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Nice! Orange with black trimmings and wheels is a perfect match imo

Love that black on white look!

I guess most turboed Miata's are just stock motors with a turbokit. And the internals arent made to handle much more. But 250hp is 100+ over stock, and a stock cossie motor wont handle much more then 100-150 over stock either(the redtop cossies wont anyway). And neither will a 4G63 or a SR20. And dont forget the Miata is a small and very light car. A 300bhp Miata will put up a good fight against alot more powerfull cars, you can take my word for it There are 5-600bhp Miatas out there but they are rare. But that has little to do with the engine i think. Getting traction is a bigger problem then making power You dont see that much power in the Protege/323 GTX and GT-R(like my own) either, but thats becouse with that kind of power you would go trough a transmission every wheek (insted of 1 every year like me ).

The pinto block and Mazda blocks are very different. So the cossie head wont fit. And I dont think it would make much sense anyway. A friend compered the cossie head vs a stock Mazda BP head(1.8 16valve) . Flow tested them both, and the stock Mazda head flowed better then the cossie head(with turbocharging in mind).

Thats a really lame sketch. I hope they make it more 240Z'ish then todays 350Z About it being shorter and all that. I guess the GT-R is a pretty big heavy supercar. Makes sense to make the 370Z a lighter smaller sportscar, right?

No problem at all About Hafsengen's new build, I know only what I am told. I think it's more or less a secret But I'f you have seen those new Ford Fiesta's used in Rallycross division.1, I think that is pretty close. About 205 vs 200 block. They do have the same mounting points. The mounts themselves are different on the 4x4 vs 2wd but mounting points are the same. Yes. I am very aware of that fact. The block being old dosen't really matter. My point was just that sadly they based it on a weak engine block.

Hafsengen's WRC cossie was a totally sick car, it was even street legal(sort of). And he did enter it i one hill climb and won. But it was built for track days and for fun. Then he sold the chassis, kept the engine end drivetrain for his current project. The WRC chassis is now silver and has a 900hp ex rallycross engine/drivetrain. 2.2l or whatever, and a Trust T88 turbo. A sad victim of turbo lag.

I'm a Ford mechanic, and I have friends and family who drives Cossies. So i get to work on them quite a bit. And the big thing about the cossie engine is the avalibility of parts and knowledge gained from all its racing history in Europe (and Australia). It isn't nesseceraly the best engine in the world (not saying it isnt good though). Actually the old redtops from 2WD cossies, the 205 block is more or less, crap. Its an old block from a Pinto motor, like a Sierra 2.0l OHC. All Cosworth did was x-ray the blocks and pick the best off the production line. The later 200 block is much better. But still, there is no magic here either. My point being that, if I lived i the states I would never consider a cossie engine over, lets say a 4G63 or a SR20, I'd have no reason to. Being in europe, people put cossie engines in everything. And I could see the point, but personally I would never put a small Ford engine in a classic Datsun (A Cosworth V8 turbo on the other hand... )

Actually you are proberbly right. The '74 was a customers car or something, not the gold one. Are you talking about the red one 2126 posted? The gold norwgian car has Rondell wheels, or some other BBS(BMW) replicas... Like this:

Any plans to paint it? A s30 is way to beautiful to be matt black with no clearcoat, in my eyes. Love the wheels

They are just cheap Rondell bmw/bbs style split spoke I belive.

That S30 is porn. Check out Common Snapper's homepage for more pics and a couple cool 510's... http://www.commonsnapper.com/

It's a '74. If I remember correctly it put out something like 550bhp on their own Dynapack about 2 years ago. Here is a 4 year old photo I found on my hd...

Found these awsome renderings of a S30 on http://www.auto-otaku.com today. The creator is Jan Trondsen, a car designer that apperently worked on some interior details on the Nissan GT-R concept car. Jan Trondsen is a Norwegian name, so I'm trying to find out if he is actually Norwegian Anyone know if he is on this forum? Anywho... Here are the pics. http://www.coroflot.com/jtrondsen/ http://www.auto-otaku.com

9.06, thats just nasty. What's your 60ft on the 9.0x runs? I dont know much about the tires you are running, but 9.0x on any treaded tire is sick. Good on ya!

Have followed this build, and others, on the UK GTR forums. I'm very very impressed by your work. Both fabrication and at the track. That Z is a mean machine, and its only just getting started. You havent blown the budget yet have you? Makes a man reconsider the VK56 for a RB, even if the RB is 3x as expensive initially Dont forget, that is 1.500Nm on the wheels after gear ratio. Not 1500 at the flywheel. Need to know the gear ratios of the gear used on the dynorun to get actual engine torque. Rob?

Also check out http://www.takumiproject.com

I dont think the sharp lines will fit very well. Also I cant help but to notice that the Mustang in the pic went to the crapper...

The one from Benchmark Composites look pretty decent. http://www.betamotorsports.com/products/CarbonFiberHoods.html

Holy crap. Is this what you call a false sense of security? lol

Looks to simple to me. It's gonna look like there is something missing. All details are gone, and it's all i the details. Unless your making some sort of plate to go on the flat sheetmetal and around the lights like the original deal, I cant see this looking anything but cheap. Sorry.

Love that twotone. Cant wait to see the finished product.

Wow. Thanks for sharing!

They will not make a LHD Skyline. Insted they offer the same cars(4-door and coupe) with a Infiniti badge and LHD in the US. The Nissan GT-R on the other hand, will be made with LHD and RHD and will be sold all over the world. We should all know by now, it's not called "Nissan Skyline GT-R" anymore, its just "Nissan GT-R" (sadly).

Question is, will it be the Nissan GT-R or will it be called Infiniti GT-R... Doesn't matter i guess As long as it really is as fast as they claim the tests from Nürburgring/Nordschleife are.