Using Craigslist as a way to make free money...
 

Yep, I'm considering selling the free stuff they offer in the free stuff section on ebay and pawn shops.

What are your thoughts?

Also some dude is giving away his Playboy Magazine Collection. 381+ magazines starting from the 70's to the present.

Kinda nasty taking them off his hands, but I figure I need cash for my Z and some pervert's bound to pay big bucks on ebay. What are your thoughs?

Except for the stuck-together-pages, you might be into something there. :icon_toilet:

I used to do that with furniture when I had a truck. I'd search the free section and jump on the nice stuff.
A lot of people around in Seattle don't have a car or truck and are willing to pay a fee for delivery. Free couch = $50 plus $20 delivery. :D ...and they are very grateful at that! Sure beats the price of a new couch and the store's delivery charge. Probably $500 + $50 delivery.

Maybe I could sell a kidney on ebay?

So it's cool....right? Not doing anything morally wrong...right?

if ebay lets you sell porn idk. check the rules. do research to see what you should be price range. if u need money check on ebay find what parts u can find in a jy. thats a easy way to make money. takes money to make money. for example some tail light of a toyota sells for BIG bucks. of course their is the 60mm tb, 90-110 alt amp, rear disk brackets,5 lug hubs,heads etc etc. or u could do what others do and get a job. funny u say kidney bc didnt they put a ban on selling body parts awhile back bc someone was doing that. sell sperm or plasma. should have plenty of.

theres an adult section on ebay actually. its crazy. but i'd do it, its actually a good idea.

and you could also sell blood plasma and semen..... not mixed together though

i used to sell plasma for booze money when i was in the navy. double bonus: it took less to get drunk afterwards!!!!

thats an amazing idea^^^^ but also not safe at all. lol. and it hurts a bit more than normal no?

nothing is safe. it does not hurt that bad when giving plasma. giving sperm and letting a nurse find a male gspot is a whole different story. i dont plan letting anyone find my gspot.

i do it when i travel, if i go to another state i will look for hard to find parts here there, then bring them back and sell them here..

I have a job, but I'm still broke...

Saving up for a VG30DETT, technically not bastardizing my Z since it's a Z engine...I plan to swap it once my L28 dies on me.

have a nice 5 years swapping that motor in..

hmmmm... good luck putting a vg30dett in a zx. alot of cutting and welding it going to happen. i know of a couple with vg30det. it was a SNUG fit. fitting a vg30dett going to crazy. great motors just doing maintenance on them is a pita. why alot of people find doing a rb or v8 a easier swap then a monster v6. going to take some real abuse to kill a inline 6 in these z's.

Yeah, theres no info on the swap online.

I can get a good engine and tranny for about 1800, thats the same price I could get an rb20. I'd rather have a TT Z engine.

Yeah, it's pretty insane. It hasn't been done to my knowledge, and by the time I blow my engine I'll hopefully know enough to do the swap. But seriously...how insane would a silver slick top 280zx be with a VG30DETT?

I could get a cheap one too.

being fast is a good thing but if u car cant handle it dont bother with it. if i recall u have alot of rust issues. i would get that taken care of while upgrading suspension. these cars a truly corner lovers. ur going to be adding alot of weight with a vg30dett in the front. which is not always good. u still need the ecu and harness. have u driven in a turbo z? not laying anything down but a inline z tq curve is just awesome. especially when its turbo. u know for the amount of money ur going to throw at that motor u can get a custom made turbo manifold that holds 2 turbos......stupid question but how much hp are u looking for. i know the more the better but their is always a limit. u know u can get 200 out of these motors w/o much effort being n/a. sky is the limit but it all cost money. personally i would get the thing up to shape b4 you have a flintstone z.

http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/z.html their are plenty of things to read about these engines.

Yeah, I'm trying to get rid of rust. I know that comes first, as well as suspension. Just throwing the idea out there. I could get a Japanese VG30DETT for about 1800 with the tranny and it'll be doing about 300hp@6400rpm. ECU and harness I'm pretty sure I could pull out of a z32 in Ocala which I would also cannibalize off for brake upgrades and other goodies, though the dude who would sell me the engine and tranny probably carries the ECU and harness too.

I'd be happy with 250hp, I just want something more I mean I love my little 140hp Z but it soooo underpowered for such a great car.

Then again I could also look into the VH45DE again. I was looking into them back when I was going to buy a 240sx shell. The VH45DE is pretty sweet it's pretty much Nissan's VTEC with it's VTC and m4d JDM tyte y0! The VH45DE is a 4.5L DOHC 32-Valve V8 with aluminum-alloy block and heads with molybdenum coated pistons...umm also Nissan claims 278HP @ 6000rpm and 292TQ @ 4000rpm but the reality is Nissan dynoed the motor without the variable valve timing to avoid a stiff Japanese tax on any motor above 300HP.

So it's about 301HP and 330TQ...pretty badass if I can fit it in the car. Also it's cheap as hell, since no one knows of this great little treasure and it's potential.

i hope you are prepared to do a full rebuild, as the quality of the used japanese engines tends to be iffy. and if your goal is 250hp, you can easily get that from an l28et, and for far less money and hassle than trying to stuff the VG in there.

It's already rebuilt, they do the compression test there for you and has about 25-45k miles on it. But you're right, I could do it with an L28ET. But the problem is finding one. Pretty much every 280zx in my area has been crushed, so yeah.

all a compression test will show you is that the rings are still good, a compression test wont tell you if the bearings are shot or if something else is wrong, not to mention almost ALL of the clips you buy on ebay or from japan come from junkyards, the clips that cost $4k+ are cars that where bought running and driving and where cut in half..

i am fairly certain that you could find someone in the country with an l28et, built even, who would ship it to you for thousands less than the VG swap will cost.

Problem is I have yet to find one.

Also keep in mind I'm looking into the VH45DE again.

i would call this soul searching for you z. i know engines are running through your head non stop. you need to sit down and make a goal. u need to know your cap of money. u would hate to get a vg30dett and not have enough money to redo the head gaskets when they blow or some bs like that. vh45de is a good motor. how hard is it to find a l28? u can buy turbo pistons or get some stock dish pistons. if u want forge bc ur doing more boost then by all means do it. tap into the oil pan for oil return off turbo, get a turbo manifold i see them on ebay very often. get a turbo, and ms. seems very simple. just seams to me u need to do more searching(not saying u have not done it)

why not a vg30et? lots of HP less $$, the hardest thing ive seen with that swap it the steering..

Yeah you're probably right. I have a lot of time anyways, I mean my L28 is in pretty good condition it's everything else thats messing things up for me.

Well, I figured if I was going to go VG I was going to go all the way.

fast
reliable
cheap

pick any two...

Back on the selling free stuff....nothing morally wrong with it...if you get something for free...it's yours to do with as you please. Also let me say that my Grandfather used to go around every day of his life "junking" if you will, picking up furniture and many other items from trash on the side of the road...stuff people just threw away. He would bring these things home and make them like new and sell them. He owned two auction houses and made hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars and all this made possible from free stuff. When I worked for a furniture store I would remove the old stuff from the customers houses...free stuff and 90% of the time it was near new condition and every thing from chairs to china cabinets to beds to whatever and I sold most of it for quite a hefty profit. I would say in 3 months I easily made $6,000-$8,000.

If I had my own house with a big workshop building and a Box truck, I would be out there every day looking for trash and making some good money. Hmmmm...kinda makes you think.......:017:

first off bro, never go JDM unless you need to aka an SR or RB motor. second, for about 700 dollars or less you can build your motor into a turbo one, i did mine for about 500 but i add teh other hundred to make the motor handle the power better, aka re-gasketing everything and using ARP studs every where + an all metal head gasket. right there the motors are supposed to be able to handle 600hp which you will never even need. with 400 hp you should be happy enough and you saved alot of money, and the car isnt bastardized at all. or, you can buy my car when i sell it this winter/next summer for like 12 grand. lol. honestly, ive only dropped 1500 into my car including the buy of it and just countless hours and noe have a clean turbo S30 that i can sell for probably about 5k or more if im lucky. now with my added modds i have comming/planned and the body work to make it truly rust free and a super clean paint job it will shoot up in price. then interior, boom even more. i probably wont sink more than 4k in the car and be able to sell it for more than double teh price. just something to think about.

Guess I'll just keep my 280zx mostly stock and just raise up money for when I get a 240z, 260z, or a 280z. And put an l28et in there.

thats some good thinking buddy. and sorry to shoot you down, but with your current funds from hearing you talk (and this is even with your craiglist funds in mind) and your CURRENT (keyword there) automotive knowledge i dont think you could do the swap you wanted until you were 25. lol. im being honest not a dick cause i like you your a nice kid so far. im thinking about a new way to make some money though see my new thread when it pops up in a few minutes.

Nah, it's cool bro. It makes perfect sense, I'm just being to ambitious. Which is good, but I also need to know my limits. I'll play with my s130 but nothing serious, bodywork isn't THAT hard and neither is interior so for now I can just keep up the engine maintenance and try to restore my car since that's a little easier.

Still though...the thought of a VG30DETT powered 280zx is pretty sweet.

Oh, and dude an easy way to make money (my friend does it about 3 times a week and makes 150-200 dollars on each deal) is to sell stuff from royal prestige. You're a salesman, but you don't go door to door and only go to houses where people are interested. I'd be doing it but I lack transportation right now since I'm working out the problems with my car.