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There has been absolutely no major repairs that have had to be made on my car, other than the usual tune-ups, oil changes, and brakes, nothing else went wrong with it.
Oh yeah, I had to change the alternator at 100,000, I remember now =)
Could use a better stereo though!
That's it!
Fast! If you ever want to drag race with someone, this is the car that you have to do it with, like a rocket! It can run with the big names, Corvette, Viper and the Mustang.
Very comfortable.
Wide tires make great cornering.
Looks beautiful.
I only bought mine for 3,000 which you can probably get an 89 (or '90 those are the best looking and performance years!) for about 1,500. A real bargain!
Helpful info, just bought 89' Z24 Sounds sOooOoO sweet, Nothing Sound like a chevy NOTHING!
Not trying to make you mad but a Viper or a Vette would out run this car quickly with no problem. Granted a z24 is not a bad car. My brother owns one and has used your exact words about the pimp ride. But the fact is a 1988 z24 only has 130 horses. Compare that to 345 horses of the Vette and 500 horses of the new Viper, and 130 seems small.
Hello, if you see this, have you had any transmission problems being an automatic. A comment before this said every 60,000 miles these transmissions die, have you experienced this? Thanks a lot.
To the person asking about automatic transmission problems, the only problem I had was a torque converter clutch solenoid at 80k miles. The engine would stall at a stop sign after the car was driven for about 30 minutes, fully warmed up. It would act as if the clutch was not engaged in a manual transmission when coming to a stop. The repair was about $235 at the dealer. My suggestion is to flush the transmission every 24k miles or 24 months, which ever comes first.
Lets not post false info, OK? I own an 89 and have been blown away by any 5L I've raced, let alone a Vette or a Viper. These posts are supposed to help people not give them false info.
OK, that's just not true. Maybe yours has problems, but I've had mine for about a month and I've raced 4 separate 5L cars and beat them all with my 89 Z, so that's not false info at all.
Well... I got a red 5 speed 89 Z-24 and do you all have these features in your "Z"? I've got a sunroof, digital dash, tinted windows, rainguards, and spoiler. I bought the car for $900 with 199,421. How many miles has your Z got?
Of course a 2.8L Cavalier could beat a 5.0L mustang off the line. The only problem is that it doesn't have enough power to stay in front in the long run. The only problem I've run into with my 2.8L Cavalier is the water pump. It seems to be the common problems with them, $20-30.
I have a 91 z24 with more power than the 89's and I can't beat a 5L mustang, so I'm sure your 2.8 can't!!!
Maybe if you saved your money rather than dropping it on boy-racer crap like spoilers and coffee-can exhaust tips, you could afford something other than a mulletmobile Z24.
One of these junkers would struggle "racing" against a Golf, let alone a Viper or any Vette that wasn't made in 1978. Try not to lapse into fantasy too much, huh?
Well I just bought a 88 Z24 with 120,000km. The car is pretty good, however putters a bit. My last car was a 1994 FORD Taurus SHO, 240hp with 230fpt, and that was FAST, you guys say that the Z24 is fast and can keep up with a stang, hahahahahaha.
I own a Chevy 1989 Z-24 with 227,000+ miles on it. For all of those who look down upon the older z24s, well I have big news for you! I pull a 14sec 1/4 mile at or above 100mph at the Beaver springs drag-way in PA. I can do 110mph in a 1/4 mile if I got traction. My times would be a lot better if I was not spinning my front tires in 1st, 2nd, & 3rd gears launching off the tree. I am running a 3.1 multi-port F.I. v6. with only a few cheap mods done to it... like a.40 over bore, hot cam with big lobes. I ported and polished my heads and intake in my own living room. I also have a 5-speed man. trans. This is all without NOS, turbo, superchargers. And the best part is I have done nothing to the outside of the car. So beware all you owners of Fords and Imports when you drive in central PA... The black 89 Z-24 you see may not be all that it appears to be! Be cool everyone!!!
I'm only 18 I had a 90' z~24 3.1L I thought it went fast {considering I'm a girl and it was my first car...} I did get beat by a mustang once, but it hung with most cars :} it had 120,000 miles on it I had to give it up because 4 of the fuel injectors were clogged and bad brakes :{ I miss it I just bought a 2000 caviler wanted another z, but couldn't find one... but my z was fast.
Hey guys, I just bought a 1989 2.8L V6 and I know one thing, even though it isn't a Corvette or viper, it is a heck of a lot better looking then a lot of other 80's racers that are out there. Now I admit I haven't done much racing and I don't want to get into what I think I could beat and what I couldn't. But lets just remember that situations and drivers may very, so it might very well be possible for a z24 to beat out a 5.0 or some other performance car that you yourself have lost to. I am not saying that Z24's beat everything they meet, or that I could take a Mustang in my first race, but depending on the mods, conditions, drivers, and a lot of other variables I don't think this is impossible. For now I am enjoying having a faster car that doesn't look like crap. 88-89 Zeds are some of the sweetest looking rides you can get for under $2000. Peace.
I've got an '89 z-24. What makes it even better is that it is a convertible. The car keeps up with the best of them. It has a problem that I haven't found a solution to yet. The torque converter doesn't lock up. I've replaced the speed sensor, the third gear solenoid, and have checked the brake switches and the neutral switch along with all wiring harness connections that I could find. I could use some help in this department. Otherwise the car is spectacular.