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1976 Datsun 240z. I would want to give it all modern internals, but that body design is perfection in my eyes.
If I had unlimited money I would basically pull the engine and drivetrain out of a 5th Gen supra and cram it in there.
All I need is like 200k in cars, parts and labor then my dream can be a reality lol
Ya, I certainly have lusted for an old 240 tasteful modernized!
There's a guy that has an LS swapped (shocker I know) 240z around here. He kills it in autocross competitions too. Usually first or second. And the madlad drives it to and from the events lol. He really hammers down.
That's awesome, even though I think I'd stick to Nissan power :)
Yeah.... My allegiance is only to JDM vehicles in general. I love Nissan but I have truthfully never been a huge RB guy. Like I have lots of respect for the GTR and the RB platform, but it just doesn't tickle my nipples in any particular way.
Why from the zupra? Just grab the motor from a z4 it's the same thing....
The one in the 5th Gen supra had Toyota engineers all up in it. So you get German engineering power with Toyota engineering reliability.
I know they are basically the same motor, but the supra one does have a bunch of little changes that the Toyota guys made.
And Frankly I trust the Japanese engineers with my cars far more than I trust the Germans. I like my cars reliable first and foremost. A broken car is slower than the slowest working car.
They unfortunately didn't do shit to it. That's all PR talk, the techs all had to be trained on the BMW motor. Don't get me wrong its a performance motor and it's an I6 but don't feed into the "Toyota made it great" PR crap they pulled. It's just a body kitted z4 at the end of the day.