kanaric

Forgot to mention that i already got one, thanks for the offer.

Looking to upgrade the turbo on my RB20 and want to get a RB25 part. I'm going to rebuild/upgrade it so i'm looking for any condition so long as it's rebuildable. ie. housings must be in good condition

A very close family friend (friends with my dad before I was born, i call him uncle, etc) is selling his 83 280ZX turbo it is a well maintained car, he is a nissan fan and a retired master mechanic, however he has dual citizenship in Canada and lives more in his summer home up there so he bought a R33 GTR and now wants to sell this car. Basically i'm looking for a streetable track day car. Have a friend with a Porsche Cayman who I like to do track days with. Had a 350z but sold that and bought a base WRX which is poor on the track and I intended to keep that DD. The thing is I was going to buy a E36 M3 with a budget of $12k and was already shopping around. Might be a weird cross shop, but only because this car that I have always liked is being by a family friend and says he would give it to me for $5k. The remaining 7k can go to convert it to more of a track orientated setup and this car is immaculate with a rebuilt engine about 30k miles ago in 2005. Does a 280zx work as a streetable track car or should I go with this BMW which will cost me double? Keep in mind I would probably have more than enough money for suspension, lsd, tires, etc. With the BMW I could probably get a car and also afford upgraded suspension. I also intend on commuting 1 or 2 days during the week because I have an 80 mile daily commute and put 20k miles on my wrx in the first year of ownership, lol. Quite a lot. My primary concern though is which, for what I would pay, would make the better track day weekend car? Keeping all the properties of a known item vs unknown, money i'd have left to spend, etc in mind not pure performance standpoint I was trying to avoid turbo cars as I prefer naturally aspirated despite owning a WRX.... but this 280zx is so nice, sounds great, looks like a new car, and I know it. The Z is stock. The only thing i hate about it is the digital dash, it works properly it's just unintuitive to me.