Luke_in_SD

Hi,

I've been looking into these for quite a while now. I really appreciate the body style of these cars. I currently own semi-track modded 240sx and I kinda wanted another car that would be an upgrade from it. My main concern is what breaks on these cars, whats expensive, and is there any common problem I should know about that I could check when I go test drive a car. I'm in San Diego and I mainly wanted the SC300 5spd but its seems impossible to find one, so now I'm really leaning towards and SC400. I just want it to be a reliable daily driver that I might mod but nothing major

TheMole

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http://www.intellexual.net/

vince1128

read up and you'll find everything you need. it really depends on how many miles the car is gonna have for what you need to look out for...

Luke_in_SD

thanks for the info guys.
For my budget right now, I am planning on spending less than $6k for the car, so it will be most likely a pre 95, hoping to find one with less than 150k miles on it.

I heard something about front lower control arms going back and its very expensive to replace since its one big piece like $750

TheMole

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The supra n/a front lca's will fit and are like half the price. Just do a search.

edit: I think the 93-96 supra n/a fit. Forgot which years, but definitely mark iv.

Luke_in_SD

thats good to know, I was curious if this is a common problem due to wear and tear or due to driving it hard, track etc.

But yeah mainly I wanna look at some cars this next week and I wanted to know what I should look out for, that could be bad.

cars will most likely be pre 95 SC300/400 175k miles or less goal

ZSC3

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where in CA are you located?

Luke_in_SD

San Diego, and I been looking in Autotrader, Craigslist and Ebay just about everyday

mkorsu

Siggy WAYYYYYYY too big.

Luke_in_SD

fixed well, kinda. Have any of you ever had to any major mechanical repairs?

ryanSC300lover

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Luke,

Let me know if you need help. I had a 92 SC300 for a few years, and just picked up a 98 SC300 yesterday (am in downtown San Diego).

lafun2@yahoo.com

Luke_in_SD

Nice, I just added you to aim.

mkorsu

Such as??

I've done all my own work from tune-ups to taking apart the entire throttle body and intake to clean everything. Tackling the timing belt come spring. What's your question?

Luke_in_SD

^ that general maintaince. I mean like does the 2JZ or 1UZ ever have any major mechanical problems. The leaky power steering seems to be the biggest issue but thats not even that bad of a problem. I mean like this for instance.
Cars I've had or been around:

Bros and friends car:
DSM's: Crankwalk, electrical problems, weak AWD trannys, weak pulleys

Bros car: 2 of them
7M Supras: Weak *** head gasket

Another friends:
N/A Rx7: burns oil, weak Rotor seals, always need attension, TII is worse

Mine:
240sx: KA24/SR20 (nothing really bad though), pretty solid, just require more attention when modded
z32: ok, fairly reliable a total ***** to work on though due to a compacted engine bay