So after weeks of patiently waiting, my new car arrived from America last week and finally saw it today...

This started in January when I sold my 750+bhp BMW 135i as I’d got used to it and wanted something faster (although it did do a 5.5-second 100-200kph in mid-boost) and a little more raw.

I came across this on Facebook for sale in America and decided to buy it on a bit of a whim.

Spec is:
- 1977 Datsun 280Z
- 6.0-litre LS V8 with new crank, Wiseco steel rods and forged pistons
- BorgWarner S480 80mm billet turbo
- Twin 50mm wastegates
- Holley high rise inlet
- 1650cc injectors
- 105mm throttle body
- T56 six-speed manual gearbox
- Uprated fuel system/clutch/diff/shafts/suspension/brakes and plenty more

It has a dyno graph for 878bhp and 873lb ft
of torque at the wheels! On 15psi of boost on E85 and the car weighs 1,200kg.

I take all American chassis dyno figures with a pinch of salt, but have seen a similar spec engine on the same turbo make similar power on an engine dyno, so fingers crossed!




Annoyingly under current circumstances I’ll have to wait to drive it but looking forward to it.

Plans are to tidy up the body and paint it, as it’s solid but a little scabby, and then use it!