GottaBeAbstract Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 I was reading the post about stickers and looking for a side on image of a 240Z to possibly come up with a design, sort of like the civic eg6 club: Then I came across this, a V12 240Z! I never heard of an engine conversion like that before! Btw I really love the front end treatment, it looks like an old european car from the 50-60's I forgot what they're called I think an OSCA, sorta looks like an Iso Griffo as well. Here's the link http://ca.geocities.com/dotdotdot@rogers.com/ On a personal note, I will maybe wait one more month for a zed otherwise buy something else because I still haven't got a car, the Barina is a write off, insurance is taking 5 months to pay and I haven't been on the road since that guy ran a red light and hit me 5 months ago! Quote
620Z Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Yeah I saw an instal on one in the States. I am not really sure why you would do it apart from wanting to be different. As that car is 380hp, you could get heaps more HP out of a Chev for less money and more reliability. Apart from the the engine being so big and heavy it over hangs the steering rack making the car handle badly. With a Chev not being so long you can move it back and get the same weight on all 4 wheels. But maybe I am biased?? Quote
dalee Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Fantastic, I didn't think you would be able to fit a v12 in there but he did it. Looks great, and from an engineering perspective would be a good project car. But I agree with Craig, for the power he is getting and extra weight added there are a number of other options that might have been a bit easier - RB26, boosted L28 But he has gota be commended on the effort though, ended up with something quite unique. Dale Quote
Zeddophile Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 I was thinking about doing this at one stage, there was a Jag v12 going very cheap at the time. If you check hybrid Z, quite a few guys have jammed a BMW v10 in there as well. Quote
PZG302 Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 Nice engineering to get the V12 to fit, but I have to ask, why would you jump backwards 50 years in technology to replace the Z rear end with a transverse leaf Corvette piece of crap rear end?? :-\ Quote
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