during the musclecar era, were there...

[jcp123]

easy. take a Z-car, drop in a 383, and you have an asian-built, muscle-powered sports car. not that expensive, i wouldn't think, either.

[charged]

easy. take a Z-car, drop in a 383, and you have an asian-built, muscle-powered sports car. not that expensive, i wouldn't think, either.

Why wreck a sweet handling car with such a heavy motor what about a 855ci Cummins diesel You can get some pretty big hp figures out of the nissan 6 in the 240-260z

[Sharpie]

Haha. What about a twin Merlins...or you couls just drop in an RB26 and churn out 1100hp.

[DodgeNitroBIRM]

Why wreck a sweet handling car with such a heavy motor what about a 855ci Cummins diesel You can get some pretty big hp figures out of the nissan 6 in the 240-260z

BECAUSE, during the muscle car era it was all about drag racing. That was the popular thing to do! If anyone had thought about it at the time, that car would have become what the mid to late 70s Nova became. Also, during that time, the Datsun 240Z was a 4 cylinder (if I remember correctly). ALSO during that time, the horsepower figures you see out of that six cylinder just weren't possible at the time. I mean, supercharges for the bracket and heads-up classes didn't come into play until the end of the Era. Turbos have just started to get popular in the non-import dominated classes. If you look at the Fun Ford Weekend's Pro-5.0, it's just started to use turbos in the mid to late 90's.

[taz_rocks_miami]

Why wreck a sweet handling car with such a heavy motor what about a 855ci Cummins diesel You can get some pretty big hp figures out of the nissan 6 in the 240-260z

You can buy aluminum small block V8s for about $3,000.00 USD. Besides, I seen iron V8 Z cars and they handle very well....and go like a poor mans Cobra!!!

[Matra et Alpine]

BECAUSE, during the muscle car era it was all about drag racing. That was the popular thing to do!

Going back to the original question about waht was 'sweet' I'd have to say you wouldnt' need to touch a 240Z as it was already a WORLD WINNING car in rallying with the straight 6.
NOT all competition was drag-racing
and some muscle-cars were tried in rallying by a few brave folks but with distinct lack of real success
So, it's not really required to downgrade a 240Z with a bigger engine to make it 'sweet'.
And if anyoen has a 240Z they can't stand because it's too slow or handles badly in their mind then drop me a line, I'd GLADLY put one back on the roads for rallying. In the UK they're expensive

[fpv_gtho]

and some muscle-cars were tried in rallying by a few brave folks but with distinct lack of real success

Some crazy people out here quite successfully rallied Falcon GT's, i believe even one of the 3 XA GTHO race cars was converted to a rally spec car

[charged]

You can buy aluminum small block V8s for about $3,000.00 USD. Besides, I seen iron V8 Z cars and they handle very well....and go like a poor mans Cobra!!!

Dollar per hP bloke I know bgot a v12 BMW engine from a fire and theft car 3grand,twin gtr turbos1grand ,gtr 32 intercooler 300bucks,600hp @6psi,14psi over 1000bhp got dyno sheets to prove it now thats cheap horsepower,no internal engine mods all stock apart from changing static comp ratio, in a rod GIDDY UP

[charged]

Some crazy people out here quite successfully rallied Falcon GT's, i believe even one of the 3 XA GTHO race cars was converted to a rally spec car

Good fun though

[fpv_gtho]

yeah, well back in the early 70's, there wasnt any 4wd rally cars going around so they were really all just Falcon GT's (reason why Ford had the option to put the black anti glare patches on GT's) and probably some monaros and kingswoods, not the mention the odd datsun

[taz_rocks_miami]

Going back to the original question about waht was 'sweet' I'd have to say you wouldnt' need to touch a 240Z as it was already a WORLD WINNING car in rallying with the straight 6.
NOT all competition was drag-racing
and some muscle-cars were tried in rallying by a few brave folks but with distinct lack of real success
So, it's not really required to downgrade a 240Z with a bigger engine to make it 'sweet'.
And if anyoen has a 240Z they can't stand because it's too slow or handles badly in their mind then drop me a line, I'd GLADLY put one back on the roads for rallying. In the UK they're expensive

I would hardly call putting a small block in a 240Z downgrading it Matra, the straight 6 is a very good engine, I've seen them hopped up to over 300 HP. The V8 240Zs do very well in modified SCCA road racing competitions in the US, and believe me, they handle very well and will outrun almost anything True V8s do weigh a bit more than the straight 6, but for road racing and drag racing, they give you HP and low end torque.

I had a 240Z back in college that I bought for about $1,500.00 USD in good condition, while I really liked the straight 6, I always wished I'd put a 350 Chevy in it, never got around to it though

[jcp123]

Why wreck a sweet handling car with such a heavy motor what about a 855ci Cummins diesel You can get some pretty big hp figures out of the nissan 6 in the 240-260z

i dont doubt it. too high strung for my tastes though. someone here wanted a car that had sweet handling and muscle car performance, that's the ticket.

[PsychoChimp22]

I think we can all agree that the BEST car ever releaced during this time was the AMC Pacer!!! LOL

http://www.amcpacer.com/cgi-bin/archives.cgi?num=50&s=1

[gtrjazz]

NO. When I was 13 up watched all the road movies Two lane Black top ,Bullet ,Vanishing Point and wanted 55 Chevys, Shelby Mustangs, Dodge Challangers Etc but did not have the money to import any so the Legend grew. Much the same thing is happening with Skylines at the moment for most American people.So if you want to swap your Shelby Mustang Etc please PM me

[Falcon500]

yeah, well back in the early 70's, there wasnt any 4wd rally cars going around so they were really all just Falcon GT's (reason why Ford had the option to put the black anti glare patches on GT's) and probably some monaros and kingswoods, not the mention the odd datsun

You forgot the toranas....and the rs escorts....and we also had other imports running but lack of factory support limited them...