The wonderful (and bonkers) world of JDM
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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.
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.
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.
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.
|http://thumbsnap.com/Hj9McPDK[/url]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! 
I never really gelled with it tbh, yet it's one of the cars I most regret selling
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! Sounds good as a racecar too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yyAcZKNx4
never seen that. Was Dr Doolittle involved?
The Intercity van would be awesome 
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.
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.
adingley84 said:
Biggied said:
The Mazda Familia (323) GT-R...
210bhp. 4wd. Etc etc
TheFinners said:
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!They used the 'Fairlady' name in Japan, but the 'Z' moniker was not introduced until the all-new S30-series coupes debuted in late 1969.
jogger1976 said:
I was looking at the obscure performance saloons thread, which was started by another PHer and noted that there were quite few Japanese vehicles in the thread.This made me remember my love for the wacky and wonderful world of JDM.
Here's some of my favourites. Feel free to share yours fellow PHers
Toyota Crown Majesta VIP. Looks like an airport taxi,but packs a 6.0 twin-turbo V12 with up to 700hp.0-60 in 4 seconds and 201mph
201mph. Here's some of my favourites. Feel free to share yours fellow PHers
Toyota Crown Majesta VIP. Looks like an airport taxi,but packs a 6.0 twin-turbo V12 with up to 700hp.0-60 in 4 seconds and 201mph
Yeah.
Right.
Fellow jdm fans, you might want a little look at some photos from japfest yesterday 
Enjoy!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danjamafotos/sets/72...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.57721364...
Japfest 2016 by Dan J, on Flickr
Enjoy!https://www.flickr.com/photos/danjamafotos/sets/72...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.57721364...
Japfest 2016 by Dan J, on Flickrdanllama said:
Fellow jdm fans, you might want a little look at some photos from japfest yesterday Enjoy!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danjamafotos/sets/72...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.57721364...
Japfest 2016 by Dan J, on Flickr
Isn't that a Micra? Enjoy!https://www.flickr.com/photos/danjamafotos/sets/72...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.57721364...
Japfest 2016 by Dan J, on Flickrcptsideways said:
adingley84 said:
Biggied said:
The Mazda Familia (323) GT-R...
210bhp. 4wd. Etc etc
Did you used to go on the 323GTX forum?
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