Davectr Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Just seen this bad boy at JM Imports What do you think? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 6 Quote
Jetpilot Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 It might be Gman's, he has one due to him 1 Quote
Davectr Posted February 13, 2016 Author Posted February 13, 2016 Lucky man, it was very nice! Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 I do like that, ...very nice even with the rear bumper which some don't like. Quote
PPod Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Rear bumper actually looks nice for once must be the white haha Quote
BobbyZ Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Yeah the rear bumper doesn't do it for me. Still a sweet ride though Quote
Sargara Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Looks great in white, how rare are they in Japan out of interest? I haven't really seen any 380 imports being advertised before. Quote
ZeppoJeff Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Looks great in white, how rare are they in Japan out of interest? I haven't really seen any 380 imports being advertised before. It was not advertised I don't think. Think his friend over in Japan sourced one for him. Quote
-G- Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Ah didn't think it'd be long before someone spotted it at Jurgens. :-) The 380RS is the rarest fairlady Z they ever built - 300 units to homologate the engine so the Z33 could race in GT300 series. It's basically a balls-out track car although this one hasn't been abused or modified at all :-) Rick who trades under racecarparts on this forum helped me secure it - he can find virtually anything over there. :-) 7 Quote
Ceejay29 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Very nice G this must be the only one on the forum? I cant recall ever seeing one. As mentioned above; the rear bumper looks nice for once?? Not usually a fan. I presume that the arch profile is an aesthetic detail? 1 Quote
RobPhoboS Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Absolutely brilliant, I may be contacting him for an NSX R, sadly not for me but will drive it 😠2 Quote
-G- Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Thanks Ceejay I'm honestly not sure if it's the only one in the UK - but certainly the only one I know of after trawling uk forums. There were rumour's of one being imported not long after the initial launch but if there was, it's a well kept secret or perhaps languishing in someone's private collection. Car will be at as many shows as possible this spring \ summer for anyone wanting a look :-) 4 Quote
-G- Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 very very i do like a white motor On a related note - expect to pay about £5k extra for a white one over any other colour regardless of mileage. For some reason the Japanese adore white cars and it shows when you're shopping for them... 1 Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 What kinda ballpark figure are we talking about for one? Would love to get one when I return to the zedside. Missing mine so much. Quote
Ceejay29 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 I have no idea what a 380Rs goes for, but I'd imagine that it is a sound investment. Dread to think what one would be worth in 10/20 years time. 1 Quote
Davectr Posted February 13, 2016 Author Posted February 13, 2016 They're common as muck up in the North East G-Man, i use mine for taking the dogs up the woods. 😄😄😄 Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk Quote
JetSet Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Thanks Ceejay I'm honestly not sure if it's the only one in the UK - but certainly the only one I know of after trawling uk forums. There were rumour's of one being imported not long after the initial launch but if there was, it's a well kept secret or perhaps languishing in someone's private collection. From a 2010 thread on this forum. someone on NS had a genuine white one of these for a short while that he imported, back in like 2008/2009. Was gorgeous. He didnt keep it long, but worth a search for information for anyone interested. Pete Quote
Jetpilot Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) very very i do like a white motor On a related note - expect to pay about £5k extra for a white one over any other colour regardless of mileage. For some reason the Japanese adore white cars and it shows when you're shopping for them... I believe it has something to do with purity in their culture (more so than here) and is their racing colour of choice, a lot like britsh racing green is to our motor racing heritage. Edited February 14, 2016 by Jetpilot 1 Quote
MrChow Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Not jealous at all Are they any different engine wise to UK spec ones? Quote
Ebized Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Not jealous at all Are they any different engine wise to UK spec ones? Answer is here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_350Z Quote
-G- Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Not jealous at all Are they any different engine wise to UK spec ones? . Easy answer is yes, although in truth, there were no Nismo's ever released in the UK. There were a handful of Nissan 350z GT editions that had optional nismo aero on them (v2 kit I think, someone can correct me if I'm wrong) and ran the standard VQHR engine with 3.5 Litre kicking out 313bhp USA & Japanese "Version Nismo" edition cars came with the same 3.5L engine at 313 inclusive of nismo exhaust, suspension, dampers, fully welded chassis etc - all finished off at Autech. The 380RS engine (VQ38HR) was developed for Super Taikyu series racing - it's the same VQHR block as the old nismo, but with lighter / stronger cranks cams etc. It's stroked to 3.8 over the original 3.5 and tuned to 400PS. Because nissan did so well, they wanted to use the same engine in their GT300 cars so needed to build a certain number of road cars with the same engine to allow that to happen, In essence the 380RS is a homologation special. The 380RS wasn't built at a Nissan plant & finished-off at Autech like the other Version Nismos were, they were all built at Nismo's Omori factory then tuned at Autech once assembled. 3 Quote
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