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#431055 Mar 31, 3:10pm
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OK, here's the scenario: I have a non-op '86 300zx. my friend had a '92 n/a 300zx. he wrecked it but the motor isn't damaged. the motor has about 100K miles on it, but still runs strong. he has no idea what to ask for it, and i don't want to rip him off cause he's a friend of mine. any ideas? (motor is all stock)

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If hes including the tranny I'd say around 7-800. idunno

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i would say buy my friends Z it has about 600hp as was ont the cover of turbo mag back in april 2002.

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^^^but we aint talking about the same budget

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off him $1500 if he lets you take watever you want from his z. My friend has a 95 and it breaks ALL the time

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well, mine's a manual, and his is an auto, and i don't really want the tranny. just the motor. none of the body parts will fit on my z. maybe i can take his rims too... (19 rear 18 front ADR) oh well. i'll figure something out. THanks guys wave

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It's suppose to be an awful big hassle to work on the engine on those things, is the trouble to swap engines going to be worth it?


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find a 91 or 92 300zx TT engine and install that one...so much better than n/a...i loved my friends 91 TT...he upgraded the turbo and something else and had over 400hp, it was so fun lol..and t-tops are the best!

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^^do you know how hard it is gona be to find a 91 or 92 TT motor...without buying the whole car? (that was my original plan... 86 body, nice rims and a 92 TT motor n tranny...the ultimate sleeper...)

vampyre...it'd probably be just the same either way. his motor actually runs, while mine has a blown head gasket and a bunch of other problems, but i'd have to have the electrical system completely gone through cause there's a short somewhere in my 86. either way...his motor is newer and makes more power than mine, so my 86 would be kinda a sleeper idunno

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guess your right but i almost could have gotten you one if you asked this a couple months ago..his car was totaled and he only needed about $300-500 worth of repair to his engine and you could have had it, sorry mate. Good luck

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argh. oh well. i know a couple places that deal in 300zx's only, so i'm sure i can find something

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VG30DE motors i assume thats what kind you have right now , well for a motor with about 45-55 k on it it should go for about 1K - 1500 for the motor itself!

But then again the motor your looking at has double the mileage but it comes with the ecu tranny and misc stuff (basically the whole front clip) i say for price range 800 - 1000 would be a good price since the motor has such a high mileage.

if i where you i believe old school american V8 will fit nicely in there. ive seen a few with a small block and also a big block but the big blocks needed a little extra work to get it to fit. Not to mention the weight of the car with all that torque it can turn into a pretty fast car smile

im currently working on a 72 datsun 510 blue bird and ive kinda scratched the SR20DETT and going with a big block V8 454 cubic inch smile (still measureing and testing right now though) smile


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there's an idea...but i'd have to find the motor...but i know lots of guys who drive fords, so it shouldn't be that hard... oh ideas ideas spineyes

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