O.K. this was brought up, and I got to bump it.
There are issues of "Compensation" with Corvette Drivers. We all know that, it's well documented.
But reading a sports car magazine from a while back, I noticed the phrase "with a sexy power bulge in the hood" in reference to the earlier S30's...
And the thought occurred to me (horrid thought) might some people be buying the S30 and it's descendants as "Compenation" for lack of their own "Power Bulge" elsewhere on their anatomy?
Discuss....
(Blame Matt!)
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"

Geeeeeeeeeeezuz man! Get a life! I didn't have to buy an S30 to admire a "Power Bulge"! I just look in the mirror! HA!
I am Tony D's love child!
Post Edited (Mar 31, 12:38pm)

I've got a sexy power bulge...in my pants ROFL :-D

I got into Zs because my dad had some when I was growing up. So, I love them because of the memories with my dad and also becasue they are a great all around sports car. As for the power bulge...you'll have to ask my satisfied wife about that.
-------Senkyoshi
1973 240Z 4spd Dual Webers
"I spend too much time raiding windmills"

I am into z's because you dont see them everyday and there is no car that matches the style and sexyness that it has. Oh and the history!!
Just shave!! hehehehe
SHIFT_PPSSHHHTT... I love it, I love it
1973 240z, 2.8L Turbo, BRE Style
z31 ECCS and MAF swap
Spooled Up Racing ®
http://spooledupracing.tripod.com/home.htm

i do it cause it gives me something productive to do with my time that provides fulfilling results....i have something to show for my time and money instead of a headache the next morning. i like seeing what i can do and improve upon those mistakes.....anyone can lift a pint glass to their mouth.
Post Edited (Mar 31, 1:05pm)

till now. I do like the view of the hood and road as you look out from the Z's cockpit.
At my age, when a good view creates a bulge, you go with the flow................lol
I have always "heard" that the lacking bulge thing can be corrected with a sock..........
Reminds me of the joke about the "little" man, a potatoe, and a speedo bathing suit. You know where you have to put it the front not the back.....
One of my coworkers has a 67 Vette with the big block hood even though he has a small block engine. I will have to question his motivation now.......
78 280Z Daily Driver
All original, Stock engine, Auto Trans w/factory A/C, 205,000 miles, new suspension and bushing kit, under primer and saving for a paint job.......
83 ZX w/T Tops, purchased 4-20-06, 122K miles, Son's restoration project

I got a power bulge. It's in the roof on my 78. Came from my girl friends toes. Took quite a little power to do that.LOL!!!
original owner 1978 280Z
1977 project car

if she ever reads this..................you will get slapped!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
Great example though!!!!!!!!!!!!!
78 280Z Daily Driver
All original, Stock engine, Auto Trans w/factory A/C, 205,000 miles, new suspension and bushing kit, under primer and saving for a paint job.......
83 ZX w/T Tops, purchased 4-20-06, 122K miles, Son's restoration project

Are you guys talking about weiners? LOL
-- Next Up: SCCA ITR 300ZX --

Long hood to make up for shortcomings elsewhere?

if ya want a "power bulge" go with a WRX *STI* ;)
but seriously, i never thought of that before....
i just have it cause its gotta be the sexiest car around here, and got it for cheap!
1975 280z
High School senior project
Daniel D.

Its DEEFintately sucking
...

Hell my car came with a scoop ;)

I don't know about the power bulge in the roof, but I have had quite a few footprints on the windshield( in my earlier days) on a 240Z...thanks to fold down seats.
76', 4 Speed, CAI, 6 into 2 Headers
Of all the things I've lost in life I miss my mind the most.

you're falling into tony's evil trap.
_____________________________________________
'05 350Z Chrome Silver Touring
'73 240Z

I got into Z's because my penis is too small.
1976 280Z
Draw-Through Turbo, 10 PSI, 4 Bbl Holley, E88, L28 (Flat), 10:1 CR, 5 Spd
1974 Corvette Stingray:
350, 400 Automatic, T-Tops, 8.5:1 CR, 78,000 Miles
1994 Acura Integra:
1.8L, 5 Spd, 189,000 and Counting!

While out one morning in the park, a jogger found a brand new tennis ball, and seeing none around it might belong to, he slipped it into the pocket of his shorts.
Later, on his way home, he stopped at the pedestrian crossing, waiting for the lights to change.
A girl standing next to him eyed the large bulge in his shorts.
"What's that?" she asked, her eyes gleaming with lust.
"Tennis ball," came the breathless reply.
"Oh," said the girl sympathetically, "that must be painful.... I had tennis elbow once."
"YES I will finish what I sta"
.
1977 280Z blue 2+2,
1973 240z
1977 280Z coupe in restoration progress

sexy?? my power buldge is down right frightful....ok, I cant back that up.
1970 240zt 326whp 320ft/lbs @ 13 psi,

I'm not interested in bulges.
1981 280ZX Turbo
60,000 original miles
Still OEM (except for tires, fluids, and filters or course)
Swartz Creek, Michigan
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milk bone underpants.

I had a power bulge once -
but the dentist pulled the impacted tooth.
Ed and Jeanne's
ZXelda 1981 280 ZXT: ZXena 1990 300 ZX
1941 Buick Special Sedanette (Betty)
1956 Dodge Royal (Dorothy)
1971 Buick Riviera (Rita)
1975 Ford F-150 Stepside (Fiona)
1992 Firebird (Frieda)

I just find it funny how often penis size is related to cars; mostly by women and on this site by Tony. It wasn't just the post the other day about masculine cars, it has happend many other times and it usually is in reference to vette owners. So apparently corvette owners are all lacking, and it's documented? Were show me any scientific study documenting this.
Maybe Brian will have something to say. And some of the other vette owners on here.
The whole car vs size issue was started by women and it didn't tie into only one car, it had more to do with any guy buying an expensive/flashy car, as that may be the only way they could pick up a women. I was walking with a co-worker, past a car lot that had a used testarossa. I said I'd like to have that, she immediately said "what are trying to compensate for" laughing of course, but that hits at the root of my point.
Yes some people do see the Z as one of "those" cars, hell alot of people don't even know what they are.
I've only purchased cars or trucks because I like them. Never used anything other than myself to get chicks. I'd bet I use to ride my bicycle around the neighborhood laying more pipe than a lot of the HS guys that had cars, matter of fact I know I did.
Well gotta go get some and I'll be taken the brokest lookin Z I have, later
Matt

ok, I will laugh at blue2+2s joke, tennis ball, haha, lol
1970 240Z w Haltech the endless project.
1988 Supra Turbo Maft-Pro my daily driver toy.
1968 Dodge D100 the beast truck that just keeps on going.

LOL
Your comment below made me want to bring it up to the general forum unrelated to the other mess...
It was funny as hell when I saw it, and figured, what the hell, it's worth discussion.
But yeah, that whole flashiy car thing starts in Highschool.
Like I said back them when Kurt S. was trying to wow girls in his gold 6.6T/A, I'd putter up in my old VW Bus, and he'd make a joke about it.
All the girls riding in the car would giggle and laugh.
My relply was never back to him, it was always to the girls: "Hey girls, is it true what they say about guys who use flashy cars to get girls? Does Kurt really have no penis? Geez, I wonder what my little bus here says about me?"
They always laughed, and usually came around later....all inquisitive like. Muahahahaha!
Of course, Kurt moved on to a Monster truck that you needed a rope ladder to climb into (I mean, c'mon! Talk about compensation issues!) and later he got so P.O. because a bunch of girls that wouldn't give him the time of day were seen going on a ride around the town in my little Hippie Bus. Hell, we even went to the drive in and threw out bean bags and carpet...
So Kurt did the only rational thing he could do in just such a situation: Started a Rumour that me and the only other guy in town with an Air-Cooled Car (69 Corvair) were in a Brokeback Mountian-Style Relationship.
This was precipitated by me driving by him in my 69 Beetle (the bus doesn't like springtime mud...) when he was stuck up to his axles in a bog. Being I drove by where he was stuck, throughthe same muck and mud, and then got out on the solid portion of the road and said "Hey Kurt, can't your big, bad truck make it those last 300 feet? Man, my 'pu$$y little Beetle-Bug' (His Pet-Name for my Beige Wonder...) just drove through it---what's your excuse?"
Yeah, I may have shot my mouth off when younger, but it was AFTER I'd accomplished it, not before.
Beforehand, it's best to keep the mouth, and the cards, close to your chest.
I digress....
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"

I'm good at getting things started!
I find it funny too, I drove a 56 chevy pickup to HS it was low and in good shape but it was 3 colors of primer so it was a target. This was in 92 and as time goes on the Kurts' continue to go head over heals in debt to drive their, I mean the banks, big flashy new SUV with the chrome spinning. I laugh all the way to the bank, knowing I have a different car for every day of the week, all nice, some rather fast, and all paid for.
Matt