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Gotta be hasn't it. I hear these arnt as bad as they used to be.

I mean speed bump same difference.

You'd be abandoning it after half a mile when you fell in a pot hole or got stuck on a mountain.

Nice. Yes tuning na's is a bit if a money pit. I built a 2l pinto about 8 years ago, lots of money later I'd upped myself to 130rwhp. Not overly impressive gains for the money...fun though. I've met one or two forced induction z33s. From what I understand the bottom end must be built as the compression ratio and internals would be unsuitable, is that correct? Most seem to have a few bolt ons that net them 10-20hp but the higher power cars don't seen all that common. Surely cost for cost with it being an expensive engine to make big gains engine swaps would be more common place? I'd love to see a vh45de z33 or an ls variant, rb would be a bit boring and wrong in my opinion. A chap in the US has swapped out a vg30de to the z33 engine. I suppose he wanted to say NA so the gains from the stock 225hp would have been good.

I went to buy practical classics in holland for something to read in the airport the €13 price tag saw it back on the shelf fairly sharpish.

Just out of curiosity really, with then being non turbo. How many are running more than stock levels of power. I mean actually dyno proven noticeable improvements. How rare is a say 350-400 or 4-500hp z33?

That yellow one sounded great but it didn't sound like a v, there was so much rasp it was simply raspy, nothing else. The trouble is getting that note your after without it being too loud. You often end up with what you want higher up but at cruising speeds a droney aggravation.

10j with 225s! I bet that thing drives like a heap. All show no go.

Needs to come up by around an inch IMO. Those wheels are too tucked looks like a fat family jumped in and everything collapsed. The 350 does need an aggressive stance but that's just well not it.

Seen one or two of these on my travels, by far the best looking z Nissan have produced in recent history. Actually quite fancy one myself.

That is hilarious, we've all done it though, walked through and then smugly thought mines fastest.

I'm guessing you've got a g35? Essentially a z33 2+2 isn't it. Odd really that the z33/4 arnt offered as a 2+2 all the other z's were. Z32 the chassis designation is even z32 for short wheel base and gcz32 for 2+2

My turbos spool in at 1500rpm and pull all the way to 7krpm....... No lag and die off here.

If there's anything occuring more towards the west Hampshire area or in Dorset I may pop along in the z32.

Totally agree, the new supra will be a competitor to the gtr not the zed, both in terms if price and performance.

Yes that new Toyota is a serious looker! As for the zx not having cariamas or supercar looks, I'd have to disagree. The 280 and z31 300 are very chips American looking. If you look at them all side by side they all actually mirror together very well. I honestly don't think any z has looked like a super car. (Another subjective term,what is a supercar?) The 280zx is the ugly duckling. Obviously I'm biased in my opinion that the z32 is the best looker, hence why I've got one. I'm a sucker for a 240 though. Have you read this article? jalopnik.com/nissan-is-probably-cooking-up-a-new-turbo-z-1504981955

I met a chap the other week who is putting one in a beetle I believe.

You've obviously not owned an 8 then haha. I was shocked how much surface rust accumulated over 4 years if normal use. I was horrified when the sump pan fell off. I was frustrated by the fact you can't drive it 5feet to move it out the way at work, without leaving it running for a few minutes for the fact if would flood. There cheap for a reason. Badddddd car.

Coupe is such a, well subjective thing. Too me a coupe must be long up front short at the back and have a sloped roofline toward the rear. Think ford Capri that's, coupe too me. An m3 or a r33 esp the 34 isnt, you can disagree but it's a personal thing. The flat boot and large passenger cabin area have the profile of a Jetta. (Not much if a skyline fan) Don't even get me started on the RX8! Ugh! That's a car that embarrasses it's predecessor. Recreating a classic should not include making it bigger heavier and less powerful full stop, it should also show some progression. Making a car that pulls 230 hp out of 14mpg, common Mazda what on earth were you thinking!

So a 3 door 3 series is a coupe?

Sorry bloody iPhone, that was supposed to be "do it properly" I totally agree a 4cyl zed is not a z, is an s. What I'm saying is historically the differences between skylines and Fairlady's have been pretty close on paper. The z33 and r35 bucked that trend, the z33 is no where near comparable on paper. I expect that trend to continue, ie the gap to get bigger, due to the market wanting a £30k coupe that does mpg. Therefore it won't be a z with a v6 turbo. It will likely be a 4cyl turbo. This is what the motoring press have said. The r35 is def a coupe, however I wouldn't say the other r's were. The r35 really is nissans flagship at present by a long way, and defines how much the skyline has changed to become a true supercar. The 32 could be any 90s box pretty unexciting, and 33 came in 4 door and estate versions did it not? Funny coupe.

The z32 was originally designed to have a v8 the vh45de. However it was too powerful for the new 280hp gentlemans agreement. This saw them go with the vg30dett so it could easily detuned by lowering boost. So that ship sailed over 25 years ago. With Renault at the helm your luck to have got the v6 you got, which incidentally was planned to go into the z32 towards the end, but the car ceased production due to its ludicrous price in that economy. So arguably the z33 got the engine it was supposed to, just well after it was supposed to be built. My money is on a z35 which is really an s16.

They have talking about it for a while. There's no need for a hybrid as there are two other hybrid nissans in the pipeline. The way they have been talking recently is that it will be turbo and we may well get a 390/400zX. However displacement will be reduced, and the car will be lighter. Personally I can't see it, the divide between z line and r line have got massive, both in terms of budget and performance. So the new z will continue that trend most likely, most predictions are for a 2l turbo or twin turbo model. So really they should leave the z alone, call it the s16 and leave it there if they refuse to donut properly. The reality of seeing the return of a proper turbo zx are VERY slim. The market is there the GTR has proved that, however not being a true skyline anyway(it's not a salon car) leave little room for a luxury coupe version of it. Also who would pay the £70k for the latest z when the previous two have been no where near these kind of prices, the gtr is the flagship and they are making a new one. Short version, be prepared to be disappointed. Were about to see the z car take another nose dive.

I think your looking at it from the wrong angle, you just BEAT yes that's right you won, against a 30k brand new hot hatch. You achieved that with an overweight 10 year old Nissan. If it's really that upsetting think how upset you would be if a lined up next to a shitty 20+ year old Sierra, and shortly after you had had your arse handed to you noticed it had cosworth on the back of it. There will always be something faster, there will always be something that handles better. Just be thankful you didn't pay £30-50k to still have that problem.

Don't worry like all vauxhalls it will start to fall apart and become very quickly old looking within 5 years. Zeds have never been traffic light superstars anyways.