240SX with turbo 4.8L runs 8s

[kevm14]

On the stock bottom end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGyL615C2Lg

[kevm14]

Granted this is significantly faster than what you want, this is a straight line drag car that happens to be streetable. But I am sure the handling is totally trashed.

[Adam]

Its a '71 240Z, not a 240SX. Still pretty cool, though. Maybe even cooler than it would have been...

[Adam]

That same car on the dyno:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqQVg9FQEk

[kevm14]

Granted this is significantly faster than what you want, this is a straight line drag car that happens to be streetable. But I am sure the handling is totally trashed.

By the way, I don't mean because it has a V8. I mean because it is designed to hook up and run 8s. Suspension geometry, tires, shocks and springs are all selected to aid launch traction. And those things are pretty much mutually exclusive to handling. Which is why a car like the C7 Z06 is so expensive, because it does everything well.