One Man's Vision of what the 350Z Should Have Looked Like
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Originally Posted by HaloZ
i beg to differ.
Sales in the US + it’s IMSA and Lemans racing history, makes more of an impact car than some the impact of what some movie did.. which every one knows, b4 that movie, dick worth of ppl knew what a supra was. Sure there were enthusiasts, but from 5 years ago to now, the majority are F&F fanboys.
And the production of the MK4 was still very small. all be it, they make gobs of HP in the tuner scene, but as for the combo of how many sold more and made a greater impact here (other than F&F fan boys), its was clearly the Z and the Z32 (b4 it fell to OBDii ownage too). which was also lighter than a MK4, but no where close to the FD weight.
the FD was imported for all of what, 3 years? Out of how many years in japan, 8? It really is a different kind of car than the other big 3 cars that where out in the 90’s in the US market. But it still fell to the OBDii ownage and the reliability issues. Which in itself can make working on it a PITA with rebuilds and cooling issues. Not a big impact other than to a few rotary nuts. Now the MX5, maybe..
The 3Si ran longer, but that heavy (3700+) POS didn’t win jack shit in racing. Had reliability issues with it’s drive train till late in the production. that thing is a PITA to work on. And makes a really nice paper weight.
But that is just my 2 cents.
Sales in the US + it’s IMSA and Lemans racing history, makes more of an impact car than some the impact of what some movie did.. which every one knows, b4 that movie, dick worth of ppl knew what a supra was. Sure there were enthusiasts, but from 5 years ago to now, the majority are F&F fanboys.
And the production of the MK4 was still very small. all be it, they make gobs of HP in the tuner scene, but as for the combo of how many sold more and made a greater impact here (other than F&F fan boys), its was clearly the Z and the Z32 (b4 it fell to OBDii ownage too). which was also lighter than a MK4, but no where close to the FD weight.
the FD was imported for all of what, 3 years? Out of how many years in japan, 8? It really is a different kind of car than the other big 3 cars that where out in the 90’s in the US market. But it still fell to the OBDii ownage and the reliability issues. Which in itself can make working on it a PITA with rebuilds and cooling issues. Not a big impact other than to a few rotary nuts. Now the MX5, maybe..
The 3Si ran longer, but that heavy (3700+) POS didn’t win jack shit in racing. Had reliability issues with it’s drive train till late in the production. that thing is a PITA to work on. And makes a really nice paper weight.
But that is just my 2 cents.
Yep, I think that pretty well sums up the signifigance of Z32.
Originally Posted by Garage Battle
no the RX-7 FD and Supra MKIV did that. The Z32 did not. It showed how heavy and hard to work on that Nissan could make a sports car.
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im diggin the rear body lines, they really resemble the rear body lines of the oh so sexy 5th gen Prelude. Very nice find and a very talented person. Nice car.
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looks like a z32 from an early 90's arcade video game
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