kitami-san

this is a very unique engine swap, I like it.I would love to own one of the original SVO's, alot of guys have converted them to v8's though, booo.

so the crank CAS and the distributor CAS are basically the same and since i have MegaSquirt N' Spark, i can eliminate the distributor entirelyand go with an EDIS, right? wierd that the motor came out of an 82, i guess they must have continued with the 81 style into early 82.

I have a 1982 l28et that i have rebuilt, im trying to hook up my megasquirt i think i have this figured out but i need confirmation that im not wrong before i go ahead. I know for most this will be a dumb question but please bare with me 1981 CAS on crank pulley 1982-83 CAS on distributor Is that correct? because if it is i have a 1982 with CAS on crank pulley. why is that, is there a certain month they started on that in 1982? which is better to use for Megasquirt?, Distributor CAS, or pulley CAS or am i totally backward and lost? help please.

Thanks alot guys, I am going to look into a new piston and get everything cleaned really well before reassembly, and so that i can paint the block. I am in south phoeinx around 16th street and grant, im going to call BAP tomorrow and see what they can get. I would be interested in your engine SHO-Z, but im pretty much broke from buying (and pulling) the l28et from the 280zx at Ecology auto parts. what is the best way to get all the engine parts cleaned, particularly the pistons since it pertains more to this question.?

Well at least one person says this is reasonable, thats good. i feel pretty dumb for how it happened. any other opinions? does anyone know the best place to get a single piston. nissan parts zone wants about 60 bucks which seems pretty reasonable.

I just pulled my first L28et out of a 1981 turbo automatic a week ago. I decided that i would keep it stock internally as per my power goals ( about 250 ish wheel) so i started to tear it down so that i could check the bearing tolerances, install new rings, new gaskets, hone, hot tank the parts, ect. tore everything down and to my slight surprise, everything internally was in good condition (havent done any actual measurment yet just going off of how it looks) the engine only had 67,000 miles on it, i could still see good crosshatching on the cylinder walls. welllll to get to the point, when removing one of the pistons it slipped and fell on my engine stand in such a way that the weight of the connecting rod and the way it fell on the bar of the engine stand caused the connecting rod to put a fat crack in the piston skirt. I would prefer not to replace all 6 pistons if possible but if not of course i will have to do that. so the question is, is it reasonable to replace just one piston?

I was disassembling the new l28et i got for my 78 z and some magical how, i dropped a piston/rod and cracked the piston skirt. the engine is in incredible shape internally so i really dont want to buy new pistons, unless i have to.

really need the info. also need to know the AFM compatibility also, i wouldnt have posted anything if i hadn't utilized the search box to the fullest of my ability. im a noob to this forum, not forums in general. but i have spent the last week seeking this info and come up short at this point.

I just started working on a Datsun 280z. Someone decided in the past that on this particular car that it would be a good idea to put some kind of home made intake manifold and a 2 barrel Motorcraft 2150 carburetor on it. of course my plan is to convert it to the original fuel injection (for now) i found the parts all very cheap but i a few questions about compatibility. mainly, are the parts from the 280zx fuel injection system compatible with the 280 z. i have looked them both over and they seem very similar as far as the wiring harness goes. but i am not 100% sure. I really need to know if the computers are the same, or if there is any benefit for one over the other. i have noticed that the intake manifolds are very different, but are they compatible? or is there a benefit to one over the other? I have already downloaded the FI bible but it wasnt of much help since it was for the z not the zx.