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  1. zeiss150
    Ok! I’m in business! Now I just need a turbo, fuel rail, fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator, fuel lines, hp hv oil pump, mega squirt, various relays and wiring, 36-1 EDIS wheel, intercooler and piping... and some other stuff. 😐
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    I’ve watched a few reviews on YouTube but they were pushing the turbos pretty hard. I’ll watch a few more. I have no problem spending $$$ on a turbo I was just wondering if the $250 eBay turbo was better than the $125 turbo. 🤷🏻‍♂️
  3. zeiss150
    Hi guys! Does anyone have any experience with the Chinese knock off of the holset hy35w? I know you get what you pay for buuuut... is $250 Chinese better thank used $700 holset? Still putting my turbo build plan together 👍🏻
  4. zeiss150
    thanks chicken man! I just bought it. Now my turbo project can begin... some time... in the near future :-/
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    That would be awesome JSM! If you find it I’ll buy it off ya. Otherwise thanks for the eBay link. It seams like there should be an easy aftermarket part for that? 👍🏻
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    Hi everyone! Its been a looooooong time since I've been on the forum, but here I am. I can't for the life of me figure out the name of the part that is used to supply oil to the turbo charger. I know it T'S off the oil pressure sending unit, but what's that T called? What's the part Number? How can I buy one. I'm turning my NA L28 into a turbo engine and I just need to know what to buy for this part. AND YES I SEARCHED!!! for days not just this forum but the internet. Any info would be Rad! thanks in advance!
  7. zeiss150
    I suppose that I could buy a timing light that has a tach reading. Or I could just pull off the moustache bar and back cover and see what it says. If it is a 3.70:1 R180 then it would be from a maxima. When I got the car it was all messed up with the wrong springs on the rear. The suspension springs were way to big, so much so they jack the car up an extra 6 inches or so. That would make sence if he pulled the rear end out of a maxima, I would imagine that the maximas springs are much larger... but this is all just guessing. Anyone wanna crawl under their Z and measure their R200????? Come on... its good exercise!
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    I really think I have an R180 because of the bolted plates around the output shafts. And I think the output shafts are bolted in. also its not very wide. I measured it and is about 7inches wide. Anyone had the width of an R200?
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    Nobody has any ideas .... anyone? Buler.... Buler? Anyone ever heard of an R180 3.70:1 Diff?
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    I agree the Hanes Manual is "whatever" but it'll do in a pinch. I'll down load the FSM. I did a little more research and I found out that the subaru diff takes a 27 spline stub axle (diff side not wheel side) and the Z R180 is a 25 spline so those stub axles are out of course. And I looked at the beta motorsport stub axles and they are a little pricey... $500. Its not that I'm cheap.... I just don't have that kind of money. I know they make a quality part that would never break, but can't I just get the original subaru stub axles modified? I mean, can't I just take the subaru and Z stub axles down to a good weld shop and get a nice solid tig weld job on them? I read a thread that a memeber here did that ... no report of the outcome unfortunatly. Check this out... I was driving in my Z on the freeway today and I thought to myself, "hey you should do that thing with the 4000rpm's and 81mph" So i turned on my gps iphone speedometer put my z in to 4th gear and pressed the gas until I was at 4k on the tach. to my surprise, and bothered... the speedometer said 81mph. DAMN IT!!!!! If that's right something else must be wrong. because I was 99% sure I had an R180 3.54:1. I did it 4 different times and each time... 4th gear, 4000rpm, 81mph. So, by that test I have a 3.70:1. I even came home and double checked the calculator. If I had an 3.54 it would have been 85mp at 4000rpm. Maybe my tach is off too. Or maybe I didn't do the wheel turning counting thing right.... I'm really close to taking the back cover off, but what a pain in the ass just to solve the mistery. Even if I know what my dif is, it doesn't change anything. I'm still gonna put that subaru diff in there, so who cares right? Any insight would be great. Thanks guys! Matt-
  11. zeiss150
    I read a great KA trans swap write up at Zhome.com... so I'm covered as far as that goes. So do you think the KA trans and the WRX diff is a bad combo? I have a Hanes manual...I'll look at the diff right now
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    thats a great post with lots of info and I've read it about 25 times... but it doesn't specificaly mention the WRX VLSD. It just says that there is a difference between early and late modle (k casting) R180's stub shafts ... bolted and clip in. But is there a difference with the VLSD? Or... does it not matter. If its an R180 with clip stubs... you're good to go? I really just wanna know if my Stub shafts will be plug and play with the WRX R180 VLSD 3.90:1 ( remember I have the 280zx R180 3.54:1 in my car now) Thanks, Matt-
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    I have a question... I have an R180 3.54:1, right. So, if thats the case it must have come out of a 280zx automatic. Becuase that's the only Z's that had an R180 3.54:1... right? So my question is: My half shafts are secured to the diff with a snap ring and they are 27 spline... is that correct? Also will my half shafts plug into the WRX R180 3.90:1 VLSD. My plan is to use a KA transmision (240sx) with the WRX diff. Sound like a good idea? Commments?! thanks, Matt-
  14. zeiss150
    ITS A 3.54!!!!! I feel like I just found out what sex my first child was. I followed the instructions at zhome.com (which I've been on a million times, and I love it, its just a little hard to navigate) for figuring out the diff raitios by turning on tire (while the other one is stationary) and counting the rotations of the drive shaft. I had 17.7 rotations exactly ... multiply that by 2.... BOOM. 3.54. So now I know I have a 3.54:1 R180. My Car is gonna feel awesome with a 4.11 in there. My speedo must be really off if a 3.70 gear is making the speedometer work at the right speed. Oh well, it is a 40 year old car. Thanks for all the help guys. Matt-
  15. zeiss150
    Ok I attached some photos of my Diff. I hope they are clear enough so someone can id it for me. I tried turning the drive shaft and that didn't work so good. It looks like the driver side wheel doesn't turn at the same rate of speed as the passenger side wheel. I'm going to have my wife hold the driver side wheel and try it again and see if I can get it to work out to 3.7 turns of the drive shaft to 2 turns of the tire. Any tips would be great. I used a GPS Speedometer on my Iphone and It worked awesome (free at the apps store BTW). My speedo seems to be off between 0-35mph and dead nuts from 40-70mph. Over 70MPH it is off by about 5 mph to fast, so 75 was reading 80mph. So I pretty sure that Its a 3.70:1 just going by the speedo alone. Questions???? Comments??? Thanks, Matt-
  16. zeiss150
    205/70R14 is an increase? I thought stock was 195/70R14? My tires are wider but not taller. Unless of course stock was 65. wouldn't a taller tire make the speedo slower? longer for one revlolution = slower speedo. Or is it longer for one revolution more drive shaft turns = faster speedo? At any rate I'm gonna spine the drive shaft tomorrow and see how many turns it takes to turn the wheel one time. Thanks for the info!
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    I'll take a photo tomorrow and post it up. I'm pretty sure its an R180, because of the retangular cover and smaller size of the diff. Does anyone have the width messurment of an R200 or R180? I'll also do the wheel turning trick. 3.7 turns is kind of hard to approximate I guess that would be 3 3/4 turns on the drive shaft for one revelution of the wheel. I'm guessing that if its a 3.54 then that would be 3.5 turns of the drive shaft for one turn of the wheel. Thanks guys... I'll update tomorrow.
  18. zeiss150
    Hi, I have a 1972 240z with some mods from the previous owner, so there are a few things that I'm not sure about. I believe that I have an R180 diff (because of the rectangular back cover). But the gear raito seems to be 3.70:1 (18 tooth blue speedo gear) and speedo is accurate as far as I can tell (my wife was in her car next to me verifying speed via cell phone... yeah... I'm high tech). The speedo was off by about 5mph, but thats because there was a 17 tooth (black) speedo gear in the trans, I switched it to the 18 tooth (blue) speedo gear and that fixed that. My tires are pretty much stock (well, stock size, zx rims) 205/7O/R14 so I don't think the speedo was off because of that. Here's the problem, I don't think Datsun/Nissan made an R180 3.70:1 For a Z car, at least, I have not been able to find any info about such a differential. I did a lot of research and I found that Nissan did make an R180 3.70:1 in the Maxima, Manual trans, but I have no idea if that's true (internet source) . I suppose it is possible that the previous owner put in a maxima rear diff. I know that there was an R200 3.70:1 in the 1979 280zx 2+2 with manual 5 speed trans, but I don't believe that I have an R200 in my car. Soooooo, I have no idea what kind of differential I have. I don't want to take the back cover off right now to look at the stamping on the gears. I would like to put a R180 4.11:1 in (that's from a 84-88 NA 200sx, right?), Or the R200 4.11:1 (85-86 turbo 200sx) Or any other 4.11:1 that is easy to swap into my 240Z. If you have any idea whats going on PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!. I'm stupmed, and I don't want to pull the diff cover off if I don't have to. Thanks in advance, Matt-
  19. zeiss150
    of course my smoking hot wife was there... in a bikini. You didn't see her? hmmm?
  20. zeiss150
    Droping little irreplacable part is my specialty. the more I know how rare the part is the easier I will drop it and loose it. The towel is a great tip... I'll use that in the future. I'm glad you enjoyed my video... I'll be making many many more... unfortunatley.
  21. zeiss150
    Good tip miles! I would recommend dielectric grease just to be on the safe side. I did bend the contact, I think I mentioned that in the video. I find it hard to video while I'm doing stuff. I might have to switch cameras so I can use a tripod and film while I'm doing something (like bending contacts and such). Again, good tip with the grease. Thanks.
  22. zeiss150
    I taged the hell out of my videos. I had the same problem not finding any 240z repair videos. Thats why I started making videos. I figure I'll let everyone see my successes and failures, as I figure out the problem of my Z.
  23. zeiss150
    I was having a problem with my driver side blinker and brake light, and because of that I made a video on how to fix it. enjoy!
  24. zeiss150
    Here is my 1972 240Z. I painted it Lemans sunset A-17 paint code from a 350z about 7 years ago. So that's my Z. I was going to sell it but I changed my mind and now I'm going to "finish it".
  25. zeiss150
    As promised... Part Dos! If the first part wasn't two boring. Enjoy!
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