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crazy 280ZX from TAS '07
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:42 pm
by Mr Kleen
found this on IGN.com's coverage of TAS 2007. no info and only one pic. I'd love to see more of this one. my first car was a silver 280ZX.
after looking at the photo again, I'm not completely sure if it's a 280Z or 280ZX. the hood is ZX but the front clip looks a little short, particularly the headlight "french." but then again, the car is heavily modified.
Re: crazy 280ZX from TAS '07
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:49 pm
by avriette
Mr Kleen wrote:found this on IGN.com's coverage of TAS 2007. no info and only one pic. I'd love to see more of this one. my first car was a silver 280ZX.
after looking at the photo again, I'm not completely sure if it's a 280Z or 280ZX. the hood is ZX but the front clip looks a little short, particularly the headlight "french." but then again, the car is heavily modified.
S130. Note crease in fender, overhang of hood, B-pillar. I'd also point out the fenderwells, but that's one of the first things S30/31 owners modify when going racing. It actually looks like a famous 280ZX from Midnight Club that was featured in one of the so-cal auto rags ... er, ten years ago or so. It also appeared in the Motorway Express series.
Could be the same car, I suppose. But really, 280ZX's suck. I'm not sure why anyone would want to drive one of those bigass RWD cars anymore.
Re: crazy 280ZX from TAS '07
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:47 am
by WANGAN_X
avriette wrote:
Could be the same car, I suppose. But really, 280ZX's suck. I'm not sure why anyone would want to drive one of those bigass RWD cars anymore.
wha wha whaaaaaat? granted we all know s30's are much nicer, but to say that the 280zx sucks is just not nice
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:28 am
by schvin
sarcasm
Re: crazy 280ZX from TAS '07
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:59 pm
by avriette
WANGAN_X wrote:avriette wrote:
Could be the same car, I suppose. But really, 280ZX's suck. I'm not sure why anyone would want to drive one of those bigass RWD cars anymore.
wha wha whaaaaaat? granted we all know s30's are much nicer, but to say that the 280zx sucks is just not nice
hint: alex has owned a 72 240Z (L28), a 79 280ZX, an 81 280ZX, an 81 280ZXT, and presently owns an 82 280ZXT. he has rebuilt the L28 by hand more than once, and done more engine installs than he cares to remember.
sarcasm isn't conveyed so well on the innernets. it gets stuck in the tubes.
schvin ftw.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:26 am
by WANGAN_X
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:15 am
by Mr Kleen
now that is hawt. one of these days I want to redo an old Z...
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:34 pm
by schvin
nice...
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:56 pm
by Sabre
Mr Kleen wrote:now that is hawt. one of these days I want to redo an old Z...
Help Alex so you don;t make the same mistakes twice
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:49 pm
by thermobox
yep. it was in option's coverage of the auto salon. it's ABR's hs-130. it's got the L28 stroked to 3.1 makin around 450hp with an IHI RHC6 VX55.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:33 pm
by complacent
thermobox wrote:yep. it was in option's coverage of the auto salon. it's ABR's hs-130. it's got the L28 stroked to 3.1 makin around 450hp with an IHI RHC6 VX55.
I'm not sure what all of that meant, but I think it gave me w00d.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:08 pm
by thermobox
what i gather is that these cars skyline,porsche,fairlady,etc were built to play as ads almost for a manga series called wangan midnight. the cars were built pretty much to spec. but the original devil z(from the comic) was blue, twin turboed, makin in excess of 650hp
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:53 pm
by avriette
thermobox wrote:what i gather is that these cars skyline,porsche,fairlady,etc were built to play as ads almost for a manga series called wangan midnight. the cars were built pretty much to spec. but the original devil z(from the comic) was blue, twin turboed, makin in excess of 650hp
The Z in question was built by a member of the Mid Night Club, a group of street racers in Japan. There's an article on Wikipedia about them. At the time, stroking a Z out to 3.1L was absolutely unheard of. These days, I won't say it's common, but it's a lot more common.
Are you referring to a Z32? There's really no reason to twin-turbocharge a L-series block. Further, it's difficult because it doesn't have a crossflow head.
(this is why Alex is going with the SR or RB)
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:40 pm
by thermobox
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:59 am
by WANGAN_X
i think this red 280 is from Shutokusuko Battle series...
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:02 am
by thermobox
yep. could be
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:37 pm
by Mr Kleen
WANGAN_X wrote:
just can't get over this one...
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:01 am
by complacent
