JessZ

I have a very nice 1977 280Z all original with 102,XXX miles. Clean, clean. No rust means no rust. Email if you want photos. I am in California. jesseover@yahoo.com (805) 967-6213 Jesse

I have a nice 1977 280z that I am looking to sell. I just registered it today. Selling at 5K OBO. (805) 967-6213-Jesse. Located in Santa Barbara. Car drives perfect.

Hey Howard, I may have what you are looking for. A very clean '77 280z five speed. How convenient we live in the same town,SB. I just registered today, 5/17 and it passed smog no problem last year. Please call me 805-967-6213--Jesse. Everything works but the clock and all the lights around the car are bright as new. I also have a sway bar for it that I never installed. Tires are at 90% and much maintenance done to car. It now has 102,000 original miles, not 202 or 302XXX.

Mabe a cleaned up non-egr? It kind of exposes the turbo, but eliminates any smog control suspecion-or I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Maybe that would be too much of a tip off. Anyway, they look nice.

Alright Wiki D. I like the idea of installing the MS into my na ecu, clean up the wiring after install, change the valve cover, get it tuned well, look around for younger a green sniffer to do the check, maybe cross my fingers and I will probably be okay.I 'know'a guy too. He helped me out with my Camaro years ago. What about pulling the catalytic converter? Is this a visual check that could/will fail me if I can't find 'my' guy? I need to find that link you mentioned.

It's a Cali car, purchased in San Francisco originally.

Yeah this California smog stuff is a real bummer. I had a '69 Camaro in the late 90's. I think smog was anything post-'65 back then. I had a Performer intake and Holley 650 carb. I had to buy a stock manifold and carb to get it to pass, money and time spent I was not thrilled about. I'd then swap back and did this for two cycles. I had more energy then and that swap wasn't too hard anyway. The way I see now, I'm left with three options: 1. build a new motor and swap every cycle, 2: do a little vin swap from a junker, 3. my mom also has a '77, so if I found a cool smog guy I could have them sniff her car and couple the result to my car; I may be dreaming here? I'd be interested to hear any input on this last idea. I did the turbo swap already to my last '71, and finding one completely intact for the '77 seems farfetched. Ideally, because the car is so clean, I'd like to increase power while keeping a stock appearance. I'm willing to stroke the motor out too, but any mod at this point is sketchy. I'll talk to the rep and see what he/she says. I'll keep you all posted.

Hey thanks for that.

Will only bolting on a header and exhaust do much for power improvements without up grading the cam, injectors and ECU? Any 'seat of the pants' difference?

I know, it's a pain in the butt for sure. I had '71Z before this, which I installed the '83et setup on after reading through dozens of posts on Hybridz. I sold the car because I was ready for something nicer. This '77 is a reall marshmallow. She drives so nice, no rattles, sounds solid rolling over rough roads and all the weather stripping is perfect, so at 90 m.p.h she's solid as a rock. I'm just just missing the torque. But I'm also really conscience about ruining the car by fooling around with mods but a nice 3.0 Rebello with tripples would be so fine if I could afford it. Any thoughts on modifying such a nice Z?

Here's a re-size on the photos. I've more pics if you're interested. Thanks for the response. Engine management sounds like a good first step. I can do the bolt-ons no problem.

I got my complete L28et setup with great running 5-speed for $625. I've put 30,000 miles on it and it runs near perfect, aside from having to wiggle the ecu plugs from time to time. I bought the motor and trans is California.

It's pretty easy swap, Jim. I did that swap in my '71 and it was the best $700 I ever spent. I ran a completely stock setup out of a '83. My Z was quicker than most other cars on the road, and could walk a 350Z from a dead stop until I let off the pedal. If you are going to sell the carbs let me know what you have.

Hey Hybridz. I live in California, the state of strict emission control. I'm looking to increase power keeping a stock appearance. Also, being that my car needs a smog every two years I need to keep my emissions under control. I'm looking to increase the performance of my Z. Would having my head, or finding another head with port work, add performance to my motor keeping the stock injectors, cam and ECU. Would head work affect the emission output of the motor. Here's a couple pics of 'baby.'