Datsun Fairladyz (280z) TestDrive & Review: Does it Live up to the Hype?
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2020
- This video is long overdue... Here is a full review of my 280z.
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i just turned 18 and have been working and saving money this is my dream car i seen it when i was like 8 and i love everything about it
Work hard man! And get it as soon as you can ... The prices keep going up and up
Me too I'm 17 but I've been dreaming of getting it for quite some time I hope you get the car tho👍🏼
If it's your dream car, you definitely don't know about cars. I suppose your other dream car is a Delorean or maybe a Mazda Rx7 or any BMW ever made.
@@Izzys_Autos i was selling mine but I decided to hold it instead but I need mirrors
@@jeftegarcia1666 keep it unless you really need to sell it. It’s a great car and will only continue to rise in value
You are young ,so I will hold back .
But you have alot to learn about SPORTS CARS.
I've had Sports Cars since I was 16.
I also completely restored every Sports Car I have owned .
Amongst many Sports Car I have owned ,I have owned 7 S30's and at 65 years old I'm restoring a 78 280Z and a 73 240Z both resto mods
Your car looks good !
Congratulations on getting your own Japanese Ferrari.
The Datsun Z was made, in the true Sports Car manner.
Sports Car = a race car, with just enough added hardware to make it legal to drive on public roads.
The idea was to have a car you could drive during the week and on week ends go to the track and with a wheel and tire change and some small adjustments ,you could have fun racing against other enthusiasts.
Just Like Today's Drifting crowd.
Z cars have never been SLOW .
We are trying to fit a 50 year old car into today's, term fast, with modern cars. That's not
A comparison.
It's very light weight, it's very analog, and it's a car you will drive and SMILE because it becomes an extension of you.
You and the car, become ONE !
You sneeze the car moves,you relax the car relaxes, you get rowdy, the car will get just as rowdy.
The Z, is not a modern car you can drive and text and talk on the phone and drive.
The Z is a Car you ,put on!
You hit a sand patch, you know what wheel and how long it hit that patch, you go over a bump, you know what wheel it's under ,how big ,how small and how your Mechanical Suit handled it.
You buy shock, springs ,wheels and tires to get your Mechanical Suit to react ,to your personal tastes.
At all time ,You and You alone are wearing this Mechanical Suit and driving the roads like a Transformer.
You get out, your SMILING Big, if there are people around you Smile Big Inside your head .
You park it, nobody else has, anything like it !
It's YOUR personal Mechanical Suit .
this guy knows whats up :)
buying a 280z really soon and this gave me the motivation to want to work on it more
A man who loves his machine. Nothing better
Been looking for you tubers who have content like this with the 280z. I finally found one. ✌🏽
Thanks for the support!
We're UA-camrs with 280z content🥺
@@south7boys YOOOOO that’s Awesome man!
I had a 78 datsun 280Z, it would come alive above 1500/2000 rpms. The lack of power steering was never a problem and the controls were very responsive to the touch.
I had a 49 state model, not cat. Unequal length header and 2.5 inch exhaust really let it breathe.
A late 70’s sports car with independent suspension and fuel injection. If it only came with the duel overhead cam 4 valve engine.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. No nonsense, intelligent and informative.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and that I could help !
5:31 looks like the little guy loves the 280z too hahah!. Great review man!
Hey, great video, nice car. I am the proud owner of a 77 280z and I have to disagree with you on a few points. Of course it is a old car so NVH insulation is nothing like modern cars but mine is stock and the suspension is very compliant and confortable even on shitty roads. Yours has probably stiffer springs and shocks. And for the noise, maybe putting back some carpet in there would help, mine doesnt ratle like that at all. It actually surprised me how conforatble it is for a 40+year old car. Reliable car, looks great, loads of caracter, driving experience is a lot of fun and very rewarding. It may not be quick but it can carry lot of speed in the corners. For those willing to buy one, do it, you will love it, just be carefull not buying a rust bucket.
Agreed, even before I did suspension updates on our 280z project it rode very well for such an old car.
I bought a 1977 280z datsun yesterday and am excited for everything to come
Congrats man!
I bought one brand new in 1978, it rusted like crazy but it was an awesome daily driver and it never let me down!
Well done, very professional
pretty good reviews, keep it up
Great review
Great looking car man! I hope our 280z project looks this good someday! Enjoy the car!
I love your Z ! Keep enjoying it :)
I have owned a 1975 280-Z since 1975. I simply love it. 213,000 miles Cape Cod to Key West, Ocean City to LA. Original top to bottom. Cherry Bomb glass pack the only modification so I can hear that sweet music. Steering is tight - mine has a rubber grip wheel I covered with a leather wrap. No hood louvers in my hood just smooth shiny steel. Took her a on a road trip last year, 600 miles round trip on I-81. Found its level at 75-80 around 4000 rpm. With 90 when I needed it. In SW Virginia’s winding mountain roads she performed expertly with oversteer with power on. My Z? Not a rattle or clunk. Tight as the day we met. Why? BECAUSE I SLOW DOWN GOING OVER R/R TRACKS. Be nice to her and she will return the favor.
It's a car that's meant to be driven! Plus as you could tell the roads where I live are VERY poor. There are potholes pretty much every 100 meters unfortunately.
Very informative
I wouldn’t call myself a jdm person or whatever but this is one of the best looking cars ever made imo
Yoo..I love your review... I hope you will share your adventures with this car:)
I 100% will! Thank you :)
Am 13 years old this car is my most favorite car in the world i hope i can get on hand one of this
Triceps from no power steering? Will mine look like yours then 😅. Those bumps were killing me. Great video, something to be said about that man very clean for a 77. A Friend had a E30 a few years ago I loved that. Safe travels!
❤️❤️ want to own one of these beauties (love from India) thq for the review 🔥
Glad you liked it !
I have a 77 280 and it is much quieter than that. Dynomat through out. Had it for over 40 years. Still stock except for leather seats. AC will freeze you out. The car has never left me stranded. Put a ZX 5 speed in it to keep rpms down at highway speeds. Still fun to drive on Sundays.
I dont know what it is. I have liked the Datsun Z for a while now, probably since i was about 8. There is one by my house and its been sitting there for years, just waiting to be used again. I can just stare at it every time I see it. Its I think the lines that go from the front to the back, the head and tail lights, and way it looks at the time it came out. I have wanted one for a while, and I think I'm going to own one at one point in my life. I have like them, and I think that from all the hard work that I have put into school and making my grades go up, I think that I am going to buy one if I can.
Beautiful
im gonna check this car out today. im excited not gonna lie lol
Be diligent with it. There are tons of things to look out for with these Datsuns!
5:30
That spider was like: “I’ve gotta get the hell outta here!”
I bought one of these when I was 19. Fire engine red, it was the 2 + 2. I signed 4 paychecks in a row over to the owner, driving out to his farm to pay him (thankfully still lived w/ my dad). Beautiful lemon. It had black leather and wooden knobs. The fuel injectors leaked, and eventually the engine blew up. But I got it up to 130 mph on the highway first. Stupid teenager. Sold it for $800. I hope I can get another someday.
You literally live 15 min away from my house, wish I could see your car in person
Small world ! For sure man, next spring
My 83 280ZX is a factory turbo model and having owned a non turbo I can say the TURBO really helps make it a more sporting car. My current one is silver, best color on these cars.
I really hope to get behind the wheel of a turbo ZX to feel the difference in power on the L28
I miss my black and gold ‘83 turbo all the time 😵💫
@@Izzys_Autos Nah, don’t get a 79 and up, they suck. Stick to 70-78 only.
I got a 1978 Datsun 280zx 2+2 5 speed transmission for sale good running condition and a little rust had it since 1994 garaged until 3 years ago
Great camera work! Thanks for the cool review. Is the rearview mirror stock? It looks wicked.
Thank you! It's just a wide angle clip on mirror
75 280Z also had a flat hood Malaka!
Loved the video, some things I got to say though. I would argue the Carbs is more reliable than the Fuel Injection for these cars. The EFI system has so many different parts to it that when something wrong starts to come, it's almost impossible to know right away what the problem is.
Second, you cannot install a bigger cam on the L28 with EFI. There is no way to tune the computer so you would be losing power and reliability more than anything.
If you want more power without tearing apart the motor, the best thing you can do is get 6-1 headers and triple weber carbs setup. I am currently doing a full motor build on my L28, hoping to push 300+ hp by the end of the year
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I thought you could change it with a third party computer like Megasquirt and such. I believe both the 280Z/280ZX both used Bosch EFI
@@chrismc410 Yes, you can, should've said stock efi. As long as you change the ECU to aftermarket you can tune it to properly run with a built engine or better than stock even. But stock efi changing anything internally aside from compression will make it run worse
I think 77 was the 1st year they vented the hood from the factory. I have had a 75 and 2 1976 280z's with non vented hoods. Get a Haltech a CAS open up the breathing and it will spin to 7k RPM with glee! I hit my rev limiter pretty quick at 7200 rpm. Before the Haltech I would feel power loss above 5k or so. Next for me is CAM and if I still want more I'll turbo. Also the tachometer is not accurate. My computer shows the RPM a few hundred RPM higher than the Tach and it's several hundred off near red-line. When I hit my rev limiter the stock tach shows about 6k rpm. Varooommm pop pop pop pop pop =)
Missed one of the biggest telltale 280 giveaways, the front turn signals are above the bumper in the grill.
nice!
my uncle had one back wen i was baby i remember flexing in it
Hey man, I love the front lip that you put on! I have a Datsun am looking for that exact front lip that you have. Where did you get it?
I actually got it used on my local classifieds! I have no idea what company makes it
6:12 "CORONAVIRUS!!!" 😂😂😂
I have a British spec 1974 Datsun 260Z 2-Seater.I have owned her for 31 Years.I will NEVER sell her. When my time is up, i will be buried with her.
Hey, I love the sound of your car! I just got one also a while ago. Is that bubbling of the exhaust normal? And do you also know how big your exhaust piping of the Catback exhaust is? Thanks, - Nate
Appreciate it man ! I believe it's 2 inches all the way back into a 3 inch muffler inlet. It's stock piping if I recall
I always wonder was it possible to replace that buzzer with the later 280/300zx chime
Gorgeous car! The hood vents were only on the 77/78 280z, the 75/76 280z didn’t have them. Your “wooden” steering wheel is out of a 240z that looks like a series 2 wheel(?) with
That's correct! I swapped out the steering wheel with the series 2 wheel because I wasn't a fan of how the original 280 one looked. I still have it though
My bone stock 75 is scary at any speed, low end is this steering wheel going to brake in my hands turning? 3500-6500 rpm 50mph feels like a rocket that bounces like a butterfly. Doesn't need to be fast to be fun
Hi question is the Nissan 280z rear axle drum same as 1986 Nissan laurel c32?
Not to sure In all honesty
Hi, I got one just like yours and also imported it from the states! What is your tire size and also what are your wheels?
16 x 8 with 0 offset. 206, 55, 16
been working hard and found a datsun 280z going for 3,500 dollars with 70,000 miles in my hometown
Congrats !!! Absolute steal
Izzy's Autos thank you! the wonder says it’s from 81’
owner *
Nice ride man! What’s the tire setup on this thing? Believe I read somewhere down below that the wheel is 16x8 +0, not quite sure about the tire. 😊
If I remember correctly it’s a 225/50
My dad owns two of them and I'm hoping to get one off his hands to make a project car. I like your exhaust, what kind is it?
All I added was a muffler from Vibrant !
I'm 50yrs old, divorced and child is grown. So I decided to buy myself some Datsuns and go to school for auto-collision and repair and will only ever work on Datsuns. I will never sell my cars. I own two 72' 240Z, 260Z, Two 76' 280Z and a 79' 280ZX.
Did the dashes suffer from cracking at all? My 87 BMW E30 has a giant crack right down the middle and apparently they all do that.
Ya most of them.
What exhaust is that
those xxr wheels......how did you do the center cap on the front wheels? Doesn't the cap for the wheel hubs get in the way?
They fit perfectly, just have to make sure the bore is wide enough
I mean, the XXR wheels come with wheel center caps or covers. The cap sits nicely on the rears but for the fronts the hub cover doesn't let the wheel center cover to snap on. @@Izzys_Autos
@@datsunsinmygarage6661 oh gotcha, I don’t have the caps on my wheels
I will never understand why people want to destroy a car by throwing all the aftermarket garbage on it I always like these cars and I think they look better original that's the best way to try to keep them is original once you start throwing the aftermarket stuff on them they're not the same car once you start messing with a classic car it's not a classic car
To each their own! Some like to mod them and others want to keep them stock. Either option works.
@@Izzys_Autos true everyone has an opinion and I respect that but in order to really appreciate a car antique or classic you leave it original that's my opinion plenty of other cars you could destroy that are meaningless
Hey Brotha. What size and offset are your wheels? Or did I miss it in the video?
16x8 with 0 offset
Awesome man it looks good. And that’s on stock ride height?
So no one gonna point out the spider at 5:30?
Hey guys I'm completely rebuilding a 1974 Datsun 620 on my channel if you guys want to check it out!
Beams Engine Swap (Japan)
Electronic Power Steering
New Paint
Coilovers
Custom Interior
and many more mods... Thanks
A straight 6 with 167 hp? It must be restricted like crazy on the intake and exhaust. Ussually straight sixes have strong bottom ends. it might be fun to play with one of these, i suspect there is a lot of potential there. I do love the look of these cars. Sort of a poor mans Jaguar.
I believe stock was 170 HP I think for a 2.8 l NA. But yes poor man's jag for sure
yup poor man's jag fer sure
Are you sure the 280 didn’t come with a turbo? Not yours, but some did.
280xz’s came with turbos. 280z’s did not
Exhaust specs please?
Stock headers, resonator and muffler. But I’m installing 6-2-1 headers as we speak !
Everyone who I see wanting to trade those for something more practical keeps shying away when I say I have a factory Jeep XJ😂😂😂 it's like, from their post they clearly aren't mechanics or know shit about the car so they fixed a dozen things to solve one issue
For sale? I’m in Canada too!
Not for sale unfortunately. I love it too much
you got me haha uhhcorona.
The efi l28 it’s not more reliable that the carburetor version.. the efi have a lot of issues..
Put 8 thousand Kilometers on mine. No issues here !
@@Izzys_Autos doesn't means carbs could not do the same. Carbs are just as reliable if not more, you may just have cold start issues with them. don't get me wrong, i have a 77 EFI, ran 7500km this year on it, no issues what so ever. but when it is gonna go bad, i know fixing it is not gonna be easy.
You make me smirk. Your generation. Has no idea.
The Z is a Driver's Car only like an old Porsche. They are tools for a Driver.
It's 50 yrs old. But people try and stick them in today's World. You can not.
Just because they look modern.
They are, one of the Coolest car's, on this Planet.
If you put a carpet kit back in it, it wouldn’t sound like such a rattletrap….
Watch one of my recent videos on my new carpet kit 😉
Super cool looking car, but, boy! it sounds like a bag of spanners when it's on a bumpy surface! And a constant smell of fuel?? Sure nothings wrong there?
It’s definitely a stiff ride! I had lots of the interior components removed during this video but since then I installed new seats and carpeting. It’s a lot better now. As for the fuel, it’s an older car and mechanically needs some love lol
240Z's we're more reliable than a 280z and it's touchy air flow meter..
Mine is doing just fine up to now! I don't got to worry about the carb tuning which is a big one because I have no idea how carbs work!
Megasquirt with new wire harness and components fixes that. That's my plan
@@edvas02271 Might as well turbocharge it my friend