Deeds280zx Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I just bought a '81 280zx and I have no clue what kind of modifications are done on this car due to me picking it up mid-resto. I would love for some help and guidance to make this baby roar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Does it run? What are your goals for the car? Stock motor I'm guessing??? I would look in the threads for the L motor and go from there. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/forum/32-nissan-l6-forum/ There is a TON on information on this site but make sure you search first and ask when you cant find it. Try looking in the members projects section too. A lot of guys have done a lot of things to there cars and put some pretty detailed write ups on just about everything. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/forum/58-s130-series-280zx/ That is for S130 cars but it doesn't hurt to look back at the S30 projects too because a decent amount of guys are running L28 motors in there S30s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds280zx Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Yes it runs but it has been put back together very quickly, i'm new with cars but i have been lurking since i got the car. I was hoping that there would be a couple people with ideas that they could suggest for my z Edited December 30, 2011 by Deeds280zx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Well your probably not going to get to far on here unless you start talking specifics. What do you want to do with the car, HP goals, that kind of stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds280zx Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 At first i want it to be near 100% reliable. Then i want the engine to sound phenomenal followed by a bumping sound system. I know it has a new exhaust system but thats not the same as a beautiful engine =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FricFrac Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 At first i want it to be near 100% reliable. Then i want the engine to sound phenomenal followed by a bumping sound system. I know it has a new exhaust system but thats not the same as a beautiful engine =P First of all you're going to have to figure out how much you want to spend because you don't really know what you want. You just know what you think you would like in a vauge general kind of way. Once you know how much you can spend then you need to start to figure out how you are going to implement it. Reliable is built into these cars for the most part aside from rust. Making an L6 sound phenomenal is really personal preference thing - listen to some YouTube videos and see what you like. Post some pictures of the car and do a LOT of reading here - I spent over a year researching before I decided to go with an L28ET swap in my NA. Read the forum rules and follow them - especially about researching because almost any question you have will already have been answered here. Welcome to the club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchetypeDatsun Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Welcome to the Forum have fun! There's plenty of info in here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Why aren't there pictures of your car up yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Why aren't there pictures of your car up yet? Dito! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds280zx Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 I shall post some pictures tomorrow for you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddogg77 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 If it was put together fast, the first thing I would do is download an FSM from xenon.com http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Duralast-Ported-Vacuum-Switch/1980-Nissan-Datsun-280ZX/_/N-im0lpZ93xpw?counter=2&filterByKeyWord=ported+vacuum+switch&fromString=search&itemIdentifier=68710_148373_0_ Then I would spend some time with a torque wrench and make sure everything will not fall off. Then I would check the vacuum diagram and vacuum hoses themselves to be sure all is well. Test all of your engine electrical components. Tune up if needed. Look for any mickey mouse wiring cause these things are known to burn to the ground if things like fusible links have been replaced with solid wires etc... My car was complete and assembled when I bought it, but I have run into a lot of bad things since I've owned it. I love the car and am doing a bunch of work because of that. I've only driven it maybe 6 times and I have learned soo much. I just came over from Zcars.com cause that site is always having problems. I'll get pics up of the project if I can figure out how make this site load a pic over 30kb. None of my pics are that small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds280zx Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddogg77 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for That was actually the wrong link. I meant to post the Xenon website link. Try this one. Just click on reference in the upper right corner and pick out your Factory Service Manual. http://www.xenons130.com/index.html Edited January 7, 2012 by yarddogg77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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