today I'm gonna talk about a classic sports car this is a 1991 Nissan 300zx
twin turbo as you can see it's got quite a bit of wear that low front end
it's whacking into speed bumps here in Houston all the time and you can see
this is a Nissan Fairlady Z Z one twin turbo with dual exhaust
though these twin turbos were only made from 1991 to 1996 now on their day they
were fast cars puts out 300 horsepower
fancied all up the Nissan twin turbo v6 engine strong engine any owner's
modified it quite a bit it's got a howl racing aluminum radiator and these are
fast becoming collectors cars the price is starting to rise now originally this
was about a $36,000 car which was a lot of money back in 1991
so like any car their values got lower over time only now they're starting to
go higher it would not be a bad idea to pick one of these up and restore these
things now I can go zero to 60 between five and six seconds which of course
isn't fast today the Corvette I had the other day did it in like 2.6 seconds so
it's not comparable to a modern car and it has a top speed of 155 which is
limited by electronic governors but as it stands as a classic car it's a very
good classic car that you might want to purchase because after all this is 1991
it's probably one of the best years they ever made cars he's had the classic
Japanese reliability and has a discs in the back not gigantic but it would
enough to stop it that's all does this one is it's a
little bit worse for wear and even side what do you expect you know it's a
classic two seater here this one's got a nice strengthened the bar in the back to
make the frame tighter for corner anyway the state-of-the-art transmission for
those days a five-speed standard transmission that was virtually
indestructible and for its day look it even had sport and touring suspension
is a big deal back in 1991 well start it up starts right up just like any Japanese car
you can hear some turbo whine
let's take you for a spin and see what he can do now let's see if the
twin-turbo still work yep they still work
still has pick up too it can hear those turbos whining down and man the AC still
works typical Japanese car now while we're driving it around yeah it's a
little rough riding even with a fancy suspension it's kind of worn out on this
whole thing but this is a fun little reliable sports car even though it's a
1991 great handling still nice and tight handling not slapping even with all this
age you can hear those turbos whining they make more noise the older there ya
know compared to a modern sports car hey it's got enough dynamite or once it does
have 300 horsepower but with its weight it's not super super fast in the state
was a real screamer but it's Japanese reliability it's when
Nissan was making reliable cars you can get these things and still not have to
do that much work on them the body is this one has one hundred and forty nine
thousand miles it is on its second engine the first engine whoo you push
any car eventually it's gonna blow the engine but you really get speed out of
this thing you gotta push it pretty high rpms that's just how the engine is and
as you can see the technology's been outdated we're talking about Auto metal
paint cassette sound system but it is a Bose it still sounds good
and really the value on these older ones just keeping them original you start
putting a bunch of crap on them and the value goes down because they don't have
all the original equipment off this particular one the body parts are much
the worse for wear what paint a few plastic parts begin to
look like new that's got the cool T tops
you can take them both off if you want make it kind of a convertible and
there's a lot of guys that keep them coming as a rant car they won't do them
over they'll keep them kind of ready looking to show what they are an old
classic ready sports car and since there are classic six-cylinder longitudinal
design with rear-wheel drive these make great drifting cars parts are readily
available as are aftermarket add-ons to give you
more performance not all that expensive either after all that's how the Nissan
these series were nice sports cars fun zippy to drive but they didn't break
down and they weren't super expensive although at 36,000 dollars this thing
wasn't cheap back in 1991 with the twin-turbo setup this was Nissan's top
of the line car at the time but they can be fun and easy to maintain look here's
the fuel filter yes right they're not hidden inside the gas tank right in the
front these things are easy to work on and look at the fraud headlamps this
isn't plastic this is glass it doesn't fade much nicer than that cheap plastic
they're using these days and this particular one the body's still
in good shape the frame is good underneath I'm sure I can hear a little
bit of noise from the rear-end differentials a little bit want to
expect that when you have performance problems you can have it rebuilt you can
buy a remanufactured want or you can take a trip to the junkyard and try a
used one if you're the gambling type let's think about getting one of these
that's a toy you better hurry up because the prices are starting to get pretty
sky-high now people bought all the other collectibles now look at these twin
turbos z cars and strange it up for an old sports car you can still use these
things as daily drivers like my customer does just realize it's a period car back
in 1991 the Corvette guys are scrambling to go 0-60 as fast as this thing did but
as I said the modern Corvette would just blow this thing away
it does it between two and three seconds this thing's much slower than yeah
don't compare it to more modern ones and this thing is now thirty years old let's
see what those mid-engine Corvettes like just started making are gonna be like in
30 years if they've got 150,000 miles or so on them it's a fun dependable sports
car put a little money in one if you get one that's beat-up you can drive it for
years and like I say their values are starting to go up so if you get them now
mix one up nice you might even make money on it if you sell it in five ten
years assuming you don't wrap it around a tree this is an old car there's not any
kind of collision avoidance systems and stuff on it you get one of these you
better know how to drive if y'all buy it this is a real driver's car five-speed
shipped it yourself you know how to drive don't buy one of these so now you
know the truth about these nice 300zx twin turbos the classic sports car
that won't break your budget and can be driven every day and here's some bonus
questions and answers Estrada says Scotty I really like the Porsche SUV
which one is best the best one is the one your neighbor owns cuz then you know
to pay for repairs cigs arounds us money pets and realize that a lot of them
they're not really Porsches they got Volkswagen engines and stuff in a
Volkswagen by Porsche out ages ago they're overpriced money pits you know I
mean if you really have to get one take my advice lease one then you'll get it
out of your system and you don't have to pay for repairs you will actually lose
more money if you buy one and then get rid of it later then you will just
leasing it and then giving up when the lease is up that's how bad those cars
are but if you really got to get one lease it or if your neighbor has one
borrowed from every once in a while that's a smarter move, hippie along says
how to flush out dexcool I got old video half flush your cooling system how
you can watch that now here's the thing that's cool decades ago they made it
wrong and it was rusting systems I had customers with GM products that only had
30,000 miles they said it lasted for 80 or 90 and they go corroded system cuz
they didn't make it right in the beginning but that was decades ago they
have no problems anymore they reformulated so you don't really need to
get rid of Dexcool if you got in a jam vehicle you can continue using it the
new stuff he has no problems at all but if you want to flush any vehicle to do
it right you basically have to take the thermostat out and then just get a
garden hose and flush the whole thing through we used to flush them with
chemicals but the chemicals polluted the water and most of the flush chemicals
these days are cramping they don't do anything anyways garden hose works just
as good as just about anything else or if you really want to flush pay a
professional mechanic who has a flush machine that has chemicals that stay
within a system and then they dispose of them correctly when they done they just
don't flush them down the drain, Kelly says Scotty you're awesome and honest I
want to put a supercharger and my 97 Firebird what's your opinion I love this
car you can do whatever you want it's your money a supercharger is an easy way
to get power because a turbocharger you got to change the exhaust system
supercharged you just bolt right on what this is a gigantic button you're
probably gonna blow the engine most guys what they do first is they will build
the engine up rebuild it put in stronger pistons maybe forged pistons do the
hands over then they'll put a supercharger because they know their new
engine could take so if you just put a supercharger on your car now you'll
probably blow the engine but if you don't care
put it on get a bunch of speed now when it blows you're gonna put another engine
and go right ahead and you'll probably find out you let's put another
transmission and soon after too cuz if you put a supercharger it might burn the
transmission out um you're gonna have to replace that but if you don't mind to
keep replaced the parts go right ahead it's doable you just gotta keep putting
more money and putting stronger parts on
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