What makes a Z a Z, and what led me to what I will put time, energy (suspensions), and money into are not necessarily the same. Of all those things Z, my bs&t will only go into a 240Z, or the last of the 300Zs, both are beautiful cars to me. What came between and after, were(are) Zs, but not my choice to spend more than a weekend or two with. Just like my wife would say, "you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find the right prince!"

Will

"you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find the right prince!"

Will

Hey...waitiaminute, it took me a minute, but....

that frog reference is towards my 350Z engine, isn't it?

:laugh:

When can a Z loose its Zness. IMO they stop being a Z when a big chunk of American iron is placed under the hood. IMO the inline 6 is the heart of the Z, no v-8's or 6's or turboed 4's and rotery power plants. I do prefer a N/A engine too, a 3.2 litre stroker is ok with me as well. The IRS should remain nissan, no Corvette stuff. Why not buy a Corvette instead of putting an entire Corvette drive train into a Z body that must be highly modified just to make it all fit? I guess it is a compliment that people choose to make a Corvette looke like a Z though.

There will always be the disagreement on what makes a Z...a Z. If its American...how can it possibly be Z? Ive got a couple of friends--one dropped the Chevy in it... the other...*coughcough* a Ford! We go a round and around ...and around. They LOVE to brag how they will leave my 1975 STOCK 280 in the dust. Problem is... they dont have Zcars. Its simple.... if its not Datsun, then its not Z. If its Not a Z... Then its not a Z. Personally... if I wanted a 350 in a car...Id look at the Vega. So Simple. Or even a Cosworth. If I wanted a *chokecoughchoke* Ford... Id look at... umm.... Id look at... ummm.... thinking..... Shelby? But I sure wouldn't violate the beautiful, sexy, classy styling of the Z....with American. Leave it Americans to think that way.....

that's why REAL CLASSIC CARS sell for so much in the U.S.A! That's why we make so much fuss about the word "stock" or "factory." Because when it's not-stock or not- (insert F-word) it's not really a Z, is it?

thx

"Only the 240/260/280 count as Z cars"...................15 votes.............48.39%

I see the RIGHT choice is pulling ahead in the poll...

and it isn't surprising; there's bias here towards the S30, at least I hope so....