Savage42 Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Well, I went to my first local Z show here in Eugene, OR at the Nissan dealership. It was put on by the Northwest Z club & Lithia Nissan, joined by the Southern Oregon Z club. There were about 40 cars there, so not a bad turnout. I had my buddy's black 240Z with 400 SBC (since he was at Disneyland with the family & my car isn't done, yet) and was parked next to the only other V8 Z, which was a very nice, orange 240Z with 350 w/ 5 speed. Not only did he win best modified, but he also won best 240Z. For typically be the "shunned bastard children" of the Z crowd (in some instances), it was pretty cool! Oh, the owner (forgot his name, dang it) also runs the car at a good half dozen track days. All show and go! That's what I'm talkin' about!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 So if you had 40 cars show up it must have just been raining lightly - right?? Seriously - sounds like great fun. 40 cars for an area that size is an excellent turn-out. They can be real attention grabbers. We went out on a tour with just 15 cars in caravan yesterday and really turned a lot of heads. I had the only V8 so took the standard abuse from the other guys but held my own - especially since I had the only gen 1 car with an adequate AC! Ran into the second 350Z guy in 3 weeks that had cratered his motor. The first one did it after adding an ATI procharger. This guy did it with a bottle of nitrous. The stock VQ35 just doesn't handle any aftermarket "performance enhancers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgkurz Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Congrats Savage42! That's my Z club. Unfortunately I couldn't attend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Shasteen Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 yea, congrats-perhpas paradigms are changing; slowly but surely. Kevin, (Yea,Still an Inliner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 77vegasz Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Very slowly indeed. I got into a performance enhancement chat session on another Z car site and mentioned the V8 conversion and was imediately bombarded with all kinds of purist hatred. Oh pity for the unenlightened. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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