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I've had 4 or 5 cars with the 2.8 V6, it's a good running engine. But so you know, the performance ones are geared differently and some don't have the MAS, which hurts milage a bit. So you woun't get the same gas milage as a none Z24/Eurosport 2.8s. I guess 21-25 MPG, the none Zs get 3-4 MPG more. (if that matters)

Daughters had a 88 Z24 vert automatic O/D (another one added to the list of cars totaled by my daughers!) Pretty good car.. well, it didn't fair well against the back of a Ford excursion! But as long as you know how to work on them they aer fine, over all good engines, the minor stuff could drive you nuts on the 2.8s:

The cars with the O/D trans are known to have issue with the torque convertor lock up going bad. (easy fix is to unplug it), but that hurts MPG probably to 20 MPG or less? This is very common, so before you buy the car check that the plug on the front/top of the trans is pluggd in. It's a 3-4 pin wire connector.

Oil leaks, valve covers and the dreaded distributor plugs leak! The disy plug is just one of those PITA parts that cost little but you have to take all kinds of crap off to get to it.

Also the crank position sensor is another $20 part that is a PITA to replace.

There use to be a company that repaired the digital dash, and you needed to send your back for a core credit.

And make sre the top works properly. They are a MAJOR PITA to work on and parts are very hard to find! You can get the hydrolic pump for it fixed locally, but if any of the arms are bent you may have issues with finding parts.

And check the floor pan for rust, leaking tops is common.