WILL IT RUN? 1984 NISSAN DATSUN Z31 300ZX TURBO 

I'm hoping to have this car back on the road very soon. Thanks for watching.

They are really cool cars!

Mine says Nissan Datsun on the back I think it was the transition year. Personally I like the name Datsun!

Yeah it's in decent condition. It's been sitting since I made that video but I'm going to be getting on it pretty soon.

Yes I recommend doing everything that you list unless you're just testing the engine to see if it runs which is essentially what I was doing because I had never heard it run myself. I poured a couple of gallons of fresh gas in it to only see if the fuel pump would run which it did not but the fresh gas will help clean up any varnish in the bottom of the tank. The fuel pump on this car is not working and pretty much any EFI car that sits for longer than a year is going to have a fuel pump issue. I will probably start this project by cleaning the tank and replacing the pump first and then running the engine long enough to warm it up to change the fluids and then start doing the vacuum lines checking the turbo timing belt etc. It's always good to test the engine first before you go spending a lot of money. You may have a broken timing belt already and not realize it. Good luck with your project and thanks for watching my video.

Yes

Yeah this is a really cool car and it's a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I had originally considered parting it out when I got it....

It depends on how long it's been sitting. Really. You need to look for wiring, damage, fuel tank problems, fuel pump for sure and whatever maintenance is required on that engine. I can't remember if it has a timing belt or not. And look for rust on all cars but it can be sneaky on Japanese cars. I'll be honest with you. I just go with my gut. If my gut tells me the car is good then I go for it. If I get a bad vibe I walk away.

@@greasebellygarage thanks, I’ll tell you how it goes

​@greasebellygarage what if it's in good condition but had 200k miles

@vlifex259 I think you're okay just check the important things. The one in this video has over 200,000 mi on it. Just have it looked over really good by a mechanic if you need to and see if you can document any maintenance history. 1980s Japanese cars are extremely good cars! Parts can be expensive for these though so make sure you get it checked.

@vlifex259 One more thing the engine computers are the most troublesome part of these cars and they're getting kind of hard to find. Make sure you check that over drive it for a good distance on the test drive make sure it doesn't stall or do anything weird

Oh if we could all go back in time and undo some of the dumb car decisions that we did. Mine was a Buick Grand national that I sold in 2018. Beautiful car with 34,000 original miles now. It's worth like three times what I sold it for and I really miss that car. Thank you for watching my video!

It's an incredible car if you get the chance to pick one up. Do it!

Yes later this year.

I still have it. It's coming back to the channel very soon.

Yup my teacher's was red with t-tops. He loved that car. He was a science teacher, great guy.

Thank you for watching!