I race this car every season and here is the only thing wrong with it.
I have replaced the Transmission 6 times every 20,000 miles or so.
Clutch has been replaced 12+ times. Usuallly lasts for about 10,000 miles.
Everything else has been great.
I have gotten over 500hp's at the rear wheels.
Top speed has been over 195mph. with a stock block and heads. Only turbo and computer tunning was able to generate almost double the horsepower.
Car still rides smooth as glass. The body style is timeless.
Last of the "real" turbo cars from Japan.
No four wheel, front wheel, or rotary engine junk. Pure Rear Wheel drive "head back to the seat" torque. Drift driver.
You little girls and your Z's, why don't you buy a real sports car like an RX7. I don't mean to brag, but my rotary "junk" will smash all your Z's to pieces. I'm so confident that I'd put up the pinks, and I would not even think twice. The Mazda rules all in the sports car world, and if you don't believe it go ask someone who knows about cars. The rotary will smash your piston powered pieces of garbage, and not to mention with hella ease. I can only hope that one day you little sissies and your Z's, will come to my neck of the woods and get beaten and battered.
You guys astound me. Get over yourselves. I guarantee that there are Zs faster than your RX7, and there are RX7s faster than this guy's Z. There's ALWAYS a faster car than yours unless you purposefully get it built to break records. Don't come on here to talk smack about someone else's car, this is just one person's opinion of his Z. Leave him be, and go brag about your car in your own review.
Dear review writer, you claim to have replaced the transmission 6 times, every 20,000 miles, but you've only done 50,000 in the car.
You claim to have replaced the clutch 12 times, every 10,000 miles, so you would have to have driven 120,000 miles.
Doesn't add up.
500 HP at the wheels would be equal to about 600 HP at the flywheel.
Not a believable review and badly, childishly written.
500 hp at the wheels is actually a realistic number for a twin turbo 300ZX. With a basic Stillen ECU, a performance intake, aftermarket exhaust manifolds, and turbo-back exhaust system, you can get over 400hp to the wheels pretty easily (not crank, wheels). I don't know what mods this guy has, but if he got larger turbos or machine work done, 500hp is pretty weak compared to some of the 600+ WHP 300zx monsters that I've seen... I doubt he's burned up so many clutches or transmissions like he's stated, but as far as 500 WHP is concerned, it's a very realistic claim. Only he REALLY knows.
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