In drag racing terms, the car is loosely based on a 350Z profile and uses the original engine as a basis for making the power. It is closer to the original concept than, say a Fuel Funny where the profile bears only a passing resemblance to the car on which it is based and employs a purpose built engine from another source entirely, but not as close as Pro Stock cars which have to conform to a template profile of the cars on which they are based. You would have to criticise most extreme race cars on this basis - even the Nissan BTCC cars had little Primera that you would recognise left in them.
To make an efficient and safe drag car of this calibre, there is not going to be any of the original chassis or suspension left. If you could bear the task of looking at the hundreds of photos available on the site, the details of construction would be clear - it follows conventional modern drag car practice with lots of tubular framework over which the body is hung. Bodywork is all fibreglass, moulded from an original body and "cut and shut" to accomodate the designed wheelbase, axle configuration, tyre size etc. It is a drag car through and through; it is not a showroom stock 350Z with a powerful engine coupled to the original drivetrain. I didn't feel the need to make the thread title imply all of this as people who like drag racing and regularly attend understand the implications of making vehicles perform like this.
Their other eight second quarter 350Z is closer to the truth and probably has the original VIN on it somewhere. The fact remains that they are (as far as my, obviously limited, knowledge goes) the "quickest" drag racing 350Zs in the world. If not, then the rest are keeping quiet about it. I have great respect for the task of achieving this without resorting to the big American V8 route where the horsepower is easy and plentiful. These guys obviously love both Nissan cars and drag racing - it is natural to combine the two into this creation - not dissimilar to me putting a BBC in a 280ZX, cutting half the inner structure out, installing a live axle and tubs and still calling it the fastest / quickest 280ZX in the U.K. (although if I follow my argument to its logical conclusion, Ronny Picardo had a 280ZX bodied Funny Car at one time that certainly ran sevens, if not sixes...damnation!). O.K. - fastest / quickest "doorslammer" which is what this 350Z still is (just).
Build a Z32 (or a Z33 for that matter) with the right power, gearing and aerodynamics and you can exceed 215 mph for sure, but you won't do it in a quarter of a mile from a standing start in under seven seconds. I'd be more than happy to be shown that that is not the case, but in my book you build cars to a purpose. The link is to a car built for drag racing - if anyone doesn't like drag racing, then don't follow the link.
I'm sorry it's American if that is what offends....
All quiet on the MJP Eastern front?
Work and customers come first...
I am humbled...this car is awesome. When anyone asks what will I do when I win the lottery - it will be this! And it doesn't have a Chevy or a F*** or a Chrysler or even eight cylinders...
