how come the 1st gen 300zx Turbo is not a popular drfit car?

 

Is drifting popular?....

 

because.

 

Because they notoriously rotted from the frame up.



.even the turbo cars back in 84 only had 190 or 195HP stock.

 

"Only" Which isn't bad back in 1984. Hell the RX-7 Turbo didn't crack 200HP until the FD in 1993 and was at 182HP until 1989.

I have driven a Z31 300ZX Turbo.....interesting car, but it's shaped as a door wedge, extremely heavy, really slow, overly complex for no reason and not tossable at all, pretty much the opposite of what the original Z was.

All they have to do to make that Z popular is to make drifiting show like Initial D (or F&F for that matter), but featuring the Z31 300ZX Turbo and all the mindless followers will jump on the bandwagon. It worked for the AE86 here, it can work for that Z. How sad would that be?

 

Yes but, Rx7's has teeny weeny engines, 1.3L don't ya know? Not bad for a car with 1.5 times less displacement.

 

Ya those things r heavy as hell and rust at the drop of a hat. I owned an 86 non-turbo Z at one point and that thing was rust on wheels.

What's all this obsession with drifting anyway?

 

Oh the obcession with drifting is very simple.. Drifters are members of the anti-rubber league. Their whole purpose is to destroy as much rubber as possible. You would think hey why not just go a burn down all the rubber tree plants, but it's a lot more fun for them to put it on their cars and then burn it off there.

See very simple.

Raven

 

the last gen Fairlady was a very well rounded car, and performed quite well. not of the Z cars are really popular as a drift car because:
1) they aren't as cheap as a 240sx to purchase, maintain, and go faster than stock
2) they are touring cars more or less with suspension geometry designed to compensate the harder you try to push it. the last thing it wants to do is get it's back end out.

combine these with the considerable weight (but really not that heavy if we are comparing it with the Supra and the like), and you get something that is more meant for long high speed corners than going sideways with your hand out the window...

 

Thanks for all the great answers!