Subject	Honest answers ....
Posted by	ConVerTT on May 05, 2015 at 5:50 PM
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In Reply To	First Z acquired. Now what? posted by thematanater on May 05, 2015 at 12:18 AM
Message	Welcome to the club. You are going to get a lot of advice here - mostly good, some bad....so here are my thoughts .... First, baseline the car (change all the fluids, plugs, etc) so you know where you are starting from. Drive it around, enjoy it. Next start on the major maintenance items and start thinking about what you want out of the car long term. Is it a garage queen or a DD? A street car with some limited track time? Full out track car? Drag car / straight line racer? Drifter (cough)? Answers to that list of questions will tell you whether you want to start spending money on horsepower or handling or the stereo system and interior or all of the above. This site is full of DIY articles on all of the above. If you are looking for HP, the most economical swap is clearly to sell the NA and buy a factory TT, but recognize that even a factory TT may need significant baselining and maintenance simply due to age/time. (I know and say this even though I own three non-factory swaps). If you love the 2 plus 2 and can't live without it, and the body and paint are in excellent condition, then consider doing the TT swap. Some people here will tell you that you can do the swap for a few thousand (and I guess you "can" if you avoid logical upgrades and maintenance and re-use a bunch of 25 year old parts) but if you plan to use all the latest and greatest aftermarket turbos and breather mods and do things like change out the 25 year old harness, then budget for more like 10 thousand (give or take). Are there "non-financial advantages" of doing the swap? Sure. Upon successful completion, you will be pretty intimately familiar with many of the Zs critical systems, and you will likely have assembled a decent set of tools and maybe even made some new friends. I hope this helps...have fun with it! ConVerTT - 93 Hi Compression TT Convertible (black) XtraVerTT - 93 Hi Compression TT Convertible (glacier white) SlickTTop - 96 OBD1 TT Slicktop (black) Old Yeller - 90 Slicktop NA (PGY) And their hot Asian Cousin - 01 Acura NSX NA
Follow Ups	First Z acquired. Now what? - thematanater 00:18:18 05/05/15 Re: First Z acquired. Now what? - 90TT Zfan (E.Tenn) 07:43:36 05/05/15 headers do not add power on an NA - Antihero 08:46:21 05/05/15 Care to share? I've seen dynos that show a decent mid-range - black300zx 10:52:02 05/05/15 everything is long long dead. - Antihero 12:22:49 05/05/15 Classic. How much money are you willing to spend? (n/m) - Zuberman 08:33:27 05/05/15 Re: Classic. How much money are you willing to spend? - thematanater 12:46:42 05/05/15 Youre going to want to go with a TT - -Grimm- 15:21:58 05/05/15 I think you should do the NA->TT swap. - Zuberman 16:45:34 05/05/15 Re: First Z acquired. Now what? - stephensjpZ32x2 11:27:32 05/05/15 Welcome to the community. Start with the 120K maintenance - puchy 11:57:17 05/05/15 120k maintenence on the TT swap motor... (n/m) - Antihero 12:23:13 05/05/15 Honest answers .... - ConVerTT 17:50:38 05/05/15 Run. And dont look back. - Whip 19:10:17 05/05/15 Drive it. Maintain it. Learn about it. - CameronSF 19:43:27 05/05/15 Great sig pic BTW :-) (n/m) - ConVerTT 19:46:46 05/05/15 Thanks! - CameronSF 20:01:10 05/05/15 Thanks back :-) (n/m) - ConVerTT 22:00:10 05/05/15 Now I hope you have a healthy checkbook... lol (n/m) - CmyZ 19:53:16 05/05/15 Re: First Z acquired. Now what? - joey4t5 22:22:56 05/05/15 ^^ Best answer ever ^^ - BannonZ 14:46:50 05/08/15 keep in good mechanical shape, and enjoy it. - moxie (SF) 15:59:59 05/06/15
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