The Biggest Thread

[Frogy Mike]

Originally Posted by shaggy

I copied this from my local board. The guy also has a 1993 300z

Yes. At stock power levels they are great. When you push them more and more they get to be some what tricky. The crank problem is being worked on I think. I haear that the guy from huntington with over 700AWHP is testing a different crank. That could be wrong though. Also, our cars have problems with spinning main bearings. The block supposedly does not supply the area with oil properly so many have had bad luck with this. The Getrag transmission seems to be the biggest problem though. Our gears are beastly and may be just as strong as Supra gears, but being a more complicated AWD design we have some flaws. The synchros are pretty weak and can go out if the car is driven hard (and improperly). Our center differential, known as a Viscous Coupling Unit, can overheat and puke out silicon goo and then the car wont move too well. Then the output shaft and transfer case problems I spoke about before. Also the shift forks are not the strongest out there. If someone is claiming to have a high HP 3S then they have dropped some serious coin to make sure this car will last. Solutions are: MW 300M output shaft ($600), MW 300M transfer spool ($600), Kormex output shaft and transfer spool (not as strong as the MW but only $250 each), center diff eliminator ($300 but locks the car in 50/50 F/R torque split), steel transfer case (still working on it $300), possibly a new CFDS ($1200), and all the other crap. But anyways, you can see what I am talking about. I am dealing with all of these problems and my car is almost stock. There are not that many 600whp+ 3S cars out there. Ok, my lesson on the stealth/3000GT is done for today. Now you know why I have been traveling on foot for the last 6-7 weeks.

Actually, the quality is pretty decent. The bad design was in the early Getrag trannies and the general oil circulation in the 6G72 block (this block is in alot of cars, and was not designed for the 3s). 2nd and 3rd gen transmissions have little to no problems. The 6 speed swap is a great one for an easy solution to the 1st gen problems. It cost alot though.

Our cranks are known to be ticking time bombs past 500 AWHP. It isnt a question of if the crank will die, but when it will die. Also, if it is a 92 then it has the crappy transfer case (known to explode past 400AWHP) and possibly the 18 spline output shaft (bereaks and strips). I dont know. I didnt think any of the super high HP 3S cars were in Pitt. There are a few closer to Philly and one in Huntington WV that I know of.

3000gt is not a 300zx

[Traction Issuez]

and who cares, i don't know what the convo is all about but i'm putting in my damn 2 cents for fun.

[Frogy Mike]

me getting into an accident, and shaggy mixing up a 3KGT with a 300Z

[American Psycho]

Originally Posted by Frogy Mike

me getting into an accident, and shaggy mixing up a 3KGT with a 300Z

:mecry: shows how much i read post :thumb:

[American Psycho]

Originally Posted by Traction Issuez

and who cares, i don't know what the convo is all about but i'm putting in my damn 2 cents for fun.

The fun machine requires 50 cents !

[bmxer99]

i think ill go with the 96, there rarer, but they dont mod as cheap as teh 91's do.. but im not into modding super high, just enough to kick the civic's asses and as well as the ford focus club at my school.. imma shoot for 2k invest into the car(doesnt count new engine) that should give me 70hp (220hp stock) with 2k invested, thats without getting a turbo, with a turbo i should be at 400hp or so.. do yall think the same?

[Eddy_Wu]

let go keep posting :thumb:

[Frogy Mike]

Originally Posted by bmxer8699

i think ill go with the 96, there rarer, but they dont mod as cheap as teh 91's do.. but im not into modding super high, just enough to kick the civic's asses and as well as the ford focus club at my school.. imma shoot for 2k invest into the car(doesnt count new engine) that should give me 70hp (220hp stock) with 2k invested, thats without getting a turbo, with a turbo i should be at 400hp or so.. do yall think the same?

just remember how hard the car is to work on with the cramped engine bay, shanging the spark plugs is a nightmare and a half. and dont get a VQ-TT engine from japan, i know some one who did the swap and the car wont even start...prolly just the engine, but now he has over 25k in the car.

[70chevelless]

C'mon, we're close to 500 pages

[bmxer99]

Originally Posted by Frogy Mike

just remember how hard the car is to work on with the cramped engine bay, shanging the spark plugs is a nightmare and a half. and dont get a VQ-TT engine from japan, i know some one who did the swap and the car wont even start...prolly just the engine, but now he has over 25k in the car.

yea i know how it is, my sister has a F-bird and its a pain in the ass to change the plugs, its almost impossible, so damn cramped

[bmxer99]

ok so do random posts like these to get there?

[Frogy Mike]

its worse then an f-body. they are the easiest thing compared to changing the plugs on that

look at www.ttzd.com and goto the tecj section, but they are really nice cars

[bmxer99]

Originally Posted by Frogy Mike

its worse then an f-body. they are the easiest thing compared to changing the plugs on that

look at www.ttzd.com and goto the tecj section, but they are really nice cars

pain in the ass!!!!!!! omfg... gayyyy. o well the fun things always come with a price.
ill get my dads assistance...along with a manual

[Blair_355]

well do you always buy a car thinkin ohh this will be hard to change the plugs???
you dont have to change them every week lol

[American Psycho]

Changing LT1 plugs in a f-body is the worst ever. Thank goodness i dont own one any longer