I just bought my first 300zx...I previoously owned a showroom condition 280zxT, im selling that now and i bought a beautiful 300zx. This is the second car ive ever owned and im soooo happy to actually own one...Heres some pics of it. http://members.shaw.ca/jcsaby/New%20Folder/
I bought it with some mods already done, it has eibach springs, hks struts, dual performance mufflers, upgraded ECU, super white headlights (not sure what kind) its got a 94' 300 engine and tranny in it...cause the guy i bought it off switched the TT motor for his 94 convertible motor. It needs a new rear spoiler cause the stock one is mushy and falling apart, other than that its mint. I hope to learn alot about these cars, cause i plan on keeping it for a long time and modding it lightly. Is there anything i should know for a frist time Z32 owner??
THanks,
Jamie

 

That is a nice looking Z32 TT congrats on the car.

 

thanks, and sorry i accidently posted this in the appearence section.

 

Welcome to the forum, man, and congratulations.
The car looks really nice, enjoy the ride
BTW, good call on the color, silver is THE best for these cars

 

So, it's a '91 TT with a '94 NA motor in it, right? When do you plan on converting back to the TT? That's when you'll have some real fun. Nice lookin' car.

 

For more info click on the link in my sig.

Welcome to the forum. Congrats on your beautiful new Z.

 

Looks great. Are you gonna keep it NA or do the swap? Kinda weird that the guy swaped the TT motor for the NA motor. Did he want to put it in his convt? or did he blow the TT motor? either way, nice Z. And correction...pearl white is the best color!

 

Hey Tuuurbo,

Congrats on the new car, but I'm having difficulties believing that it's a Twin Turbo body with a non-Twin Turbo engine. The first thing that threw me off was the front bumper...it doesn't have the vents at the bottom. Plus, of course, it has a swapped motor. If the original engine was a non-turbo, it may be much more difficult to "go back" to turbo than you had anticipated!

Easiest way to confirm: Check the body's VIN at the firewall and driver's side door and see if it really is a Twin Turbo body. Spoilers and stickers can always be added on!

 

you know...I didn't even look at the pics until just now.

Something's not right here. Copper has a point. The front fascia is for an n/a. The twin turbo sticker on the back is clearly crooked, so it's clearly not factory. On the other hand though, it does have the factory boost guage. So I'm thinking someone slapped a sticker on the back and swapped gauge clusters. If the clusters were swapped, then the mileage is probably false. Watcha guys think?

 

I think that it could easily be a TT body if the story that the guy said is true. If the previous owner did the swap in his convertible, he would need a TT front bumper or aftermarket front bumper. I'm assuming, he just swapped the motors and front bumpers as well. The front bumper is usually swapped before the guage cluster for the complete TT fake.

 

I don't know if you guys also noticed this, or if it's just me, but the this car also has an N/A wheels and rear suspension.
I'd like to see a picture of the engine comp.
I don't think this car was a TT at all.

 

I didn't notice that until you pointed taht out. What pic could you see the rear suspension in. I couldn't find a pic that had a good shot of that. The wheels are NA wheels, but that doesn't mean the guy didn't swap out the more desirable TT wheels as well. But if the suspension thing is true, then I agree, 99.99% an NA.

 

Easiest way to tell is to check the VIN #. The 4th character in the VIN will tell you. If it's an 'R', then it was non-turbo from the factory. If it's a 'C', then it was originally a turbo. you can go to this site for the complete VIN decode.

http://datsunzclub.net/zcarvinnumbers.html

Did they change steering wheel designs mid year in '91, or does this car not have an air bag? I thought all TT's had driver-side air bags. It doesn't look like this one does.

 

yea, that's a 90 steering wheel. They changed them to airbags in 91. There's something fishy about that car. How reputable was the seller?

 

Did you guys notice the switches for the suspension in the center console?

 

Yea, those cause me to think it was a turbo. You have the sport suspension, mirror defoggers and the mirror adjuster switches right there. It's starting to sound like it's a '90 TT set-up.

 

I wish we had a picture of the engine compartment, or the VIN plate, to look at the right side and see if this car ever had the HICAS system there or not, then we'd be able to put this mystery to bed...
I think it's an N/A because the first picture shows the rear suspension with the kind of negative camber that gives N/As away everytime. I know the wheels can be changed, but if you're putting a TT motor in a convertible, wouldn't you upgrade your wheels inmediately. That's the first thing I always do.

 

Yea, that's what I mean, maybe he upgraded to the TT wheels. And I have a TT and I have negative rear camber, then again, it's lowered and I do have a kit that I just haven't installed yet because I didn't have bad camber at all for a long time and now it's just slighty off, but off nonetheless.

 

I think I jumped onto the NA bandwagon too soon. I think it's a turbo because of the center console below the gear shift (as Rizz pointed out)+ the instrument panel (again by Rizz). One thing I thought I saw that was odd on the inst. panel was the boost gauge. Did it only go up to 7psi, or is it just blurred? If it is an NA, the guy who sold it tried real hard to make it look like a TT. If it is an NA, he deserves a good swift aZZ kicking, IMHO. I'm guessing the car was in an accident, the air bag went off, and instead of spending the big bucks for the new steering wheel with the airbag, he opted for the older model steering wheel w/o the SRS. tuuurbo--run a carfax report and see what comes up with your VIN #. See if you can get the VIN # for the seller's convertible and run carfax on that as well. It may tell you a little more about the engine in your car. May help explain your vibration problem. As far as the suspension sagging issue, he could just have worn springs/shocks.

 

That's a very good guess, but it could also be a 90 with a hanburger logo put in place.

 

ok, I just noticed this, but that cluster is a Jspec or european spec guage cluster. The speedometer is in Km/hr. I didn't notice that before, but I do now. I'm starting to jump on the faked turbo more like NA wagon now.

 

Keep in mind that the dude is in BC. Do they get the same stuff we do?

 

Yea, good point.

 

LOL, lots of controversy on this one eh guys? The car is canadian so it has km/h...the front bumper was switched from his 94 N/A to my car. The steering wheel may be from another year Z because the guy had a racing wheel which he took out and put in his swapped 94' car. I havnt checked the VIN but everything says its TT...like the engine code says vg30de (TT). It was a professionaly done engine swap done at a local shop, and i know the guys there and they knew everything about the car...i talked at the guys at my local nissan shop and they know both the guys 300's, and it was swapped over...sorry for leaving you guys hanging for so long.

 

ahhhh, see my first instincts are always correct! jk..