BigPaul

No I'm not at all, just an example. This is going to be a long project, I want to do it right. Upgraded suspension, brakes transmission. If at all possible I also want this to fit under the stick hood or with a slight scoop modification. Nothing like pulling up to someone with a jacked up US Muscle car with loud pipes and smoking them with a little Datsun Roadster. Racerx look at the engine in my response post, would that be too much?

Thanks for the reply, would this be a little much? http://www.jdmenginezone.com/engine-details/nissan/fairlady-z-300zx-vg30de-90-96.html

I call myself a newbie but I am old age wise. Right now I am saving for a project car and really want to stray away from the typical cars that every other 50+ guy buys in the US. No Corvettes, Chevelles, Camaros or Mustangs wanted. I do love a convertible and want something with some performance. The Fairlady series caught my eye, the lines from the 1960's version are very cool. After searching a looking through craigslist, the classifieds and a couple of websites I noticed that there are always several Fairlady models with either bad engines or no engine. If you start from that point, without extreme modifications like moving back firewalls and fabricating transmission tunnels, can you shoehorn a larger 20 or 22r in one of those? Obviously some suspension and axle upgrades would be needed but I am thinking with some performance mods that would be a quick little roadster. Thanks for any information. Too bad I don't have the money now, just coming off major surgery and broke, going back to work the 20th. I saw a 1962 Fairllady for decently cheap on the Atlanta CL.