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Now you've got this thread started! Here comes the V8 brigade! Apparently you can get the 8's (look at that yellow one for example) to fit very snugly and pretty far back from the front wheels, so they dont alter the weight distribution much. Plus theyre not much heavier than the L24 anyway. Apparently.

Ah yes, we've all got something ot say about teh 2000GT............ I think the Z looks like a BMW 507 :cheeky: :cheeky:

I do. I have mags and they look better anyway

ROFL Nice one!

I blame renault! And I dislike how it seems that no car company from other countries around the world are ever accused of copying, but Japanese makes seem to be always given flack about having designs that look similar to other cars. I like to call the Z a unique design by itself. Sure it was inspired by a few other cars, but ALL cars are intentionally or unintentionally inspired by something. It's racism I tell you!

That was a 2+2? Never noticed... anyway ya it was awesome. Perhaps more awesome was teh stereo setup in it. The guy I took my car to to have 2 measly 6x9s stuck in the back was one on the team fitting hte stereo to that thing, and ya, pretty psycho setup he had. :) I hope there's a *real* Z in the movie!

Actually, I think that is a 280ZX drag car doing that burnout! They better still have that red CLASSIC Z !!! I guess I'll just have to watch the movie to check! ROFL i lub teh pizza

Similar in photos like that yeah, but I wouldn't say the Daytona is a copy of the Z really. I mean yes it has the classic coupe's basic sillhouette, but that's pretty generic for the time anyway. Similar yes, but I wouldn't go so far as to say Pininfarina COPIED Nissan designers.

In 3rd gear? IIRC a 240Z with 5 speed will do 80kmph at 3000rpm in 3rd gear.

You should have restored it, not made a project out of it!!! That must be rarer than the 432-R surely?????

I refer to my Z as a male, because after all it's pretty damn masculine if you ask me. A female name doesn't fit, IMO. Maybe it's just because it's such a bastard to me? ROFL

There were rumours about a V10 Viper engine in a Z once ... but I havent seen any pictures or information so I wouldn't believe it... Darius has his LT1 Supercharged, making some ridiculous amount of power. There are a few 240Z drag cars, with a selection of motors in there. These are tubbed though so I don't count them. There are some normal 240Z drag-set-up cars in Japan running the standard L block with carbourattors that do 10 second quarter miles.......... heavy work involved, but its amazing to think the 30 year old engine can pull times like that.

haha that's brilliant!!

I knew that !!!!!!! Oh I do feel proud. I found out what it was when I took my fuel pump off

Go for the rectangular ones mate

Ya, I guess I should look on the bright side, at least it didn't break 80km from home!!!

i like da blueeeeeee one Post more pics when you get yours!!!

Whoaaa he's got some nice mobiles there! And Townsville, my Uncle lives in Townsville! Looks like he's got a few tonnes of stuff there, and your white car is great looking. Although you seem to have one chrome mirror and one white one!

Microshaft keeps on changing mine :tapemouth Usually I put it to www.drive.com.au though, it's got some good news every now and then.

I'll ring tomorrow see if he has an explaination or perhaps a suggestion. Then the filter (needs replacing anyway so no loss there) and we'll go from there.

I suppose you could always buy those copies then get them powdercoated... but for the price you pay all up you might be better off getting some *real* ones imported from Japan...

they're better when they're black

He should have seen that coming... Uncanny...

Just gave it a run and it started up ok, ran perfectly for 5 or 10 minutes so decided to take it for a drive. Drove well, but going down a hill at 2000rpm started backfiring. Normally it backfires a bit if you're going down a steepish incline at about 3000, never like this. Shortly after driving around nicely, it started running roughly and coughed a bit so I pulled over. Idled like it was yesterday, and conked out. Started it up, and the idle went back to normal after about a minute or two. Drove again, now taking more notice of the engine sounds. It seems to backfire a little bit driving at a constant speed, as well as pretty bad when youre slowing down by the engine. Note : pretty bad means every second or two it burbles or splutters. No big bangs or anything. Repeated the same thing a few times, and without fail the engine started to go rough after a minute or so of driving. Did the same with the air filter off. Both carbs sucking, the back carb possibly sucking a little less air than the right. Still sounds like fuel starvation to me, but the fuel pump is bubbling away normally. Dad wants to take the carbs off and spend hours investigating. I want to ring the mechanic.