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michaeltsun

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I was wondering what will you do if you have a z car, i just starting owning a 280zx car and i was wondering what will anybody that owns or owned will done or have done that that car? my car is not in a bad shape it has some rust here and there but not a lot and i need to rebuild the engine and i m thinking putting a turbo, and also the paint is not bad neither i dont want to paint it right now because i have a low budget  

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well i have work on racing vehicles i dont think is bad combination you talking about the weight of the vehicle is less that the new cars so making around 200 to 300 is easy with turbo and i have been putting gaskets together to make work i spend around 120 for the cylinder head gasket i think but that gasket is use on race engines and i will let you know what happen and how much is the total of this and i will also post pictures of the car, and also i though that if i can make the car weight 2500 with 250 bhp it should be on the 12-13 second in a quarter mile somewhere around those numbers

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i been busy with work and i have done much what i did is  just cleaning up some the inside and see what the ex owner left me behind and i fun a lot of parts and also some stuff i have to replace the drive side floor pan is rust it and i will not like to fall one day while driving on the road is going to be a nice experience for me doing this car because i will also will be doing electrical work because i can see that some wires are not work using but i will be changing fuel injector i know that for a fact and i also have to change the MAF sensor i will not be using that  type of sensor i will be using one from another car because i will be putting more that just atm pressure to the engine

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is going to be a fun car i m going to be using a 66 mm turbo i know i say a low budget but i just want to make it fun and to do that i need to  fix some rust work on brakes lower it and make an fast motor and rear end work and maybe transmission and some welding and other tuning stuff but is going to be bad i can wait to order that turbo but i going to try to make it slow i got other project i need to get done before i can start this one 

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well i have work on racing vehicles.

 

 

If you've worked on racing vehicles you should know that in all instances except for drag racing the suspension, brakes and chassis work comes first and then you add power.

 

Slapping a turbo onto the engine only makes a car faster going straight ahead but because this isn't a drag car you have to turn it and stop it.

 

Here's my list of priorities.

 

1. Make sure the brakes work.

2. Get it running really good.

3. fix rust.

4. Moar lower.

4. Drive the the shit out of it.

 

Follow that list and then add power. You'll have a much better car and a more enjoyable experience over all.

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i m in love with this car and i can wait to finish it but i haven't had the time to work on it and also is the fact that i dont have a title for it but i going to try for a restoration title with new serial number because i have to restore the car itself and i dn't believe it has serial number, i was trying to get a title for it but SC is a little picky i guess but I going to try do it by restoration, if it is true about the year that has on the car paint it then is a 32 year old car

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