bought my 300zx turboed with PICS
 

well i just bought my 86 300zx turboed. i found out on the way home one of the headlights, speedometer dont work. it smokes really bad i either need a head gasket or valve cover. i raced my dad in his 04 kia sorento and he beat me by about a car length which isnt bad since i have engine damage and probably losing some hp. here are some pics

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soon to get a 5 spd tranny and an engine rebuild by march 06
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Re: bought my 300zx turboed {pics soon}
 

If you dad beat you in his kia i bet you need more engine work than you previously thought. Check that turbo too. How much did you pay, and is the body good?

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the body is pretty good. turbo boosts to full max.. im pretty sure i just need a valve cover or head gasket changing both anyways. and im going to get my tranny rebuilt because it takes like 3 seconds to shift into each gear.its auto

Re: bought my 300zx turboed {pics soon}
 

where are those pics? ???

seems like you have alot of pennies to save up to get that thing in tip top shape, keep us posted :y

Re: bought my 300zx turboed {pics soon}
 

should be an interiesting project...good luck, although the Kia ass whooping is pretty damn discouraging regardless if the Z is fucked up ;D

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have fun with that headgasket, be prepared to pull the engine, and get dirty as ----, cut up, and swear until your throat is sore

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I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say you don't know much about cars. Anyone that says "engine damage" jsut sounds gay. I don't know how a valve cover gasket would make it smoke? And if it needs a head gasket you probably wouldn't make it home if you were "racing" ::)

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His manifold damage meter wasnt registering on the laptop so that means its just regular engine damage. Sounds like this car is going to own him.... I could have sworn that in his thread asking about opinions on the car basically everyone said to steer clear of it? Its must be the same phenomena as SSautocrap....

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You just bought a money pit which also is ugly as sin. Congrats. If the e-brake still works then after I got beat by a kia I would grabbed onto that fucker and done a 180 and took it back and got my 75 bucks back.

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a Z isnt a car that you want o begin learning to work on cars on, its a very difficult car to work on, and the z31s are ugly as ----. and a valve cover gasket could make it smoke because its a V configuration and if it leaks it hits the turbo manifold, happened to me a few times on my z32