Datsun 240z for Modified Mag

[RED_DET]

Well, Gordons work of art will grace the magazine....job well done!!!

[Ace 2.0]

that Z is gorgeous.

[gmac708]

I'm very happy with the outcome. We did some rolling shots too but they must have not made the final cut.
I picked up a copy of the magazine while I was on the road in IAD (Dulles). Kind of a weird feeling when you see your car on a newsstand. "hey, that's my car" feeling is pretty cool.

I feel honored and lucky. Right place at the right time. Owe it all to a bunch of friends voting me into the 370Z Challenge .

[PapaSmurf2k3]

"hey, that's my car" feeling is pretty cool.

Hah, that would be weird!
Those photos turned out pretty awesome.

[Dattebayo]

Man, if I owned that thing, I'd have to sit and stare at it for like hours or something. Sh*t around the house would not get done, sleep would not be had, etc.

It's probably for the best.

[RicerX]

so epic. will buy a copy of that mag for my archive for sure.

congrats!

[krash]

Has to be my favorite 240z

[gwoods]

I love this 240z too I would buy a calendar for about $20 it is seriously that well built. Gord you have a company there along the lines of ICON, Singer or Eagle making custom 240z's because its perfect

[flohtingPoint]

I love this 240z too I would buy a calendar for about $20 it is seriously that well built.

Almost. Gorgeous car for sure, and looks like lots of TLC and such has gone into it, but my Lord, please put some decent tires on the thing! 300+ TW all seasons, what gives?!? At the very least, slap a set of RA1's on there and it will drive a billion times better. It's a great looking car and looks to be pretty darn well kept, but you can have all the HP in the world and if it's shoes are terrible it's a big Heck, it's winter time, LOTS of people are getting rid of r-compound or high performance street tires due to the season being over, you can probably pick up a set for foolishly cheap. I can give you some good contacts if you'd like to see if you can hook up with a race team and get yourself some good shoes, the car will drive to it's capabilities for sure.

Or if you'd like to buy new, here are a few suggestions:
Kumho V710: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... &tab=Sizes
Not the best tire, but not bad at all...

Hoosier A6: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... &tab=Sizes
That would be my pick. Your car would be ridiculous on them. It would drive to its full potential. I run on A6's whenever I fire up the Vette for competition. On these tires, I pull 1.5 sustained braking/lateral G.


Toyo RA1: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... &tab=Sizes
A more "street" looking r-compound. 100TW, used to be the main tire for Spec Miata before the SM6 replaced it.

[gwoods]

I ran Kumho v710's 275/40/17 on my g35 sedan at the track on mustang bullet rims six years ago they were fantastic

A bet the ride is fun enough and not punishing with the rubber that is on it

[flohtingPoint]

I ran Kumho v710's 275/40/17 on my g35 sedan at the track on mustang bullet rims six years ago they were fantastic

A bet the ride is fun enough and not punishing with the rubber that is on it

I suppose its a matter of perspective. When I was 12, I didn't know any better and I thought Kirk Hammett was a guitar God. As I grew older, and listened to real guitarists (Satriani, Petrucci, etc), I realized that I was severely selling myself short with Kirk, and he's sub-average at best.

When you take lots of time to meticulously engineer a car and then stick all seasons on it, it's like cleaning your bathroom with a toothbrush and bleach, then putting a whole roll of wadded up paper towels in the toilet and honking the flusher. You're doing counter-productive work and you get severely diminishing returns by not taking care of the most important piece of equipment on the car, the tires. Heck, tires alone are the reason why I'm selling my Corvette and quitting A-Stock, because the SCCA is making A-Stock run on street tires instead of R-Compounds, which to me, is a waste of time.

I did a lot of extensive tire testing this season, the delta between A6's and BFG Rivals was about 3 seconds around a 40'ish second course. 3 seconds is massive, I could put another 200 hp in my car and NOT find 3 seconds if I stayed on those tires. I will have to dig up the report I wrote up and make a thread detailing it. Now, BFG Rivals are a whole heck of a lot better than the all season shoes this 240Z is wearing, and on the Rivals my car suffered greatly with longitudinal grip (ie: braking/accelerating). Peak longitudinal grip was NOT good and the sustained wasn't much better.

Long story short, as stated before, tires are the most important modification you can make. You can have Usain Bolt potential, but if you're rocking Birkenstocks, then you'll just flop around and trip.