Is the body/paint in good shape?
What about the tires, brakes, suspension?
How is the interior?
Is it a salvage title?
Was a compression test done? If so, what were the readings?
Is the clutch slipping?
Was the 60K done on time?
And on, and on, and on......Why does it need a new radiator? Is it overheating? If so, has it overheated to the point that the motor may have damage (head gaskets)? A leak down and compression test would be very helpful to determine if there are any internal issues with the motor. What makes the seller think the car needs new turbos? Are they seized? Or are they leaking oil? Is he certain that the problem isn't somewhere other than the turbos? Other things to consider:
Replacement turbos (new) will set you back at least $2,000 and that doesn't include the labor to pull the motor (which varies - could be anywhere from $1,500 on up, unless you plan to pull the motor yourself). While the motor is out, you'll likely find other things that you'll want to fix/replace, thus adding in more cost to the project. And if you decide that you want to do upgrades as part of this project you'll be facing more expenses. Is this part of your budget? Example: You decide you're going to put Sport 500 turbos in place of the worn out turbos. If you stay with the stock injectors, you can't raise the boost above 9 psi (and even at that level you still need an upgraded ECU). But if you wish to get more out of the turbos, you'll need larger injectors and you'll need an ECU program to support the new injector size. All this adds up to some serious cash....and all of this assumes the engine is in good shape. There's nothing in your profile that indicates whether you currently own a Z or not - would this be your first one? If so, I strongly suggest you dig into the details of this car in much more painstaking details. If you look through the classifieds, you'll find several clean cars listed for around $10K ~$12K. Would it be worth buying this car for $5K and adding in about the same amount as you paid for the car to get it into good working order? I hope these questions help you get pointed in the right direction. Dave
Little did Bob realize that Harold discovered the elusive "brown note" and was about to put the theory to test
 Sig Quotes: "Your sausage scares me!" - TT-XTZ 6/13/05 "Or he's having a rough week like the rest of us and decided to take out his agressions of not being breast fed on me." BigTDogg 15:45, 09/25/03 "Pick her up from day care and take her to Dairy Queen for a snow cone." YugoBernie 1/7/04 of course those are canadian bannings and beatings, which after the conversion rate is really only a "hey! stop that!" Chris(NJ) 1/14/04 see the green "n" next to my name? what's COZ? (n/m) - 300zx88 8/11/04 |
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