hey everyone

[Joe300Z31]

hey i'm new here and just sayin hi and that i think
this site is awesome and a great help in working
with my car. its also giving me ideas constantly.
i'm 17 and have an 87 300zx...put a lot into it already
and still continuing to restore and mod it. if u think think this
thread is a waste of life...i'm sry...its my 1st day haha

[DeleriousZ]

good to have you here man, yet another Z31 owner... i told you k3, we're taking over the world....

anyway, good to have you around man, should get some pics up of the car what have you done to it so far?

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

good to have you here man, yet another Z31 owner... i told you k3, we're taking over the world....

anyway, good to have you around man, should get some pics up of the car what have you done to it so far?

your not taking over the world...just this forum. civic's with idiots behind the wheels still own the world.

[Joe300Z31]

yeah i should get some pics up...ok heres my car's life story...
i picked it up for 600 with 114k on it...pretty good condition and i had
plans for it. as i was driving i didn't notice that my brakes were too bad but obviously i found out when i went to get off the parkway and there was no brakes...so i take my exit...slide to the other side of the street and hit a curb(went in between 2 cars b4 hitting the curb and almost died).. this is when it was still stock. i thought it was ok at 1st then i hear this rubbing noise...so i pull into this bus terminal near by to check it out...(i go to open my door and as i do i dent my fender)i see my front drivers side wheel kinda loose or acting independent. i get it home and it stays there 4 a while. what happened was when i hit the curb, my tension rod snapped. this caused my wheel to go back as the rear wheels were pushing the car. this cause pressure against my fender and is which it dented when i opened my door.
so the project began. new tension rod. 75 from dealer. had to get a new control arm too...200 from dealer. figured when i was doing suspension i'd get some stuff. tokico gas shocks and lowering springs cost me about 350 i think. replaced master cylinder(for obvious reasons) new rear calipers because they were seized. new cross drilled slotted rotors. new muffler. new tie rod ends. short throw shifter. home made intake. wires, plugs, filters, battery, rear strut bar, new timing belt and water pump...and the list goes on...I'm just thinkin of some mods for my engine now and getting that fender fixed. oh yeah and i got msds headers 4 it but they aren't installed...i'm afraid of doing it haha

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by Joe300Z31

yeah i should get some pics up...ok heres my car's life story...
i picked it up for 600 with 114k on it...pretty good condition and i had
plans for it. as i was driving i didn't notice that my brakes were too bad but obviously i found out when i went to get off the parkway and there was no brakes...so i take my exit...slide to the other side of the street and hit a curb(went in between 2 cars b4 hitting the curb and almost died).. this is when it was still stock. i thought it was ok at 1st then i hear this rubbing noise...so i pull into this bus terminal near by to check it out...(i go to open my door and as i do i dent my fender)i see my front drivers side wheel kinda loose or acting independent. i get it home and it stays there 4 a while. what happened was when i hit the curb, my tension rod snapped. this caused my wheel to go back as the rear wheels were pushing the car. this cause pressure against my fender and is which it dented when i opened my door.
so the project began. new tension rod. 75 from dealer. had to get a new control arm too...200 from dealer. figured when i was doing suspension i'd get some stuff. tokico gas shocks and lowering springs cost me about 350 i think. replaced master cylinder(for obvious reasons) new rear calipers because they were seized. new cross drilled slotted rotors. new muffler. new tie rod ends. short throw shifter. home made intake. wires, plugs, filters, battery, rear strut bar, new timing belt and water pump...and the list goes on...I'm just thinkin of some mods for my engine now and getting that fender fixed. oh yeah and i got msds headers 4 it but they aren't installed...i'm afraid of doing it haha

thats scary man...never driven a car with no brakes, and i never want to either.

glad to see your getting it back together and everything is going good. i assume you have a N/A since you bought headers.

i will let the Z31 guys guide you on your way to many more of fun Z years to come.

[Joe300Z31]

yeah i plan on modding it to an extent as n/a b4 college and then swappin after college

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by Joe300Z31

yeah i plan on modding it to an extent as n/a b4 college and then swappin after college

nice, i say sell it and move "UP" to a Z32. DZ: its so easy to get you all riled(sp?) up...

[drumpet15]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

good to have you here man, yet another Z31 owner... i told you k3, we're taking over the world....

^Hell yeah!
Lol, good to have you here, man.

[xXxRocker5150]

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

your not taking over the world...just this forum. civic's with idiots behind the wheels still own the world.

lol where is Wes anyways??? meh who cares..




dude it'd be alot simpler just to do a turbo swap, as moding an n/a is like buying a z32... you get the point - right Jason


j/k


but the first upgrades you should do are intake, headers, and exhaust with either a high flow cat, or a gutted cat, depending on where you live. Anything other than that is really just a waste of money.

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by xXxRocker5150

dude it'd be alot simpler just to do a turbo swap, as moding an n/a is like buying a z32... you get the point - right Jason

no, i dont get the point. it actually makes no sense to me. modding an N/A is like modding a 300hp Twin Turbo car that has won nameless awards? hmm....let me think............................NO!





you guys are out of your mind, ya get stuck with an inferior car and you have to try and convince yourself that it is better. i understand guys...its ok. disappointing...

[DeleriousZ]

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

you guys are out of your mind, ya get stuck with an inferior car and you have to try and convince yourself that it is better. i understand guys...its ok. disappointing...

one more and i'm taking it to the mod's corner, i've had enough

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

one more and i'm taking it to the mod's corner, i've had enough

huh? i must have missed something...

[Joe300Z31]

Originally Posted by xXxRocker5150

but the first upgrades you should do are intake, headers, and exhaust with either a high flow cat, or a gutted cat, depending on where you live. Anything other than that is really just a waste of money.

yeah all i've done really is suspension, brakes,muffler, headers that aren't in yet, and i'm lookin into doin that plenum thing and some universal magna flow cat. i'm in nj

[xXxRocker5150]

^That's a good plan... you could do the permacool fan thing too.

[Joe300Z31]

Originally Posted by xXxRocker5150

^That's a good plan... you could do the permacool fan thing too.

yeah...i should get a fan cover too haha. i bought it with it gone and
the fan i have on there now looks like it was hittin it. where would i find one
of these fans? i looked on ebay and only found one for some ford.