Lewis Maudlin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 OK, my car is detail in this forum quite a bit. I have an SR20DET in a 280Z. I redid the exterior, did the engine and drivetrain and have not done the interior. I have put $25000+ in building. Finally my setup is: SR20DET redtop GT2871R Nismo 740 CC injectors Power FC D-Jetro HKS BOV Splitfire Coilpacks Powerbrute Clutch LSD Tokico Illumina adjustable shocks Tokico springs Konig Rewinds and all the trimmings. I really haven't spared any expense. I drive it daily at 18psi. I get 30 mpg. I have had it weighed and it weighs 2480 lbs with a full tank of gas. The horsepower is between 350 and 400. Here are the issues I am having. The ACT HDSS clutch is slipping and I need to replace it with a $400 clutch. The body was mostly rust free, but I have a small rust bubble on the valance. I recently got about 10 hail dings. One of the fiberglass headlight buckets cracked, the paint cracked slightly in front of one of the wheels, I need to replace the floorpans. I purchased replacement floorpans but have not had them installed. I have almost no interior in the car since I took it out to clean. I am getting a little frustrated. I am considering selling the car. The other option would be transferring everything to a completely redone body. The other option would be to just fix the few things that are wrong with it. I now have a baby and never get an opportunity to work on my car. Suggestions are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Wow...That's a lot of money in that car, but well spent. Don't get rid of it. Your best options are either to buy a semi rust free shell and fix that up until you can swap everything in or just hold onto the car until the kid gets a bit older and you have some time to work on it. I don't know how I got into cars, my father is a mechanical moron and somehow I just happened into the Z scene and have since made it my primary hobby. I have a kid on the way and I fully intend to continue working on the Zs until I can't lift a wrench anymore. It's my stress reliever believe it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 fix it and keep it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfever Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 how much are you looking to sell it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrier87 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Definitely keep it, with that much invested already, selling it, unless you desperately need the cash, I think would be a waste of a lot of hours of hard work. I'm going to be doing an SR swap soon and I know with how much money I'll be investing, it will never be worth selling the car. Not to mention I'm kind of emotionally attached at this point so I really wouldn't be able to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbackz Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 the party's just beginning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collectindust240Z Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Don't sell it. If you're frustrated, just put it in storage until you're ready to work on it again. I almost sold mine last weekend, but the guy's wife said "NO". I think that was an omen. I parked mine 7 years ago and last year got a bug up my a$$ and built a new motor, p90, custom cam, Dellortos, the whole nine. Then I parked it again. I started it last weekend and that was all I needed to want to work on it again. Long story short...don't sell it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 fix it and keep it +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardBlack Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 That is way too much work and way too small of problems to sell it. I used to own a speed shop and see the different 'personalities' of car enthusiasts. Do NOT give in to that urge. Hold on to it, chain it up, have your buddies hide it, etc. but don't give it up. You could do much worse than that car. Just replace the floorpans, drop in a nasty clutch and nastier flywheel and keep going. Consider some BC cams as the next thing. Even on a stock turbo they make a blatant improvement in power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedWild Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Been there... sitting on jack stands again. The beautiful thing about a project car is that if you don’t have to “feed it”. Instead of selling it and regretting it latter, getting another project and putting more $$$ into that, store it. Put storage insurance on it, set it on the back burner for a bit and RELAX You have a new baby and that is everything right now, money and time are limited and concentration is deminished. That will change, trust me. Latter down the road start collecting the parts you will need for it’s resurrection and the $$ won’t feel as bad when it’s a part here & there… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben280zx Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I definitely agree with people here. Even though I haven't spent as much money in to my car as you, but man, I love every piece of it. It still sitting on a jackstand at my parents house, but boy, they're getting in my hair about how "it a piece of ♥♥♥♥, get it out of my garage." So basically, do the necessary lock it up and come back to it when you have "free" time. we all know how that would be like when we have small one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badjuju Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Notice the only person who didn't say "keep it!" asked how much you wanted for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(goldfish) Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 How much money went into this shell? What kinda of money would be dumped into the new shell to make it right? How much to make this shell right? If you're finding it hard to work on the car now, how will you find time to swap parts? Do you have room for two non-running cars for that time? Just some questions to try to help..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Hawk Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 A slightly different angle from me... I'm a believer in the "solid foundation" of a rust-free car. Down here in California / AZ / NV, you can find a rust-free Z's (seriously, I'm talking no rot at all, not in the floorpans, not in the fenderwells, not in the battery tray... no rust) for under $1000... under $500 in some cases. They won't be runners, but that's not what you'd be looking for. Anyway, if it were me (and I have the advantage of living out here)... I'd store the biatch, and wait patiently for a rust-free car to come up on Craigslist. And it would be a 240, so that I didn't have to deal with CA smog laws. Strip, blast, paint shop, and then transfer all my goodies into the good shell. They are simple cars and it ain't that hard to swap guts. - David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Lewis, You're one of the smarter guys here... So I know you've already considered this. But I'm gonna throw it out there, Because I've worn a path around this same block. Sometimes our lives become so complex, that we find ourselves distracted, and thinking of making otherwise bad decisions look good... Don't sell it. You'll kick yourself later and wish you'd never sold it. Your only other option would be transfering all the hardware to a different platform. But if you sell it, you'll regret it when the time comes back to you. Sit on it and fix it over time, or buy another and transfer the hardware. I love what you've done with the SR20Det and think that's one of the coolest platforms to swap into an S30. Don't deviate from that path, either. Just wait it out. Newborns get less time consuming as they grow. Give it time and the clock will swing back in your favor... But you already know this... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Poly Zmanaustin Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Get another shell and prep for a transer and keep the one you have in driver status until the shell is absolutely as complete as possible. Consider the holidays or take some vacation days to bang out as much as you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavcon Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 fix sell get an S15 just exhaust , intake, injectors, fuel pump, turbo and a power fc = 380wbhp we tried that on a friends car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR240Z Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 hes already making that much power, why would he sell his current Z which might be smog exempt in his state to get a car that has to be imported and pay about $20k just for the stock car itself not including new modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavcon Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 because I have the car and I know how easy it is to get power... + he will have a car to play with. if it's not the money the problem y not move to a newer model? and a 250bhp black top is way better than a 250 red top. I've beaten an S13 Silvia which is lighter with my stock s15. S13 was working 1.1bar (not sure what's this in PSI) + exhaust system + e-manage... Oh I forgot to say that I did't had the catalyst on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Hawk Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 if it's not the money the problem y not move to a newer model? n00b'er words were never spoken. Too bad you can't take just one post and move it to the Tool Shed. Pavcon, your implication that "newer=better" on a forum dedicated to cars that are up to 38 years old is so ignorant that I really have no point of reference to begin disabusing you of your problems. Good luck with that. - David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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