God damn never really took into consideration the interior of the z, have you owned both?
I want the zx mostly for the comfy aspect since it'd be a DD, so I'm okay with the added weight and sluggish suspension
Hey, Veeky Forums, I found this nice looking 280z some dude in my area is looking to sell for $1,500...
Juan Lee
Easton Green
If memory serves me correct adding a turbo to an na is more trouble than swapping in a l28ET. The L28ET can make good power.
It would be cheaper to swap a 5.3 or ls1. If you live in the right area can just use carbs or megasquirt.
The s130 is a GT or cruiser while the s30 was a sports car. The s130 had a trailing arm rear suspension, recirculating ball steering. It is comfy and can be fast.
Owen Cruz
79 s130 was the same weight of even lighter than the 78 s30. The s30 got pretty fat towards the end. The interior electronics are not an issue over the 280 s30s. The mini record player may not work, but you probably do know when your door is ajar.
Ryder Morales
ETs are rarer, actually have weaker blocks (thinner cylinder walls for better cooling doesn't help if you blow them up trying to make anything more than stock power), have shitty little turbos that can't get the engine over mildly built NA power levels, etc.
Tyler Sanchez
Hmm as a DD, the ZX would be a better bet. The FI system became much improved in the ZX and the whole car became a lot more livable.
I've never actually driven a 280Z per se (international market kept going with the 260s), but if what I've read is right, you can retrofit the chrome bumpers which reduce the weight A LOT. It really depends on if you want more refinement and reliability over a bit more fun and 70s cool.
Do also bear in mind the original cars were built to a budget, the interior can get really fucked up if you don't care for it, while later ZXs and such were much better (albeit much less cool)
Hmm might be true, I'm not too sure since we never got them, but I think the Z can rock the earlier bumpers while looking reasonable. There was a guy running a ZX over here with no bumpers, he looked like such a tool
Gavin Johnson
>thinner cylinder walls
Not true, you can overbore an f54 much larger than an n42 block.
>weaker block
Somewhat true, the 1975 n42 blocks have a really high nickel content making for a better ring seal.
Aiden Johnson
Get it cheap, fix it up, start nasty legends about a killer Z that's gone through six owners and left their brains on the asphalt.