Wow, that's actually pretty damn impressive. I do know that Nissan damn near dominated any realistic form of motorsports from the late 80s through the early 90s. Most of the reason they got held back then was because of rule changes.

 

Yeah, I thought so too. I don't know how familiar you are with the Shiro Special. They only made 1000 of them, but the drivetrain was the same as any other 88-89 Turbo 300ZX. It did have a viscous LSD rather than a clutch operated one though. Other than a couple of aero pieces, stiffer springs and sway bars, and a set of Recaro seats, it was mechanically the same as any other Z.

 

Yeah, they made the Shiro and they made a 50th anniversary model. I did a report back in high school on Nissan in general and most of it ended up being about the Z car and the Skyline, lol

 

I was mostly pointing out that if the Shiro can do 153, most any other turbo Z should be able to too.

 

They can, actually. They had that stupid deal going on in Japan at the time where all of the sports cars were speed limited from the factory. In the article that you posted they stated that they had a model in which that feature had been disabled. Remember when all the cars claimed like 276hp from the factory though most made MUCH more?

 

Yep, they had the same thing going on with the motorcycles. Did you know from your paper that the 84 300ZX turbo was the most powerful production car in Japan when it came out?

 

That I did not know, however I do not doubt it. The fan boy in me came out and I wrote mostly about the S30 when it came to the Z car portion

 

Mmmmmm. Do I smell the makings of a Z car discussion thread brewing?

 

Sounds good to me. We should start one.

Oh, and 2 thumbs up for the quote in your sig, made me lol when I heard it in the movie.

 

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