Hey guys, so after a year now driving my TT and with the NA sitting, I am getting to the point where I have to make a decision on how to proceed with the NA.
I have had a plan I've followed for the past year, but I am thinking that I may need to adjust that plan but am not sure, so you guys get a chance to throw in your 2 cents!
What would YOU do:
1. Keep it, try and store it better and keep saving/studying for a future swap. VK56 and RB25 are top wishes/choices currently.
UPDATE- Made the call to the inlaws, and I can store the Z for $90 a month not running, less slightly if it was. Good deal?
2. Strip off the considerable number of new and upgrade parts from the NA and sell the rest for scrap or whatever. A few minute possibilities there, I've yet to go there though...CUZ I STILL LUV HER.
3. Patch up the NA as best possible and sell as a running project car (see below), with the TT as the future project car when time, reality and finances allow.
Some background to consider:
As many of you may know I have a Super White/Red interior '90 NA (3/89 built) for many many years that now has been retired, 237K+ on the odo and most likely a spun bearing in the engine to go along with the fact it's TIRED.
I did a 5-speed swap with TT clutch/flywheel and all new parts except trans and shifter boots, Powertrix Race coilovers and all necessary bits, and more things than I can remember done to it by myself after a shop butchered her up on a waterpump/120K job and I took over repair duties after finding and joining NICO. Bottom line is there are a ton of new and useful parts in her that can be sold, or used.
Once the NA became too unreliable last year I bought a new Z for daily driver duty- a '93 TT I bought in San Francisco, flew down and drove home.
My TT is a CRP sweetheart with 142K miles now (124K miles when I bought it last year) who has only had one previous owner who took EXCELLENT care of her, with ALL maintenance done on schedule throughout it's life at the dealership it was bought from. I have added a upgraded oil cooler, the jspec front bumper and cone filter from the NA, along with the GTR brakes/rotors and 18" wheels and a few other small things like the brake brace and the injector voltage mod, and some minor interior details like Z1 gauge rings and minor pieces from the extra red interior I have.
So tell me what you would do!
But, if I can do it (I haven't been able to get in touch with that person yet) the cost would most likely not be steep and would be a once a year fee...and hopefully only for a year or two!