Need Some Advice On A Z34 Purchase........

[LuminaPower92]

Sup Fellas, Yep looking at getting another W-body, let alone another Lumi.

 

There is a 91-94 Lumi Z34 sitting near me for sale. Called the owner today, said i could take it for 500 bucks and the car needs new bearings, that the bottom of the engine went.?. is this worth the task of rebuilding to drive? the rest of it seems ok, i can clean it up nice and maybe resell it if i want. Any info would be great and maybe some tips also.

 

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

Brian

[digitaloutsider]

Don't bother..

[1990lumina]

Don't bother..

Seems like a lot of work for little gain - unless you plan on keeping the car for a long time...even then there are better Z34s out there

IMO of course

[Justin]

Way too much work for the money. I bought my '92 Z 5 speed for $650, and it ran fine.

[White93z34]

bearings in teh bottom means screwed engine.

[sonyman87]

agreed motor needs total rebuild. crate droping would be an option to consider. and transmission condition? who knows.

its better getting a 95+ for safty issues. they include airbages and have better suspension all around "no paper thin metal holding the struts in place"

[z34_nut]

no way... to much money and work will end out going into that fix.

[Justin]

no paper thin metal holding the struts in place

 

Has anyone with stock suspension ever torn a rear strut mount? I don't even think there were any cases of people with coilovers messing up their rear strut towers, but I could be wrong there.

[FastSE2DR]

yeah but it flexes if nothin else...

[sonyman87]

no paper thin metal holding the struts in place

 

Has anyone with stock suspension ever torn a rear strut mount? I don't even think there were any cases of people with coilovers messing up their rear strut towers, but I could be wrong there.

 

i said flimsy and yes i have seen some rusted through. its why a rear stb bar makes a huge difference with the car and how it responds