jhaag Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 This five page article, titled Datsun 280-ZX Turbo, appeared in Car & Driver magazine in May 1981. Note how the title has a dash in it whereas the Road & Track article of the same title and date does not have a dash. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdarkme Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Great article, I didn't know the 280ZXT was that fast compared to the other cars of the time. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhaag Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 jdarkme: I'm glad you enjoyed the article. It's interesting to see the perspective of the media 26 years ago. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 ..the was quicker than a 308 and the Corvette...Man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 ..the was quicker than a 308 and the Corvette...Man! Is it really that shocking though? The crossfire vettes were making the same hp/tq on all cast iron v8s if I'm not mistaken. they even got their butts handed to them by the 944 turbo on the track. The 308 was no power house either. USA 308gtbs (carbed) made about the same hp but out of a alum 3.0 v8 in Europe it was like 20hp more. They also had a 2.0 v8 option. A engine I have been looking to find for sale for a long time lol. When it switched over to the gts and bosch fuel injection hp and tq fell below 200. So Dragging, it doesn't really shock me that the zxt kicks some butt. He does note draging though unless I read that part wrong. I think a 81 308gtb would rock a zxt autox, thats my opinion though lol. It's lighter and more agile with a better designed suspension and its just about the same power. Whats funny to me about this article though is that ferrari a "world leader" in auto performance was using 4 down draft carbs at the same time nissan was mas producing "The most sophisticated turbocharged-engine ever introduced to America" I love datsun lol. I'm going to try and scan a 71 bre car and driver to post. Between us all I'm sure we could amass a nice collection of articles. No? Thnx for the artical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 That's why so many on here consider the L28ET the pinnacle of L series factory development and why it's so natural to swap these into first gen cars with less weight and more easily modified suspensions and smack down a lot more of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulatori Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 My dad has every Road & Track from around the late 50s. When I'm at my parents house for Christmas I may get adventurous and go through them all looking for anything related to Zs...and scan/upload every article. Last time I was there I was reading a 1970's article on Peter Brock's 240Z...and it had a list of all of the Peter Brock parts you could buy (like $250 for high comp pistons haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Not the cheapest car back then, but a great performance bargain. Estimated price of $16,500 in '81 dollars is $38,000 in '07. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl About the price of a top end 350Z, but higher performance than the Covette and 'entry' Ferrari. Wish Nissan would make a turbo 350Z. Won't happen, as that would kill pretty much all GT-R sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 That's why so many on here consider the L28ET the pinnacle of L series factory development and why it's so natural to swap these into first gen cars with less weight and more easily modified suspensions and smack down a lot more of them. Well I'm sure the cost and ease of installation play a big part in that decision as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Thanks for going to the trouble to put that road test up John, first time I've seen weight distribution figures for the S130. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhaag Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 I'm glad you found the article interesting. All of the articles (over 40 articles but only some are about the ZX) that I posted can be found by searching this Non-Tech Board using 'article' as the search term. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Nice, thank you John. I know I will be doing some late night searching . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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