jasper Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) On air now.Channel 56 for me. A bit lame, but it's a DATSUN. Edited March 17, 2011 by jasper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 What a bunch of BUTCHERS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I just turned it on. What's happened so far? All I gather so far, is one is going to be a butt ugly convertible and the other might be half decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 When GOOD cars go BAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 That foam fiasco kind of looks like SPEED RACER'S MACH FIVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 The red one actually looks pretty good. Don't like the tail lights though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 That foam fiasco kind of looks like SPEED RACER'S MACH FIVE Yep, I just noticed that. I think that was their theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Flames SHOOTING out of the hood, That SCREAMS DATSUN,,,,,no mufflers needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Old guy's hating on the Datsun... and I gotta say he has no taste if he likes the wanna-be speed racer car better. Additionally, can't believe he said stock 240Z steering was "a little tough." My 240z steers with practically no effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 The white car belongs in the.... There were enough CLOWNS involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddmanout84 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Old guy's hating on the Datsun... and I gotta say he has no taste if he likes the wanna-be speed racer car better. Additionally, can't believe he said stock 240Z steering was "a little tough." My 240z steers with practically no effort. Dude, he designed the Munster Coach. TONS of high class taste there! I also find humor in the fact that your avatar is Speed Racer. A bunch of the comments during that show sucked. I thought the challenging team did a decent job, though I noticed ripples in the paint around the rear column air vents they blocked off. Not exactly to my taste, but at least they made an attempt to make a "clean" car. While ambitious, the home team car was nothing more than a Mach 5 clone/abortion. The body lines didn't even match up at the doors. The comments on the handling baffled me, since I saw NO suspension work on either car whatsoever. if anything, they reduced structural integrity by tearing the roof off. Only having V8's as a choice for the engine swaps was salt in the wound, but I guess I shouldn't expect different from a murrican car show. Back to BBC and Top Gear... Edited March 17, 2011 by Oddmanout84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdone Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 What's wrong with V8 powered 240z's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 What's wrong with V8 powered 240z's? Nothing. But what's wrong with L6 240Zs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdone Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Nothing, that's what I'm putting in mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue72 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Anyone else cringe every time a desirable piece disappeared off screen? Taillights, SU carb setups, 9mm L24 rods, interior pieces, etc... They probably all wound up in a dumpster behind the shop. The one design feature I did like from the show was the red leather covered dash in the 'Speed Racer' car. Too bad you could see that the leather was already starting to peel away from the dash because it hadn't been adhered properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddmanout84 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 What's wrong with V8 powered 240z's? Nothing is "wrong" with them, I just would have liked to see more variety in the choice of swaps, rather than two V8's with relatively minor differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two80z4me Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 i didnt even watch it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I guess it was " Car Warriors '73 Datsun 240Z" Seas1 Ep:4.. it'll be on again tomorrow at 4pmEST, or Saturday sometime. I would have liked to have seen it solely to see what they did to the cars. I'll try to catch it later. I dunno why Datsuns get no love from these shows. Hey you all should get a hold of Foose and have them overhaul my 280Z. That's one I would really like to see, hehe never happen, besides I don't want a V8, it's been done ya know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdone Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I guess it was " Car Warriors '73 Datsun 240Z" Seas1 Ep:4.. it'll be on again tomorrow at 4pmEST, or Saturday sometime. I would have liked to have seen it solely to see what they did to the cars. I'll try to catch it later. I dunno why Datsuns get no love from these shows. Hey you all should get a hold of Foose and have them overhaul my 280Z. That's one I would really like to see, hehe never happen, besides I don't want a V8, it's been done ya know... Yeah but what hasn't "been done"? Chev V8's, Ford V8's, Jag V12's, BMW V12's, BMW I6's, Nissan I6's, Toyoter I6's, Nissan V6's, Buick V6's, Infiniti V8's, Nissan 4 pots....I dunno, I'm probably missing something. As far as I can tell the last bastion of originality lies in putting that 2.8 liter Hyabusa V8 into one of our cars. Whoever does do that has won everything forever, and gets 9001 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 That's one I would really like to see, hehe never happen, besides I don't want a V8, it's been done ya know... As far as I can tell the last bastion of originality lies in putting that 2.8 liter Hyabusa V8 into one of our cars. Whoever does do that has won everything forever, and gets 9001 points. The reason you see so many smallblock V8s is because it makes sense to put a V8 in a Z car. If you're against putting it in because it has been done so many times, you're basically saying "I'm tired of people doing things that make sense, and I get all twitterpated when someone does something that doesn't make as much sense." The V8 motorcycle hybrid makes a great engine for a lightweight car, but I think you'd have a hard time finding gears and transmissions and clutches that would handle the heavy weight of the Z car (in comparison to a Radical or an Atom or something) and would have the appropriate ratios for a motor that can turn that much rpm. So again, it would be an expensive project to put a relatively torqueless engine into a car that is too heavy, all so someone could say that they were the first to do it. Call me crazy, but if someone ever does build one of those, I'll be wondering WTF they were thinking and why they didn't put that motor in a Lotus 7 or a Radical or something like that where it would actually make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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