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zephyr
03-06-2002, 10:55 PM
http://www.zipcon.net/bleach/history/turbo83.jpg
280zx
http://store3.yimg.com/I/jspec_1673_1767982
180sx
http://www.twinturbo.net/ttnetrides/1473/1473header.jpg
z32
What makes the 300zx more of a z than a 180? I guess its probably just the fact that the z31 kinda looks like a datsun and it carried through to the z32?
i was just wondering if anyone else feels sad that their car isn't a z car
I really want that big ol z on my steering wheel and floormats <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>
DSC
03-06-2002, 11:29 PM
I think it has more to do with the chassie then the rear glass. &nbsp;If the 180sx was a Z the silvia would have to be as well.
dosborn
03-07-2002, 07:32 AM
i've always thought it was b/c z's had 6 cylinders, and we had 4 cylinders. &nbsp;(don't flame me for this...) kinda like a chevy vette (z) and a camaro (240)
03-07-2002, 08:53 AM
yeah... the Zs have always been 6 cylinders...
wherezmytofu
03-07-2002, 08:59 AM
hahahhaha...maybe the silvia would be called zilvia if it was a z car <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>
transient
03-07-2002, 12:14 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (dosborn @ Mar. 05 2002,10:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i've always thought it was b/c z's had 6 cylinders, and we had 4 cylinders. (don't flame me for this...) kinda like a chevy vette (z) and a camaro (240)</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
That seems like the most reasonable explaination to me.
whateverjames
03-07-2002, 05:23 PM
the Z was meant to compete with the corvette, and was designed to have a low buck daily driver/racer. and it eventually got to the z32 in 89 (japan, people, japan) and was still competitive with the corvette when it came here....except costed $40,000+. that's where the s13 came in, for broke ass fools like us (broke ass fools in japan included). that's my theory. if a 180 was supposed to be like a Z, i wouldn't spend $40,000+ on a 175hp CA
03-09-2002, 08:09 PM
Kind of like saying. . . &nbsp;Why isn't a Camaro a Corvette? They're both fastback. .

-Rob
tnord
03-09-2002, 08:32 PM
it's simple.....the Z is nissan's premier sports car, and the performance of the 240 isn't up to par of a Z