Janspeed Z

[hipcat13]

Nice car and nice driving!

[robchooky413]

Nice gear ratios .

[Spadadiforza]

Not suitable for road use? 270hp? You kidding? I could put 270hp to veeeery good use on the roads!!!

[ben240z]

@Spadadiforza

9 ltr fuel tank

At best 3 miles to the gallon

havnt found fuel stations close enough together

[Cruxalicious]

Oh man, love the transmission whine. Why don't they have anything nice anymore nowadays?

[Soundgarden8497]

@MrVicist you know the shit from your boyfriends arse that you eat, faggot.

[MajorAddiction]

sounds like gold

[teamhamcyans]

このエンジン音からだと多分RB系のエンジンじゃないかな？推測­だけどね？

[dc2boyracer]

music to my ears.....I think he can do with a bigger difuser though :p

[dwiggs77]

i have always wanted a set of those rims

[CommieCelt]

This suspension and engine set up is the way I want my 280...Wow!

[MrFabietto66]

great datsun!!!

[Fallingup899]

i like the guy at the end who is just clipping his hedges. haha.. like nothing is going on.

[mindlock100]

i like the marshall grabbing the rear wheel arch, inches from the tyre as the driver puts his foot down, ..............................­........idiot! cool car though!

[ben240z]

@mindlock100

With respect the marshals know what they are doing and know the car very well and the rear does not squat down that much anyway.

But thanks for the comments

[BARCDAEH]

that hoods about to fall off!

[ben240z]

@BARCDAEH

I had too much air getting into the front. this has now been altered and an extra bracket fitted to hold the front of the bonnet.

The vid is a few years old now and does not show the continued developement

[Tingtongtim]

this is gursten down hill climb i believe, my dad used to race the coopers there :D

[ben240z]

@Tingtongtim

Yes this is the fabulous gurston down speed hillclimb. This was shot a few years ago now but the car is still running and being developed

[therealdeal989]

the first car you hear is a BMW

[ben240z]

@therealdeal989 no the first car you hear is ken dollen in his 240Z

[therealdeal989]

@ben240z Amazing sound, sounds like the older M3 engines

[olaosc]

@therealdeal989 You mean the older M3 sounds like a Z!

[therealdeal989]

@olaosc LOL, ya I guess SO!, these Z cars were around WAY before lol, thanks for the correction. nice cars for sure (Z)

[MPZRACEVIDEO]

Hey, nice Video - i filmed a Z at a Hillclimb at Oberhallau...

[ben240z]

@MPZRACEVIDEO

thanks buddy I have seen the vid of the z and both vid and car are mighty impressive.

[Zedman260]

It takes alot more than that to get me worked up; just trying to save other people the embarrassment..

[Zedman260]

Its amazing how many idiotic comments are posted....think before you make an idiot of yourself people!!!

[ben240z]

calm down now . I appreciate your concern and thank you for it.

[AnlooDeGekste]

In Holland we have brakes on our cars to stop them from rolling forwards op backwards.......

[lorenzotjhee]

ja inderdaad: "De Handrem" xD

[ben240z]

if this was a road car then it would have a parking brake but it is not

[AnlooDeGekste]

If this is not a road car, then why is it driving on a road............

[olderthanme]

Its not a public road, Its a private race track.

[Zedman260]

How many race cars need a handbrake?

[AnlooDeGekste]

Why is that idiot holding the fender at the start?? Does he really think he can stop it from taking off???

[ben240z]

The marshals hold the car still after being lined up on the startline to stop the car rolling forward and therefore starting the clock early.

Bit harsh calling them idiots as without them the meetings could not run

[arsonist63086]

that thing is fast it looks like the fiberglass hood is going to fly off from all the air it caching... beautiful

[MonkiMajyk]

i wanna share some personal information....This gives me a chubby... to have that chassis racing for that long is amazing.. sux that the scca gives ya crap for running older chassis.

[younitehumanity]

What Kind of transmission does this car have and where can I get one?

[ben240z]

straight cut close ratio dog box. No synchro so useless for the road. The internals would appear to be a one off hand made set up built into a 240rs box.

May be up for sale at the end of this season!!!!!!! as I want to go sequential for next season.

2 tenths of a second to change gear is too long

[QuagmireZ31]

I love this car

[ben240z]

so do I

[alfamonk]

wow that looks damn quick. what kind of HP is that putting out; 450 ish?

[ben240z]

hi mate nowhere near that figure but it does have immense torque

[Zedman260]

Is it true this was one of the Nissan works rally cars from the South African safari? Would you know the chassis number? Great bit of Nissan history there...well done

[ben240z]

hi zedman, No this is not a rally shell. It is the car that Janspeed built as a replacement to the rally monte carlo 988 shell that Rob Jannsen was using very effectively as a race car in the early 1970s

This car has been continuely racing since it's build in 1974/5

[bergomynkia]

:O !!!!!!!!!!

[JustFindIt11]

Very nice car i have sitting in the garage i need to start working on it and getting running again

[vortonovic]

Tough as sh1t mate, Sounds like a natmo L-Series to me, Where`s this zetka from?

[ben240z]

the car is based and runs in the uk and mainly on hill climbs. Since this vid was posted I have done some more areo mods so the bonnet doesnt try to break in half.

Yes it is normally aspirated and running on a slide throttle and multi point fuel injection and mapped ignition(distributorless).

The ECU gives us the capability of launch control(not being used yet) and traction control(used in the wet only) and 16 channel data logging

[hrspwrprofiles]

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[oneguyssky]

Great run. I like the way it handles and upshifts!

[alanwdawson]

looks like it goes and handles very well, nice car

[Fuzz260z]

damn, that things quick, especially for a non turbo, as you claim.

[ben240z]

certainly no turbo/supercharger or other forced induction used on this engine.

[Mitsimad]

Sounds like it has straight cut teeth on the timing chain, which makes it whine?

[ben240z]

straight cut gearbox is where the whine is coming from

[dbunderground7]

whats a straight cut gearbox?

[ben240z]

the gears in the gearbox are cut at 90 degrees across the face of the gear. This way there is less loss of power than there would be going through a conventional diagonal cut gear. The down side is the noise

[dbunderground7]

thanks

[zman240uk]

Car runs a 3.1 stroker on throttle bodies and fully mapped ignition system. Pushing out close to 270bhp. Not suitable for road use.

[DoriFord]

@zman240uk that's pretty low for a well built L28 3.1 engine with a race cam, actually

[IGO18DUMMY]

waiting for answer

[ben240z]

sorry just found this vid. The engine is a 3.1 on slide throttle with mapped ingnition and injection. still in developement and running around 200ft/lb of torque at 2000rpm. it would be reliable but expensive. around 3 mpg

[drummingpariah]

2.8l block and diesel crank?

[ben240z]

block came from nissan factory It was aquired in the 70's when janspeed were trying to turbo the engine, and has thicker walls than a standard 2.8 block. even after boring out to 89mm there is still ample wall thickness.

Yes diesel crank

[IGO18DUMMY]

thats quick for jus a bit over 200hp... Do you think getting to this point is hard and will it be reliable for 100mile trips bothways 100 each? PM me

[llvllongrel]

no p[oint anyway...that datto has all racing kit thru it..once in a stock road registared car...it would be useless..ya wouldnt be able to get it registared...sit would be like tryin to drive a nascar from atlanta to to washington...ya would definately get pulled over:))

[m4xwellmurd3r]

of course you'd be able to register it. just because it's a race car through and through doesn't mean you can't register it for road use. As long as it's either emissions exempt or meets emissions requirments you're good to go. It would be NOTHING like trying to drive a NASCAR spec car on the streets.

[llvllongrel]

not sure bout that in aussie..anycar registered as a race car cant be registered on the road...already had that problem with a pro streeter..cause it was race proven..i couldnt get it on the road except for in the northern territory they had permitts...but i dont live in the northern territory

[m4xwellmurd3r]

ah, I'm not sure of aussie laws, but in the US, as long as it complies with emissions you're good to go

[trinigal17]

Thanks for uploading.

[Hellzacallin]

Nice car,hill climbs and sprints are ace.

[bboyck]

sick

[IGO18DUMMY]

what motor is it using?

[olderthanme]

I believe it is an L28 non turbo. The owner wants to turbocharge it..

It is making just over 200hp in this video

[280zxbrandon]

oh god that's awesome. sounds so mean. that thing haulsss some ass huh!!