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[longlivetheZ]

Just be careful with it, man. My last Z, an 86T with a 5 speed, had bad tires on it when I got it and would easily get sideways in 3rd gear on dry ground. It was down right horrifying in the rain. They're not very powerful, but they're fun...that fun can cause trouble. Have fun, but be careful with it!

[apostrophe28]

yea no matter what Z it is its going to be fun, fast and look kick ass while doing so

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

ok im sure i have told these in differant threads but for those who didnt read it ill tell it :


ok so one friday night me and a couple friends went to this imax and seen some movie dont remember what it was anyways 2 of them were in my friends '03 eclipse and me and another were in my z31 i was following him because i didnt know the way to where we were going .. well this mercedes SLR pulled up next to my friends eclipse and my friend started messin wit him jerkin abck and forth then they took off the guy in the slr was just messin around not hitting it all the way becuase if he did he woulda easily smoked him im in teh right lane behimd the SLR the slr slamms on his brakes so i hit mine my friend in teh eclipse didnt have to brake but he wanted to stay next to the slr so he did .. he slowed so that his rear of his car was even with my door and theres a guard rail on the right .. all of a sudden my brakes lock up im already close at this moment if i would have let off i would hit SLR in front of me then at the last second i have room to swerve over to teh left coming a mere inch or less from friends car my car jerks over after i swerve and throws me into a spin out i ended up doing a 180 in this busy 4 lane road ... i slid backwards in the lane next to the slr passing him , once i finally stopped all i seen was a huge cloud of tire smoke blow past me ... i looked around and hit it going the way i was facing opposite of where i was going before any cops came about 5 seconds later i seen a cop drive oppostie of me i didnt get pulle dover but it was one of those times i wish i had a camera with me ....


reason car jerked me over i found out and concluded is because my control arm bushings and sway bar need replacing i can literally move my control arm back and forth ..

it also does it if i make a real sharp left turn..
i have more stories but im going to leave this one out there for now and let a couple more stories get posted

[k3smostwanted]

ill post a story, the story of how i got my Z32:

it all started when i was looking to get rid of my 1993 Mercury Cougar. i couldnt stand the car another minute. good car for a 1st car but i needed more. i dont have kids, i dont have a house, i dont have any priorities except for school...what could possibly keeping me from buying a sports car??? the search began...i started with the 3000GT, like the styling of the earlier ones but did a little research and found out that they are plagued with many problems and they are a little common on my area. looked at some older porsches and older japanese cars...too old, not enough umphh...i wanted something more. i found a supra N/A about 50 miles from my house. i went and drove it, didnt care for it...seemed like a bigger car than i wanted and it wasnt plentiful at all. plus, the ricer fan base is beyond huge. i didnt like that at all...i then fell in love with the RX7 TT's...again only came in TT and pricey, thought i still love the car i cannot afford one at that time. then along came a what i would soon find out would be a Z32 300ZX...i saw it in chicago and fell in love with the styling. so sexy, beautiful...perfect blend of aggressiveness and class. did some research...it is affordable and reliable. at this time i couldnt afford a TT so i said i will have to settle for a N/A (boy, was i wrong about that).
the search began, for a few months i hunted for a N/A 300zx in either of the silver colors. boom...i found one, $4500 in Kentucky. a very long drive but it was going to be worth it...i was going down there with $4500 in hope of talking him down to $4000. 1991 2-seater 5-speed N/A...just what i want. rented a dolley and was going to borrow my grandpas pick up truck to haul it home. decided to run a carfax report the night before...to my surprise, it had been in 2 major accidents. both front end damages...i said to myself, this cant be. called the guy immediately and he confirmed that he knew it had been in 1 from a previous owner and another from his son which was in the marines at that time. he then goes on to tell me that it had a new motor installed from a 93 out of a junkyard that sustained rear end damage. ehh...at this time i had no idea what teh future beheld so i passed on his offer and went for the search again. (soon to find out that this is one of the biggest mistakes in my Z life).
finally 1990 2+2 automatic in silver in mind conition, leather seats...went and took a look at it. this thing was spotless in and out...one owner who was 65 at the time, he bought it brand new in 1990 from the same nissan dealership it sat on. owned it for the last 15 years and enjoyed it...it was time to get rid of the sports car as he was getting too old and needed to buy a buick park avenue. the guy had left the phone number at the dealership for whoever bought it to give him a call. this is how i found out all this information...well i test drove the car. the car ran absolutely perfect and sounded good with the Stillen Cat-Back installed. i fell in love and talked down the dealership from $8000 to $5500. good...now i have to go to work so i had my mother drive it home from the dealership as she already works up there.
i come home from work to go out for a spin in my baby. transmission doesnt shift in to 3rd gear. problem: my mother grinded 3rd, 4th, and OD out of the automatic transmission on the way home because teh dealership did not decide to check the fluids after it had been sitting for so long. called the dealership and they got an earful but to no prevail i was stuck with the car. at this time, i had a little extra cash so i pay to get the transmission rebuilt. i should have waited and put it towards the, soon to come, TT/5-speed swap but i just wanted to drive it and i am no psychic.

i was happy summer came along and i got to drive my car all over town. did a couple modifications, bought some wheels that got fucked in a drunk driving accident (wasnt me who was drunk). this was not so bad because i ended up getting a JDM fascia and TT spoiler put on and putting the rest for the TT/5-speed swap which would come the following winter (this winter).

well, as most of you know...i am completing the TT/5-speed swap with quite a few bolt-on modifications and i am hoping not to run into any mroe problems. wish me luck!!!

kind of a shitty ending but hey...if you read this far you are probably just as tired of reading as i am of typing. this my complete story, atleast as complete as it is going to get. the beginning of my Z life sucked but i seem to be seeing a light at the end of a tunnel. especially if someone purchases all of this N/A crap in my garage so i can put it towards some 530BB turbos.

[stephenp]

my favorite z story was when a truck pulled up into the parking lot me and my buddie was chillin in (he had a 89 rs 5 speed camaro, i my 50th 5 speed turbo z31) when the truck went passed he chirped, i chuckled, then he lit them up and burned em in reverse where he stopped about then i was already rollin, eyes glazed from the addrenalione and my buddies says(as he turns his head wanna show him whats up i sling my head back and laugh , whats it look like im doing.... he says wait for me to leave (he knows whats happening) he chirpes and burns them out the parking lot and i rev to about 3 gs dump it into 2nd and slide a LARGE circle (approx 35 moddest feet in diamiter) around a pole , approx 7 feet from my rear and i let off and ramp on it into 2 hella tight circles and let off and slide to the exit ... at which time i thought i may hjave caught a fre so incase of athority i limp it about a mile and ahalf she cleared out and i was home free.... went oiut the nexty day and opened the door to the smell of burnt rubber


couple weeks later i saw a honda guy in the local blockbuster parkinglot rolled passed him and lit them up about a 100 yard slide (about a 30 degree an gle slight walk) let off cranked the wheel and ramped back on it slide to a donut then stopped and talked to my buddie talked for about 5minutes when the honda boy rolled passed with his ladies oogleing over and i tglance because my buddie said he was leaveing and the smoke was still there

ok one more while im at it same parking lot i had a freind with me who said my car wasnt as bad as everone says i chuckle and say oh really, going about 35 i rev and dump the clutch into 2nd slide into the 2 way parking lot *(2 lane) slide over and spin it back about 8 feet from the pole at over 35 (2nd was reved and we were acceling for a few moments and the only thing that kept it a little under the actually rpm was the slide) but any way i over lay the patch and leave the parking lot grab 3rd on the way out,still sideways go approx 70 yards sideways to a 180 degree turn, approx a 20 ft diamater.. drop into 2nd to make the turn(switched the front side to sdied to slow but keep the slied asnd change momentum go around the turn and slide one way (inward) grab third and slide the other and aboput then he was like ...... h......o......l..y shit i had no fucking clue i chucked and said talk shit buddie

and as for sliding sideways in 3rd i did it(good tires) into 4th i thiought i was gonna die hittin 104 in 3rd bangin 4th and looking at the roadside

dead of winter
12 psi boost, 3 " manderal straight pipes, 3' stainless steel cone, elec. fan, no pwr steering, weight reduction out the ass, and many more too many to list

[longlivetheZ]

Those stories kinda reminds me of something that happened to me...cuz every story of yours has something to do with burning rubber...

I was only 16. It was the first day I had my first 300. I had to go to work the night I bought it. As I'm getting into my car (an 86 2+2 with a 5-speed), 2 of my managers come out into the otherwise empty parking lot and tell me to light 'em up. I was like...ok...even though I wasn't 100% sure I knew how to do this since I'd never done it. I start the car, mash the gas and drop the clutch. Well...it worked. I look in the mirror and just see a huge cloud of smoke and my managers clapping. My one-wheeled-wonder left a ~50 ft strip all the way through the parking lot that was there for about 3 years...lol...it ruled.

[Broke_as_****]

Well it's kind of a long story but:

I bought my Z, the engine ate a piston on the way from buying it and then I started to upgrade.









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*walks out of the thread*

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

yah so i told this one in another thread probably but once again for those who didnt see it here it goes:


So me and a friend was ridin around in my z31 ... As we pull up to this light this dude in a '03 RUSTANG looked over and i laughed at him so we hit it soon as the light turned green he pulled on me on the low end but soon as my turbo power kicked in i pulled on him and passed him to like 3 lights down where it was red... Soon as it turne dgreen once again same thing he pulle don me on low end but soon as turbo spooled i started passing him and he threw a sode out of his window it ended up hitting the side of my car, splashing on my friends face and inside my car ...

they slow down real fast so i do too but same problem happened , brakes locked up i slid forward and controled it but then my steering shifted me and it threw the front of my car right so teh rear got thrown left i countered then there was alot of dirt and stuff on teh ground form road work down that whole street and i slid back teh opposite way sliding backwards to a halt then i ht it and drive around in a circle real quick start to chase those punks ......
So we are at this stoplight and we see them like 5 cars ahead so my friend gets out and runs after their car and they are in front so at this point the light turns green i pulled around teh corner to get him and we never found the guys but still looking at every dark blue mustang to see if i recognize the person...




kinda a long way to put it all but hey it sounded better that way lol

[longlivetheZ]

I would have gotten the plate number. I can find anything on the net......I'd show up, park my car in their front yard, shit on their doorstep and beat the hell out of the guy for good measure...

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

yah .. well what goes around comes around hell get whats coming to him , might not be today , might not be tomorrow but eventually his time will come lol


the whole things pisses me off but just thinking about a pop getting splashed in my friends face all over makes me laugh

[Driftertank]

Okay, since the burnout stories came up, I have a kind of funny one. It really isn't a Z story, but it's entertaining.

I was out cruising one night, and we're parked outside Jack in the Box. I'm driving my accord. This moron in a Focus is going on about burnouts and talking shit. He tries to do one. He gets one wheel spinning in first then tries to grab 2nd and bogs it. So now all the little high school punks are talking about shitty little burnouts. I decide to show 'em wassup.
Now, my Accord is mostly stock, with only exhaust and intake work done, but after I burned up a $300 Proactive clutch in less than a year, I had decided to throw a CM stage 4 and 8 lb. flywheel in it. So, after strategically moving the car so that everyone can see the pass. side tire (that's the one that usually lights), I reef on the parking brake, rev it up, and dump the clutch, carefully holding my revs right at six grand. I see satisfying wisps of smoke start pouring over the fender, then realize that the drivers side is smoking, too. Bonus points. I hold that way for about twenty seconds, then release the e-brake and start moving, pulling out of the parking lot and taking off down the street. I circle the block, and start back. As I drive by, I see a cop in the parking lot, so I decide to keep driving. I finally head back about half an hour later, and as I pull up, the dude in the focus tells me the cop was pulling into the lot as I was pulling out, and if I'd held for two more seconds, i woulda been busted. But, he says, they liked the smoke show, and told the cop it was a green accord on 18's with a turbo H22 from the tri-cities. Like I said, mines mostly bone-stock, right down to the factory 15's with missing center caps. And it's black. But I left 2 eighty foot black streaks, with holes in the pavement at the start.

Now, to keep it Z relevant, About a year ago, I did an even longer burnout in that same lot in my '77 Z. The holes in the pavement are visible to this day, and probably will be until they repave the lot. But the only witness to that one (that I know of, anyway) was my buddy Jeff. Someday I hope to mark that lot with my 323 rally car, but with only 90 horsepower, I'm rather dubious about the prospects of that.

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

Originally Posted by Driftertank

(that's the one that usually lights)

lol best part thats funny ..



yah thats one thing i hate about the '86 300zx is that it didnt come with a lsd stock ...

if im not mistaken i think they started it in '87

[longlivetheZ]

Nope...the only models with stock LSD is the 87-89 turbos. It's an R200 Clutch type LSD.

Short one:

I went to my highschool's parking lot and did some wicked doughnuts in my 86 T...if you were good, you could lay some good rubber outta that thing. I was pissed when I went back 2 days later to view the carnage and they had repaved...lol.

[xXxRocker5150]

wow, good stories guys, I haven't even tried to burn out yet, I'm afraid I'll do somthing to my car ...

[longlivetheZ]

Ha...you gotta, man. It's a must. And your car has the LSD in it...no one wheel wonder for you. It's tricky, though. The Z31T HAS enough power to do it. It's just tricky to get the right amount of brake force to keep the car from speeding up too much, which will ruin the burn out, and enough throttle to keep the RPMS at the right level to keep the tire (or in your case, "tireS") smokin. It takes a bit of practice, but the Z31 can roast rubber pretty well. Laid some good strips in my NA Z...laid some REALLY good strips in my old Turbo once I learned how to do the dance properly...