1995 Nissan 300ZX vs 1970 Challenger Drag Race: Hemi Swapped V8 American Muscle vs Import JDM V6 Z32
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- It's an import vs muscle drag race at the Irwindale 1/8th mile drag strip for a 70 Challenger vs 95 300ZX. The Nissan has a traction advantage with its summer tires vs all season tires on the Challenger. The Challenger has the horsepower advantage with the Gen 3 5.7 Hemi V8. It's a battle of import tuner vs muscle car, V6 vs V8, 5-speed vs 6-speed, JDM vs American muscle, and high performance tires vs street tires. No supercharger, no twin turbo, just classic V8 muscle car horsepower vs a high-revving JDM V6 goodness.
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That really is a beautiful challenger! The power that thing is pushing out is 300ZX TWIN TURBO territory though!
Good fun race; the Z is much more of a GT cruiser, the RS5R30A doesn’t like fast shifts.
Thanks! I definitely do need a pair of turbos for that thing, I think they’d be pretty close.
proved evrey bit of his 430hp in that first race that was a 1st gen 2006-10 srt8 charger the brimbos and hood gave it away and he ran his ass srt8 1st gens are stock 420hp crazy what that weight diffrence in the cars will do 1st gen 3900 pounds 1970 around 3600 good runs man
What I love about old school is the space inside them
This series made me actually warm up to the 300ZX, before I considered it kind of an ugly duckling. Well done.
Thanks, it's definitely grown on me too since I bought it. They have a reputation for being hard to work on, but I don't think it's as bad as people make it out to be.
For sale???! ARE you saying yours? If it's in mind condition put a price and I'll buy it
@@eekay3646 it’s not as hard as people dramatize it to be, easier than euros or modern cars
@@eekay3646 i did my 120k too and it was fine the obly hard part was remiving my crank pulley which was on there and didnt want to go home. Ive worked on a 335i and it was a pain worst than my TT
I never liked this 300 Z body style!
I'm glad to see that you raced both of your cars.
Gotta get out there and drive them the way they were meant to be!
Hi Berry, I discovered your channel a few days ago, and as an owner of a 95 300ZX myself I have really enjoyed watching you do a great job give this beautiful car a new lease on life. And not to mention how much this will help others. I have needed to replace my stereo for quite some time now but have never come up with a good solution for mounting the rear speakers. When I saw the mounts you made I just had to ask if you would be interested in making me a pair. Those would be the incentive I need to some tunes back in my Z. I would be more than happy to pay you whatever you feel would make it worthwhile to you. Also, would you please tell me which Pioneer head unit that is? It's a great fit. Thanks. Here's mine btw. th-cam.com/video/nJqmskLiDvg/w-d-xo.html
Thanks! My 3D printer is down for the count right now, but I think there's someone on ebay that sells something similar. That pioneer stereo is model # DMH-241EX , does fit great in the 300ZX.
4:11 dude said 350zx
1/8 mile ?
Yes
Swap that motor to a TT lol best thing I did 15 years ago
I’m seriously considering it, I hear nowadays you can boost the NA engines if you get a good tune.
About the same rating as an LS3. I got an LS3 EROD I'm swapping into my 90 300ZX. Fortunately, mine is already manual....Since your Z is a 95 you can swap in an LS3 EROD too. I just bought LOJ's kit recently, because they had a black friday sale. I think I'm gonna start doing the swap Feb, Mar. It's too cold lately, so I don't wanna touch it.
Let me ask you, since I seen you wash your 5 speed tranny in a prior video. What are you supposed to cover when you pressure wash it? I want to degrease mine, and will take it to one of those coin car washes. Thanks. Good job btw on all your progress!
Thanks man, good luck on your LS swap. Definitely something I’d love to do for my Z some day. I just covered the input and output shafts when I pressure washed it and it seemed ok
Is that a Pre Eagle 5.7? how did you pull 430 Hp out of that ?! thats pretty wild :(Edit) Just seen the 370whp dyno pull that is still pretty sweet and amazing for a pre Eagle
The pre-eagle heads breath better than people think! Just need a cam and some headers.
Thanks for the update 👍
You should have chose a C5 Corvette to dump money into instead of a old 300ZX
I don't always chose my cars based on logic, sometimes I chose them because I think they're cool 👍
Dude, any plans to bring the Challenger to Musclecars At The Strip Las Vegas Mar. 17th-19th?
Wasn’t planning on it but looks pretty rad! I might have to check that out
@@noboltsleftbehind it’s the annual event I look forward to the most. Good DA in early spring here for the race classes and the car show & barn finds are fun. Plenty folks from Cali come to town for it. Your build would stir up a grip o’ buzz there! 💪
Need to put headers and toss factory exhaust on the z for aftrmarket dual exhaust have lot more power and sound better .
Good call, I've been on the lookout for an exhaust on the used market. Factory exhaust was surprisingly heavy when I pulled it a few episodes back.
Nice job on both cars!!
NA-T Swap on the Z32 at 11-12PSI will put it out in front of that challenger..
Good video
Thanks for the awesome track side footage!
Is this irwindale? I didn't know they were still running the dragstrip
It sure is! Drag racing every Thursday night, it’s usually pretty busy.
@@noboltsleftbehind What time do they open? Do they have any paperwork and tech inspections? when are you going next, I should come do a few passes - won't be going too fast though
@@DaveJustDave racing is from 5-10pm, there is a tech inspection but it’s not too strict. They’re closed for the holidays but Thursday race nights start back up in mid January. Just let me know when you’re ready and I’ll cruise out there. What kind of car do you have?
@@noboltsleftbehind I'll give you a hint. Engine is spiritual successor to your vg30. But it's a little bigger with two turbos and AWD :)
@@DaveJustDave haha oh boy, if it is what I think it is be sure to bring a helmet too, they're required if you run under an 8.5 lol. Shoot me a message on instagram, I'll be out there soon and I'd like to check this thing out instagram.com/noboltsleftbehind/
That must not be twin turbo z?
Not turbo charged yet, but I'm looking into it
Bye Bye Nissan. No school like the old school LOL!
I wonder how it would do if it was the TT instead of the NA lol
That’s a NA Z. Don’t you know that NA stands for? It means not applicable for racing!
I like to break the rules
Should have just fixed the auto, it would be faster.
I don't know, it was a pretty slushy auto. And robbing some horsepower for sure.
@@noboltsleftbehind That's what I mean, rebuild the auto or change the convertor. Autos are always faster in drag racing, it will always shift faster than a human can manually change gears without losing boost in between shifts.
@@JeffAlgarra That's true but the auto also eats up precious horsepower and weighs more than the manual. I think it's typical for cars of this era for the manual to beat the auto if you can shift right. Modern autos and higher horsepower cars it's a different story for sure.
its all about patience with the Zs! 😍❤️🤍🖤
Definitely true! And worth the work when you finally get them running right