im reading here in my british victoria and it says that the 1979 280zx 2+2 it says my car comes standard with A/C which i have but doesent work. but it also says they came with standard power steering. and i actually have rack n pinion.. is this possible?

 

Yes....2 ways. The previous owner did a swap OR...your car was actually built in '78 when is was an option...if I remember right.

 

ahhhh alright... and with my other post about the actual HP of my car, im curious wat is the actual HP of a 79 280zx 2+2

 

THEY HAVE THE SAME i like the gearing in thoughs years ..its really not the HP that makes a diff..... its the grearing ....old blue would pull soooooo hard off the start that it was hard to drive her in the rain .this is a unmodded 79zx...this car the 1981 feels a little diff, slower off the start and more pull in the top end ..... i think when factory tested these cars after the 79 to 80 model years were done... They seen that they were unsafe in the rain ....so when they redid them 81 to 83 they toned the gearing down a little bit and brought the HP up some ....i dont know just my take on it..... i can wait to feel the 5 speed pull again.......

 

that y my car soo quick off the line? cuz i mean im still just on my permit and my mom let me floor it and i didnt even hit the cap of the powerband and that thing got up damn fast. i was amazed... unsafe in the rain... yay i have something to look foward to..

 

WATCH YOUR SELF ... they kick out nice in the rain and many z has end up sideways into a mail box becarefull for your frist year or to of driving we want you to be around for you 18 birthday z cars are not toys to be handed out to the frist time driver ....please becareful and feel real lucky most moms would never let there kid get a z for there frist car GO GIVE YOUR MOM A HUG RIGHT NOW

 

lol i am 18 as of tommorow. and i know i totally respect Z's i was being sarcastic when i said that. nah i know she woudlnt leme get a camaro and now im happy she didnt. i love my Z its the funest thing to drive in the world.

 

this is what happens when my zx wont run

 

Yep and it happens precisley in that order!!!

 

I am highly supprised my parents are leting me get a Z car. My mom would not even let me sit behind the wheel on her old car before it was stolen. It was a IROC Z28 with a boared out 351 Cleavelend. I still wish she had that car. I am not a camaro fan. but it would run.

 

Are you sure it wasn't a 351 Windsor?

 

My mom gave me hers! I love my mom!

 

Ok! I'm kidding! There was never a 351 Cleveland OR Windsor in the Z28!

The 351 is FORD motor and would never have been installed in a Chevrolet Camaro...

It was most likely a 305 or a rare limited run of the 5.7 liter 350ci Z28's. If it was the 5.7, you would have known as they came with a hefty price premium.

 

I bought my first Z (and my first car) when I was 15 with my own money that I earned before I even had a drivers license... hmmm...

 

probly was a 305, i always get chevy and ford motors mixed up. But i know it was a cleveland. It said "CleveLand" right in top of it.

 

Chevy never used a 'Cleveland' product. Did your mom buy it new or used?

Someone might have just dropped a name plate onto it.

 

he's proubly thinking of a305 or 350 made by chevrolet witch was an option for that car.

351 cleavland or winsor are produced by ford

 

You shouldn't read the last page first!

This has already been covered on page 1...

 

There's a good chance some one droped a name plate on it. She bought it from some mexican's. It had been droped down, body kit, and new interior on it. The motor was not stock. She sent it to the local (60 miles from here) Motor performice shop and had it completly rebuilt. That cost a pretty penny. Put some new rims and rapped it on Toyo's. Half year later some Mexican's stole it. but did not have enough proof for the doughnut lovin overweght cops round here. Bad Cop, No Doughnut!!!