Proto Z

takemorepills

THANK YOU.

In the entire lifespan of the Z, which may come to an end after the new Z....the engine displacement was always the nameplate.

In the "ZX" days, Nissan even reused the same name twice for the Z31 and Z32 300ZX.

Therefore, I like to think that Nissan would have ZERO issues calling the new Z "300Z" as it would be a never before used moniker.

Think "300Z" is less than "370Z"? Let's line em up and let the VR30 whoop some butt!

Nissan is even showing the new Z in USA with "Fairlady Z" badging.

Where the eff does the "400" come from anyways? Why not "380Z"? or "371Z"??
Nissan has yet to do arbitrary with their Z

Evildky

Glad to hear I'm not alone on this.

They did use "380RS" on a hotted up version of the 350 with you guessed it a 3.8 liter engine.

I kinda wondered if their effort to use cues from the Z32 was a foreshadowing of them calling a "300Z"

Also, Z31 way underappreciated and the only Z car to come from the factory wiht a decent diff, the 87.5-89 Turbo's came with a CLSD. Why Nissan continues to use the viscous is beyond me.

takemorepills

I had 2 Z31's back in the day, a 1984 coupe and a 1988 coupe. I also had 2 V6 S12 200SX's. Those cars really were under appreciated, even at the time. I will say the contemporary RX-7 and Supra were "better" in different ways, but I clearly remember whooping on my friend's 1984 Corvette with the 305 "Crossfire" engine with my 1984 300ZX.

Sold the 1984 to my friend and we swapped the turbo system onto the NA block. It was actually quite alarmingly quick!

Speaking of diffs, I have a Eaton HLSD in the rear diff of my Titan. Love it. Never have to worry about it wearing out.

Evildky

I've had a lot fo Z cars, at least one of every generation. A few of them Z31's, i did an N/A-T with one, MSNS, intercooler, etc made 315 whp and 400 lbft, was a hoot to drive, terrible suspension on those. Still have my series 1 240Z. It's also boosted, the old engine was 300 whp, the new one should be 400whp (L28ET). Something fun about putting down that much power with an L6.