me and my friend just finished getting his '85 300zx turbo up and running. it needed a new computer. anyways we got it running pulled off the exhaust and took it to the track it ran 12.9xx at like 105mph on a non intercooled stock turbo stock boost 300ZX. talk about fast for cheap.

 

i have less than 5 grand in my car, and i ran 12.60s on 87 octane...

is that your old car?

 

no i had a'95 300ZX twin turbo not nearly that fast. yeah so far hes spent a total of $1600 includein the car., he also has a broken '84 300zx turbo that was running like 10's he had a GT60 turbo on it and a bunch of other ****. it blew the headgaskets so now its sdittin gettoin rebuilt

 

err.. how on earth is this possible? an 85 300zx stock, especially with stock tires and suspension, can't even break into the 14's.. You're telling me he removed the exhaust and dropped over 2 seconds?

 

dood i saw it with my own eyes

 

ok just got off the phone we had a home depot style manual boost controller. he didnt know how much boost he was running

 

I know theres a few boosted cars out there that will do that kinda thing too so it is possible. Usually, dropped exhaust, boost controller, and possibly opening up the intake can make some crazy power on turbo cars if the stock turbos are big enough to support it. I honestly didn't know they were turbo 300zx in 1985?

 

yeah the Z31 body style

 

oh yeah, there were turbos back in '85 on the 300zx. Yes I have heard of some cars that get a ton of horsepower from removing exhaust with turbos and or a tune or upping the boost.. A 300zx isn't one of them though.. Theres many other limiting factors on the 300zx than just the power. Their gears, weight, and suspension back there is a horrible set up for any kind of straight line performance. When the old 300zx's launched they would squat so bad the tires would suffer from extreme camber issues. The car is NOT light by any means for the low horsepower the engine produced. You do not see built 300zx turbo cars running good times at the track ever. They just don't do well. They swap engines into the cars more often than building it or raising the boost.

I guess if he had a manual boost controller and had dialed it up to some rediculous amount of pressure he may have made enough power to run 105 in the quarter, but a 12.9 with stock suspension, stock rear end, stock clutch and flywheel, and a stock block.. seems a little hard to believe still. I don't know you as a bull****ter by any means, and I don't believe you would have any reason to bull**** about this.. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm calling bull**** on what he's telling you he has done as far as mods.

 

actually this car is pretty damn light. but yeah your right this car squats like amother ****er. i didnt believe it either man but i saw it happen. i think were going this weekend im not sure but ill definatly bring a camera. im gonna take the sa-15 out as well since it just got done with its tune.