds the Z's operated, yes it was
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LJZTT
15:56:36 08/17/07
I never used the term "gimmick," FWIW.
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BradZ (FL)
16:00:39 08/17/07
I know, I was using that term.
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LJZTT
16:15:50 08/17/07
Sure, it gives it an edge.
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BradZ (FL)
16:38:44 08/17/07
Maybe Sport Compact Car can tell you
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LJZTT
17:04:40 08/17/07
I dont agree with your explanation if that is what it is.
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eriksu9
15:32:34 08/17/07
**Honda not Subaru.*** :) (n/m)
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eriksu9
15:34:38 08/17/07
How many other cars?
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BradZ (FL)
15:54:12 08/17/07
80's clothes yes. 80's technology, no... :) (n/m)
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eriksu9
15:59:44 08/17/07
I would love to see you produce 3 1990cars, say....within 2X
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LJZTT
16:07:49 08/17/07
"Irrational Z-worship," that's a great term.
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BradZ (FL)
16:32:27 08/17/07
Here I was thinking the debate was whether or not it was a
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LJZTT
17:12:55 08/17/07
There's much more to cars than numbers.
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BradZ (FL)
17:23:11 08/17/07
of course, there is, but we aren't talking about that
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LJZTT
17:35:49 08/17/07
Numbers are only as good as their driver. Anything
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Guapo
17:27:02 08/17/07
of course but that has nothing to do with it being a
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LJZTT
17:43:27 08/17/07
plus I don't think anyone means to say that someone is
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LJZTT
18:01:51 08/17/07
The limit the car has is only what the driver is able to get
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Guapo
19:10:46 08/17/07
I have to disagree, any car is only capable of so much
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LJZTT
19:49:52 08/17/07
Nope, a car can only go as fast as it's pilot can take it.
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Guapo
20:03:49 08/17/07
then nissan wastes their time engineering these cars at all
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LJZTT
20:12:51 08/17/07
Excellent. When you've been beaten, go to hyperbole. I win. (n/m)
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Guapo
20:16:09 08/17/07
I just agreed with you...oops
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LJZTT
20:22:30 08/17/07
You've been proven wrong, yet you will go on forever
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Guapo
20:26:26 08/17/07
Re: You've been proven wrong, yet you will go on forever
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LJZTT
17:13:43 08/18/07
right (n/m)
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Guapo
19:36:40 08/18/07
lol (n/m)
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Kenny
20:48:51 08/18/07
None of those cars had systems as advanced as Super HICAS -
ZLover4Life
00:38:10 08/18/07
3kGT had it, albeit a year later, I dunno how it was set up
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LJZTT
15:59:34 08/17/07
Re: 3kGT had it, albeit a year later, I dunno how it was set up
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ZLover4Life
00:36:37 08/18/07
NOTHING could touch it's handling in 1990, F40 included
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LJZTT
15:53:52 08/17/07
Shrug. My car outhandles a stock TT. (n/m)
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Guapo
16:32:59 08/17/07
ding. (n/m)
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BradZ (FL)
16:42:10 08/17/07
cheater (n/m)
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LJZTT
17:16:12 08/17/07
and its always nice to make a statement
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Alan(NJ)
12:51:16 08/17/07
Nissans own 1989 (1988?) debut video says it is :) (n/m)
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CaliguyPurdue (redesigning)
12:44:46 08/17/07
damn engineers ... (n/m)
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Guapo
12:09:52 08/17/07
I don't know, but I think wiring it up would be way too hard
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Aqualung
12:10:38 08/17/07
More trouble than its worth (n/m)
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EricTTZ
13:09:32 08/17/07
HICAS sucks (n/m)
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Guapo
13:22:53 08/17/07
have you ever had it (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
13:25:10 08/17/07
I have driven with it. (n/m)
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Guapo
13:26:33 08/17/07
Having driven with HICAS & without
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Adam (NoVA)
14:13:49 08/17/07
which do u prefer (dont be bias) (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
14:16:36 08/17/07
like I said, not enough to notice (n/m)
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Adam (NoVA)
14:23:56 08/17/07
If you are using it on a roadcourse, you are doing something
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LJZTT
15:25:07 08/17/07
HiCAS sucks a snow leopards d with heinz tomato ketchup (n/m)
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BigTDogg (MA)
15:14:07 08/17/07
Too complex/heavy for the return, replace w/ NA adj toe rods (n/m)
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300zx90 (CO)
15:51:45 08/17/07
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