1986 Nissan 300zx Review - Is A Naturally Aspirated Z31 All That Bad?? 

Beautiful Z! I have the same year and everything too! You got isntagram I could check your z at?

It’s a pain in the ass to work on 💀

The z31 is a competitor to the MK3, not the MK2.

@@mrZdude In the market of the '90s these Z31s and the Celicas of the MK2 Celica Supra generation directly competed. During the early '90s two of my brothers owned Z31s and one of those same brothers and one of my sisters both owned a Celica of that generation. Neither were Supras but not that far off and the Z31s weren't turbocharged either so... apples to apples. My sister had the GT-S which had the same fender flares and wheels and interior and five speed transmission as the Supra and even had four wheel discs which I thought was good for and '84 four cylinder car. The biggest differences I noticed were front end was a bit longer in front of the wheels on the Supra and both looked about the same good in my opinion but even though the Supra put out a bit more power than the GT-S (I think about 40hp more but the four cylinder was a truck motor so it had decent torque), the GT-S had a short four cylinder block instead of a long inline six so it probably had a noticeably more rearward weight balance. That's all to say I think the Celica in general is a close enough stand in for the Celica Supra, at least the GT-S anyway. If anything the Celica Supra MK2 probably started competing with the Z31 late in the Z31's popularity/commonality because it was about the time I noticed the Z31 becoming less popular among people I knew that someone I knew was driving a Celica Supra and that was someone about my age when I was a teenager whereas the Z31s and Celicas were owned by my siblings who were teenagers when I was in elementary school.

My 300zx with a egr delete woops my friends MK2 supra

Is their a pissing match I’m un aware of?

@@cambankrollmusic2673 no I’m just being a smartass

​​​@@cambankrollmusic2673there isn't. The original poster is just weird. While I really enjoy this channel, it's not competing with the "regular reviewers" that have millions of subs and a much bigger budget.

Agree 100% percent, never understood the animosity toward the Z31 (then again, I think the Z32 is the ugliest Z ever). This is *the* Z31 I would look for, the color, the '86 with the AE side skirts, analog dash, 5 speed. Don't like the 'melted' facelift, I love the original sharp origami styling (I've owned an '85 Supra, '88 200sx SE-V6, '87 5-speed Cressie, '85 Celica GT-S, '88 Maxima SE, and currently an '89 MR2 S/C).

i can confirm, i picked up a 200k na z31 and its tough as hell

I have a red 300zx z31 with 250K miles and it runs perfectly !~

I'm looking to pick one up that is clean, no problems, 70k miles for 6.5k. Do you think this is a good daily driving option? or should I look into something else. I just love these old Z cars.

​@@domdesigns5624great price are you mechanically inclined? I've got an 84 that I got running after 6 yrs sitting, tons of work. Would never relt on it as a daily these are 40 year old (or close) cars that were built well but they are vintage and have a ton of tech. Vacuum lines, egr, it's all there

@@hardyboy86 Decently, I've read into these cars quite a bit. also the seller said he's kept it in great shape (no sitting or anything its super clean all around) so I would not have to do any work right off the bat except maybe the timing belt. But I do know what to expect at least.

does she still have the 93 accord ? those cars are also stupid reliable

@@lifeofa200sx7 No, but she wishes that she did. It was a green (teal) EX 4-door 5-speed and she loved it. Had '96 and '99 Accords after and never liked them as much. My dad had a '92 Accord until 2011 and it had over 350k miles on it. It was still a great car.

You shut your whore mouth about those lovely red velvet interiors 😂😂 Peak 80's my man!! White on red is the dream spec

Not bad with XenonZcar and pastpowerparts

That's why I got rid of mine. If there was a catalog of parts like my trans am I'd still have it

@@MrBlaze256 there use to be, black dragon was a big supplier. Motorsports auto is still in business and selling parts for the chassis. Also past power parts and us at XenonZcar are both producing parts for the z31. In fact i am working on a suspension adapter kit for the guys with the factory adjustable suspension who need to replace blown shocks/struts.

@@XenonZcar I'm talking about body parts interior pieces and weatherstrip

You can find a turbo one of these for less than 3k

@@MrBlaze256 that comment aged like old milk

@@ischwhit6747 huh they still cheap

This is what I am looking for. Z32 seems like a rocket ship where if something breaks u have no idea what went wrong and/or you are out $$$

why would anyone do that, and no, you cant just take it off, you'd need some N/A parts, worst case scenario DIY plugging the holes left from turbo system removal, usually turbo cars has lower compression ratio so it would run like a potato, and prolly ecu program and fueling would be a mess, would be cheaper to just swap N/A engine and sell the turbo one

Nevermind, I see you did.

Always a scam, they are bots

I had an '86 Z31 N/A 5-speed. Yes, they only had 160 horsepower. It felt faster than it was because the soft rear suspension squatted a lot on acceleration. Not a fast car, but very fun to drive.

The turbo model had 200 horsepower. This is the normally aspirated model, which has 160.

@@hartsickdiscipleno way

@@floridaroadways Look it up

@@hartsickdisciple I did. My 87 200sx v6 had 160 hp

@@floridaroadways The 1987 200SX v6 had the same exact engine that was in the 1984 through 1989 300zx non-turbo (like the one in this video). It's the VG30E V6 with 160 horsepower.