So I've just had this happen in quite spectacular fashion. I'm pretty sure I have this on film from the chase car I'll try and get edited later. I am so rusty on my Z mechanically as I've had it in storage for 2 years and it's been so reliable I forgot everything lol. I've just taken it out and it's been going awesome It's putting down maybe 490-500rwhp. It just went boom. The chase car driver said a ton of sparks come out the back then smoking which I can only presume was the oil on the exhaust. Can I drive it like this? I have it stranded at my brothers place like this right now. It seems to drive okay but I don't want to hurt it. Finally what am I looking at parts wise? The last Z31 I saw for sale here in Australia was $29k if you can believe it lol I do have a 86 turbo parts car I can probably donate from. Cheers for any input. I love this car!
Not a great photo, but from what I can see you have a diff bearing failure maybe drive shaft failure as well. What type of diff do you have in the car? My strong advise is do not drive it get it on a tow truck. If you have spares not a big problem.
Looks like a diff shaft failure and rubbing on the exhaust being the cause of the sparks and smoke from the rubber boot. Tow truck job, Not a big deal, thank goodness it wasn't the 'engine'!! Z31 nice, rare as these days, I think they look fantastic
