The wonderful (and bonkers) world of JDM

[gilbo]

Mazda Carol



Love child of the Ford Anglia and Landcrab!

[GravelBen]

KarlMac said:

GravelBen said:

KarlMac said:

GTS-M? 2.0l rb20det rwd. Friend of a friend has one for drifting, cost a lot less than £4k!

GTSt-M if we're being pedantic

GTS without the t is RB20DE (155bhp NA).

One of these days I'll finally learn all the designations

They'll still relatively common cars here in NZ (though even the base models are increasingly being removed from circulation by drifters and wannabes crashing them).

One of my mates had a GTS, another had GTE (125bhp SOHC RB20E) and then a GTSt-M. But if you want to be really disappointed you could try the GXi with its 91bhp CA18i!

Try this site if you're bored... http://specs.cars-directory.net/nissan/skyline/198...

[Amirhussain]

Great thread love the JDM scene. Can be odd and bonkers, but I suppose that's part of the appeal in some ways.

[DelicaL400]

AW111 said:

What about JDM vans?

A mate at work has one of these (4wd) :



He has the 3 litre v6, and it drinks a bit, but there was also a TDI version.

The TDi drinks a bit too! There are quite a few of those around the UK considering they're a 20+ year old JDM product.

[aka_kerrly]

cptsideways said:

I'm after one of these, more now in Australia than left in Japan. In 1989 think of the cars the europeans were making & the Japs were getting these folding tin top Soarer's

I have never seen one of those before, after a bit of googling it seems only 500 made. Good luck hunting one down!

This is very appealing, the two tone white doesn't really do it for me.

[V8Wagon]

I was smitten with this little Japanese wonder lurking in my local Tesco's car park recently...

[Coatesy351]

HR31 GTS-R Homologation special with the RB20DET-R engine for group A racing.






Sounds good as a racecar too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yyAcZKNx4

[Rjbell]

cptsideways said:

I'm after one of these, more now in Australia than left in Japan. In 1989 think of the cars the europeans were making & the Japs were getting these folding tin top Soarer's

Love this and it's s new one on me thanks.

[PZR]

jogger1976 said:

Nissan Fairlady 432Z, which had the Hakosuka S20 engine and was popular with Japanese rozzers

Nitpick: Bottom photo is indeed a 1970 'PS30' Nissan Fairlady Z432 (with the 24 valve, twin cam, triple carbed S20 engine) but the top photo is a late 1971-on 'HS30-H' Fairlady 240ZG (with the 12 valve, single cam, twin Hitachi SU-type carbed L24 engine), a limited production Group 4 homologation special with 'aerodyna' nose and rivetted-on wheel arch 'overfenders', all of which allowed Nissan to use even more extreme body parts on their Group 4 and Group 5 circuit race cars.

Several 240ZGs were used by regional Japanese police forces as highway patrol/pursuit cars, and the car in your picture is the lone survivor. It is part of Nissan's 'Heritage Collection' at their Zama production plant.

[Clivey]

Some really interesting stuff in this thread.

What strikes me is that we're often told, especially nowadays, that producing a new or unique car for a single country / market is prohibitively expensive...yet the Japanese have all kinds of weird and wonderful creations!

I'd love to visit Japan and I must admit, the car culture is a part of that.

[jogger1976]

PZR said:

jogger1976 said:

Nissan Fairlady 432Z, which had the Hakosuka S20 engine and was popular with Japanese rozzers

Nitpick: Bottom photo is indeed a 1970 'PS30' Nissan Fairlady Z432 (with the 24 valve, twin cam, triple carbed S20 engine) but the top photo is a late 1971-on 'HS30-H' Fairlady 240ZG (with the 12 valve, single cam, twin Hitachi SU-type carbed L24 engine), a limited production Group 4 homologation special with 'aerodyna' nose and rivetted-on wheel arch 'overfenders', all of which allowed Nissan to use even more extreme body parts on their Group 4 and Group 5 circuit race cars.

Several 240ZGs were used by regional Japanese police forces as highway patrol/pursuit cars, and the car in your picture is the lone survivor. It is part of Nissan's 'Heritage Collection' at their Zama production plant.

No worries. I'm glad to know,as I had no idea about the 240ZG.Just goes to show much there is to uncover about the JDM scene.

[gav5ta]

This is my favourite by far






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Edited by gav5ta on Saturday 23 April 13:31

[danllama]

BenWRXSEi said:

Sounds like my old (deep breath) Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE111 BZG. It had the last iteration of the 1600cc 4age engine, this time with 5 valves per cylinder, individual throttle bodies and an 8,000rpm redline, totalling around 165bhp (claimed, at least!).









I never really gelled with it tbh, yet it's one of the cars I most regret selling

BEN! I didn't know you had one of these before! I've wanted one for a good few years now. I WILL have one as my next car. You might remember I owned an AE101 for a very short while, enjoyed that while I had it even with crooked steering and a knocking downpipe!

[GravelBen]

Coatesy351 said:

HR31 GTS-R Homologation special with the RB20DET-R engine for group A racing.






Sounds good as a racecar too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yyAcZKNx4

Incredibly 1980s, but very cool all the same!

[adingley84]

Biggied said:

The Mazda Familia (323) GT-R...

Just had a little read up on this. Definitely has the cool factor for me being a homologation special and super rare.
210bhp. 4wd. Etc etc

[donteatpeople]

I've been a fan of odd little Japanese cars since childhood when my Dad had a Suzuki SC100 but I recently discovered the early(er) Suzuki Carry:







If I ever find one it may well end up painted like this:

[ajprice]

donteatpeople said:

I've been a fan of odd little Japanese cars since childhood when my Dad had a Suzuki SC100 but I recently discovered the early(er) Suzuki Carry:







If I ever find one it may well end up painted like this:

never seen that. Was Dr Doolittle involved?

[scarble]

The Intercity van would be awesome

Cheapskate said:

Hondas get pretty small...

Designed to go in the boot of the Honda City.
You know, for those situations where your tiny car wasn't tiny enough.

How about the Eunos Cosmo, triple rotor sequential twin turbo?
300hp but you'd think more would be readily forthcoming.
Yet it looks so unassuming.

[TheFinners]

V8Wagon said:

I was smitten with this little Japanese wonder lurking in my local Tesco's car park recently...

That looks lovely, an early Fairlday Z if my memories of Gran Turismo 4 are correct!

[cptsideways]

adingley84 said:

Biggied said:

The Mazda Familia (323) GT-R...

Just had a little read up on this. Definitely has the cool factor for me being a homologation special and super rare.
210bhp. 4wd. Etc etc

I've owned two of these, awesome little cars. Wish I'd kept the nice one, last one I saw for sale was last year for 3k. There are probably less than a dozen in the UK.