Looking for a little help. My friend has a 1988 Nissan 300ZX Turbo. I have been trying to find the perfect birthday present for him. He loves this car. Currently the items he wishes to receive are a new turbo(his doesn't work), he wants to lower it and he said something about a short shift?!? I have no idea what I am doing and would love some advice. I have been all over and keep getting conflicting stories about prices and where to buy stuff and brands.....any thoughts?

 

Got a price range you're willing to spend?

 

How about $300 at the highest.....hopefully that will get me something.

 

In that case, you can get both a short shifter and the lowering springs.

May I recommend the ST springs for lowering it.
http://www.thespecshop.com has very competetive prices on them.

For the short shifter, just about any short shifter made for the 240SX will work. Find one on e-bay. The only one I know will not work in his transmission is the B&M.
http://www.ebay.com seems to be the cheapest place.

 

Ok I found some short shifters on e-bay. When I look at the pictures of the parts it seems that some come with a lot more stuff...Do I need to purchase the packages with all the parts? I found a couple I liked better and they are for an 84-89 240SX ...will this work? I know I am probably asking dumb questions but I don't want to screw this up. Thanks in advance!

 

there shouldn't be any advertized as 84-89. The 240SX was from 89-98. There was a 200SX from 84-88. I'm not entirely sure if the shifter is the same or not.

 

You could always try giving him the money and specifiying what he can spend t on? Or go shopping with him for the parts.. so he can choose what is right for the car.

 

some z parts sites also do gift cards, so you might want to look into that.

 

so, I am going to get some lowering springs, my suspension on the american spec one is squirlly, do those st really fit? because they do not show up on the filter for the 300zx 1984-89 na

 

http://www.az-zbum.com/information.springs.shtml

 

what about a coilover kit any good ones?