jfairladyz

I'll leave that to one of our resident "H" badge owners

SHADY280

What A Waste Of A V-10

duowing

Keeping on track with the 280ZX forums way to take a thread off topic. This went from a Z-Car research paper, to dropping a V10 into a Civic. Man we rock.

jfairladyz

Its what we do best Our cars don't break down enough to fill up this forum with fix it questions like the other forums and there's not enough aftermarket support to justify enough install topics. So we're stuck here in our own lilttle world just trying to keep things interesting. You gotta admit though, a V10 in a civic would make for one hell of a burn out

duowing

Here comes that new Z06, there goes that Honda Civic. Could you imagine a Z06 Corvette being outrun by a Honda Civic. I know if I was outrun by a V10 Civic in my Corvette I think I'd cry.

Lost Vegaz

Don't bag on Honda's. Honestly best car I ever owned. Mine starts every day and breaks nothing. Same for the wifes Civic. My other cars have more issues than a mental facility. My 3000 GT, just cooked a rear turbo, my Z32 is down with a bad water pump, will fix at a later date. The 280 ZX I'll find out once it is back together. All my other fast cars had serious issues, too That is why I am so anxious to get the 280 up and running. I love how simple this car is. I seriously am thinking about selling the other complex, no room to work **** cars, and just keep the 280 and the Civic

007max

You ******




Speaking of Civics, i just read the Jan 2006 issue of MotorTrend today where they name the new Civic the 2006 Car of the Year. I have to give Honda credit for being able to create an 2.0L engine that puts out 190 horsepower and can rev up to 8,500 all day without any issues. It seems that the 2006 models are flying off the lots too. I think they have only had them for 2 months here yet i see them on the road all the time. I've got to say that if i had 20k to spend on a car that i wanted to last me 10 or 15 years a loaded SI would be at the top of the list

jfairladyz

Great commuter car, no doubt. But the Honda Civic is not meant to be a performance car. The New Si is the closest thing yet and out performs all previous Si's and probably even the Type R's we never saw here, but I still wouldn't buy one with the intention of performance mods. For 20K though I can think of a few other cars in that price range that I'd rather be driving. But then again,I've never been much of a commuter content with great gas mileage while sacrificing my joy behind the wheel.

lww

I'll put my Honda Civic up against just about any ZX on here and it still gets 35mpg, even the way I drive it...

Now, does it suck for torque? Just check Apollo's sig. His lug nuts have more torque than my Honda...

Does it get irritating having to rev to 6500rpm to get power, absolutely. However, it's got 112,000 on it with the same clutch I put in back in 2000 and I've only ever done oil changes and the 60k service... Everything else works perfectly and is in like new condition.

NismoPick

Agreed... I hate Honduhs... but hell, 30 - 35mpg is nice. I was driving a Saturn SL2 for a while & even rallying that thing I got a steady 32mpg.

My POV... good to have an economy daily driver... then you can have other gas guzzlers as toys.

jfairladyz

If I wanted to pay that much for an economy car I could get an SRT-4 and rule 95% of the 280zx in the forum while getting 32mph Now that's the type of economy car I could get behind the wheel of I've driven Hondas before and I absolutely hate them. No offense lww. They're just not my bag of beans. I had a Ford ZX2 SR and not only did it get the gas mileage of the Civic but it owned every stock - mildly modded Civic I came across and had enough torque to not bug the crap out of me while cruising around town. And I only paid $12000 brand new back in 2000. I never had a single incident with that car except for the railroad track jump that broke the rear suspension. But hey, that was my fault, not the cars

KTM200-280zxt

No way would I let a stock SRT4 beat me!

lww

No sweat J. There's a reason I have 5 Z cars and only 1 Honda. The Honda gets me back and forth to work. The Z's get me where I wanna go...

Lost Vegaz

Same boat as LWW. But my Honda's are 100% stock. The way they ahould be. The Honda goes to work and the grocery store. Exactly what they were made to do. Ice cold AC, hot heat. My 3000 gt, 300Z, have no AC, and the 3000 does not have heat, no ducting, no heater core, the controls are still there, just a big empty space behind the dash board, no glove box, except the door of course. Look inside the car looks 100% stock, but remove some panels and wow, where did everything go. No sound insulation, the inside door panels are cut out, except where stuff mounts to. Crash bars are still there, Now try driving that beast to work on a 115 degree day. Total hell. In the summer she only comes out at night, when it is alot cooler. Oh yeah, no windsheild wiper motor either, and the rear hatch gutted, only 3 small wires to the rear of the car, brake lights, driving lights and turn signals. Rest of the sh*t cut out and thrown to the side of the garage

lww

Well, my need for speed goes a little deeper than that. I've never owned a car that didn't get modded.

Even my wife's Outback has a CAI and ECU upgrade...

My Durango has gear reduction pulleys, headers, K&N FIPK, 50mm TB, Hi-po cat, and 3" cat-back exhaust with hi-po muffler and ECU re-programmed. That thing pulls like a beast and will smoke just about anything from 0-30... I especially love it in the rain, going up hill from a stop light in 4WD with some ******* trying to cut around me on the outside 'merge' lane...

jfairladyz

Yeah the 3000GT needs all the weight reduction it can get My friend had a TT version, fully loaded and dont get me wrong that thing was fast. But my buddies 300ZXTT would just rule that car all day and all night and the 3000 was putting out a few more horses too. And to make matters worse he had a huge in car audio/video setup going that probaly weighed more than my entire Z weighs. The thing was a tank but it pulled pretty hard off the line cause it was AWD. He was spoiled little brat, that's how he ended up with the $30,000 car at the age of 16 Beautiful cars too.

Lost Vegaz

3000 Gt VR4 's weigh about 3600 pounds, Sl's about 32 0r 33 hundred pounds. I don't know what mine weighs in at. Mine is a SL - TT. Basically take the whole stock turbo setup and put it on a non - turbo. Same wiring harness just use the VR -4 ecu, and e- manage. Mine also has the stock VR-4 pistons at 8.5 to 1. We got lucky, Mitsu was deep in debt, so no money for different tooling, All the blocks were the same, all stock VR-4 parts can go on a non - turbo. SL's got the same forged cranks, different pistons of course. Turbo heads can be bolted on to. SL's can put out the same power as VR-4's, only disadvantage is the SL's are front wheel drive, which equals no traction, first and second are all most useless.
Alot of people drag the 300 GT's, some are in the 10's. Mine has never seen the track, and probably never will. The car was made for long open roads, and that is where mine does all the racing. Even at 120 plus, the car just grabs the road, the weight keeps it sucked to the road, it glides over in perfections. Even though mine is basically stripped, it still does not feel like it is stripped. Sit in it, it's quiet and comfortable, little louder than stock, but still feels 100 times better than a stripped Civic. Too bad Mitsu was never able to make a great motor. The 6g72 suffers from spun bearings, usually no 6, no one can really figure out why. all most as bad as the 4g63's and there thrust bearing problems. My car is on it's 3rd motor and 2nd tranny. And just cooked the rear turbo, GT 357, 16 G. All right enough off topic

duowing

A buddy of mine picked up a 3000GT more recently. I'm not sure if it's an SL or not. I know it's not the VR-4, but since he got it the clutch has gone out twice and he's had to already replace the exhaust. He gave me a ride in it though it was a fun ride, it really is a pretty quick car. I really wouldn't mind owning one, but after hearing about your engine troubles I'd probably shy away from em.

Lost Vegaz

My engine troubles are from beating the **** out of it. Get home, start it up, let oil pressure go to norm, warm up, drive nicely to freeway. Get on the on ramp, hammer it, 7800 shift, 7800 shift, 7800 shift, 7800 shift, 18 and plus psi all the way. Go home, let it idle for 5 or 10 mins, turn it off and close the door, till tommorow or the next night. It is purely a toy. If it breaks, it can wait for parts. But when it is running good, it all ways puts a smile on my face. Grinning ear to ear. Everyone needs a car like that.

duowing

I've wondered. How does the 3000GT Twin Turbo match up to say the 280ZXT?

jfairladyz

3000GT-TT (GTO/Dodge Stealth) will use the 280zxT as it's boot scraper. Now the 300ZX-TT is another story This stockers to stockers people.

007max

3000GTs and MKIV Supras are nice and all but there is a reason that the Z32 outsold every other Japanese sports car sold in the US combined during the years that it was on sale

RodMoyes

And that reason was not because it was inexpensive either!!!!!

Rod.

KTM200-280zxt

Speaking of price, I don't really understand why the MK4 supras go for so much more money then the Z32. They both are fast in stock form and have a lot of potential but everyone seems to desire the Supra?? My guess is because the Z wasn't "lucky" enough to be in the Fast and the Furious.

RodMoyes

Biggest reason is sheer production numbers. Supply and demand. There were far fewer Supra's here than Z32's.

Rod.