Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Elite Pete on 17 October 2007, 15:38:59
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I have been offered a ZX300 as a swap for the 3.2 Elite. The car has done low miles with MOTs to prove but no service history its a UK car with leather and a targa top. Im tempted, does anyone have any ideas of what goes wrong with them?
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Hehe... damn nice cars in my opinion and was very tempted by one.
Ok. Info I know.
As a whole very reliable if well looked after.
60k on cambelt (need I say more)
Turbos generally need refurb around 80-100k
Avoid pre 92 cars as there were issues with the earlier ones.
Oh, and they are just a little bit quicker than a 3.2 Omega! 8-)
Lots of info here
http://www.300zx.co.uk/
http://www.300zx.org.uk/
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I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole.....
Not reliable (and I mean NOT reliable)
Swines to work on
To much power and they dont corner.
These are a car I have worked on and driven.....
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A mate had one (and nitro'd it). Friggin quick (esp with nitro), but reliability was poor. Also, getting parts wasn't easy. Didn't like corners much.
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I'd pretty much agree with the above 2 replies... looked at them briefly back in my "Jap crap" days when I bought my WRX STi, these can be very quick in a straight line (easy to tune) but cost *lots* to run, and definitely don't like corners -- even a shoddy WRX or EVO will absolutely destroy one on any remotely twisty road. I'd stick with the Omega if you want a comfortable and reasonably cheap to run car, or go with something more focussed if you want performance.