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Is any of the parts from a 1992 turbo (twin turbo settup) interchangable with a stock 81 turbo. I would like to either just use the 92 turbo (in my 81zxt l28 engine) or use the center section of the 92 turbo and put that in to the 81 turbo so I can have water cooling as well as oil. Does anyone know how these can be interchaged?

I am installing a turbo l28et in my 280z (75') and got to thinking... with a turbo the intake manifild has pressure and not vacuum so does a booster even do anything or does the intake immediatly return to vacuum when you lift off the gas to hit the brakes? I want a firm pedal but not rock hard, but very firm. Can I get rid of the booster and may be, if needed, replace the master with a differremt kind. I know most race cars run without boosters - anyone with a similar setup? Thanks

looks good, did you first weld in patch panels then filler or just filler? If you used patch panels did you overlap them from the rear of the hole?

His price is Canadian (i hope)... I just bought the MM 175 from cyber weld for about 750 (no tax, no deliverly, incl cart). Have not used it yet but impressed with delivery time and cart quality. True Hobart is made my Miller however Miller is a little higher quality (different drive tensioner for one) I'm not sure if it justifies the cost difference or not. Bottom line...for a hobbiest, cant go wrong with a Miller or Hobart

Thanks Mat, I might have to take you up on that. Right now I have alot of body work to do before I can get to the fun parts (engine and suspension imo).

I went to the juck yard today and picked up that motor (81 280zxt) the turbo is shot but he threw in one from a 300zxtt (dont know if I can use this one or not). Also found a 240sx TB so that was a score. All for 350.00. Now I just have to get all this back home as I am in Reno on bussiness and live in Wisconsin. Well I think I have a shipping trick up my sleeve...

I think the flares look awesome too. The wheel color would not be my fisrt choice but none the less the car looks great still. What size wheel are those anyway.

Thanks, I was able to find one (though not near me) using car-part.com

I'm going this weekend to look at a L28ET at a junk yard. Its from a 81 ZXT. and they want 550.00 for it. Any advice on what to look for? I'm planning on using a mega squirt system so am I right in saying I dont need a AFM (as it uses a o2 sensor)? Also I will not need the harness correct because I will have a harness with the MS system? I need only the block, head, exhaust manifold, turbo, downpipe, distributor... is that it? Any advice would be helpfull... Any other parts I should grab while I am there (fuel pump, oil pump, etc....) Note: I have a complete 280Z already so I have these parts - not sure if I need to upgrade them though I was going to build a N/A motor with a goal of about 200-220 hp at the flywheel, but the more I read on this board. That will cost much bucks, and that a conservative turbo setup will give me 200-250 hp realativly easy with the possibilty for more with some further modifictions. Thanks for the help

Anyone have any ideas as to where to find a ZXT engine? I'm looking to do a swap in my 280z. I checked E-bay, and the classified ads here. Thanks for any ideas -Colin

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The proper way to remove the mustash bar bushings so that they can be replaced with urethane is to burn them out and leave the curled over sleve inplace? 1975 280z R180diff Thanks -Colin

I'm replacing the outboard control arm bushing with urethane bushings, the stock setup uses two rubber washers in between the spindle nut and bushing. Do I need these with the new bushings? -Colin

OK, so it is a compression ratio question.... I've done quite a bit of reading on compression ratio both in magazines and on this and other forums. Most things I have read say that you should not go much higher than 10:1 (static ratio) if you want a smooth streetable engine that also runs on 91 or so octane. If you look at a lot of new cars being sold (Audi, BMW....) they have compression ratios of up to 11.5:1. So what gives here. I understand that if you run a more exteme cam you can get away with higher compression ratios but then they dont idle so well. What am I missing -C