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Originally Posted by djpathfinder
Nice! What are you planning to do to it? Larger turbos since you have to replace the left one?
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yes definitely larger turbos. the previous owner really knows his stuff and has been helping me out. He informed me that most of the upgraded turbos require a 5 bolt downpipe, where as the sport 500 turbos, which are basically the stock turbos with a larger turbine retain the 4 bolt design, so i may go with those. one of the guys from specialtyz ran in the 10's with these turbos. I know that part of the reason this car has lasted so long without issues is because none of the previous owners got very power hungry, so i am going to keep that in mind. i'd rather have a reliable lower hp car then a higher hp car that will give me issues.
A day at the drags | Specialty-Z
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Originally Posted by christian370z
The more I hang around the guys at SpecialtyZ, the more I am falling for the 300zx. Tons of power, fairly reliable, and unique styling. I can't wait to see how this car will turn out, nice catch Jeff!
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Thanks, Those guys have some incredible builds. its amazing how much progress there still is being made on the aftermarket for this car.
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
Very cool Jeff! Good luck with it. One of these days I'll have to head up to NY to check it out.
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Thanks Steve.
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Originally Posted by toxik
needs some big TT's on there  Also base 18's instead of those heavy wheels or gtfi.
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yea i may just do that. right now i'm only focusing on performance mods. once that is all well and good, i will start thinking about asthetics and the crappy *** stereo
I dunno if you can come when steve is here. i dont think nassau county can handle all the ghey.
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Originally Posted by Cmike2780
Wow, that's in great condition and really not that bad for $8k. Congrats on the new ride.
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Thanks. Yea i figured 8k was fair. we started off at 9,500 before the car was inspected and then worked from there. My initial plan was to spent 10k on the car in order to get it running and fix all that needed to be fixed. If i stick with stock turbos i can come in around 10-11. However, if i upgrade i'll wind up around 12, but i'd rather spend a bit more and upgrade then still be spending a fair amount for the same. plus the labor cost is pretty similar no matter what. I view the fact that the turbo needs to be replaced as an opportunity/excuse to modify. i doubt i'd wind up upgrading them if i didn't have any issue with the exhisting ones. so the question really is whether i want to spend more on turbos and injectors or not. and i think i do
