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A little more about the car. It's not that light and comes in at 1284kg with me and half tank of fuel. Exactly 642kg on each axle which really help the predictability on a race track. There are quite a few video's of the car on you tube if you search for thejohnymd. I've also got a website, www.240z.me.uk which has pictures of this and some of the 240's I have. My collection grew to 13 last year but I have been persuaded to let a few go.
I've been tweaking the car over the years and everything has been done by myself, including painting the car in 2010, as I've never got any money to pay someone else. Plus I enjoy the engineering side of it and getting the most I can by spending as little as possible. The engine has never been apart and has stayed in standard from apart from a pair of cams I put in a couple of years ago. It makes 394hp at the flywheel and 429hp with a little nitrous on the drag strip. On my annual trips to Spa I get mid 30's to the gallon so its nice and economical to get where I'm going.
With my quest to get in the 10's I have recently installed a Life Racing F88 ECU, GT3582 turbo and 800cc injectors. Got the car back up and running last weekend and spent a few hours mapping the ECU on a drive around Essex. I've still got a few jobs to do over the weekend in preparation for a rolling road session at Northampton motorsport next Thursday.
I've also got a couple of other projects on the go. One is a 280z with lexus V8 and the other is my 240z runaround which I've fitted throttle bodies and Life F88 to.
I've been tweaking the car over the years and everything has been done by myself, including painting the car in 2010, as I've never got any money to pay someone else. Plus I enjoy the engineering side of it and getting the most I can by spending as little as possible. The engine has never been apart and has stayed in standard from apart from a pair of cams I put in a couple of years ago. It makes 394hp at the flywheel and 429hp with a little nitrous on the drag strip. On my annual trips to Spa I get mid 30's to the gallon so its nice and economical to get where I'm going.
With my quest to get in the 10's I have recently installed a Life Racing F88 ECU, GT3582 turbo and 800cc injectors. Got the car back up and running last weekend and spent a few hours mapping the ECU on a drive around Essex. I've still got a few jobs to do over the weekend in preparation for a rolling road session at Northampton motorsport next Thursday.
I've also got a couple of other projects on the go. One is a 280z with lexus V8 and the other is my 240z runaround which I've fitted throttle bodies and Life F88 to.
Johnymd said:
It makes 394hp at the flywheel and 429hp with a little nitrous on the drag strip.
Considering that must be atleast 2 or 3 times its power at stock and I can imagine a few time more for the torgque figures too do you have to do any further work to replace/strengthen suspension components, drive shafts, etc?I have been known to break a few things. Snapped a couple of drive shafts and knocked out several prop bearings. When things break I tend to replace with something stronger and when that break I go up another notch. The driveshafts and stub axles are made from Chromalloy but I'm still using 30year old CV's so they will need changing at some point. The diff is from a later 260z but has a quaife fitted.
Yes I did go to Le mans in it last year and I may have stretched its legs on the motorways.
Yes I did go to Le mans in it last year and I may have stretched its legs on the motorways.
swindorski said:
Were you at last years Le Mans Classic in this?
I'm pretty sure you thoroughly saw off my 911 on the French motorway....
It was seeing a number of 240's at CLM last year that ignited my interest in them - went to see quite few restored cars which were wonderful - couldn't make up my mind whether to go for originality / mild tune or go the full hog like you've done here although got very close to buying the ex-Barrie Williams car being sold by CMC. Anyway, an unexpected opportunity arose late last year to test drive one for Classic Cars which features this month. What a wonderful car, so well packaged, but in standard guise confirmed my thoughts it just needed more poke.I'm pretty sure you thoroughly saw off my 911 on the French motorway....
Edited by swindorski on Friday 24th March 17:27
Beautiful Z.
Love the paint job.
Had one of these as a youngster ( white with black vinyl roof and Woolfrace wheels but never had the money or the time to get into the serious restoration it needed . Had plenty of power as stock back then - especially for a 19yr old . Nothing really touched it since for pure raw driving pleasure - although current 911 comes v. Close .
Best Z I ever saw was owned by Z club chairman back in the 80,s - a 240 with a Chevy 350 small block - altitude adjusted accordingly and an amazing metallic maroon paint job .
I wonder if it's still on the road ?
Love the paint job.
Had one of these as a youngster ( white with black vinyl roof and Woolfrace wheels but never had the money or the time to get into the serious restoration it needed . Had plenty of power as stock back then - especially for a 19yr old . Nothing really touched it since for pure raw driving pleasure - although current 911 comes v. Close .
Best Z I ever saw was owned by Z club chairman back in the 80,s - a 240 with a Chevy 350 small block - altitude adjusted accordingly and an amazing metallic maroon paint job .
I wonder if it's still on the road ?
ndtman said:
Johnymd said:
It currently runs a 1/4 mile in 11.10s@132.5mph.
Wow, that's mind boggling performance for a road car! Open question. What other road cars would have similar performance? I'm guessing serious exotica.
I wouldn't describe a Nissan GT-R (R35) as serious exotica. mpbvr4 said:
Looks fantastic!! Love the transplant.
mpbvr4 said:
Not seen this one but there's a regular one at Castle Combe track days.
The owner knows how to pedal it as well.
A friend of mine's LHD Series 1 240Z - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
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