Re: 87 16v Scirocco vs 82 Datson 280 Z turbo

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Tue, 13 Oct 98 21:47:01 PDT "dalewitt" <dalewitt@express-news.net>
writes:
>The 82 Datsun was a lead sled, hard to work on, and...not much fun to 
>drive.  A friend of mine owned one and my
>rocco gave it fits even while it was pretty much stock.....avoid it


I believe the 82 turbo Z weighs 2800lbs. Hp to weight ratio favors the Z
car. I know when I drove an 83 Turbo Z (same car) before I picked up my
300ZX TT car. I smoked alot of people with its plain jane stock looks and
I found it to be a fun car to drive. (Not as fun as my roc, but fun is
fun.) I even smoked a built Datsun 510 drag car with it. Getting off the
line was average but once the turbo spools up to its 7lbs of boost,
buh-bye! I never got to play with changing the boost levels to see how
much more power it could produce but with a lowly 7lbs. Lots of
potential. 
The V6 was hard to work on. No access, but the 82's straight 6 is right
there. Kinda tight on a few things but so is the Roc fore the matter. 
There must of been something wrong with your friends Z car for you Roc to
give it fits. 


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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