slownrusty

Gang - A few weeks back that I came across a Genuine Euro 1985 928S, that had been sitting for 10years!!! For those not familiar it is a genuine 310hp car / 295ft.lbs and has a 4.7L 16Valve V8, 0-60mp/h in 6.3secs. Well I went to photograph it yesterday, please tell me what you guys think based on my pics. I am going to test drive it today and will let you know how it runs, supposedly it is very powerful BUT has an initial hesitation when you first step on the gas pedal, almost like something is holding it back and as you increse the throttle position then it suddenly goes - so has an EFI issue to resolve. Has not been started since the summer of 2004 but does have relatively fresh gas in it )old gas draiend). Has an ULTRA rare 5speed, as most of these cars came with 4speed autos as they were GT cars. My observations...: 1) Why two wings on the rear hatch? 2) Interesting and ULTRA rare white leather, even white leather inserts on the door 3) No rust...couple of small dents... 4) Mileage much lower than I thought..67,909miles..engine bay reasonably clean and seems like alot of space to work 5) Dash is lifting and cracked 6) Two leaks under engine, looks like the P/S pump and could not identify the other.... 7) When I had inflated the tires they all cracked...so it needs new tires at a minimum! 8) Alot of little interior trim pieces have fallen off. 9) No cats on the car. 10) Front black chin spoiler completely broken off car, but the ends remain, probably happended while towing it at some point. Needs a GOOD scrubbing for sure...and truck fulls of TLC!! Looks like I can pick up this car for "around" $5,500. Not sure what to do? If I do pick-up this car, that makes another to the growing fleet of high maintenance cars I already own - yikes! Well here are the pics - please tell me what you think gang: Regards - Yasin

Wow...that looks damn sweeet! Yasin

Brian - Beautiful car and good luck.....$30K is extremely fair and as I look it at that's what Toyota Avalon money..... Simply incredible. Yasin

Congrats you just made me "GRUMPY"

Big congrats to Vinh...I did see that. Well deserved. Yasin

Wow that Volvo is one siiiiiiick wagon....I wanna go on the maiden voyage! Yasin

Absolutely awesome video....me and my boys huddled around the computer and played it about ten times...inspiring! Yasin

I have an '83ZXT...the list of mods are: 1) Walbro 255lp/h fuel pump (running stock injectors) 2) JSK Billet Fuel Rail polished 3) Aeromotive Boost sensitive FPR 4) HKS SSQ BOV 5) Isuzu NPR IC 6) All mandrel 2.25/2.5" IC piping 7) 60mm KA24 Throttle Body Full mandrel 3" exhaust, no cat, no emissions crap 9) Lightened OE flywheel to 17lbs 10) Duel 10" electric fans 11) Removed AC Boost set at 10psi My car is pretty damn quick....and I figure hp to be in the 225hp-235hp range - conservatively. Soon to come.... 1) Megasquirt EFI 2) 15psi 3) Custom exhaust manifold 4) Heavily reworked intake manifold 5) T3T4 turbo 6) Fully ported and polished head with no sure which cam to use.... Looking for 300+whp Suspension: 1) Custom made at home coilovers frotn and rear 2) Suspension Techniques sway bars front and rear 3) Poly urethane bushings front and rear 4) All new tie rods ends (inner, outer), ball joints AND steering rack! 5) Corbeau A4 Seats Autometer Gauges for boost, oil temp and oil pressure 17" Wheels pics: http://www.picturetrail.com/slownrusty Yasin

Ouch.....that looks mighty painful.

Very cool dude! So was the drawing on paper? You're running some serious tire profile in the front! Yasin

Chris - That looks awesome..!!! Keep the updates coming. I love those SWB Patrols, had one back in the '80s when I lived in Trinidad and Tobago! Yasin

Mike - Let's see a pic of that bad boy box lowered! Yasin

Very sweet motor....looking forward to seeing the numbers as well.

Do a search its been heavily discussed and you can make one at home.

I think I have tried to achieve a nice clean look with my ZX....and its pretty darn quick on the street too.... I love all generations Z/ZXs though and not shallow in my opinions. Yasin

Wow....sad....make me realize that I am getting old!

Congrats...thats the inspiring news I needed to hear!! Yasin

Tahdah.... Yasin

Wow....pretty inspirational....

The LD looks in awesome shape ...wow!

I have an '83ZXT...the list of mods are: 1) Walbro 255lp/h fuel pump (running stock injectors) 2) JSK Billet Fuel Rail 3) Aeromotive Boost sensitive FPR 4) HKS SSQ BOV 5) Isuzu NPR IC 6) All mandrel 2.25/2.5" IC piping 7) 60mm KA24 Throttle Body 8) Full mandrel 3" exhaust, no cat, no emissions crap 9) Lightened OE flywheel to 17lbs 10) Duel 10" electric fans 11) Removed AC Boost set at 10psi My car is pretty damn quick....and I figure hp to be in the 225hp-235hp range - conservatively. Soon to come.... 1) Megasquirt EFI 2) 15psi 3) Custom exhaust manifold 4) Heavily reworked intake manifold 5) T3T4 turbo 6) Fully ported and polished head with no sure which cam to use.... Looking for 300+hp Yasin

HAHA...have to share that!

Personally I think the car looks great...sounds like you are very fed-up frustrated, hang in there...these are old cars and some have very rough colored pasts, but don't give up you have got this far. I have sold a ton of cars in the past few years and guess which car still sits in my garage....my Z! I love that thing to death. Keep your spirit and enthusiasm up! Yasin

Its cheap insurance and fairly to easy to install, so I recommend it. Yasin

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