Poll: The Ultimate Engine Swap!

[VQuick]

Originally Posted by Samhain

So we'll see... If R35 makes it to the US Roads... Im selling everything. And get one of those VH45DE powered beast's.

The VH-series V8 has been discontinued for 3 years now. It was replaced by the VK.

Originally Posted by Z_Fanatic

So it's true, France owns Nissan? I thought it was a rumor, SHIT!

Renault owns only 44% of Nissan, but it's enough for what people call a 'controlling interest.'

And love it or hate it, the 350Z was styled by a Briton by the name of Ajay Panchal(Indian).

[Z_Fanatic]

Designed by a Brit? He works for Nissan or something? I mean, you'd expect Japan/France to submit the design.

Anyway, 350Z does carry over the stylings of the previous Zs, but it's more like what you'd call a refinement over the original 240Z and Z31. I can name quite a lot of exterior differences between it and Z32 than similarities.

[VQuick]

Originally Posted by Z_Fanatic

Designed by a Brit? He works for Nissan or something? I mean, you'd expect Japan/France to submit the design.

Ajay Panchal worked at a Nissan design studio in the US, I think. It wasn't like there was a 'Design the 350Z' contest or anything. Ajay's design was picked over some of the other designers. I wouldn't be surprised if there were design submissions from Japan too, but probably not France, unless Nissan has a design studio there too.

[1viadrft]

Originally Posted by Z_Fanatic

So it's true, France owns Nissan? I thought it was a rumor, SHIT!

Yeah... they are "financial partners" with Renault... some of their cars look like excat copies of Nissans...

[karthalin]

How long until one company owns everything? Or is it already here? MUAHAHAHA!

[Athiril]

a worked L28E @ 3.1 Litre with a very big turbo or two medium-big turbos of course.

[Z_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by karthalin

How long until one company owns everything? Or is it already here? MUAHAHAHA!

unfortunately, that's what ends up happening. I hope Nissan buys out Renault, and not the other way around, if that ever comes down to it.

[Bray Hill]

freakonaleash can get fucked. I was simply stating my opinion, while trying to respect every one else's. I hope everyones dreams come true but just the same fuck you.

[1viadrft]

Who the fuck are you? Someone needs a time-out...

[freakonaleash1187]

why in the hell did you call me out? cuz you said that you think it is stupid for everybody to argue about what engine to put in a z. then you go about saying what to put into a z, and now you are arguing about it. so you are calling yourself stupid?

[1viadrft]

He's a fuck-tard, freak... don't worry about him!

[ZedEx]

Hup, yea basically...

I hate newbies sometimes guys... But we were all one earlier in life... So we gotta cut them so slack.

But there are quite a few that are on my shit-list.

-Wes

[Broke_as_****]

Well I was determined not to get into the "what to swap" "why would you swap" "**** you" type arugments, since this thread is going astray I'll just say that Renault bought up alot of Nissan back in the mid and late 90s when Nissan was basically one step from monetary suicide and its car line up was selling miserably. With some new direction and a ton of money invested in a few entirely new platforms (like the Z33, the Titan, the new Altima etc and so on) Nissan has once again risen among the ranks of the top auto makers in the world and Renault has benefitted accordingly, most notably from using Nissan platforms as bases for their own cars, something that is a inhumanly good idea if you have ever seen some older Renaults, which used to be invariably linked with the term "dented-rusty-shit-bucket".

[freakonaleash1187]

WHO VOTED IN THIS THREAD! please close this wes.

[1viadrft]

Yes, Mr. Brown....