1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo from North America - Comments

The Turbo died at around 93k, it was a very expensive fix, which came out to be around $3000. They say the Turbo lasts for 70-80k.

Crappy wheel bearings have hit ABS on my car, $100 fix.

Did the Camshaft Timing belt at 70,000.

After 65,000 miles, the car just starts going down hill right away. Even for the later years.

All in all, the car was great when it was young. A popular magazine once said "buy this car for the first 65,000 miles, then get rid of it".

You are such a typical American. A sophisticated, high performance car is going to need regular and expensive maintenance if it is going to last the distance. If you are after a place to consume McDonald's while driving down the Interstate, that you can thrash and neglect, buy a Lincon Navigator, or something equally as hideous. The Fairlady Z was not intended as just a suburban hack.

You said it... This guy is a typical american. I own a 1990 Nissan 300zx TWIN TURBO and It's been a super car since the beginning. With regular maintenance that a car like this requires, it still runs like new. I put in a turbo timer and blowoff valves to lengthen the life of the turbos. That's taken care of the turbos. You should get rid of it and give it to someone who knows how to take care of it and doesn't cry about having to do the timing belt or waterpump... REGULAR MAINTENANCE...

Please leave the "typical american" comments out

as for this guy.. i think hes just a typical moron

a twin turbo going to 90000 with no major problems really good this car is a performance car... you have to take care of it... and why would you rack up that many miles on it?

Any turbo charger that doesn't even last 100k miles is a piece of crap. Period. Not a comparison of cars, but Volvo Turbochargers can last up to 400k miles with this "proper" mainteance that you speak of. Not impressed.

Well I haven't seen many twin turbo Volvos doing what a Nissan 300 can do. They're more performance oriented, and of course they won't last as long.

And did you ever consider maybe they are different sized turbos? Or maybe that because the 300 is a sports car, it gets thrashed?

I have a stage 5 twin turbo with 242,000 miles that rides like a dream. It is a daily driver and very reliable.

Twin Turbo Z32 owners are a rare breede. there only for us GO - Fast boys. Go ahead and get a Volvo if you want and you can watch the 300z Breeze rite past you dummy. You have to understand the Z32 is a older car that is much more pultant than 90% of the so called sports cars out today. If you don't like yours give it to me and you can go get a Honda or Volvo or something.

What you don't realise is it ain't no Commodore, it's a sports car. It needs REGULAR services. The car's good; I've had no problems with my TT manual 300. It's called maintenance buddy :p.

HELP HELP HELP. I bought a 1990 300ZX (Fairlady) for my boyfriend. We had the car for a few weeks and then all of a sudden when the car was driving and you'd slow down, it would just die. We had the car in the shop for almost 6 months and replaced all the wire harnesses, Put an engine in it with half as many miles as the original and all sorts of things, finally when it still would not run after 6 months, our mechanic said he was sick of looking at the car and could not figure out what it is. If any body has any information that could be of use, please help, I want to get this car fixed for my guy. Thanks a bunch.