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DumHed
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 1219
Location: Sydney
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I've had a 260Z (early model with the same chassis as the 240) sitting around for years, and it's finally getting put together (as a race car)
When I first got it I replaced some of the floorpan and chassis rails, but overall it's a pretty rust free shell.
70's cars are a bit of a problem for rust, especially the lighter ones!
Somewhere in the 80's manufacturers worked out how to stop them rusting so badly...
Silvias do have a little bit of a modern car feel, but less than plenty of other cars (especially later model ones).
Once you replace a bunch of the huge soft rubber bushes with polyurethane or rose joints they feel a lot more gokart like
While they're a pretty good car in standard form, what I like about them is that they're such a good platform to modify. They start out with the right basic design with solid mechanicals, and there are endless parts available to improve it from there.
My current Silvia will be making about 180kw at the wheels (360hp or so at the engine going by the usual 30% drive train / tyre loss figures) once I turn the boost up - with nice streetability and 10L/100km fuel consumption around town.
Engine mods are just exhaust, air filter, intercooler, and boost controller. _________________
The Engine Whisperer
- fixer of things
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Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:32 pm |
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