I,m a new member of the zed world and am going to buy my first car on friday. i,m a mechanic and mot tester by trade and know what to look for when buying cars... but i reckon the zed isnt your average car????

could anyone give me any info on what to look for, ie. common probs & things that i should know before buying.

the car i,m buying is a 93 twin turbo manual, with apexi bovs, kakimoto ss exhaust from cats back, brembo front brakes, leather, 19 inch alloys, turbo timer. thats all i think. the car is actually on this site the link is

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/vbgara...do=view&id=7889

 

Any info on the car or if anyone knows of it, i would appreciate it greatly as this is my first pottential zed and i want to buy a decent car.

 

thanks for now

 

George

Firstly welcome to the club George. That link you've posted doesn't work, so I can't comment on the car. The main thing to look out for is damaged turbo seals which will show up usually buy blowing white smoke on tick-over. Start the car up and let it warm up before driving it, you may get some condensation but if it's chucking out loads of white smoke the seals are shot. It's an engine out job to do the turbos so your looking at a couple of grand easy. These are very expensive cars to run as people find out to their horror so my advice would be to have at least a couple of grand tucked away for repairs and maintenance. Good luck with the car mate, hope it's a good en'

Hey George.

 

There's a what-to-check FAQ somewhere - hopefully one of the clever boys will put up a link - I don't know how to.