#TBT: Nissan 300ZX | The powerful rad-era supercar that time forgot? | Articles

Still my favorite car of the era, I think they look as good today as they did back then. 

The transmission, FS5R30A, is absolutely fantastic in these.

Always loved them. But by the time I got of college (dec 2005) you had two choices. 

Ratted out, high mileage headaches or pristine low mileage examples that were $$$$$$. 

Also, IIRC, looking under the hood of a TT model was enough to cause a panic attack due to the lack of room and massive amount of vacuum hoses everywhere. 

z31maniac said:

Always loved them. But by the time I got of college (dec 2005) you had two choices. 

Ratted out, high mileage headaches or pristine low mileage examples that were $$$$$$. 

Also, IIRC, looking under the hood of a TT model was enough to cause a panic attack due to the lack of room and massive amount of vacuum hoses everywhere. 

Same here, it falls into the same trap as the 3000 GT in my book, I’d love to own the TT version of both cars in my collection of misguided nostalgia but keeping them running and in good order is work I know I don’t want to tackle. 

Seems like an LS swap would solve all the vacuum line problems and get you all the power a breathed on TT VQ gets you. I remember all the work Mike Kojima put into a 300 at his days at Sport Compact Car magazine and it got him about 600hp.