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With lowering springs, are your springs sagging that bad or do you have an adjustable suspension and just have it to low.

Any picutures of the floors, inside and under the carpet and under the car?

and purchase some fuel line hose. As long as your carbureted I dont see a problem. 170 for 3 lines, WOW thats expensive!

If you have a V8 in your car. Stay away from the 4 barrel set up. You will be better off with your su's, and tuning them and you will also get more power. Headers really wont do anything for the performance of your car with a stock cam.

I love it and I love all Z's:love: but if you cant or wont drive it then imo why own one? No offense to the Z or Burt, but why buy a car that you wont or are afraid to drive? Its a beautiful sports car that is meant to be driven! now if it was worth say 100+k then I would say park it in the garage. Ill never be afraid to drive my Z. Well except in the snow:cross-eye That I will never do.

Have you ever priced and done a 3 ltr kit. Price it out plus doing all the maching and everything to do it "right " and it gets costly. Also look at the engine management system, not cheap either, not to include dyno time to tune the motor. Gets pricey preety quick. You could build yourself a 300 hp turbo motor for fairly cheap. Getting over that hump, though it starts costing, and to do it right costs more! If you notice also in the background all the other cars he has for sale I dont think that the Z is in bad shape. Just like the rest I think they should clean up the car some more.

Looks silly if you ask me. Now I would like to see more pics of that 280Z though, looks great.

With 4.5 inch backspacing They will fit the 240Z-280Z 280ZX and 300ZX 4 lug Dont worry to much, if the price is right Im sure you will sell them.

As I just joined this site recently, but from all the views and replies I can only imagine that he was well respected. No one deserves to die that early in life. I hope your time with him was well spent and that you can eventually recover from your loss.

What it "does" need is to be sitting in my driveway:love:

Would be ZmeFly's car. If I remember correctly from Delta's thread she is going to sell his car to pay off the funeral expenses. You could get yourself a pretty fast car and help out a Z enthusiast at the same time. Its a win win situation!

with hub caps? If so, the best route to take would be to get a drill with a wire brush and grind off all the paint and rust or corrision that is on the wheel itself. Then, try as best you can to match the original color and repaint. Now if it is an aluminum wheel I would sand, steel wool and then polish.

If you do not have any body shop and or welding skill, just the floor pans and frame rails alone will cost you around 1500+ parts just to have them done. That is if you can find somone willing to do it! So now you have about 2k+, invested, you could have a decent Z for that price. Look at it like that! Id personally pass, unless you get it dirt cheap and keep it as a parts car.

Were you holding the throttle plate open when doing the comperssion test? I suppose the car wasnt warmed up either since it cant start. The first thing that I would look at is the Cylinder Head Temperature Sensor. Its the biggest culprit in a turbo car not running. First and foremost make sure that everything is correct first, ie, check all connections, look for vacumn leaks, make sure firing order is correct. More then likely though if all else is well the CHTS is bad. Replace it.

I think the cost is what 12-18 dollars. Much better in the long run.

It should turn as you start your car with a cold engine, if you rev the engine a few times into the higher rpms, it should for the most stop and not give you the jet engine sound any longer.

Hes worried about it having 125k on the odometer, for the straight six thats a walk in the park. I wont go on to mention what everyone else has already said. Rust is the biggest enemy of the Z. That should be your biggest concern. 4500 for a 280Z is a bit steep in my opinion. If its completely clean and rust free go for it if its the car you want.

It is a nice car, and it is very clean, but like I said in a previous post it still needs, and is lacking in some areas where the seller said the car needed nothing. I still say anyone that would want it should buy it, but hardly at the cost hes asking for it.

I live in Columbia, MD. I thought well a 2 hour trip would be good and I can take a look at this car. Ill tell you seeing this car in person it does look nice. As nice as he describes, no. Yes the PO does have a lot of documentation on the car, he DID do a LOT of work to the car, the car DID come from California. Now to nit pick at what he has said. in perfect Fresh Orange original color paint with flawless black interior, automatic transmission, and air conditioning!! 100% factory stock with no modifications and in absolutely perfect condition. Yes the air is a NOS orignal unit, I was impressed with that and it does work very well! The entire drivetrain was sealed and is leakfree. No it is not, the transmission is leaking some oil from the linkage it looks like its all over the bottom of the pan. However no oil leaks from the motor. The complete front and rear suspension was removed while the engine, transmission, and rear end were out and all new bushings, struts, and springs were installed. If this were so then why do I see orange paint on the front sway bar, bushings are not new and NEED replaced, car does sit nice however, springs may be new, look very clean. Rear control arms were repainted. The interior was removed, all glass and weatherstripping was removed, and the car placed on the rotisserie where a COMPLETE professional-quality paint job was applied. The inside, outside, and underside of the car is absolutely flawless and finished in correct PPG Fresh Orange paint and the paint quality is easily to factory standards. Yes the paint does look good till you get to the underside. Where the original rust proofing or something of that nature is still on the car and it was painted over. Very professional hmm, also as stated before the sway bar was painted also. The frame rail drain holes do not have the rubbers in them as well. The dash which he doesnt mention looked nice and clean as well. Its a nice car, under the mats on the inside floors were clean and the car was clean, I wouldnt pay the price hes asking for it, its to much. I would say that this is a good 5-7K car. Still needs some work and other parts to be correct and FULLY restored. Also needs all new rubber underneath.

Valve chatter. Usually you dont experience pinging (detonation) unless the car is warm and under load. That is the time you most likely will hear pinging. It might also be preignition though as well.