Better track car? 370z or 240SX

cossie1600

No offense, but have you guys ever seen a fast 240sx at the track? The car has a chassis that is soft like butter. It can't support any big tires without big mod. The only good thing about a 240sx is that they are cheap and you can crash it without crying after. Let's not even get into how bad the suspension geometry is....

I still haven't seen any 240sx coming close to any of my lap times with a stock 350z

NIZMOZ

Yes plenty of them. Obviously you haven't.

The suspension on the 240 is very good and the car is very light.

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cossie1600

Certainly have not since most of them are either in car shows or drag racing. The suspension on the 240 is soft, you need to spend thousands of dollars to get a decent suspension package under the car. It also doesn't include the money you have to spend in strengthening the chassis. By the time you get everything done, you either have a car that is not streetable or you would have spent so much money that you are better off buying a new car. The only good thing about those cars is that you can crash and junk it and not feel any financial hurt from it. Heck, that's assuming you will be alive after a crash given how old and poor the chassis is.

If you don't believe me, look at any professional racing series, see how many 240sx you see. I don't see any in autox, track days, club racing or any other.

Drifting is not racing.

Phimosis

I only read this thread out of boredom. A 240sx would have never crossed my radar as a race car. I could see a 370z in the hunt for GT3 points in Europe. I don't think it would cut it against the stiff competition in GT2. The 240sx? Never crossed my radar.

NIZMOZ

1) The main reason you don't see many in track days, etc is most of them do not have the power to keep up with the bigger cars.

2) They do handle and it does not take that much to make them even handle better. I know someone who is a instructor that has one and races it. He loves taking the vettes, and other cars without a issue and he never did much with the suspension till recently.

3) Most 240s are into Drifting than anything now.

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