tuname420

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




soon to get a 5 spd tranny and an engine rebuild by march 06

accordepicenter

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?

tuname420

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

70Challenger

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

DA-MAX

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

scottsi

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

spoon fed

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"

spongerlbc

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....

stillnoturbo

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 ****** and done a 180 and took it back and got my 75 bucks back.

scottsi

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