80 or 90z

this will be my first car should i get a 88 t z or a 93 n/a? what would you buy for 5000?

That's a 88 turbo z right? If so, then i'd get the 88z. It's a decent daily driver and later when you want to make it faster you can just mod it for the extra hp. They both look nice and both will probably have around the same cost for insurance. If you want looks, go with whatever one you like best. If you want speed, then don't even bother with the z32.

uh what's wrong with speed of Z32? granted non-turbo is slower than turbo, but it still can keep up with many of the new sport/sporty cars. if you want extra power with higher maintenance, get the Z32 TT. otherwise non-turbos are just as good. about looks, uh need I say more? c'mon, even some diablo owners decided to go with Z32's headlights and front end look.

a z32 n/a can keep up with a z31 turbo in the 1/4 mile. so a lot of it comes down to looks. if you like older styled cars, the z31, but if you like a sleek sexy look, the z32 (i'm not saying the z31 isn't sleek and sexy, just not as much as the z32).

You better choose your words carefully, freak. :p

Obviously, I'd choose the Z31T....I did.

If you want a faster car, get the Z31T. Stock for stock, it might be close between the 2, but...the reason I say to get the Z31T if you want a faster car is that it's easier and cheaper to make it faster then it would be for the Z32. Less than $800 will get you goin with the stock Z32TT.

If you want looks, get the Z32. Looks are subjective, but most people would agree that the Z32 looks better. I think it does, despite my obvious adoration of the Z31.

All in all...for speed...get the Z31T...for looks...get the Z32.

Didn't you start another thread about this?

isnt the z32 na actually faster than the z31T

stock vs stock of course

The speed of a modded z32 n/a just sucks compared to a modded turbo z. In my post I said if he wanted more speed, he could just mod the z31. After modding the z31, the z32 really has no chance, other than modding the engine and having a big shot of nitrous or doing a TT swap.

i'm gonna go with speed, z31 here i come

i'm gonna go with speed, z31 here i come

Excellent choice!!
I love my 85 Turbo, she was pretty quick back when she ran right!! Do your best to find a 5speed.
Also, another thing to consider, the maintenence and upkeep of the Z31's are slightly less expensive than on the Z32's.

Just beware of "Bitching Betty", and the psyco headlight popping on thing!!!!! LOL :biggrin:

Good choice. You won't regret it once you feel the boost. :evillol:

Good choice. You won't regret it once you feel the boost. :evillol:


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turbos kick ass!!

i'm gonna go with speed, z31 here i come

In the words of Dave Chapelle, "Good mother f**kin choice, mother f**ker!". Dave Chapelle rules.

Once you get on it and the boost comes on, you'll neeeeeeeeever look back. It's the best feeling. Once you HEAR the turbo, you'll never look back. It just rules so hard. The only thing is that kinda bugs me is that I think you're young...don't kill yourself with it...

*I* chose to go Z31T over Z32 N/A cuz I want a fast car, love Zs, and can't afford a Z32TT...N/As just aren't that horribly fast unless you put a ton of work and money into it because they're heavy and don't have the added power from the turbos. There are things I like better about the Z32s, N/A or not, but it's aight...I have my second Z31 now, and the only thing I regret is selling my first one.

As for Z32 N/A vs Z31T.....stock for stock, they're dead even. Both ~7.4 to sixty...mid 15 quarters. Less than $800 on the Z31T will put you into the low 14s in the quarter with the dash to sixty whizzing by in about 5.4 seconds.

the z31 turbo does have lots of advatages over the z32 n/a, but i just can't get over the styling. the z31 looks good, but damn the z32 is soooo sexy and sleek in my eyes. and she is fast enough for me, when i want and can handle more speed, i will hopefully have enough money by then and swap a vg30dett into it.

damn i wish i could sell my car and get the tt zx, i could easily sell my car for 10k were i live and sell my stang and be able to get a 16k 300zx tt, with 16k ill be able to buy one kick ass tt if i looked really well.

But damn i got parents who know what turbos are....my mom had a supra tt...and it didnt help that i was in a bad car accident, i wasnt driving but it was my car ( '91 300zx). If the accident wouldnt have happened i would have gotten a tt this summer. But hell, ill just wait 8 more months and get me one.

I do think the Z32 looks better...I think it handles better too But my 86T has bilsteins in it, so that's not really the case any longer. Be even further from true when I get lowering springs in it with stiffer anti roll bars and strut tower braces.

my stang

EWWWWWWWWWW EW EW EW EW EWWWWWWWWWW.......SELL IT NOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!

yes, yes, sell the stang, nobody should have to have a crapstang. if i may ask, why do you have a mustang?

No joke......

damn i hate the stang...i would never ever get one on my own accord!!!! After the accident my parents didnt want me to have a "fast car" and wanted me to get a luxury car with the insurance i got from my crashed 300zx but i didnt want one. Well since my brother works in the car buisness he got his hands on 96 3kgt with 60k miles on it and gave it to me. But like i said my mom didnt want me to have a "fast car" so she told my brother i couldnt have it. Well anyways a month goes by without me having a car to drive and then my brother calls my mom and tells her that hes got a 99 mustang for 5k at his work with 50k miles...its fully loaded. Well after that phone call she came and told me that i was gonna get a stang...and i was like hell no....we were gonna use my 300zx insurance money to get it. So anyways we get it and my brother told me that i could always sell it for like 7-8k and make some money off of it. Well anyways a month goes by and im being a complete dick to my parents cause i was bitiching all the time how the mustang sucked...so eventually my parents got tired of it and used my insurance money to buy a new 300zx with 40k miles on with all the records....it was in prestine condition! So my mom said she would drive the mustang after i got my 300zx but she never does so thats how i got a stang!

yeah i know what your thinking "well isnt getiing a 300zx a "fast car" and completly going against what you mom said" the answer is yes!!! LOL im just glade she changed her mind and let me get another 300zx....Once u own one you are hooked and will always want to have one.

Also i grew attached to my old 300zx so much after th accident cause the design of it ultimatly saved my life....the engine bay is so cramped it took a lot of the impact off the accident....we hit the bigest u-haul truck they have at 110 mph head on!!! We knocked the u-haul of its axel...thats how hard we hit the truck.

wow. thats terrible. well sorry to hear about your old z. make sure that doesnt happen to this one. we dont need another z in the graveyard.

Holy shit, man...how the fuck did you SURVIVE THAT?!

Parents are kinda weird when it comes to what their kids drive. Mine were in the beginning, but we kinda compromised and it worked out ok. NOW...I do what ever the hell I want! My dad came home from work one day and saw my new 300 sitting in the driveway and was like "what the HELL!?". It was great. NO ONE in my family knew I was getting it. I knew that if I told them, they'd try to talk me out of getting it because it was out of state. It worked out great...couldn't be happier with it.

SELL THE SHITSTAIN!!

i love it how his parents didn't want him to have a fast car so they got him a mustang. that is sooooo hilarious. just like the guy i bought my z from, he got a miata and his parents are like, "yeah, he downg-graded to a miata". that was soo funny.