Username: americanz24
Name: Josh Riddle
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Location: Benson, North Carolina
URL: domestic.3400z24....
Posts: 1,759
Title: Post Whore

Date Registered:
12.31.2004 - 4:48pm
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Engine

• 3rd 2.8 now,waterpump caused head gasket to blow X2,got the car like that with a j/y motor already/replaced with another j/k motor
• New head-valve gaskets & waterpump
• 60degree chip
• Cold Air Intake
• MRZ Performance underdrive pulleys
• Throttle Body Bypass part #11026 form Napa
• bosch platinum+4(i know don't work) plugs & wires 7mm
• flowmaster 40 series installed 11-28-05,Loud as balls-now napa soundmaster
• sound deadener under hood/shinny aluminum

Exterior

• Granny rack deleted!
• Added rear spoiler...yeah!! (trunk lid w/ spoiler/ same color out of j/y)
• popup sun roof
• chevy logo on door lock and chevrolet on handle- sweat
• Cyber White Navigator Halogen fog lamps NV-1074WK 55 watts
• z24 red decal on third brake light!

Interior

• Digital gauges! blue bulbs! Replaced tach(still not right off a bit, 2000 rpms at idle-pinned at 7000 with gas, friends think its real, lol!
• APC racing steering wheel blu/blk
• 10 blue led 3mm for a dome light
• >87RS 4 cly for 150 bucks parts car! (Black interior mostly) blew cly # one right through the block and it still runs (knocking problem went away) LOL, used it for the carpet and seats and other little things-which when i took the carpet out my car and from sitting for 4 years leaking water,it wasnt to bad-the driver side seat rail were rusted out-so welded a new one in, put the good tires on the bad car so i can have fun with mine.

Handling

• Kyb-Gr-2's all round
• Eibach pro-kit
• 92 10' brake swap
• painted brake drums,calipers,rotors,spindles-silver
• new right rear brake line (blow out)
• Factory rims are awesome size 215/60/14=spent over 30 hours sanding them to shine
• Fender to firewall braces
• subframe brace
• Strut tower brace(89-91)
• Ball joints
• Tie rod ends
• Inner tie rod bushings
• Sway bar end links
• Drum brake spring kit ,shoes, and wheel cylinders
• 05' Cavy wheel bearings(front)
• some 1300$ upgrade/overhaul ova 3 weeks(waiting 4 parts)
• http://www.v6z24.com/jbodyforum/index.php

Audio

• 4 Gauge wire
• ANL 150 amp fuse block with digital display
• Sony xm-d1000p5 1600 watt amp -900 rms
• Audiobahn flame Q 1206t 12'' subwoofer 2200 watt - 1100 rms, 120 oz 2 Layer Strontium Magnet - Chromed Out
• Lanzar HRBT02 12'' Bandpass box W/ pulsing to beat blue light
• Boss 3.5 Rip-3204 2-way 200 watt - 100 rms 25 oz
• Boss 6x9 Rip-6904 4-way 550 watt - 275 rms 80 oz
• Power Acoustik 3 farad digital capacitor with 4 5mm blue led lights and a 7 in blue neon bar
• pioneer deh-p7500mp head unit with your own imagines on screen

Future

• FRONT SPOILER/CHIN/AIR DAM...HELP!!
• Rear bumper z kit
• Polly bushings eveything
• New paint=Electron Blue Metallic (corvette)
• Rear Disc conversion swap
• Get another first gen and put a 3800 S/C or 3400 (3500 by the time im ready) Turbo=Forged parts! Or one of each engine-also might do a 5 speed as DD and auto for the track!!

Misc

• Bought the car for $200 with 155000 miles-thinking its a good first car, turns out the motor is bad. The car was ready for the junk yard by this time until l fell in love with the thing and i noticed how rare they are, i put 3500+ into getting her back!!
• love first gens and like phz 1 2nd gens

Comments

*Love these Z24's! Hard to find, want a 87 hatchback z24 which there are only 4519 made in 87 the last year for them!!!
* This is a great site also thanks!
*Theres a junkyard right down the road from me and they had a beautiful blue and silver 88 z24 and it was in the front for 3 days i went there after it was gone thinking it was sold, they told me old cars like that don't last long and they crushed it...I was mad as hell!
*I just found a 87 hatch back z24 cl, white in GREAT shape, gotta get it-car is gone gotta find where it went?Update car was CRUSHED, car was sitting at a gas station with a blown motor-been there for a year-i wanted it-dude said i will call the owner to get a title-the owner thought he wanted out of there and took it upon them selves to have it CRUSHED, said car has no value! This car had perfect paint and the front and rear spoiler and the rare 87 hatchback and cl to good to be true kinda deal, like only one left-gone!!
*now living in North Carolina!! NJ wanted 3000+ a year for this car,NC wants 550 a year :)

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