toxik's 1996 300zx Twin Turbo: a worklog

toxik · 10-23-2011, 02:14 PM

Hey guys, so since I've sold my Z, I picked up a great daily driver for myself, a fully loaded BMW 328i coupe. Unfortunately, the hunger for modding and having a sports car didn't go away, and I needed something to help my fix. After checking out Jeffblue's 300zx TT, I thought it might be a good direction for a project car. After spending a few months looking for S14's and 300zx's, I accidentally stumbled upon a rare find. A few blocks away from my house I noticed an abandoned 300zx TT that was living on the street with no plates or anything. One day as I was looking at it (showing my girlfriend what T-Tops are) an older gentlemen came up to me and told me that its his son's car, I asked him for the number. Fast forward 2 months later, I made a deal and picked up the car. Had this baby for about 2 weeks now. I have big plans for the car, but luckily because its jsut a weekend car for me, I'm not worried about the timing of them. I want to outline all of them here, just to keep a good worklog for myself if no one else cares lol.

Some info on the car: It's a black on black fully loaded 300zx from 1996, the last year they made them. The car is completely stock, originally from MA, only had 2 owners. It's the twin turbo model with 5MT transmission. It even has a "Nissan Phone" in the dash, which I thought is cool. The car only had 66,000 original miles put on it since 1996, and it runs strong.

Due to it living on the street for a little over a year, a bunch of people backed into the front nose and the front bumper is pretty much gone, the car hasn't been washed in a year and I plan on detailing it before winter, but for now I just let it sit as is. Here are the pictures:

Upon the first drive in the car after it was registered, we ran into a few issues. The Clutch Slave cylinder gave out and all the clutch fluid spilled out. Thank god I was with my friend Jeff, Jeffblue, and he was able to drive the car back to my house with no clutch... which wasnt fun as you can imagine. Ordered some first parts for the car, a new OEM clutch slave cylinder, a 1 piece SS line that goes straight from Master cylinder to the slave cylinder, eliminating unnecessary hoses in between. Also picked up a JWT pop charger to replace the old disgusting airbox.

It was nice weather this weekend, so I met a buddy of mine with a modded 90 300zx TT and we took the t-tops off and went cruising, good times:

More to come! Thanks for reading,

Red__Zed · 10-23-2011, 02:18 PM

in b4 car damaged shipping to florida

toxik · 10-23-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

in b4 car damaged shipping to florida

haha, :forever jeffblue:

Trips · 10-23-2011, 02:29 PM

Nice

I used to have a 90 NA dark blue with matching int

I do miss it.

Keep us posted on progress

Ron · 10-23-2011, 02:35 PM

Nice find! I miss mine

Watch out for that jacking point. Fender bolts all the way down to the rail and if the jack is not placed properly the fender pops out.. very common on Z32s, lift it from the front or from right underneath the doors.

theDreamer · 10-23-2011, 02:45 PM

In for fight on which 300zxTT is faster.

b1adesofcha0s · 10-23-2011, 05:33 PM

In for new opportunities to PM Jeffblue. Now I can PM him to find out what's going on with the new Toxi-kab.

Cmike2780 · 10-23-2011, 09:45 PM

98intrigue · 10-23-2011, 10:21 PM

Wow, what a sweet find! I'd love to have a 300ZX as a daily.

toxik · 10-23-2011, 10:58 PM

m4a1mustang · 10-24-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by toxik

Jeffblue · 10-24-2011, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theDreamer

In for fight on which 300zxTT is faster.

Toxik's is faster

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

In for new opportunities to PM Jeffblue. Now I can PM him to find out what's going on with the new Toxi-kab.

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Originally Posted by toxik

^i dont get this one.

Cmike2780 · 10-24-2011, 03:17 PM

^^ internet meme.

Hit Speedbump Meme

toxik · 10-24-2011, 03:22 PM

this one is still my favorite:

Cmike2780 · 10-24-2011, 03:24 PM

^^lol

10-23-2011, 02:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,732 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	Nice I used to have a 90 NA dark blue with matching int I do miss it. Keep us posted on progress __________________

10-23-2011, 02:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ron A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,009 Drives: TT '11 PW Nismo #113 Rep Power: 22	Nice find! I miss mine Watch out for that jacking point. Fender bolts all the way down to the rail and if the jack is not placed properly the fender pops out.. very common on Z32s, lift it from the front or from right underneath the doors. __________________ 2011 Twin Turbo PW nismo #113 - My Journal - My TT Build Thread [ GTM GTX Stg2 TT \|\| HKS EVC6 \|\| Custom CarPC \|\| F.I 3'' TDX CBE \|\| SB 6puck clutch/ZSpeed CSC \|\| BC BR Coilovers \|\| SPC camber arms \|\| Work VSS-X \|\| Custom Headlights \|\| PW:JDM CF Covers \|\| Seibon CF Engine Cover ]

10-23-2011, 02:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	In for fight on which 300zxTT is faster. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

10-23-2011, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	In for new opportunities to PM Jeffblue. Now I can PM him to find out what's going on with the new Toxi-kab. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

10-23-2011, 09:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 29	__________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

10-23-2011, 02:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 120	in b4 car damaged shipping to florida

10-23-2011, 10:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
98intrigue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Age: 39 Posts: 4,855 Drives: 2014 Viper Rep Power: 430	Wow, what a sweet find! I'd love to have a 300ZX as a daily. __________________ Ryan - 2014 Stryker Green Viper Gone - a few Vipers and a couple turbo VQs

10-24-2011, 03:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 29	^^ internet meme. Hit Speedbump Meme __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

10-24-2011, 03:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 29	^^lol __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

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