OdinZ Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 New team name = Dukes of Hazard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted September 14, 2019 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2019 Some early S30Z's leaving here. A couple at the start including a Safari Gold (turbo L28?) car with flares and a few minutes later a few 240z/260z's. OdinZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barra260Z Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Finally got the Barra powered 260z to the track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barra260Z Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 https://youtu.be/twIAHbIHIgo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barra260Z Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 https://youtu.be/kNB_3KF0X5Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndBir Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Got to love the sound of this : cracker, gav240z and OdinZ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brent012 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, brent012 said: brent012, No personal offence intended, but that video is utter, utter garbage. It has all the usual Katayama Lore (the normal huge exaggeration of his role) but adds in - quite bizarrely - some nonsense about engineer Dr Shinichiro Sakurai (famously synonymous with Prince Motor Co, the Skyline marque and Prince - then Nissan's - racing activities) being involved. They imply that the L24 engine came about because Nissan "bought" Prince (they didn't...) and Dr Sakurai started designing Nissan engines (he didn't). Real WTAF stuff. cracker and gav240z 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brent012 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, HS30-H said: brent012, No personal offence intended, but that video is utter, utter garbage. It has all the usual Katayama Lore (the normal huge exaggeration of his role) but adds in - quite bizarrely - some nonsense about engineer Dr Shinichiro Sakurai (famously synonymous with Prince Motor Co, the Skyline marque and Prince - then Nissan's - racing activities) being involved. They imply that the L24 engine came about because Nissan "bought" Prince (they didn't...) and Dr Sakurai started designing Nissan engines (he didn't). Real WTAF stuff. No offence taken, I actually posted it before watching as IMO any S30 coverage on a popular YouTube channel is "cool" and worthy of sharing. I realised it'd be historically inaccurate after the focus on Katayama right at the start. It's interesting that there's some new bullshit in there though, I assumed that all of these videos/documentaries were just recounting the same stories from each other or the same source. Maybe the better share would have been his "Driving a Restomod Datsun 240Z" video which seems to have most of the same footage, but presumably none of the "history" parts. HS30-H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 22 minutes ago, brent012 said: No offence taken... Thank you. I don't know where they get it from. You'd think that social media and The Information Age would help truth and balance to spread, but the opposite seems true. Just dumber and dumber. Just last week I was having a 'conversation' with an American guy (although it was mostly him talking *at* me, and firing Google links in my direction like they were truth bombs) and he was a great example of a die-hard Katayama worshipper. According to this guy, Katayama single-handedly built "Datsun USA" (despite the bad guys back in Japan "hoping he would fail"...WTF?), and then conceived and designed the 510 and 240Z (and specifically "for the USA"). Claimed Katayama was "a qualified engineer" (he wasn't). It's like arguing with 'Truthers'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted December 1, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 1, 2019 Ryan's Modified Datsun 240z is an Incredible Piece of Japanese Car Art (JDM Legends Tour Pt. 30) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted December 6, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2019 Documentary on Netflix worth watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brent012 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Nice video, car is using some of @Sean Dezart's exhaust parts according to the comments. Sean Dezart and gav240z 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted December 25, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 25, 2019 Feature on Watanabe Wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted December 25, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 25, 2019 Star Road Devil Fish exhaust system. OdinZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted December 26, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 26, 2019 1 of the funnier clips I've seen in a while.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilbert Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Far from cool, but interesting choice of car for the add, probably the colour.... CBR Jeff and gav240z 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowRX Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=94zVk5HFAuA L28 Turbo FD RX7 Edited January 2, 2020 by YellowRX gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.R. Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) I believe this to be the most accurate video about L series engine on the net! Edited January 14, 2020 by C.A.F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted January 14, 2020 Administrators Share Posted January 14, 2020 Ignoring some of the "history" parts it is ok. As general advice and in support of the L-gata as opposed to the V8 swap meme it's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 @KatoKid your engine makes an appearance at around the 21min mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatoKid Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thanks George......waiting for my engine to have a heart attack.....too highly tuned from the factory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 8:15 AM, gav240z said: Ignoring some of the "history" parts it is ok. As general advice and in support of the L-gata as opposed to the V8 swap meme it's good. I've only got 6 minutes into it so far (can only take so much at one time...) and already its chock full o' garbage. Typical example of people viewing Japan and Japanese products through the prism of the USA, complete with Katayama Lore (who says the 510 was going to get an OHV pushrod engine until Katayama intervened?) and a complete absence of consideration for the possibility that Japanese people might have wanted a better product themselves, and were not necessarily giving a damn what Chuck in Pigsnuckle Alabama wanted. And that 'joining a freeway in a 410 was a nightmare' story was actually about the 210 in 1959. Mash up. Does it get any better? Looks like I have about 25 minutes to go. Better get the blood pressure pills ready... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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