apples to apples, dust to dust

[grannyknot]

With regards to 240z vs 432,  I don't have a dog in this fight, I really don't. A few years ago I thought I would track down the specs on the S20 engine and the 432 and 432R because I had heard and read that it was quite a performer. When I found them which only took a couple of minutes I was quite surprised to find how similar they were to a stock 240z, I checked another source, talked to a couple people about it but found the results were the same. Not at all what I was expecting considering the myth that has grown around these cars. Last year I think it was someone started a thread about a 432 that was for sale and the price was quite high so I asked something like      "What's all the fuss about anyway, the car isn't that terrific?"  Well you would have thought I just accused Mother Theresa of being a whore.

One of the main reasons specifications on any machine are so carefully recorded and preserved is so there will always be an objective source of data that cannot not be scued  by time, individuals or anything else, specs are the foundation just as much as the blueprints .  They allow you to compare apples to apples without someone else's opinion or interpretations involved and that includes mine as well.  The apples to apples I am talking about are the 240z and 432 built by Nissan between 1970-73. Vehicles that were produced at the same time by the same company. The markets they were built for or released into at the time have no bearing on the performance that was recorded. I have deliberately not included any specs for the 2 cars in question because I think it is important for the reader  to find those specs and read them side by side and draw their own conclusions, I don't know how to be anymore neutral than that.  So, if any of you guys find this topic of interest I encourage you to take 5min. out of your evening and have a look at the numbers. 

For myself, I couldn't care less anymore, the subject is dead to me. I don't come to this forum to feed the troll but I find that is exactly what I'm doing and the worst thing about trolls is not how tiresome they are, it's that you become little bit like them the more you stay in their company, it's soul sucking and life is just too short for that.

Thanks,

Chris

[Zed Head]

I saw the comment about you in the other thread and thought "what compelled him (the commenter) to make that comment, in that manner, referring to grannyknot?"  It was completely unnecessary to his point to include you in his comment.  Plus, he must know he wasn't welcome in the thread.  It was flowing nicely.

The internet is a strange place, full of strange people.  

Edit - tried to find the comment but can't.  Maybe Mike got rid of it.  Good...

Edited January 18, 2017 by Zed Head

[black gold man]

So what you are trying to say is you eat your popcorn unseamened.