A&Q about 350Z
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MY friend just got an '84 SVO, so we drove up to St Louis today from OKC to pick it up. They are very nice and someday I will probably own one cuz they handle so well. Too bad they are only 4 bangers :-) They are really pretty amazing and have a lot of research and development in them, making them great track cars.
It's cool, we're gonna tell everyone he has a 4 cylinder Mustang. And then pwn them.
PIC:
front end's kind of ugly, but it's growin on me.
1978 280Z Turbo MS
1981 280ZXT - scrapyard
Post Edited (Jun 25, 10:30am)
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I'm trying to figure out what's going on with the back window more than anything, 2 spoilers? Um, huh? lol
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the svo is a great car for a 4 banger theres on locally thats worked by a mustang shop. actually now its getting to the point of being of collector status.
88 300zx shiro...11k miles
88 300zx shiro...48k miles
83 280zxt full restoration...blk and gold
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Yea, they only made 10.000 or so from 84 to 86, with some different specs each year. The spoiler was developed by SVO for superior downforce - it is stock. That car feels 10 times more planted than my Z.
1978 280Z Turbo MS
1981 280ZXT - scrapyard
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But your Z is almost in 4x4 territory...
=)
Mario
1976 280Z - Dad's Z (turbo swap?)
1978 280Z - Stock Rebuild | 5 Speed | Twice Pipes | Gutted
1982 280ZX - Turbo | MSnS-E | 5 Speed | Large NPR IC
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It's an intersting design to say the least, so if 2 spoilers are better than one does that mean that 3 is better than 2? lol
85' 300ZX NA
86' 300ZX Turbo
88' 300ZX Turbo
89' 300ZX Turbo
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i like mustangs but NOT that one yuck!
73' 240z: F54 4.2L, OS Giken LY DOHC Crossflow head, 17:3comp.ratio, N33, Tripple SU's, T10 Hybrid Draw-Through TT @ 47pds, Roots&Centrifugal Type supercharger, 3-2-1 headers, Centerforce 4 clutch, 6oz flywheel, R300 differential, Super-Hicas
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only a four banger?!?!? You forgot that it has dial a displacement device on it called a TURBO!! You can get that thing to walk all over 5.0's and you wont have to grow a mullet.
SHIFT_PPSSHHHTT... I love it, I love it
1973 240z, 2.8L Turbo, BRE Style
z31 ECCS and MAF swap
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A properly setup Z with sway and strut bars will kill that mustang in the handling department, it still has a live axle and a short wheel base. Power potential is limited since it's a four banger. I guess you could thow an 8 in there pretty easily, but it defeats the pupose. It is a rare mustang though and will probably be a collectors item, but parts are going to be hard to find and expensive. If I were you, I'd get your Z suspension figured out, instead of buying an SVO, but to each his own. If your friend has one and lets you drive it once in a while then you have the best of both worlds.
1972 240Z always in progress
***WARNING*** MY POSTS MAY CONTAIN SARCASM
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Yea, I'm sorry to those of you unfamiliar with these cars that I did not mention the boostedness of this vehicle. It's a 2.3L I-4 with a turbo that runs stock 15psi. Pretty quick. Prolly low 15's as it is.
Piper, that's exactly what I'm leaning towards right now. We'll both take our cars to the track someday and probably will let each other drive the other's car. So I will just worry about the Z's suspension for now. The Mustang has a really stiff clutch pedal and the tranny doesn't feel very smooth, not at all like the Z which I like better.
So, we will just have to see once I do all the suspension upgrades whose car handles better on a road track.
1978 280Z Turbo MS
1981 280ZXT - scrapyard
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you guys may want to read up a bit on cars befor you commint on them
dropping a 8 in it would be retarded
fox stangs are up the butt around here and i have seen a few svos and there was one that just tore my buddies 12sec 5.0 to **** - deffinatly a rare one to be collectable and the power potential is deff there
70 yay!
77 parts
81 compressed parts
86 compressed it handles
00 mercury cougar omg wtf : \ girl has to have something to drive
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74.5 why did i sell you
81 1st car $425 found out s130s dont handle stock
82 good
84 BMW 325e omg never again
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Sorry for chiming i here, as I don't have a z car, but i'm boardkid's friend that just bought this...
Just thought i'd respond to Piper's post up there, not trying to start anything...
"Power potential is limited since it's a four banger." -When was the last time your manly 6 cylinder ran low 9s in the 1/4? http://www.godfatheracing.com/tmvids/svo_96.avi <- stock displacement 4 cylinder SVO
If we're talking about ultimate potential, then that may be, but I don't think everyone needs 1000 hp to go around a track... It's plenty capable of making more power than is useful for a street car driven on road coarses, etc... and making power with the 2.3 ford is cheap and easy.
"It is a rare mustang though and will probably be a collectors item, but parts are going to be hard to find and expensive." - rare mustang, yes... collectors item, working on it... parts hard to find? not so... the only hard parts to find are the front end body parts and the specially designed spoiler, spats, and 1/4 window trim. It's a fox body mustang, so anything else I need can be found anywhere. The aftermarket for them is HUGE, and they made tons of thunderbird turbocoupes that have basically the same drivetrain and upgraded transmission and rear end that swap right in... So parts hard to find? only if I get in a front end collision in 10 years...
Not really trying to start anything, just trying to rebut a few comments that sounded more like someone threatened by a "lowly domestic stone age ford pos"
and yes... dropping in an 8 cylinder is retarded, thanks 24ounce :)
btw if you want to race a 6 cyinder instead, then I have one that's not extremly good around corners and weighs 3500 lbs... just give me a few good straightaways please LOL
-87 Grand National, 84 SVO, 68 Camaro SS
Post Edited (Jun 25, 5:50pm)
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Yeah left the 8 out of it... friend has a 88 5.0 HO and he can only muster 15.1 out of it. So that SVO can beat that with not much improvements.
Keep that sucker, they are rare and sound like a blast with tons of potential!!
SHIFT_PPSSHHHTT... I love it, I love it
1973 240z, 2.8L Turbo, BRE Style
z31 ECCS and MAF swap
Spooled Up Racing ®
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stop talking smack about these things, my friend had one of those motors in his heavy thunderbird, and it wasnt THAT horrible when i would pull him again and again in my Z...
but those things push 14 psi stock right? my friend was running 20 on his all stock. they haul
76 280Z
83 ZXT IC 16 psi STOLEN
86 300ZX RIP
80 ZX RIP
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wow you guys are dumb ****s, and i hate being pidgeon holed with you ****s just because i have a zcar..
you people should read up before you speak.. the ford 2.3 efi turbo is a BAD ass engine.. it came in lots of things . svo stang, thunderbird tc, cougar xr7, and merkur xr4ti..
i would even go so far as to say it has more potential than a z enigne.. they came stock with more hp than a 280zxt.. and talking about how much boost they come with stock is a dubass thing to say.. "psi" is resistance of flow.. with a bigger turbo you can run less boost..
and there is a HUGE aftermarket for for the 2.3 turbo, they come stock with forged pistons..
mod for mod a svo will trash a zxt.. any day.. and i would bet handling wise too.. you think just because it is a american I4 it is shitty.. whatever..
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keep bagging on stangs.. as much as i love zcars, there ARE other cars..
that is a nice svo dude.. with some 96-97 cobra wheels, it would look wicked.. pretty bad ass.. the only factory fox stang with 5 lug..
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orange '72 240z
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It could beat every car on this site....
....and it would still look like balls
It looks like a saab
edit: I didn't know I couldn't swear, so I equipped this post with a similarly effective adjective.
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Post Edited (Jun 25, 9:31pm)
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Wow, I say something about a car and you guys all automatically assume its negative. I just said that a z with a setup suspension (4 wheel independent vs rear live axle) will take the SVO Mustang handling wise, so he shouldn't go out and buy a SVO Mustang when his friend has one and he already has a Z. A turbo charged or supercharged 8 will make WAY MORE power than the 2.3L four, I never said is was a piece of sh!t nor did I bring up a six cylinder Z. I've had Mustang's and Camero's and liked them, they are totally different types of cars than a Z car, I never said inferior, hell I would never try to race one in a straight line. Why are you guys getting so defensive? As for parts getting rare, I am talking in comparison to Z parts, since he has a Z and is talking about switching to an SVO.
edit: I guess you all missed the part where I said "you could throw an 8 in there, BUT THAT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE". What a bunch of little bitches.
1972 240Z always in progress
***WARNING*** MY POSTS MAY CONTAIN SARCASM
Post Edited (Jun 25, 10:15pm)
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How about those Buick GS turbo V6's from the 80s? :)
Now those things are surprising.
http://ls1lt1.vidiac.com/category/Buick/0/wm/31357228-9984-4F1E-940A-56FB90FC67C9.htm
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1978 280z
5 speed
3-2-1 MSA headers
140,000 original miles
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Take a look at a Firebird TTA. GNX motor in a Firebird, faster than the vette in 1989.
1972 240Z always in progress
***WARNING*** MY POSTS MAY CONTAIN SARCASM
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Piper, he didnt say he was going to switch to an svo, jsut that he thought he might want one too. He wouldn't sell his Z... lol
Once again, who cares if a supercharged 8 CAN make a lot more power. The question is... could you actually USE that power?
and 2003-2004 Cobra IRS systems aren't too hard to come by and dont take a lot of work to bolt underneath the fox body stang... Not that I care enough to swap it, my quadshock rear is good enough for me.
betterthanurs, it's not a buick GS, it's a buick regal. you're probably thinking GN for Grand National, which is the most recognizable of the turbo buick v6 cars from the 80s. The turbo buicks were all faster than the vettes in 86-87, not just the GNX, etc. See my sig, and boardkid's other thread in the tech section about his swap... i'm sure my buick is in there somewhere in the background.
-87 Grand National, 84 SVO, 68 Camaro SS
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85zx
Date: Jun 25, 2:17pm
It's an intersting design to say the least, so if 2 spoilers are better than one does that mean that 3 is better than 2? lol
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