Finally Got Another Z

[Willens]

After a long 4 day weekend involving flying out to Santa Fe, NM and driving the car back and whatnot, I finally found one that pushed the right buttons for the right price. Drove it back, and have already gotten to work getting it showroom fresh again, will tear it down to the valves and do some preventative maintenance, and either drop the trans to replace the rear main, or pull the engine to replace the half moon seal at the aft of the oil pan. Just basic maintenance that needs to be done, but a 9/10 car. She pulls hard, custom 17" OZ 245/front 275/back and even stock it breaks the 275's loose in first, I forgot how quick a stock TT car is. Happy to have one back, nice to have a fun AWD and a fun RWD car, definitely glad to have another Z after a several year hiatus.
Bought it from the 2nd owner of 15 years
1990 300ZX Twin Turbo
5 Speed
112k Miles
Platinum Mist Metallic
Even has the Radio Shack Car Phone! haha

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Only pictures I have as-of-yet; My boxes from ZSpeed and Z1 are already showing up, very excited to give this car the proper attention it deserves.
I'll take some pictures of it with the VR-4 this weekend when I am wrenching.

[DK77]

Neat. Have fun.

[Willens]

Will do.

[green-lantern]

ohhhh Sorry

[Ange]

cool. nice turbos on those. ballbearing. better than our td04 :)

damn that bay looks Dirty!

[Willens]

damn that bay looks Dirty!

Yeah, well she just got home from a 800 mile drive; definitely some cleaning up to do ;) More boxes from Z1 and ZSpeed showed up today, will be a fun weekend!

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Have fun with the chodes on the Z forum. They'll just loooove your VR-4. /s :D

Nice Z32; I've got a soft spot for 'em still. :)

Jeremy

[Willens]

Have fun with the chodes on the Z forum. They'll just loooove your VR-4. /s :D

Nice Z32; I've got a soft spot for 'em still. :)

Jeremy

Haha yep, I've been getting shit about VR-4's since my departure 7 years ago. Apparently, the 3000GT "drives and handles like an F-150, and is a huge piece of shit that is underpowered." I had one guy that wasn't familiar with my background in Z cars try to lay into me on a forum the other day. The 3000GT grilling began, and all I did was mention that I enjoy having both of them; it's funny, because I used to be that guy several years ago. Fuck the bandwagon bigotry.

[green-lantern]

ohhhh Sorry

I'm joking BTW, I like those cars. I almost got one instead of the 3s.

[Willens]

I'm joking BTW, I like those cars. I almost got one instead of the 3s.

I figured ;)

[green-lantern]

:D probably would have saved me a bunch of money if I did lol.

[JasonY]

Until the R35 Nissan hasnt built a car worth owning since. Congrats on finding a nice one, not many left.

Jason

[Willens]

Until the R35 Nissan hasnt built a car worth owning since. Congrats on finding a nice one, not many left.

Jason

After the death of the Z32, I became increasingly worried if they would ever get back into building a proper sports car. The R35 delivers, But the coolest car I have ever seen is one of our Hybrid Z members that did a COMPLETE AWD/RB swap into an S30! haha talk about badass. I'd love to find a clean 510 or S30. I agree on clean Z32's being hard-to-find, namely the TT cars. Thankfully, punk kids can't really afford them or work on them, it's just the fact that everyone is growing increasingly aware of what they are worth that own one, and don't want to let them go. I don't blame them. I won't be getting rid of this one. How is the FD life treating you?

[JasonY]

The FD is so good, if i owned one before a 3/S, I'd have never bought a 3/S.

Jason

[familyMAN]

Isn't it basically a miata that overheats when you add boost and a top that doesn't go down? JK;). I did like my turbo miata though. Still may get/build another.

Not many clean FDs or Zs anymore. Same goes for turbo mr2s. (Reminds me, I need an mr2 again too:)) Love 90's Japanese sports cars! Enjoy yours!

[green-lantern]

Isn't it basically a miata that overheats when you add boost and a top that doesn't go down? JK;). I did like my turbo miata though. Still may get/build another.

Not many clean FDs or Zs anymore. Same goes for turbo mr2s. (Reminds me, I need an mr2 again too:)) Love 90's Japanese sports cars! Enjoy yours!

:lo5l:


There was a turbo MR2 around here on craigs list I wanted to get so bad. It was a good price too, I was just dead broke. :(

[sergechronos]

Have a buddy I went to school with who previously owned a 1g 3k, has a turbo MR2 now. Dropped about 8k rebuilding the motor and such, anddddd never got it running again. Not sure if he sold it or not, or if he's spent any time working on it.

[sergechronos]

Haha yep, I've been getting shit about VR-4's since my departure 7 years ago. Apparently, the 3000GT "drives and handles like an F-150, and is a huge piece of shit that is underpowered." I had one guy that wasn't familiar with my background in Z cars try to lay into me on a forum the other day. The 3000GT grilling began, and all I did was mention that I enjoy having both of them; it's funny, because I used to be that guy several years ago. Fuck the bandwagon bigotry.

Eh well, can't really argue with people like that. They've read all the forum posts they need to have an opinion without actually owning or driving one. I'm a firm believe that most cars have their positives and that for 95% of owners and the way they drive, it wouldn't make a damn bit of difference if it was in a 1990 Civic, or a brand new Ferrari that they were commuting in. And with most sports car owners, even if they had the Ferrari, they wouldn't be able to drive it worth a damn. I say, to hell with what other people think, drive what pleases you and fills your needs (even if it's two separate cars).

[green-lantern]

So who’s worse, the Z forum guys or the Supra forum guys?

[Willens]

So who’s worse, the Z forum guys or the Supra forum guys?

I'd give the edge to the Supra guys.

[Willens]

Isn't it basically a miata that overheats when you add boost and a top that doesn't go down? JK;). I did like my turbo miata though. Still may get/build another.

Not many clean FDs or Zs anymore. Same goes for turbo mr2s. (Reminds me, I need an mr2 again too:)) Love 90's Japanese sports cars! Enjoy yours!

Haha is that the VR-4 approach to the Z, in the same way the Z guys look at a VR-4? Both are totally off of the reservation. I like it

I will enjoy this one as much as the others, but won't make the mistake of selling this one this time. Went on a witch-hunt finding a clean un-molested TT for less than $10k.