16 hours ago, SpeedRoo said:

Lots of little details make the Z432R interesting. Even the door jam switch for light has been removed. They kept the standard door card and didn't fit the pull handles. No cover for the handbrake lever either. Every little bit helps getting the weight down. Shame it was fitted with the heavy 432 engine, however they did build one with the lighter L24....albeit a factory team car. 

 

 

The S20 and L24 are almost identical weight.. 

It's that the L24 has 400cc more, but the S20 has better breathing head for high rpm racing.

 

7 hours ago, oemz said:

Carry on no need to get hurt.

Not hurt at all, I just saw the thread diverting into a bit of a sH!t show. With a dash of tit for tat thrown in. Much like the thread Alan referred to previously where the L24 and S20 are being compared. And whilst it wasn't directly purely at you, I just get frustrated seeing the same silly comments made anytime a home market car like the Z432 and Z432-R is discussed. It seems odd to me, when it comes to other marques usually there is respect for the "best of breed" version and they are highly coveted.

Here it seems that we want to find flaws in it and talk them down. No idea what drives it, perhaps it's envy?

 

31 minutes ago, 240260280 said:

You're blurring the lines between race cars and road cars again. I know this car rather well, and it is not necessarily a good example of factory specifications.

You know which car this is, and its history, right?

That looks like PS30-001???. Be interested to know the race history, looks to have been well used. Owned by Shigeru Terashima.

 

Edited December 2, 20195 yr by SpeedRoo

I posted the pictures above as the gauge that goes to 10 is of interest ? and it happened to be a 432R... I'm not so interested in these cars so I have little on the Hoover bag.

If anyone has an oil pressure gauge that goes to 10 BAR and wishes to swap for one that goes to 140psi please contact me.

23 hours ago, 240260280 said:

I'm not so interested in these cars so I have little on the Hoover bag.

Don't worry my Dyson has sucked up loads of info and pictures on them!

 

Nice hoovering, looks like PS30-00187, Mr. Takeuchi's car. Has done a few hundred thousand kilometers by now. Has an interesting airbox on it, non standard as Z432R didn't come with one.

Edited November 30, 20195 yr by SpeedRoo
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On 11/28/2019 at 5:58 PM, bartsscooterservice said:

 

The S20 and L24 are almost identical weight.. 

It's that the L24 has 400cc more, but the S20 has better breathing head for high rpm racing.

 

I totally agree with you , Both engines are Nissan’s , even more Japan’s best engine. I always feel difficulties which one I should take for a ride today .

We should not mixed up with talking about engine and talking about particular car . We should compare Engine to engine, race car to race car . A car for sold to the public must be compared with a car like that . 
 

Talking about a car , as Alan always said , Z432 has the perfect sports package . No modification strictly needed . With my little experience, I can’t say Z432 is not a good car just only because of its small displacement, less torque, little heavier S20 engine . 
Z432 has lighter wheels , 5 speed , R192 4.444 limited slip diff with a rear stabilizer bar . 
Coil overs spring rates are just right , aluminum radiator helps reducing weight of engine room little bit , strong spark up to 10000 rpm is brought by transistor igniter system .  Stainless exhaust and dual pipes exhaust system too , all of these features are standard item . 

Datsun 240Z Europe model  ( especially Portugal model ) can be a good rival of Z432 I think . 
 

But thinking about  a car for a long distance journey or a daily commuter , an easy ride , Datsun 240Z ( and Japanese L20/L24 car ) is a car for everyone . When I take my 240Z ,  I don’t have to wait more than 5 minutes for the water temp coming up in a busy morning , or I don’t have to carry an oil can for every 1000km adding 1 litter . I don’t have to worry about crazy expensive gas . And the exhaust fumes are not welcomed my neighbors .

4 speed transmission with 3.35 doesn’t need busy work, almost like an automatic transmission when you in a 3rd gear .

All of these things make me feel “ I really love 
my 240Z ! “

Kats
 

 

I forgot to say My 240Zs runs great ! Handling great ! 
 

Here are some pictures of the auction car PS30-00289 , I took the pictures 2018, you can see some items are replaced to be more proper . The exhaust system was not beautiful at that time, the bottom was loosened badly. 

Kats
 

 

7 minutes ago, kats said:

I forgot to say My 240Zs runs great ! Handling great ! 
 

Here are some pictures of the auction car PS30-00289 , I took the pictures 2018, you can see some items are replaced to be more proper . The exhaust system was not beautiful at that time, the bottom was loosened badly. 

Kats
 

 

So what are the white marks on the glass? It looks like frost or cracks but is sort of hard to tell what it really is