"dumpsterfire!" (2020covidsux)
05/07/2020 at 08:47 • Filed to: 300zx, head gasket
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"dumpsterfire!" (2020covidsux)
05/07/2020 at 08:47 • Filed to: 300zx, head gasket | 1
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doing my daily morning unnecessary car shopping, when this pops up a half hour away.
hmmm, wait a minute. 5 speed. good. looks ok. good. non turbo. less good. black. dammit i don’t want another black car.
from the details- It is currently NOT RUNNING. It was running well until about 3 months ago when it started running hot, losing power and then died. The fan belt is broken off but I’m not a mechanic so I’m not sure if there are other issues as well.
oh well.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 08:55 |
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She's dead, Jim.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 08:55 |
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buy it and do an LS swap OR keep it all Nissan and put in a Nissan/Infiniti V8
:P
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 08:57 |
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Gee, I wonder if the missing fan belt has anything to do with the overheating
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dumpsterfire!
> pip bip - choose Corrour
05/07/2020 at 08:58 |
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LS all the things?
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 08:59 |
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yup!
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dumpsterfire!
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/07/2020 at 09:01 |
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IIRC, m id 90s Nissan VQ engines have an electric fan, so it has been missing a fan belt since birth.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 09:04 |
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Yeah, I probably wouldn’t touch that unless it’s dirt cheap. If they were driving it around hot, it may have overheated and who knows what could have happened - eaten head gaskets, warped the heads, damaged a cooling jacket, etc.
It could be minor, but it could be a trashed engine, and you’re not gonna know until you either fire the parts cannon (i.e. replace the belt, try driving it, then fix the next thing thats messed up, repeat ad nauseum) or yank the engine and tear it down.
And don’t forget , Murphy’s law states that if you do the former (parts cannon approach ) it will be a roached motor, but if you pull the engine and tear down, it will be perfect and it was just a fan belt all along.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 09:20 |
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300ZX has a VG, VQ was for 350z.
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dumpsterfire!
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
05/07/2020 at 09:26 |
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i stand corrected. i guess i didn’t recall correctly.
nerd_racing
> pip bip - choose Corrour
05/07/2020 at 09:27 |
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Rotary swap it!!
jimz
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 09:31 |
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but it does have a belt driven water pump.
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> nerd_racing
05/07/2020 at 09:32 |
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EV swap (from a Tesla)
:P
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 09:36 |
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The NA was 220 HP so not bad but now days about as much as a 4 CY Camry. I love the look of these cars but would probably take a JDM R33 non GTR for the same price.
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nerd_racing
> pip bip - choose Corrour
05/07/2020 at 09:43 |
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That would be cool and different.
Ready for an adventure!
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 11:03 |
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Well, you could settle for this.. https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grq/d/lena-freightliner-flu419-loader-backhoe/7115920000.html
ClassicDatsunDebate
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 11:13 |
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SR-20 all the things
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dumpsterfire!
> Ready for an adventure!
05/07/2020 at 11:36 |
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i could actually use something like that for snow removal on my driveway!
Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
> dumpsterfire!
05/07/2020 at 12:56 |
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Best looking car ever made. Seriously. I love looking at these, I even love the interior. I’ve thought that an LS swap would turn these into the ideal car for me.
way2blu does a rev update
> pip bip - choose Corrour
05/07/2020 at 13:31 |
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I’ve understood the LS, with its small pushrod-90-degree-V8 packaging, to be one of the only swaps that fits easily in these. Modern 60° VQ engines are actually too tall to fit under the hood of a Z32.
“I don’t care about mechanics, I care about the design.”
- Toshio Yamashita, the Z32’s designer and the man responsible for making simultaneously the best-looking and worst-wrenching import of the ‘90s.
The packaging on these cars is so aggressively tight that even the non-turbo models are difficult to DIY.
I still desperately wanna buy a Z32 someday though.