The cooling fan motor went at about 146k miles. The thermostat went a week later.
The coolant overflow cap wasn't creating a good seal and I replaced the water pump, accessory belt, and the cap itself.
I noticed the front cover, where the water pump mounts, is slowly leaking water onto the rear exhaust manifold.
Tachometer doesn't work.
Convertible top motor has a short in it.
The top itself had to be replaced at 151k miles.
Struts went at 152k miles.
The automatic transmission is utterly horrible, there is a delay between the second and third gear shift, showing that this is an economy based transmission.
The 2.8 puts out 130 horse power and 160 foot pounds of torque*.
This is one quick little car, it beat a 95 3.8 V6 Mustang with ram air and duel exhaust in the 1/8 mile!
*www.v6z24.com.
I bought my 89 Z24 for cheap second hand. It was beat bad by a young kid, and the body was rusted. I've had it over a year and a half now, and it still runs great.
I spent more on it than I paid for it, but that was expected because it was beat. But now with TLC and a body job, it looks and runs great again.
Lots of power for only 130 hp and 160 torque. Only mods are magnaflow performance exhaust and high flow airfilter.
These cars have a fiberglass cowl induction hood that allows cool high pressure air to be stored in the hood, and in turn get sucked in by the air intake. With a 5speed and perfect shifting it is possible to beat or keep up to newer sporty cars, but its hard on axles and tires.
If you see a Ford Taurus SHO don't even bother trying to race it! My buddy had 1. They have a 220 hp 3.0 litre Yamaha racing engine with a 5 speed. The race was embarrassing. Super high output are true words for those cars.
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