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October 30, 201510 yr

Thought I would share this article published in Performance Car magazine back in April '91 which compared the

300ZX against the Honda NSX and Porsche 911 (as front, mid and rear engined cars respectively). The magazine

cover used the "Supercar Showdown" title for the three cars.

The "final frontier" section made me smile with the 300ZX getting Gawp Factor 5 plus! Hope you enjoy the read.

She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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October 30, 201510 yr

Nice read Andrew :thumbup1: and thanks for sharing. Never had a drive in a 911 but I have pushed an NSX hard and it was great to drive and sat well on the road but my 300zx felt much faster.

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October 30, 201510 yr

Good read - thanks for sharing Andrew...:thumbup:

I have something to say............ It's better to burn out than to fade away..... :tt2:

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October 31, 201510 yr

Excellent, thanks for sharing matey [emoji106] the next time those cars are reviewed, it'll be in a classic car magazine, time flies eh!

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October 31, 201510 yr

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Excellent, thanks for sharing matey [emoji106] the next time those cars are reviewed, it'll be in a classic car magazine, time flies eh!

True, the cover photo looks like it was taken at your workplace...

She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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October 31, 201510 yr

True, the cover photo looks like it was taken at your workplace...

Haha, it does look remarkably similar.

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Tyre size recommendations

Use this site or similar to get the rolling circumference difference when you change wheel diameter and tyre profiles.
It will tell you how much the speedo will over or under read, and the difference in overall diameter to work out if they will rub anywhere.
https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/

By craig · 4 hours ago4 hr
Simply Japanese at Beaulieu 19th July 2026

22 hours ago, nickz32 said:If I’ve built and installed my engine by then (which I bloody hope I have!) I’ll be there
Fingers crossed for you Nick!!

By RichardS · 5 hours ago5 hr
My daughter calls it Toothless the Dragon: My ‘95 TT Z

Happy to say work on my engine block is now finished! Billet main caps were found to be up to 4 thou out of round. This time they have been machined using the ARP’s that will be used during assembly (unlike last time by EPR!)

Cylinders were rebored to suit my 88mm CP pistons and cross hatching angle, depth and surface finish all set up for the Total Seal gapless piston ring pack I have chosen to use. I think I’ll be the first person on the UK to use Total Seal’s gapless piston rings on a VG30, so I’m looking forward to seeing if the live up to the hype

By nickz32 · 8 hours ago8 hr
Tyre size recommendations

Might be stating the obvious (to some) but something I didn't realise until I started trying to pick tyres for aftermarket wheels is that the profile figure - e.g. 40 - is 40% of the width.
So for a 255/40/17 tyre - diameter is 255mm, profile / side wall is 102mm (40% of 255), and radius is 17inches.
Learning this made it all make a lot more sense to me. I also have this graphic to refer to. Can't recall where I found it but it's now saved on my desktop!

I also wanted a chunky looking tyre with a solid side wall and after going 245(F) / 265 (R) , have since switched back to 235(F) / 255 (R) as I found the handling was noticeable more boggy and I use the car for fast road and track use. For ref, these tyres are on 18" BBS LMs.

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