common guys tt and na. adverage milage before rebuild, who has the most in teh club who has teh fewest from factory. and how long are modded engines running moddest power around 350 or so bhp lasting with minimal supporting mods?????

mine died at an indicated 80k khm its an auto tt. but i dont believe the milage tbh.

My car has 75k miles and engine seems very strong.

 

Really if looked after and well serviced these engines should see well over 100k without a problem.

Bought my car with 70 thousand miles on it, lasted another 7 thousand before it blew up. But in fairness it could have lasted much longer if it wasn't for a incorrectly fitted oil line. I'll never know or be able to find out, but my hunch is it would have seen 90 - 100 thousand in my hands.

 

It has since done 1500 miles on its rebuild and (touch wood) will still be going strong when I sell it to some lucky soul in a few years time!

there is a yank one on 300k atm i believe

My old engine was at 133k miles and apart from a turbo seal, is still going strong. Only reason I swapped was I had a spare manual one that had been rebuilt and is on less than 60k km.

well mines was imported late 2007, has uk clocks now and they read 146k, so no idea what my millege is unfortunetely...engine is sweet as a nut tho

I have one in the garage from my old UK TT, its going into my current TT when I get around to it without being rebuilt, and I'm confident it will be fine for the life of that TT and its done 98K.

Griff 925 here has a left hand drive European model which is basically a UK and Jap spec zed mixed into one,after owning it for 10+ years he pulled the engine out for a rebuild at 250k miles yes 250 THOUSAND MILES and in that time it was still on original turbo`s etc. rebuilt it as he had the time and thought it a good idea not because it needed it.

 

Its all down to care and maintenance with sympathetic driving, oh and a good deal of luck of course.

 

Jeff TT

Edited July 31, 201114 yr by JeffTT
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Mine has 130k miles and it it a uk. Barry sonic has 132k also a uk spec. both still going strong. no rebuild

A thread of people with Z's on original engines and turbos with over 200k miles, and some over 300k miles !!

 

http://www.300zxclub.com/showthread.php?t=146604&highlight=highest+mileage

added a poll for you mate.

Trouble is most Z's in the UK are imports.......which means most dont know what mileage they are really on !

over 130k miles now.

 

bought nearly 10 years ago with 80,000 on the clock as a standard car - have been running pretty much since I bought it with chip, boost increase, filters, zorst etc with no real problems :)

id possibly suggest changing the poll slightly - to say at what mileage did your engine go?

 

I'd be interested to know whats the lowest an engine has gone at!

Mine has nearly 150 miles on it since rebild lol and its ace

id possibly suggest changing the poll slightly - to say at what mileage did your engine go?

 

I'd be interested to know whats the lowest an engine has gone at!

There are 2 issues with this :

 

1. Many of those 60-70k imports could just as easily be on more than double that, without the owners knowing.

 

2. Mileage is not a particulaly relevant factor in engine failure. Maintenance is.

 

Plus most engine failures are down to external components like Radiator pipe or oil feed pipe split.

Edited July 31, 201114 yr by Yowser

Mine has done 79,600 miles - it's a UK spec with history, old MOTs etc.....

 

....and it doesn't use a drop of oil, water etc; nor does it smoke or rattle!

 

Richard:wink:

There are 2 issues with this :

 

1. Many of those 60-70k imports could just as easily be on more than double that, without the owners knowing.

2. Mileage is not a particulaly relevant factor in engine failure. Maintenance is.

 

Plus most engine failures are down to external components like Radiator pipe or oil feed pipe split.

 

Why the imports more than the UK cars? Apart from the obvious like no service history, or service history in Japanese. I wasn't sure if you were insinuating that Jap cars are easier/more likely to be clocked?

 

Reason I ask, I thought it was the series 1 & 2 cars which were really easy to clock? Like my Skyline - when I had the clocks changed from KMH to MPH they simply wound back the clock to read the correct mileage. Jeff told me it wasn't possible to do this on my '95 model without breaking it, but hyperthetically would be possible on earlier models? (Apologies Jeff is I'm mis-quoting you here)

 

Is that correct? Or have I missed your point?

 

Cheers

My Silver TT manual was about 145,000 miles and my Blue NA auto was at 108,000 miles when they were sold. Both engines in good condition. These engines are well designed and constructed and, as Yowser says, maintenance is key factor. Do it properly and don't bodge the engine, they should keep going for '000s and '000s of miles.

 

Oh, and PS, unless you have original Japanese documentation (de-registration cert, service hist) or BIMTA check, it's impossible to be 100% sure that the reading on the clocks is accurate. Earlier clocks can easily be adjusted and reputable places like Zedworld will issue a certificate of conversion. Later clocks have the odometer protected so this re-set is either v difficult or impossible.

Why the imports more than the UK cars? Apart from the obvious like no service history, or service history in Japanese. I wasn't sure if you were insinuating that Jap cars are easier/more likely to be clocked?

 

Reason I ask, I thought it was the series 1 & 2 cars which were really easy to clock? Like my Skyline - when I had the clocks changed from KMH to MPH they simply wound back the clock to read the correct mileage. Jeff told me it wasn't possible to do this on my '95 model without breaking it, but hyperthetically would be possible on earlier models? (Apologies Jeff is I'm mis-quoting you here)

 

Is that correct? Or have I missed your point?

 

Cheers

 

Thats very interesting! Does that mean Series 4's onwards are not able to be clocked? Im sure mine was converted to MPH by zedworld, but they didnt change the milage - that must be why (as it was on 118k km's and now it reads 124k or so, i.e 6k in miles)

Why the imports more than the UK cars? Apart from the obvious like no service history, or service history in Japanese. I wasn't sure if you were insinuating that Jap cars are easier/more likely to be clocked?

 

Reason I ask, I thought it was the series 1 & 2 cars which were really easy to clock? Like my Skyline - when I had the clocks changed from KMH to MPH they simply wound back the clock to read the correct mileage. Jeff told me it wasn't possible to do this on my '95 model without breaking it, but hyperthetically would be possible on earlier models? (Apologies Jeff is I'm mis-quoting you here)

 

Is that correct? Or have I missed your point?

 

Cheers

No technical reason for Jap vs UK.

 

Its just that your more likely to have service history, tracing vehicle mileage with a UK model, and there is less opportunity.

 

With an Import, the majority are first sold here with no Service history , so no proof of mileage and they tend to have far more "opportunity" as :

The clocks are often removed to fit a MPH convertor

or somebody fits a set of UK Clocks

or Nismo Clocks

..and when doing so will most likely alter the mileage to match the original...or less...

 

There is a proper way and a crude way. Either way is very simple to do,the crude way taking no more than a few seconds when you have the clocks out.

 

You also have to take into account that not all imports are fresh from japan. Many will live in other countries first, like Malaysia, , before being exported to the UK some years alater and Im sure dealers would be very tempted to alter the mileage back down to the typical expect "60k miles" that imports are renowned for.

 

Im not personally aware of any difference in the milometer of later models.

I was under the impression that there is a law in Japan that stops exports of cars or engines that have done more than 60k? Hence the reason all imports have done less then 60k. Don't know if it's true or if I dreamt it.lol

I was under the impression that there is a law in Japan that stops exports of cars or engines that have done more than 60k? Hence the reason all imports have done less then 60k. Don't know if it's true or if I dreamt it.lol

 

no, not true.

 

There are lots of these urban myths like these.

 

Cars in Japan do tend to have lower mileage, simply due to it being such a populated small country where Public transport is much more convenient.

Edited August 1, 201114 yr by Yowser

no, not true.

 

There are lots of these urban myths like these.

 

Cars in Japan do tend to have lower mileage, simply due to it being such a populated small country where Public transport is much more convenient.

 

ah, right. Can't remember where I heard that from.