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[Elite Pete]

I have been offered a ZX300 as a swap for the 3.2 Elite. The car has done low miles with MOTs to prove but no service history its a UK car with leather and a targa top. Im tempted, does anyone have any ideas of what goes wrong with them?

[Admin]

Hehe... damn nice cars in my opinion and was very tempted by one.

Ok. Info I know.

As a whole very reliable if well looked after.
60k on cambelt (need I say more)
Turbos generally need refurb around 80-100k

Avoid pre 92 cars as there were issues with the earlier ones.

Oh, and they are just a little bit quicker than a 3.2 Omega!  8-)

Lots of info here
http://www.300zx.co.uk/

http://www.300zx.org.uk/

[Marks DTM Calib]

I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole.....

Not reliable (and I mean NOT reliable)

Swines to work on

To much power and they dont corner.


These are a car I have worked on and driven.....

[TheBoy]

A mate had one (and nitro'd it). Friggin quick (esp with nitro), but reliability was poor. Also, getting parts wasn't easy. Didn't like corners much.

[Paul M]

I'd pretty much agree with the above 2 replies... looked at them briefly back in my "Jap crap" days when I bought my WRX STi, these can be very quick in a straight line (easy to tune) but cost *lots* to run, and definitely don't like corners -- even a shoddy WRX or EVO will absolutely destroy one on any remotely twisty road. I'd stick with the Omega if you want a comfortable and reasonably cheap to run car, or go with something more focussed if you want performance.