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Ok I drive a 90 Honda HB. It has a B16A1 in it. It has alot of probs. Like it needs a new fender ad it grinds in 2nd gear and it smokes at high rpm. I just came ino alittle money and I have a few things i can do to my car. I can put a newer B16 motor ad trans in then turbo it. Or I could sell the car and get another car. I have always wanted a Z32 (300ZX) and if I sell my car I will have the money o pick up a really good NA one or I could get a TT that will need some work. The ting is that I dont know anything about Z32's just that they look awsome. So I guess what I want to know is what would you guys do? Please dont anser thins if your just going to be mean. Thanks.

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omg worst speller ever :P

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why dont you just build the b16 that in it, boost it and put in a new tranny? you should be able to get a fender for $20 in a boneyard.

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Iv only got 4000.00 to spend. Thats would not cover a build. But I can do this:
30,000 mile motor and trans-1550.00
New cluch-200.00
Ebay turbo kit-1100.00
and that will leave me some for FMU, DSM injetors, and a 255 fuel pump.

If I keep he honda this will be te route I go. Or like I said I could get a Z32.

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:y

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FMU on a b16 ???
go fist your sister

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4k would cover a build no sweat...with plenty left over

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Hey tiny dick! read what I said 1st, if you cant help then shut the ---- up... :-*

I really didnt think 4k would get me a built motor a new trans and a turbo setup.

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i could do all that with 42.50, a 12 pack and a tube of jb weld

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maybe not that cheap, but if you start reading and researching, you can deffinately get er done a hell of alot cheaper than 4k.

And just cause you tell someone not to post useless information, doesn't mean they won't when you come onto a site about building your own turbo kit adn talk about buying a pos china knock off kit. then show more proof you don't know what your doing by talking of spending 4k and ending up with an fmu for management.

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Dude get your block honed buy some new pistons and rings learn how to use plasigauge and measure for new rod bearings. get some new rod bolts and head studs then put it back together. get a chipped ecu and use crome to tune it.

You have enough money to do all that and peice togethera decent turbo kit. And have mass money left over. It all comes with experiance. You need to put some research into what your about to.

If you can't do any of this then sell the honda and buy something thats stock and will make you happy.

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Wouldn't trust him enough to reassemble a Honda bottom end when he starts threads like this.

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worst idea ever, if you're having trouble with a b series in a hatch you do not want to ---- with a VG in a 300zx, especially a tt. That is the absolute worst car I've ever worked on in my life.

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I don't think it's possible to work on a Z32 without making a couple new swear words and not shedding some blood and losing some skin. Stick with the hatch.

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I have a better idea.

Rather than you piss away $4000 on FMU's and E-bay turbo kits, give me the money.





For real though, a fairly decent homemade kit should cost around $1000. Stay away from E-bay kits, and get some real fuel management.

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if you dont have the scratch for a built b16 you really cant swing a 300. You might be able to get one in your driveway but I can see "for sale 300zx needs some work" in the classifieds already

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Go with the Nissan. Oh wait do you have normal sized hands? Forget it.

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with this information, my advice would be to not build a turbo honda....

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true
truetrue


you need thin asian hands to work on a z, its very ------- difficult to work on, its a really nice car, and fun with basic mods. doing a engine swap in that was a pain in the ass though, id rather swap 10 honda engines than 1 z engine. But if you can work on a Z you'll have no problem with other cars.

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haha i was thinking all those things when i saw his first post. no ----, it took me and a friend almost 45 minutes to ------- change the spark plugs. gay ass individual coils - and the rear two are hidden under so much bullshit. But it was a badass car even in n/a trim. Fun as hell.

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You shouldnt have any issues building a bad ass motor for $4000. LSvtec, ls tranny...turbo....easily done for $4000.

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dont get a300zx have a buddy that has 1 its a tt two and let me tell you something its a pain in the assto work on....you almost have to pull the motor to get to the damn spark plugs....deff would not get 1 fix up the b16 and boost it like other people said......

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thats exadgerated, spark plugs are easy, removed the coils and valence tube.

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if he thinks thats hard, he should deal with the underside of the intake manifold with the vac and water lines :X

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psh, who needs those waterlines anyway, i deleted them, and deleted egr, i could pull the manifold in 20 minutes. Its with anything though, after you work on it for a while you understand it. Id say the maro looks to be more difficult, but i can't judge yet, i'll find out when i put headers on

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if it wasn't my car I would have gotten rid of most of that ----, but it wasn't :-\

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LS motor/tranny from a yard $300
TT rods $300
used pistons $300
bearings $100
machine shop to assemble that $400
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$1400 in a bottom end that will be solid

put another $800 into getting your head cleaned up, put some GSR cams in it, better intake mani/throttle body maybe...get your LSvtec lines...

then you have $2000 to build your turbo stuff.

you should be able to build a bad ass car for $4000. Even if you went with a stock bottom end, 270-300hp isnt uncommon on bottom ends anymore...just gotta find the right person to tune it.

---- a stupid ass 300z. They are very unimpressive for what they are. twin turbos, the fucker weighs almost 2 tons. It needs a pair of turbos...hell, where im from, that car wouldnt be allowed across some bridges. :-\ :-X

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not for this tool



also bk lounge doesnt pay that great

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:-\

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For $4k ur only gonna find a tt Z32 WITH problems...Those cars in good shape are still considered RELATIVELY valuable...Put the 4k into fixing the problems with the hatch you already have...And I wouldn't be SO deadset on swapping in a B series...If you haven't noticed, there have been SEVERAL D series engines making SERIOUS power on this site lately...I PERSONALLY would just as soon have a BUILT DOHC nonVtec D series as I would a B series...

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its already got the b16

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with issues.

pull that bottom end out, fix the head, put the head on a LS bottom end. sell the block, probably for the amount that a LS motor will cost from the yard...

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any of your options are money pits so keep the car you have and put the money into it. gte the trans done, get a basic rebuild by a fender and get it painted 3k tops.

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sell it and lease a car

beat the piss out of it - turn the miles back and give it back....

at least thats what i would do

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yeah i told him i could get him a kit together fpr prob a 1k and i told him to get a gsr bottom end rebuild the head with r cams and ill help through it all together and then ill spen the rest of the 4k on booze and hookers >:D >:D hmt style nukka

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One time a buddy asked me to switch alternators in his NA Z32. Let's just say they never found the body.