Let's show vintage racing pictures. I'll start.

[conedodger]

Wow! I like it! Who?

[conedodger]

Remember the Dream Garage commercials? 

[240260280z]

 

 

 

 

[240260280z]

[260DET]

Interesting pics, looks like Nissan were trying several different aero setups which indicates, to me anyway, that they weren't sure what would work. I've never accepted the g-nose as being the ultimate, it might have been fastest in a straight line but pushing air under rather than over the car does not help grip. Which for a circuit car is of course crucial.

[gnosez]

BRE styled JDM race car? Which came first?

[HS30-H]

On 23/09/2016 at 1:46 AM, Blue said:

 

 

 

What relevance do the above images have to do with this thread?

I think you need to empty your 'Hoover' bag...

[HS30-H]

23 hours ago, 260DET said:

Interesting pics, looks like Nissan were trying several different aero setups which indicates, to me anyway, that they weren't sure what would work. I've never accepted the g-nose as being the ultimate, it might have been fastest in a straight line but pushing air under rather than over the car does not help grip. Which for a circuit car is of course crucial.

Nissan - just like everybody else - were changing the aero packages on their cars virtually on a race-by-race basis. One of the main difficulties with introducing new bodywork parts within the framework of the JAF/FIA Group 4 and 5 rules was that they had to be evolutions of already homologated parts. Any radical change - like the 'Grande Nose' itself - had to have a fresh homologation. It wasn't simply a matter of bolting parts on a car and going racing...

Who said the 'G-nose' was "the ultimate"? The HS30-H 'Fairlady 240ZG' was a homologation model, made and sold to the general public with the express purpose of legalising aero and body parts for JAF/FIA Group 4 racing. The road car didn't come with any front spoiler/air dam/splitter because it wasn't necessary for the homologation (such parts could be legalised for race use by adding them as evolutions to the homologation) and Nissan fitted a variety of different spoilers to its race cars. At that time it was tyre technology which was the main limiting factor in 'grip'.

[240260280z]

Alan (1 L) You are always right. We are all stupid and imperfect.

[26th-Z]

3 hours ago, HS30-H said:

What relevance do the above images have to do with this thread?

Yea, what the hell are you doing?   One of my major complaints about one of my favorite threads is that there is very little information or description of the picture; when, where, who, etc.  Every photo just seems to scream; "Tell me more!  More!"  Perhaps it's not a complaint rather a disappointment.

As Alan aptly points out, "aero" was in its infancy at the time and tire grip was the difficult point when the cars became more efficient.  There was a tremendous amount of experimentation going on.  I just have to re-post this picture.  Look at that left front tire.  Is that awesome or what!?!!  Stand on it!

[gundee]

Photo from 2005.

 

 

[Diseazd]

30 minutes ago, Lumens said:

Photo from 2005.

 

 

Beautiful Z, but the Woody Staub Z is my favorite. Absolutely beautiful!