My 300ZX Plans

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2010 08:50 Written by Jason C. Friday, 3 December 2010 12:57

It has been a while since I have posted anything here but I wanted to just drop a quick update.  The car is mostly just sitting in the garage waiting for me to get enough time and money to get the parts I need to replace the timing belt and install AMS pulleys, etc.  It is not running as it should and a stretched timing belt is my next guess.  If that doesn’t fix it then it is likely a compression issue in which case it is RB26DETT time.

I drove the Z to work last week since my wife’s S430 had an airmatic strut go out that I had to replace.  While I was driving the Z I decided to try to find a picture of a white Z in Japan that I hope my car looks like some day.  The one in these photos below is very close with everything but the wheels.  I’m still leaning towards the G35 coupe 17″ staggered wheels for that.  Anyway, this is a 1999 in Japan that I found for sale on some website and just wanted to share the photos here.

Z’eroing in – My 300ZX Search

Last Updated on Monday, 19 July 2010 01:02 Written by Jason C. Monday, 19 July 2010 01:02

The search for my next 300ZX is about 3 months old now and I may have finally made up my mind to make a move on one.  This is a white 1996 2+2 that is for sale in Kentucky and I have been in talks with the owner the past couple of days trying to iron out the details.

This could be the one.

This car is VIN JN1RZ26D8TX590627 which is one of only 19 White 5 speed 2+2s made in 1996 that had the charcoal interior.  From the pictures that I have seen it looks to be in very good condition, the owner is getting the fender replaced and painted so it should be cosmetically sound.  If I do end up with this car I haven’t decided the first thing that I will do to it.  I may opt to do the wheels depending on how much tread the tires have left.  I don’t think that it has the kind of exhaust on it that I like so I may end up going with a new exhaust and intake as my first upgrade.

Once again, I’m just rambling now but I wanted to post this quick update that the search may be over and the fun is just about to begin.