AutoX_Z

Thanks to everyone for their comments. It was a much warmer welcome than the slap on the wrist I received for trying to reply to a guy's question at hybridz. Don't get me wrong, I like the site and there are lots of helpful people there, but I think a few members need to see a proctologist about a stick problem. I've resorted to more reading and less posting. As far as finding Z's, My girlfriend and I are moving to FL next year so I am hoping to hit the jackpot there. I know that finding a rust free car is more important than finding the ideal year. Acually I am going to look at a relatively clean '71 with a '72 parts car next wkend. The only reason I am pushing for a '72 is that I dont want to have to buy a garage full of '72 parts just so I can have a '70 with all of the sweet improvements. I have a perfectionist complex so I get a little anal about things sometimes...and then again, sometimes I just dont care. I think you guys are right, buy the first real clean car I find and do all the mods I want. I can still keep looking for a clean '72, but at least I would be driving a Z all the while.

Hey guys, I just found this site after being a member of hybridz for a few months. Is this site more geared to "stock" Z's as opposed to engine swaps? I am not opposed to modifying Z's, but I don't know if I fit the general crowd at hybridz. I think my preference sits somewhere between a "stock/full restoration" and a "roll cage/sbc conversion". I think a SBC Z would be flippin' awesome, but my interest at this point in life is more on handling than raw power, and I dont have the money to do both. I have a rust free '86 300ZX that is mostly stock and was going to be stripped down to be used as a autoX car, and then I fell in love with the 240Z. I have been looking for a 240 ever since and would gladly sell or trade my 300ZX to acquire a rust free '72. I plan on doing mild/moderate performance upgrades that focus on handling, in an attempt to make a track worthy DD. I would love to get into autoX, although I have never been to an event other than a Lamborghini/Lotus track day at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, MI. Anyway, enough ranting, I just wanted to say hi. Kris