300zx tt

[daytonaman]

Anyone ever owned, test drove, work on, had a buddy with one? Looking to get one in the spring. twinturbo.net sucks for past info and such btw. Thanks for any info

[Will Martin]

I had one for about a week way back in '95. I traded in my '91 Shadow for it at a Mercedes dealership. Got it for $21k, fully loaded except for cd player, pear white, chrome wheels, leather, rear steering, etc. The car was fast and handled very nice. Ended up taking it back as I got military orders to Korea for a year.

[Chucksrt]

Not easy to work on!! very heavy, under powered for what it is. Better off with a Supra twin turbo, or even a RX7 twin turbo. My buddy had one and his was problematic.

[Ondonti]

I think they are cool, but they are hard to work on, hard to modify, and expensive to modify. There is no room under the hood. Something that can more easily upgraded would be more fun..........I think even a 3000gt would be a lot easier to work on.

[Travis_k]

Yup. i havent heard many good things about them either. I would avoid the 3000gt too though, i havent heard that they are much better. Same with the rx7, very unreliable and problems with engine fires. If you really want to spend that much money on a car, get a porsche 951 or something like that.

[daytonaman]

So what Im hearin is that both nissian's and dodge's/mitsu. early 90s (minus the viper) flagships are both crap? As well as mazda's? Well that sux. So the is no twin turbo v6 worth buying?

[Travis_k]

Yes, now that they are geiing to be around 15 years old, yes, they are crap. Honestly, i havent heard alot of nice things about the viper either. (but i cant say that for sure). If you want a car like that get a porsche 951 or a twin turbo supra. (depending on whether handling or power is more important)

[DKKNE]

what are you guys talking about? The Z32 Nissan 300 ZX TT is an icon of performance. As far as problems they don't have any more issues then any other vehicle out there that has been beat on its whole life. I know if several well taken care of 300ZX's that are well over 200,000 miles and running strong! They get a bad rep becasue previous owners beat them without maintaining them.

Have any of you ever driven one? They feel great, handle incredible, and are quite fast stock!!

[Travis_k]

I have not driven one, but i have heard and seen enough about them to know i dont want one. A toyota mr2 turbo would be another alternative to consider.

[saw wave analog]

they are nissan. they will go forever if they are taken care of. twin turbo systems are obviously going to have more problems than an na car, but if reliability is a large concern then modding cars might not be the best hobby for you haha.

they are the number 2 90's japanese turbo car, right below the supra, but id personally take a tt z over a supra any day of the week.

[Ondonti]

Um, they are hard to work on and expensive to modify?

If you get butthurt about me saying that then you need a reality check. The fact that a car has a good motor or trans doesnt make it a sweet car.

No way a 300zx handles better then a 3/s either.

[Travis_k]

No, i never said you couldnt drive one if you want. All nissan performance parts are outrageously expensive, thats just the way it is. From everything i have heard and seen about the 300zx tt they are very complicated and need alot of expensive maintaince. If someone likes one enough they dont mind that, theres nothing wrong with that. Im sure people that drive those would thin its weird to spend money fixing up 80s 4 cylinder dodges to. lol

[dodgeshadowchik]

the problem with cars like those is they were one of a manufacter's high-end sports cars. because of that, they will be expensive to repair or modify. doesn't make them bad cars. like said above, most of these are over 10 years old now, so of course there are going to be problems. i've really never heard anything bad about them besides age-related expensive repairs. (i.e ball joints on the stealth/3000gt are $400+ control arms.)

but to deem them unrealiable crappy cars is just not true.

i owned a 300zx turbo (Z31-single turbo) for about a year. if you want a z that's not to expensive, one of these would be a great buy. mine had over 200,000 miles on it and ran great. the body was just rough. i sold it to a kid who had about 3000$ invested in his '86 and was running 12's with it (lower end had 240,000 miles on it!) so they are more economical than the Z32's. also, the repair parts don't cost as much.

[ednutcracker]

those cars are really nice looking and pretty fast stock, the only downside i see is working on the engine alone, the thing dosnt fit in there and after working on a daytona i feel pain for the guys that have to pull that engine..anyways its a really nice car and if not modded to hell there reliable, my friend has one i believe its a 90 really nice, his lifters are giving him problems so when he checked the expense for repairing i believe it was 400 on lifters only....but i dont think that happenes to everybody, if ya like the car get it, when i wanted my daytona everybody said those cars were crap and mines still around, boosted

[saw wave analog]

if anything a 3kgt is more of a pain in the ass to work on. imagine the engine bay of a 300zx, plus a transfer case and 2 extra drive wheels. my friend is into 3000gt's and i seriously cringe everytime i see his engine bay. theree are 200+ vacuum lines in there if i remember right, the 4 wheel steering shit (300zx has it too though), 4 wheel drive. they have the most bells and whistles and therefore the most shit to break of all the cars in their league. plus they are mitsu.. and in a reliability contest between mitsu and nissan, especially a mitsu with all the extra crap on it that the 3kgt vr4's have.. well.. i dont think anyone in their right mind would expect a more reliable machine out of the vr4 hehe.

if you want a car like that you are going to have to pay out the ass for it and thats just the way it works. the supra and 300zx are both very solid cars, the 3kgt not so much, and the rx7 is an absolute peice of shit.

just what ive seen, dont shoot the messanger