The Nissan S30  was the first generation of Z sporty 2 seater and 2+2( Cars with 2 doors and 4 seats) coupes produced by Nissan Motors, Ltd. of Japan from 1969 to 1978. It was designed by a team led by Mr. Yoshihiko Matsuo, the head of Nissan's Sports Car Styling Studio.  

The Fairlady Z was introduced in late 1969 as a 1970 model, with the  2.0 litre straight-6 SOHC engine, rear wheel drive, and a stylish coupe body. The engine, produced 150 hp  and came with a 5-speed manual transmission. A less common 3-speed automatic transmission was optional from 1971 on, and had a "Nissan Full Automatic" badge. A 4-wheel independent suspension consisted of MacPherson struts in front and Chapman struts in back. Front disc brakes and rear drums were standard.

The 1970 240Z was introduced to the American market by Yutaka Katayama, president of Nissan Motors USA operations, widely known as Mr. K. The early 1970 model 240Z had a chrome "240Z" badge on the B-pillar quarter panel. Two vents were included in the rear hatch below the glass molding. In mid-1971 the B-pillar side badges were restyled with the letter Z vent, and the vents were eliminated from the hatch. Design changes for the U.S. model occurred throughout production and are described Design and Manufacturing Changes to the U.S. Spec.

The 240Z and 260Z used twin, variable venturi Hitachi one-barrel side-draft SU-like carburetors. The carburetors were changed beginning with model year 1973 to comply with emissions regulations, but the earlier carburetors were far superior for performance. Fuel injection (L-Jetronic electronic fuel injection, designed by Bosch) was added for the 280Z in 1975 for the US. This was primarily in order to cope with the difficulty faced in getting enough power using carburetors while still meeting US emissions regulations.

Due to its relatively low price compared to other foreign sports cars of the time (Jaguar, BMW, Porsche, etc.), it became popular in the United States and was a major success for the Nissan Motor Corporation, which at the time sold cars in North America under the name Datsun. The 240Z also broadened the image of Japanese car-makers beyond their econobox success. The Z was very successful in racing in the 1970s: Connecticut's Bob Sharp as well as Bob Bondurant racing team with John Morton driving a Datsun 510 number 46 were particularly successful. Clearwater Florida (and later Maryland) racer Don Kearney had much success with the Z car between 1970 and 1978. The Z is also credited as a catalyst for the import performance parts industry. To keep Z-Car interest alive, Nissan had a 1998 program where they purchased original 240Zs, professionally restored them, and sold them at dealerships for $24,000.

 

The Ferrari F40 is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door coupé sports car produced by Ferrari from 1987 to 1992 as the successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO. From 1987 to 1989 it held the title as the world's fastest street-legal production car, and during its years of production, was Ferrari's fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car. The car was one of the few to utilize turbochargers.

The car debuted with a factory suggested retail price of approximately US$400,000, although some buyers were reported as paying as much as US$1.6 million. A total of 1,315 F40s were produced.

 the F40 was conceived as the successor to the 288 GTO and designed to compete with vehicles such as the Porsche 959 and Lamborghini Countach for Ferrari management, the vehicle was a major statement piece. Over a period of several years prior to the F40's conception, the company's dominance in racing had waned significantly, and even in Formula One, an arena they had once dominated, victories had become sparse. Enzo Ferrari had recently turned 90 years old, and was keenly aware that time was not on his side. He wanted his new sports car to serve as his final statement-maker, a vehicle encompassing the best in track-developed technology and capable of being a showcase for what the Ferrari engineers were capable of creating. The company's upcoming 40th anniversary provided just the right occasion for the car to debut. 
As he had predicted it would be, the F40 was the last car to be commissioned by Enzo before his death.

The F40 was designed with aerodynamics in mind, and is very much a creation of its time. For speed the car relied more on its shape than its power. Frontal area was reduced, and airflow greatly smoothed, but stability rather than terminal velocity was a primary concern. So too was cooling as the forced induction engine generated a great deal of heat. In consequence, the car was somewhat like an open-wheel racing car with a body. It had a partial undertray to smooth airflow beneath the radiator, front section, and the cabin, and a second one with diffusers behind the motor, but the engine bay was not sealed. Nonetheless, the F40 had an impressively low Cd of 0.34 with lift controlled by its spoilers and wing.

Today i will recommend you a great books. Dracula.

The stories starts out slow, Jonathan Harker journeying by train and horse carriage from England to Count Dracula's castle . He was going there to provide legal support to Dracula for a real estate transaction overseen by Peter Hawkins, of Exeter in England.

Dracula turns out to be very friendly at first, entertaining Mr. Harker, but soon discovers that he has become a prisoner in the castle. He also begins to finds about Dracula's nocturnal life. One night trying to escape from the castle, despite Dracula's order not to, Harker was captured by the brides of Dracula and put under a spell. He was saved at the last second by the Dracula, because he wants to keep Harker alive just long enough to obtain needed legal advice and teachings about England and London. Harker barely escapes from the castle with his life.

Not long after, a russian ship was found abandoned with the captain tied to the helm. On finding the ships log, they discover the mysterious events on the ship.

Now, Dracula is tracking Mina, Harker's wife, and Lucy, Mina's friend. Dracula then turns into a wolf and bit Lucy. Lucy was presumed dead but a few days later, the news papers report a beautiful women stalking some children. Van helsing, Lucy's doctor, has formed a part to hunt down vampires. On finding lucy, they staked her heart, beheaded her and filled her mouth with garlic, the way to kill vampires. Harker and his wife also joins the party to go against Dracula.

On learning about the plot to kill him, Dracula visits Mina and bites her 3 times and feed on her blood, turning her into a vampire in disguise.

When the party finally found Dracula, they staked his heart and he fell into ashes. Mina is freed and the story ends by Mina and Harker having a child.

 

My favourite character would probably be Dracula, he is very shrewd and his character is different from the rest as he is the villain. The stories about him running away from the gang and finding Mina really gives me the creeps.

This is the most notable work by Bram stoker, I think that he can convey his message extremely well as I have read many horror stories in my time and they do not make you have goose bumps and are probably boring.  Reading normal horror stories would probably make me fall asleep. Although Dracula is scary, I can’t stop reading it.

The Dangerous Book for Boys 1& 2 by Gonn Iggulden, one of the best books i ever read. This is basically a guide book about things to know aimed at boys "from eight to eighty." It has around eighty topics, telling you how to build a treehouse, tell direction with a watch and even growing your own crystals and. It also teaches us many famous quotes, stories, battles, and phrases that "every boy should know." As it is published in UK, most of the history described in the story is about the Kings and queens, and wars over there. Some people have criticized it for encouraging its young readers to injure themselves, like doing dangerous stunts, although there is a liability warning below the copyright information, but many have praised it for helping to counter the "PlayStation Culture", the kids that stay at home all day playing video games instead of going out.

This is a guide book and there are no characters in it. This are both author’s debut book series. Both books are written fabulously, all parts are great except for the history part, I guess that world history would be better than just England’s history about kings and queens

Have you seen cars like the one above, that looks horrible even after they have been modified to look nicer? well i suppose that everyone has different view points but they are normally called Ricers to those who dont like them.

Ricer are a type of car, tipically Asian, that has been made to look fast rather than go fast. They would have body kits, big fat exhaust, a spoiler and have an exotic colour. No real modifications have been done on the engine. The only performance mod that is done would be lightening the car, like changing the seats for racing carbon fibre ones, adding a safety harness and an fire extinguisher. The people who own this cars are probably bragging about how fast their car are and how loud they are, but the truth is that it would probably be as good as a car that has no modifications on it. Although it lightened us by removing heavy seats, the added mass of the modifications would make it remain at the same weight. So this sums up what is a racer

Today i have two books to recomend, Spud and Around The World In 80 Days.

In the book, it describes the journal of a boy(John Milton, nicked named 'Spud') living in a private school in South Africa during the 1990s. In school, he met friends and create a gang called the crazy 8, which is the most notorious gang around in their private school. Spud in general dislikes his life, due to the major embarrassment he gets from having slightly deranged parents and a senile grandmother. He is very pessimistic about many aspects of his life, he has a low self-esteem when confronting personal matters, such as his shaky relationship with his girlfriend, Mermaid. Sparerib(his teacher) watches him with much concern and offers him much support. Being surrounded by madness often makes him question his own sanity. Spud aspires to be an actor in the future and has taken part in two major school plays, as well as a humiliating house play. He is certainly popular with girls (as he is the object of affection of several girls, which he considers to be quite odd, as he is not very big or strong. Got into the school through a scholarship. Best known in the school for his lead part in Oliver!. In school he meets a guy named Henry "Gecko" Barker. He is often sick but he is John's smart best friend. He is often sick or injured and sent to the sanitorium. He is described as a thin and extremely pale boy (Spud once described his state as "there have to be healthier looking corpses"). He dies near the end of the first book of malaria, which had a great impact on John. Before his death, he requested for John to sing at his funeral, which he did. He also picked up rugby and cricket as his CCAs. At the end of the year, he goes home and waits to see if he will get another years's scholarship. The book has a sequel and prequel, namely Spud- The madness continues and Spud- Learning to fly. i have yet to read both books.

In Around the world in 80 days, the story starts out in London, where a gentlemen names Phileas Foggs, a member of a Reform club, bets that he could travel around the world in 80 days. Members of the reform club placed a $20000 bet on him and later that evening, together with his new servant Passepartout, embarked on the journey. Their first stop would be to Suez. Recently there was a bank robbery and the robber was described to look like Mr. Fogg, so London police dispatched a detective, Mr Fix to follow Mr. Fogg. Mr. Fix tried many times to catch Mr. Fogg like telling the English ambassador but to no avail as he had no arrest warrant. In India, Mr. Fogg saw a ceremony of sacrificing a lady and decided to save her. They went on to hatch a plan, Passepartout would act as if he was re birthed from the dead and scare the priests. Then they would run away from the Priest with the lady. As India was under British control, Mr Fix ordered Policemen to stop them, find the priest and bring them to a court. There, Mr. Foggs was accused with kidnapping and Passepartout was accused of not respecting Indian religion. Mr Foggs offered bail and paid $2000 pounds in total. Mr Fix was dumbfounded.

At the end of the story, Mr Foggs has given up all hope as he thought he was late for a day. Then the Indian lady, who was greatly grateful, proposed to Mr. Foggs and he agreed, calling Passepartout to find a priest to arrange the marrage. Then Passepartout ran back and said that it was impossible as the next day was Sunday and today was Saturday, the day he was suppose to arrive in London! He hailed a cab and offered $100 if the driver reached the reform club in time. After running over 2 dogs and scrapping 5 carriages, he reached on time and got his $20000 pound wager!

As i read this story, my heart was pumping with excitement and i managed to finish this book within 3 days. This is one of the most engaging book i have ever read.

My favourite character would be Passepartout as he is a very energetic character. He made a series of mistakes on the journey around the world. But at last he proves himself very useful by saving the Indian lady and protecting his master, and at last notifying his master that the bet is still on.

Jules verne is a very good writer, the story he writes are very exciting and he gets to the point very quickly, unlike many longwinded books. Most of his books are about adventure and I think that all his adventure books are great

My favourite character would definitely be Spud(John) as when he entered his schools, he was very weak and scared, afraid of many things. He then learns to stand up for himself and become a real men. He makes a lot of helpful friends such as the seniors and the teachers, which help him through the hectic and crazy first year.

John van de Ruit is an amazing author, he can write the book in extreme detail. They way he writes is extremely humourous and I cannot stop myself from smiling when I read the book. The things in the book are like those we do now, practical jokes and all that kind of stuff. At the end it really touches your heart and you would just feel like reading more. Then author left the end to your imagination but eventually he wrote the second book.

Since it is the holidays, i embarked myself on a project, to make cars look nicer... i used photoshop to achieve some of the cars that i remodeled. This one is a VW santana that is sold in China. at first i thought that it was boxy and took high off the ground, so i changed the roof to a convertible one and lowered the car. this is a photo of it.

some basic information about the santana:

The Santana (B2) has been built by the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive joint venture since 1985.

Initially launched with a 1.6 litre petrol engine, it was updated with a 1.8 litre petrol in 1987. Both these were equipped with a 4-speed manual, in 1989 the Santana wagon was launched on the market.

The Santana has had a number of updated features added since the original 1985 model. Some updated features the Santana has been include with are Bosch electronic fuel injection system, a 5-speed manual, a third brake light, improved back seats, hydraulic clutch, MP3 and CD compatible radios, ABS brakes with electronic brake distribution.