How about...

[Phlip]

How About A V12-Powered Datsun 240Z? (http://jalopnik.com/5071584/how-about-a-v12+powered-datsun-240z)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2008/10/Jag_240Z_494.jpg

We'll admit that it may well be impossible to top the Austin-Healey 100 with supercharged Jaguar V12 (http://jalopnik.com/396049/austin+healey-100-with-blown-jaguar-v12-has-almost-enough-engine-now) in the Insane Sports Car Engine Swap department, but we still think putting a Jaguar V12 in this Z was a fine idea. The seller doesn't provide a lot of info about it (we'd like to know more than just "chev 6 speed") but it looks like the swap was done with a minimum of duct tape. And all for just $9,000 Canadian!

Jaguar V12 In A 1971 Datsun 240Z

http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/smallish_2988031816_444b2e90ca_o.jpg (http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/V12240Z/1004288116) http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/smallish_2988031600_f2bdd097ae_o.jpg (http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/V12240Z/1004288127)http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/smallish_2988031376_9e38dd5e21_o.jpg (http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/V12240Z/1004288138)

[MikeisNissan]

thats awesome.

[Future240]

I need a vid. Like now. And how did he only pay 9k canadian? Somewhere there must be more info




Wait.....did Phlip really make TWO threads in ONE day?:tinhat:.....

[allntrlundrgrnd]

i dig it -exhaust. that shit looks ug

[silviaguy240]

why do people feel the need to bastardize already limited s30's....

[BustedS13]

why do people feel the need to bastardize already limited s30's....

they're not at all limited. it's easier to find a datsun than it is to find a z32.

[Future240]

they're not at all limited. it's easier to find a datsun than it is to find a z32.

I think it depends on what model. Just for shits n giggles I ran a search on a 260,280, and 200 z/zx on yahoo autos, got like 17 cars total, 300zx got 161

[Agamemnon]

Too bad they made it look like complete dog shit.

[mrpeepers]

Its nice how they used the green that i usually associate jags with..pretty sweet

[KA24DESOneThree]

No headlights where headlights should be: fail.
Jag V12: fail.
Opel GT-esque tail lights: fail.

Call me old-fashioned, but all the car needs is custom mechanical fuel injection and some BRE four-spokes. Oh, and it's gotta be on the ground.

[silviaguy240]

they're not at all limited. it's easier to find a datsun than it is to find a z32.

i meant limited as in nice quality ones that arent rusted the fuck out.

[KA24DESOneThree]

Come to California.

You can always find at least one under $8k.

[silviaguy240]

where the fuck you looking? shits cheaper than that on the east coast but harder to find.

[BustedS13]

i meant limited as in nice quality ones that arent rusted the fuck out.

you can get a rock solid one in the midwest for maybe 6k. they just aren't around you on your salty coast.

[silviaguy240]

shit i got a perfect 2+2 with 69k on it for 3500 on the rusty east coast. its turned to be a bit shittier than when i bought it but im having trouble selling it for the same price.

[BustedS13]

i've never liked 2+2's, but that's a bargain price... what year?

edit: shortage of z's? this guy has 30 rollers for sale in cali

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___240Z-71-Crushing-30-Early-Zs-Get-yours-NOW_W0QQitemZ220300307007QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20Trucks QQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220300307007&_trkparms=39%3A1|65%3A-1|240%3A1318&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

[SexPanda]

the only thing I don't like is the headlights. s30's have some of the sexiest headlights, and the owner/builder/whatever fucked it up.

Besides that... The Jag v12 is an ok engine, but its... not exactly a powerful v12.

[silviaguy240]

its a 78, kinda impulse buy. shouldnt have got it and waited around for something else.

[KA24DESOneThree]

where the fuck you looking? shits cheaper than that on the east coast but harder to find.

1971 240 Z 51125 original miles NEW paint (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/894616306.html)

1972 datsun 240z w/tripple carb setup (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/899791441.html)

1973 Dutsun 240z - Needs work - good deal!! (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/901112966.html)

1971 Datsun 240Z - beautiful blue CLASSIC - Low mileage (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/901780446.html)

1972 240Z (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/900858170.html)

1973 Datsun 240Z (SATURDAY ONLY!!!!) new lower price! (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/900236411.html)

1973 240Z - extras (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/899006855.html)

et cetera

[ZX88]

super sick

[articdragon192]

i've never liked 2+2's, but that's a bargain price... what year?

edit: shortage of z's? this guy has 30 rollers for sale in cali

eBay Motors: Datsun : Z-Series (item 220300307007 end time Nov-02-08 20:23:07 PST) (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___240Z-71-Crushing-30-Early-Zs-Get-yours-NOW_W0QQitemZ220300307007QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20Trucks QQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220300307007&_trkparms=39%3A1|65%3A-1|240%3A1318&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245)


Will this change your mind about 2+2s?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/0591.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/2996.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/5352.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/4156.jpg

[silviaguy240]

pics dont work, but i hate the guys who put stupid motors in Z's just for the hell of it. like all the guys that put shitty junkyard sbc's in em or that shitty jag stuff, or the guys who cut the roofs off and make em into roadsters trying to make it into a jag or a ferrari.

[HyperTek]

it really doesnt surprise me, rednecks have been bastardizing the Z with v8 swaps for years, and even rx7s lol

V8s is the answer for all jap cars lol *im badly stereotyping it please forgive me*

[HyperTek]

that ebay link is interesting. there was an abandoned lot in riverside that had a few zs in a field like that, and even a datsun roadster burried in teh dirt, and some vert Zs etc.. there was a decent looking black 240z though, i left a note on it and a few weeks later the guy called me, he wanted over $2k for that black Z.. i thought it was rediculous its probably been sitting there for a few years as all the other cars.. that was 2 years ago, i dont see all of them there anymore. If i had a Z, id love to have a field day in there lol

[silviaguy240]

i dont mind v8's that are nicely done, but the dudes who go pull a shitty 200hp v8 out of an old sedan at the jyard and throw it in a Z and throw some 18x7 sportmaxx on it and paint it bright orange with some gay ass racing stripe....

[articdragon192]

pics dont work, but i hate the guys who put stupid motors in Z's just for the hell of it. like all the guys that put shitty junkyard sbc's in em or that shitty jag stuff, or the guys who cut the roofs off and make em into roadsters trying to make it into a jag or a ferrari.

Fixed. Enjoy.

[HyperTek]

yeah i saw that on speedhunters it did change my mind about the 2+2.. wish i could say that for the S130 and Z31 lol but im sure with teh right wheels/stance anything will look good

[silviaguy240]

no fucking shit. thats exactly how i wanted to do mine up except in a different color, wheels and definately more slammage.

woohoo! 1,000 posts.

heres a quick old photoshop i did when i first got it

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/silviaguy240/zflare2.jpg

and a pixel car i did of what i wanted

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/silviaguy240/z.png

[HyperTek]

i dont mind v8's that are nicely done, but the dudes who go pull a shitty 200hp v8 out of an old sedan at the jyard and throw it in a Z and throw some 18x7 sportmaxx on it and paint it bright orange with some gay ass racing stripe....

or them fuckers who do the swaps and dont do shit to the suspension :keke:

this one is pretty sick, just needs cosmetics.. 16k may be a lil steep tho 1973 240z SR20DET Motorswap Fast (http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/895713174.html)

[silviaguy240]

16k is real fuckin steep. maybe 4000 for sr and parts installed, ~1500 for coils, 800 for brakes 800 for wheels and tires, just go high and say 900 for other bullshit and 2500 for a decent shell. thats 10,500 invested and he expects 5k more? people need to learn to man up and expect and take their losses and not jack up the price for "labor". i'd maybe see it go for 8500 on the high side.