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I've been reading some of the old car mag comparisons of the Z32 TT vs a Vette, VR4, Supra TT, RX-7 TT, etc. While almost invariably the authors pick the Z32 over the others as the car they would want to own, they also rate it poorly on the racetrack. It seems the Z32 is a handful to keep under control at the limit - whereas the others mentioned above are more predictable and just generally behave better at that 90-99% handling limit race drivers are always talking about. I know the Nissan engineers spared no expense and cut no corners when they designed the Z32 suspension and steering, and HICAS is an exanmple of that. I remember reading a quote from one of the designers that they thought that they had achieved "the best in the world" in high speed handling. At 70-80% of the limit that is true. No other car matches the confidence inspiring feel of the Z at speed, and it has remarkably quick and precise turn in and balance. It is very fast through a slalom, for instance. So what went wrong? While the others mentioned above are within .10 seconds or so of each other in lap times - the Z was over a full second behind the pack. I'm starting to participate in track driving schools in my 240 and possibly time trials. I'm considering a TT, where I'll be competing against (you guessed it) the type of cars mentioned above. Does anyone know if there is a simple fix (shocks, tires, swaybars, etc.) that will make a big difference? Keep in mind if I do anything more radical I'll bump myself out of stock class into a class where I'll have to spend REAL serious money to be competitive. Any thoughts? Anybody know anyone who races Z32s? Especialy stock ones? Thanks, Alan
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17:52:57 08/09/01
