C.A.R. Posted December 18, 2012 Posted December 18, 2012 Some videos of my mate Ricky's 240z at Hampton Down a few weekends ago. First handicap race he started in 24th in a grid of 27 got to 8th in the 8 laps. Changes made for this outing new 4.375 R200 I sourced and one of my LSD centres this was changed to make up for the change of RIM size from the group buy of 15x8 +10 Rota RK-R I arranged here in NZ, down from 16 due to class rules plus up in total size from 225/45/16 to 235/50/15. 2nd handicap race SC in the middle of the race....watch how close things get around lap 3. Same race but from the MG V8 Ricky just pasted. Screw you guys - I'm moving to NZ...! Quote
handsandwhich Posted December 18, 2012 Posted December 18, 2012 Interesting. Was somewhat cringeworthy but somehow had to watch from start to finish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmve8FNsE0U Quote
Six_Shooter Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 Interesting. Was somewhat cringeworthy but somehow had to watch from start to finish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmve8FNsE0U They DESTROYED that car. Even if it wasn't a Datsun, I'd still look at it as destroyed. The "Allstars" are not. They need to have their wrenches taken away, most of the builds they do are garbage, and completely ruin the cars. They haven't learned about the idea that "less is sometimes more". I watched a few episodes of that show when they first aired, including the 240Z episode. They are all about drama and not about the actual builds. Quote
dat240z Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Haha, if only they used all those skills, parts and money to build it a little more tastefully..... I think if some Jap guys had got their hands on it, or the show was made in Japan, youd see some pretty cool results. Even on hybrid Z, the yanks cars mostly seem to be lairy and lack subtleness and style. There are a few exceptions, but on the whole thats the case. On a side note, the carbon stuff was very cool. I loved the console. Quote
handsandwhich Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Another interesting video on street racers. "street's closed pizza boy, find another way home" Skip to 4.00 in, if you want to see the zed action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jky79YsH0mY#! Quote
funkmaster Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 this made me really want a z http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoW05R43gRU Quote
Moderators Zedman240® Posted February 18, 2013 Moderators Posted February 18, 2013 Don't think I've seen it posted here.. but I think plenty have seen it already but here is another interesting vid. Chat to designers of the 370Z and 240Z. (NOT Goetz...) Quote
funzies Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Came across this good one of Mark Rolston's RB26 Powered 1971 240Z on the track Quote
Mr Camouflage Posted March 1, 2013 Posted March 1, 2013 Randomly stumbled upon this video and was surprised to see a 240Z featured in it. Warning: Contains illegal street racing. skip to 4:00 to see the Datsun content (National Geographic 40 minute doco). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jky79YsH0mY Quote
Mr Camouflage Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 And now for something completely different. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 21, 2013 Administrators Posted March 21, 2013 And now for something completely different. 20B rotary in that 1. Quote
NZeder Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 My mate Ricky from this weekends racing. Last race of the day for him - a reverse grid so he started 70 seconds behind the first car - he cut out the first 4-5 laps from the video as it was just him playing catch up on his own - so this is the last 4 laps. The gird is the HMC combined with Under 3.0l Pre 78 Saloons and GTs. HMC = Historic Muscle Cars. The aim of these grids it to have period correct cars running together with only mods available in period so 15" rims is one of the leveling factors. Gav how about putting in the youtube bbc into the forum - see http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=936 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 28, 2013 Administrators Posted March 28, 2013 Gav how about putting in the youtube bbc into the forum - see http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=936 Good idea, might look into it. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 28, 2013 Administrators Posted March 28, 2013 An Estonia Z-Car enthusiast put together this interesting tale. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 9, 2013 Administrators Posted April 9, 2013 Think this is in Hungary somewhere, really cool looking 260z. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 9, 2013 Administrators Posted April 9, 2013 Some other cool datsun's . Quote
Herbonius Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Great video with extensive performance comparisons between a 370Z and RB26 240Z. Nissan Project 370Z vs 1970 Datsun 240Z with RB26 Track Battle! Many months ago, Nissan asked their fans to help them create the ultimate 370Z track car. They called it Project 370Z. To put it to the test, Nissan fans were asked to vote for a challenger to compete against it. They chose a 1970 Datsun 240Z with an RB26 engine transplant built by Gordon MacSwain. On this episode of The Downshift, we head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for an epic David vs Goliath battle between these two amazing machines. Quote
Agno Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Put that 240Z on some R compound tyres like the 370 and then see what the scores look like Quote
adam Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 http://forums.nicoclub.com/2009-240z-build-t403961.html Build thread to that 240z! Quote
Ledge Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Not sure if you chaps have seen this but it very cooooool Quote
C.A.R. Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Look 3 posts up Paul... Not sure if you chaps have seen this but it very cooooool Quote
chris240 Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Not bad..... The driver gets spoilt with the 370z having power steering and ABS... Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted April 18, 2013 Moderators Posted April 18, 2013 OK, so its not youtube, but hey that is launch power : http://bangshift.com/blog/wheelstand-sequence-a-gnarly-datsun-240z-literally-stands-it-on-the-bumper-at-brainerd-optimist.html Quote
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