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No Club Love
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 1,518
From: Mo Valley, So Cali
Sorry s.o.l there bro, i've got an 83, see you should of traded me, that way we'ed both be happy,jk. Why don't you pull all the wiring from the car you got the power windows from. wouldn't that work
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,827
From: Concord, NC
Originally Posted by skittle
T-tops Were Made For Camero And Such Wimpy American Cars.. I Know I'll Get Flamed For That As Well.
<---Skittle....j/k but i did like my 1992 Camaro....Also, veritas, if you plan to drift with the factory engine, seek out any threads on the MegaSquirt setups....just to throw that in there guys. 
More Than Meets The Eye
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 5,120
From: Mesa, Az
Originally Posted by skittle
Props On Getting A 79 They Only Came In Slicktop. Which In My Opinon Looks A Heck Of Alot Better On The Zx. T-tops Were Made For Camero And Such Wimpy American Cars.. I Know I'll Get Flamed For That As Well. The Only Non American Car That Looked Nice With T-tops Were The Z32's.
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,053
From: Southaven Mississippi
i love both my Slick top's. 81 and 83. In a way, T-Tops are nice in the summer. But SlickTop's provide a sleeker look, and more statability. But hell. Big Blue won't be a SlickTop much longer. And that's the ONLY hint ya'll are geting on what's goin on with my 2+2. She's a Suprise for ya'll. Oh, and there's a rummor that they made a 4:11 rear end. hunt one down, and she'd be a monster in the drift comp's
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Registered User
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 293
From: south georgia
They didn't make convertible 280's, so I went with a t-top. I owned a 75 slicktop and it was fine. The t-tops do take away from the looks when they are in, but they add to the looks when they are out. It took me over a year to find a good body for my rebuilt motor when my Z was totalled.
My requirements were:
1. non-turbo
2. basically rust-free or minor rust
3. t-tops - it had to have t-tops, I love them when they are out.
I want to eventually get a 240 & 260 one day (i made that statement to my wife to see what kind of look i would get and she said "that sounds like a doable project to me", I about passed out) and slick top is fine with me, but I will keep my 280 t-top.
Everyone has an opinion:
But opinions are just like buttholes, everybody has one and they all stink!!!
So if you like slick, that's fine with me, i like them too, but I LOVE T-TOPS !
My requirements were:
1. non-turbo
2. basically rust-free or minor rust
3. t-tops - it had to have t-tops, I love them when they are out.
I want to eventually get a 240 & 260 one day (i made that statement to my wife to see what kind of look i would get and she said "that sounds like a doable project to me", I about passed out) and slick top is fine with me, but I will keep my 280 t-top.
Everyone has an opinion:
But opinions are just like buttholes, everybody has one and they all stink!!!
So if you like slick, that's fine with me, i like them too, but I LOVE T-TOPS !
Thread Starter
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 73
From: Glendale, CA
I don't plan to use the factory engine. In fact, the only thing that's going to be stock on the car is well, the car. (the body)
everthing.
else will be replaced with performance parts.
Once I figure out what's what, what's good, what'll work, and what IT does.
:s-redeemer:
um... how do I make sure the car is a 280ZX and now a 280Z??
Crapper jacks.
everthing.
else will be replaced with performance parts.
Once I figure out what's what, what's good, what'll work, and what IT does.
:s-redeemer:
um... how do I make sure the car is a 280ZX and now a 280Z??
Crapper jacks.
Pro Pumpkin Carver
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 2,160
From: Oakland Cali-****en-fornia
Welcome to the largest collective of active S130 owners on the net. And did i read it right, the Z belonged to a chick? We need more 280zx chicks. Tell her to get aother one and come on down!
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Registered User
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 73
From: Glendale, CA
I don't know crap about motors, that's why I'm here.
I want to get about 600hp out of the car. I'm going to put as much as $100k into. So I need to learn some stuff. It's gotta be big enough to put a big turbo kit in there and withstand at least 15+/lbs of boost every day
I want to get about 600hp out of the car. I'm going to put as much as $100k into. So I need to learn some stuff. It's gotta be big enough to put a big turbo kit in there and withstand at least 15+/lbs of boost every day
The Good Twin
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 20,639
From: Wild Wild West, UTAH!
Originally Posted by veritas
I want to get about 600hp out of the car. I'm going to put as much as $100k into. So I need to learn some stuff. It's gotta be big enough to put a big turbo kit in there and withstand at least 15+/lbs of boost every day
simple error perhaps, just curious is all
The Good Twin
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 20,639
From: Wild Wild West, UTAH!
Originally Posted by veritas
I don't know crap about motors, that's why I'm here.
Originally Posted by veritas
haha, $10k would get me what? half an engine?
