Weight Distribution (53/47)
So allegedly Nissan did lots of research and track time and realised that the best weight distribution for the 370 was to make it nose heavy. I’m not sure if it’s just marketing mumbo jumbo or if it’s a real thing.
Now in reality, it wouldn’t be super hard to get the car closer to, if not completely at 50/50 by moving a couple of things and giving the car some negative rake (comes with its own disadvantages)
The question is, is it really better for the car to be nose heavy? I went on a track day last summer and the fronts overheated almost instantly giving me pretty horrific understeer, which much be at least in part attributed to the distribution (and some due to bad driving I’m sure). And although the car rotated nicely, it was no where near as aggressive as I would like it to be (which I can fix by changing other things)
And if it’s better to try and achieve a 50/50 distribution, what’s the best way to go about it?
P.S I don’t want some nerd telling me I think I know better than Nissan, it’s well known these car brands will make performance sacrifices for costs, and sometimes to make the car easier to drive and I want to know if this is one of these things.