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edk370 · 08-26-2014, 03:45 PM

The Z32 is the best Z, so far, imho. Nissan took the Z32 very seriously when they released it. I read somewhere, that Nissan's inspiration was primarily from the Porsche 928. The interior, dashboard, and overall silhouette do have a resemblance...There were many unprecedented characteristics about it such as: HICAS steering, twin-turbo, 300 hp (big league HP back in '89 that was actually more than the C4 Vette that year)...and a price that took it out of the "cheaper alternative to the Corvette, but about the same as a Stang or Camaro" category thereby putting it in the same class as the Vette C4. Plus, it spurred the other Japanese makers to release their twin-turbo machines FD3S, 3000/Stealth VR4, MKIV Supra, MR2 turbo, NSX, etc. It was the heyday of Japanese supercars then.

I bought a Z32 NA back in '04, but the engine was shot because when you got on it, it was as slow as my Accord. It had about 120K miles on it. I only bought it for $2,500 and I was gonna do the VG30DETT swap. But those swaps were kinda "if'y" back then and I didn't want to have a car lying around for a year or longer in my garage. I ended up selling it for what I bought it for after only owning it for a couple months.

08-26-2014, 03:45 PM	#18 (permalink)
edk370 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 296 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 13	The Z32 is the best Z, so far, imho. Nissan took the Z32 very seriously when they released it. I read somewhere, that Nissan's inspiration was primarily from the Porsche 928. The interior, dashboard, and overall silhouette do have a resemblance...There were many unprecedented characteristics about it such as: HICAS steering, twin-turbo, 300 hp (big league HP back in '89 that was actually more than the C4 Vette that year)...and a price that took it out of the "cheaper alternative to the Corvette, but about the same as a Stang or Camaro" category thereby putting it in the same class as the Vette C4. Plus, it spurred the other Japanese makers to release their twin-turbo machines FD3S, 3000/Stealth VR4, MKIV Supra, MR2 turbo, NSX, etc. It was the heyday of Japanese supercars then. I bought a Z32 NA back in '04, but the engine was shot because when you got on it, it was as slow as my Accord. It had about 120K miles on it. I only bought it for $2,500 and I was gonna do the VG30DETT swap. But those swaps were kinda "if'y" back then and I didn't want to have a car lying around for a year or longer in my garage. I ended up selling it for what I bought it for after only owning it for a couple months.