q's and Z's

[Brady Moffatt]

Hi all,

Stock 240Zs, which are few and far between (many have been modded), post
equal 0-60 and 1/4 mile times to the 'stang you mentioned, and did it almost
15 years earlier. Mod a Z with exactly the same frame of mind that this
qlist [MAC] has, and you've got a very fast, light (23-2400lbs), great
handling, beautiful, awesome sounding, cheap, reliable sportscar.

BTW, the specs quoted for the 280Z must be from a 1978, (heaviest year, but
same power back to 1975) not the sportiest of the line! You'd want to look
at a 70-72 for that.

OK, so I love Z's as well as q's. I'm not the only one, I know!

Cheers,
Brady Moffatt
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
86 4ksq, 283,000km
72 Datsun 240Z, triple Webers, 5 speed, 4.11 gears, 4 piston calipers, blah,
blah, blah, 180,000 miles

PS It's snowing!!! About &$^%&ing time

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>


> Not to knock Z's, but they haven't struck me as being particularly
> powerful either. Fun, awfully sweet looking (little Ferrari 365GTB
> Daytona coupe style) and in particular I loved my cousins until she sold
> it (without telling me. It was even a southern car, so it hadn't been bit
> by the metal moth). Actually the earliest affordable coupe that I thought
> was "powerful" (no flames please) was the first F.I. Mustang GT's, which
> were cheaper than even 16V Sciroccos (which, though numerically not
> powerful, were comparatively rather quick, at 0-60 mph in 7.9 seconds
> 16.1 through the quarter. Of course a lot newer tech than the 'Z, but
> comparatively old tech to the Miata.
>
> LL - NY
>
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:52:06 -0500 Kent McLean
> <kentmclean at mindspring.com> writes:
> >Larry C Leung wrote:
> >
> >> Not to knock Miatas <snip> ... but I definitely don't
> >
> >> think of them as "powerful".
> >
> >Well, it's no S car, but compared to the Datsun 280Z
> >(which prompted the comment) it is.
> >
> > '93 Miata[1] 280Z[2]
> >
> >Power (SAE) bhp at rpm 116 at 6500 149 at 5600
> >Torque (SAE) lb-ft at rpm 100 at 5500 163 at 4400
> >Curb weight lbs 2216 2875
> >lbs/hp
> > 19.1 19.2
> >Zero to 60 mph (sec) 9.2 9.4
> >
> >[1] from http://www.mindspring.com/~peldor/miatas.htm
> >[2] from http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/DatsunZClub/specs.html
> >
> >HTH,
> >Kent
> >'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
> >
>
>