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Hello All!

My name is Chris and I'm in the market for my next car...

I currently own a 1990 Nissan 300ZX NA which I have modified somewhat... I was going for the most powerful NA Zed in Australia but I got to number 6 and after that it was going to cost about $10K to get any further :D

So I am currently selling my large stockpile of Z engine parts and saving up a bit more before moving the Z onto a new home.

I'm currently looking at either a late model twin turbo Supra or a R34 GT-T. The massive tuning potenial of the 2J's does appeal to me along with the reliability of Toyotas, but I do like the Nissans and the huge amounts of parts off the shelf. I used to have huge problems finding stuff for the Z, specially the NA. Everything was from the states or Japan :D

I'm gonna be out and about test driving cars in the next few weeks and wondered if there is anything I should look out for with the R34's? Anything commonly go wrong, wear or brake? Anything overly expensive to repair?

Thanks.

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Ive got a jza80, pretty solid car to be honest!

Id part with it for the right money though

Parts are easy to get for it, lately ive been shopping for my gtr and without trying ive come across SO many supra parts, so yeah, no probs with parts :rofl:

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Personally, I'd aim at the JZA80 if you want a car to thrash around.

The 2J is a damn near bullet proof motor, plus larger capacity. (Think if you want 3.0L in the R34 you need to build a custom motor)

Plus get one with the V160, you have a gearbox, that's being proven to handle 1000HP. (700RWKW) and keep running day in, day out.

Sexy looks (Personaly, I like the JZA80 over the R34)

Plus you get all the coolness of having the ORIGINAL TF&TF car... :D

Plus if you ask someone how much there car is retail you'll be able to smoke em...

Oh, and $15G over night from Japan, it'll decimate all... :)

If you didn't realise, the last few lines were just a shit stir (After the sexy looks line)

Personally, I'd go the JZA80, but from what I've seen, the R34 has more rear leg room.

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