NZ 300ZX Owners Club Forum

zara · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject: Came across a dodgey Z

I'll post this for Andy (cn-md)
We went looking at a 91 Z32 manual TT at Fast Fours n Turbos today. First off we were told the car is a Maroon 2 seater, turned out to be a bright red LWB. I didn't drive the Z but according to Andy it drove well, gear changes are smooth, interior and exterior were in relative good condition and the car looked pretty well taken care of....until we decided to find out more. Eager to know if the car was a factory manual or converted, we lifted the bonnet....
The VIR plate said:

Trans axle: RE4R01A RC41
Type: RGZ32
Model: KRGZ32JAMGH
Engine: VG30(DE)

from that we concluded that at least the chassis, rolled out of the factory as a NA
Then a google search on "RE4R01A" showed up with automatic gearboxes.

Just to make sure, I lifted my bonnet to discover my trans axle code too was "RE4R01A" and my Z is an auto. My engine was a "VG30(DETT)" showing that factory TT's have "TT" on the code.

So we asked the owner, why the engine obviously being a TT, had a NA code? And what about the gearbox, is it a TT manual conversion or a NA conversion. The owner denied both, saying it's "all factory, genuine, no aftermarket." So I pointed out the obvious similarities and differences with my Z....to our suprise he said "this is a 91, thats 89, new shape, lots of differences"

And he was asking $10,995....

5tar5cr3am3r · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

first mistake wos going to fast fours not only do they charge like wounded bulls. But most of the cars have been thrashed and are pretty much on there last legs

zara · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:54 pm Post subject:

I'm not quite sure what was up with it, but the owner I think just sold it to Fast 4s or something, it's a bit different to the cars they have on the lot, as it's not owned by them.

kelly · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject:

if it was converted to a TT and Manual, shouldn't it be certified as there is a major increase in HP??

zara · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:27 pm Post subject:

From what we can determine it was converted from NA auto to TT manual, we could be wrong. However I doubt cert. is a major problem, going through LVV isn't all that hard is it?

Lurker · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:48 am Post subject:

Probably not a conversion at all, just a hot car with another cars plates on it

zara · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject:

funny how they'll put another VIN on it?

rosko · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

I agree with Lurker, happens all the time

zara · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject:

Real? How did that come about?

samnlou · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:43 am Post subject:

amazing what you can do with solvent, glue, and a dremel tool!
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zara · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:13 am Post subject:

hahaa yea but why would someone want to put another cars plate on? Well if it was factory TT Manual why put a NA Auto plate on?

SMZ · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:07 am Post subject:

Lurker · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

Probably because they had no clue about what the codes mean

5tar5cr3am3r · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:05 pm Post subject:

lvv cert can be hard to obtain if it hasent been done through the right channels or could be a nuber of reasons why it has a incorrect vin plate,

one thing being the plates were dead on the car, so did the the swaper roo with a car that had live plates just to save on the $400 re rego cost

or it could be a genuine odd ball car nissan have been known to do this,