Hi,

I'm new here, looking for a possibility to buy a 91-95 300zx TT. I'm French, I moved to California for 1-2 years.

 

Does anybody here knows enough about Maserati biturbo (biturbo/Ghibli/Quattroporte IV) to compare them with 300zx TT ?

Handling, performance, maintenance, strong/weak points. For everyday usage and possibly track days.

 

I own a 430 18v boosted to 300hp, I left it in France. I do all the mechanical work myself. If I had a 300zx I'd do all the maintenance by myself as well.

 

Thank you

the maserati looks like a pile of shite!

 

 

 

the looks alone would say 300zx.

 

let alone thr strugle of getting parts for the maserati.

 

also is imagine very difficult to get tuning parts for the maserait, but just the uglyness of the car would put me off

 

 

:rofl:

I think you've pulled up some old that are a little 'too' old there.

 

The cars he's on about are the Ghibli Bi-turbo,

 

 

 

Quattroporte

 

I've always liked the Ghibli bi-turbo. Pretty funky looking car in a Delta Integrale kinda way. I think they had pretty small engines though. 2.0 V6 or something? Not sure on power, but I thinky they were around the 240bhp mark.

maserati will give a host of problems and not a good looking car 300zx more reliable and drop dead gorgeous and being in california guess which one you can take the roof of. easy chose.

maserati will give a host of problems and not a good looking car 300zx more reliable and drop dead gorgeous and being in california guess which one you can take the roof of. easy chose.

 

It's often too hot in Cali to take the t-tops off most of the year. Especially in SoCal. Most people keep them on as you'll just get burnt and dehydrated.

 

Winter in SoCal sees more people taking their t-tops off and night driving.

 

The Ghibli will get far more looks I'd imagine as they really are scarce in the US. Z32 was a very popular car and there are many about.

I agree with Si, the later cars were lovely looking things i looked at one myself once but wouldn't be as cheap to maintain as the zed tbh or as reliable.

So nobody here's never owned a biturbo (biturbo/Ghibli/QP) ?

I'm not interested in hearing what's commonly said about biturbo, I know this car in details and I've been using it 3-4 days a week for 2 years.

I'd like to understand if a TT will give me as much fun as my 430.

 

Some info:

The overall car design is close to Z without hightech steering systems. First biturbo appeared in 82 and the chassis has almost never evolved until last 2000 versions when Ferrari stopped their production. The car was not designed to be sold during 18 years.

 

biturbo have had 2L, 2.5L and 2.8L v6. The 2.5 was a useless version.

Ghibli 2L 24v were 305hp, QP 2L 285hp, 2.8 were 250hp (225 in US) (18v) or 285hp (24v). Older 2L were 180-245hp but cars were lighter.

Some track Ghibli 2L versions were 320-340hp.

maserati will give a host of problems and not a good looking car 300zx more reliable and drop dead gorgeous and being in california guess which one you can take the roof of. easy chose.

 

I'm not planning to buy a biturbo in California, even if maintenance cost is roughly the same here and in Europe.

The question is more: will I buy a Z (a budget but certainly funny) or say a Fiat 124 Spider (easy, cheap and beautiful) or an MX-5 (still cool) or just another Camry (I hate but cheap and it lasts forever) and wait until I'm back to France.