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Old 03-15-2012, 10:39 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gsxr750 View Post
While the 240 - 300zx sports cars looked great on the outside , only the 240 and 260 really looked good, both inside and out.

If you look at the road test data a 16.1 sec. 1/4 mile is a joke, an average plain jane chevy impala or or olds V8 350 could do a lot better and even a 1972 honda cb350 that would do about a 15 sec 1/4 mile and only 85mph top.

You could picture Tony with beret &, sharks tooth pendant , just picked up his new 240z. On the drive home he pulls up next to a chevy 350 impala wagon loaded down with 3 kids and 2 adults and groceries. He decides to race the wagon, and he is shocked how he was easily blown off by a family wagon.

I test drove a 240z and 280z back in the late 90's before I bought my aniversarry turbo 300zx and to be quite honest the 240Zand 280Z were really dogs in terms of performance. Only the 300zx turbo made enough power 200hp to even consider it a a reasonable sports car and I only kept it about 6 months, before I bought a c4 vette with 285hp.

You really need at least 250hp in a sports car today to even make it entertaining to drive and own. The Mazda RX8 is a good example.
Which model 300zx Turbo you are talking about? The eighties one?
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