I just had to post this hear, tonite i went out just crusing around the melbourne area, looking for someone to have some fun with, i saw lots of nice cars all goin PSSSt with there BOVs, but couldn't get any red lights with anyone, i thought i'd call it a nite so i went home, but on my way home i saw this red FTO ( not sure if you get these in the states, but they are 2 door mitsubishi's with 4 cylinder engines) this car was swerving in betweeen traffic, and he picked on this nice looking datsun 1600 (510), and i was thinking that he might take me in my stock 260z, L26 with boat anchor carbs 5spd. so i get a good red light with him, but i didn't think he saw me because it was a 3 lane road, and there was a family car in between us. but he saw me, he skidded off the line and me not realising i didn't get a good take off, but even that i stayed with him all the way just about, up to 100kph (60mph) he thought he killed me, next red light i reved my L6 up to around 2500 3000, tires chirped reved up to 5500 quick changed to 2nd and i was at least a good body over him changed to 3rd and i was still just a body over him... got up to 100 speed limit was 80, so i stoped racing...

goes to show that a STOCK L26 with crappy carbs, an't that bad for a 26 year old car... vs a 95+ car.. hehe i love killing cars that costed Au$25,000 (US$14,000) and my little datsun only spent AU$5500 (US$2500) on

gotta love the old datto

<font color=blue>76 260z</font color=blue>
The NiteRider

 

Hey NiteRider

FTO's are 2L MIVEC V6's not fours ...

d3c0y Z3d
'72 240Z
'78 260Z
Brissy, Australia

 

even better.. I can beat my friends R33 skyline non turbo ('93), which is pretty good, but my cars not stock

Alan, Australia

 

wow thats not bad then.... must of been an auto, if it was a manual i'm sure i wouldn't have been that much in front

<font color=blue>76 260z</font color=blue>
The NiteRider

 

Well in a drag an auto will accellerate quicker because it shifts quicker

 

It depends on the skill of the driver. My daily driver is a '91 Dodge Ram 3/4 ton Cummings with a 5 speed and I have raced my friends '69 Chrysler 300 with a 440 and I beat him regularly. He pulls on me slightly between shifts, but not enough to make much of a diff. I love racing people in my big redneck express truck. I hope I get as much enjoyment out of my '72 240z

Speed kills, but you get there faster and make all who is slower feel bad.

 

you will

<font color=blue>76 260z</font color=blue>
The NiteRider

 

That depends, the FTO can be anything between an auto 2L V-6 through to a Tiptronic 2L MIVEC V-6. I would want to be in a 240 w/L28 in a good state of tune before I messed with a MIVEC FTO.

There are also a few FTO's going around with the HKS turbo kit on them. They will outdo a Supra RZ, so driver beware....