SZM Issue #8

Features

16 Sitting Priddy
Jeff Priddy’s 1983 Nissan 280ZX Turbo is a restoration so well thought out, it’s essentially a new car. Actually, with due respect to the engineers behind the original 280ZX Turbo, Priddy’s car is much better than new. But success isn’t cheap: Priddy’s investment stands at $40,000 and counting. Sport Z’s Terry Parkhurst gives you a tour of this 450 HP sprinter.

20 The Nissan 350Z: Sport Z Magazine’s First Drive
On a hazy day in late June, Sport Z Magazine’s Carl Merritt slid behind the wheel of a new Nissan 350Z in the Motor City. He also crawled under the car. He poked and prodded everything pokeable and proddable. He burrowed into the engine, the suspension, the brakes. And, like any good automotive journalist, he flogged the car on the road. Also: Review of the automatic, which 350Z to buy, press reaction, reader questions answered, and more.

32 Lady and the Tramp, Part II
Two 300ZXs. One, a thing of opulent beauty: a twin turbo pumped up with juicy modifications. The other, a lightweight, stripped-down normally aspirated car with its share of performance mods. How’d they do against a boiling sea of modified competition: Audi S4s, BMW M3s, Porsche 911s, and Mazda RX-7s? Just fine, thank you.

Tech & Racing

37 Pylon Alley – Motorsports
The Inside Line
Gains and losses: The 240Z shone in the NASA Open Track Challenge, while the Z has lost some ground in E Production. Sport Z’s Donn Vickrey explains.

38 Under the Hood – Performance
How-To: Adding an Intercooler to your Z31 Turbo
For those of us who can never get enough power, adding an intercooler to the factory Z31 Turbo system is an integral part of the boosting process. Here, Sport Z’s Brad Graham shows you how.

40 Under the Hood – Performance
A Quest for 11s: Turboing a 240Z
Sport Z’s Morgan Fruchtnicht sold his beloved Z31 to purchase a 240Z for one reason: to transform the vintage Z into a tire-melting, engine-blowing, license-suspending rocket ship of fun. Translation: he wanted to turbocharge it.

47 Under the Hood – Performance
280Z Project Car Update
Ken Jones has a lot planned for his project Z over the course of the next few issues. Now he’s decided to abandon the 2-inch big bore SU carbs and go to a completely programmable engine management system.