scottyMIz

Well i got to run her today along with jitter and a few other buddies up at the ubly dragway. It was a long morning trying to swap out the diff and find some tires that would fit the z. I bought one good 225-50-16 from a local shop and i thought my other one was good, well it wasnt. I turned the tire and saw where it had been dug into and belts were showing. I had a buddy with some old tires under his house and he said i could have em, They were 225-60-16's and they barely fit on the car. On to the runnin my first pass of the day was at 11psi(as low as my wastegate will let it run) and i got a 13.5@105.8mph i then tried again cuz my first 60 foot was like a 2.1. Second run yeilded about the same bout a 13.7@104mph launch sucked and i had no traction(didn't burn out long enough) so tried a third time burning out alot and rolling up thru the soft rubber. I got a great launch with a 1.8 60 foot and then the BOV blew out of my tb!!!!!! So i only managed a 14.X@7Xmph. Tried it again after pounding the flange back in and glueing it with some handy dandy glue jitter had in his car and then taking black tape and wrapping it around the whole thing . Went back out for another run and blew the ic pipe off!!! i'm starting to think that i was ment to be back at home So i put the pipe back in and tighten the t bolt clamps good and try again blew the ic pipe off again!!! By this time i am getting mad and then tighten every clamp more than they should be to hold them on. I figured screw it i'm gonna run all out this time and boosted it up to 20psi. So i do my long smoky burnout launch the car and manage a 1.9 60 foot. It's hooking good then comes second the car's rear end jumps to the driver's side, i correct to keep me out of the gaurd rail and keep on going with the tires spinning still. Hit third get a chirp and just before the 1/8th mark i feel the car fall on it's face and watch the boost slowly go down to 8psi and hold there till i let off meanwhile i hear a ton of air runing out from under the hood.......yep the bov again. The funny part is the tape held the bov from popping out so it slowly lost boost instead of just all at once. I must say that that turbo must really be moving some air if it can still boost 8psi with a 1" hole in the ic piping so i managed a 12.6@111mph. The car has a ton of potential and i am impressed the cheapo xtd clutch held up it didn't slip once even when i was majorly slipping the clutch to get good traction. The car was sliding around everytime i hit second with either 11psi or 20psi. here is the link to one of the vids i think this is one of the first ones and i think u can hear the bov pop out. it's kinda a big file(11.5mb) I have some of jitter too but i'll let him post em http://album.hybridz.org/showphoto.php?photo=16831&cat=500&ppuser=8085 we are going back and i will be prepared i'm going to thread in the bov this time and make a new flange for it.

that sure is pretty jitter we are gaining rb-z's

or u can use a test light too in the same manner that triple b stated and do the same thing without danger of hurting your multimeter. Most multimeters only handle a max of 10 amps unfused and fused probably wont help if the amperage draw is too high. Either way will find your draw, good luck

i used the 120 just to scuff the clear on the wheels and to smooth out the spots where the clear flaked off. I do agree tho it is easier to cover 400 grit scratches than 120. I used black primer to paint them and it's buildable primer so it is alot easier to hide the deep scratches. The wheels had alot of imperfections so for me it didn't matter

rb but then i am bias

i used 120 as well and it's just black primer no clear i wanted a mat finish, i could get mat clear but i am not worried about it sincence they wont be on the car for much longer.

i put an l28et in a mazda B2000 and it ran great so the datsun pick should hold the l28et good luck and post pics

Wow i was wondering if anything came from the posts about this earlier, i cheated and went rb Looks very nice and i too can't wait to hear how it sounds and see what kind of power it puts down. Speaking as a previous l28et owner i wouldn't go back after running the rb25det, the power difference and sound are so nice.

Thanks guys had a few people ask if i got new rims

yea flat black it's just primer so it would stick to the bare metal, i think it looks good the wheels looked crappy before cuz you could see where the clear was flaking off. I can get better pics of the spoiler it's just an 80's trans am spoiler that i modded to fit on the 280z.

tell me what you think here is a before : here is a half way thru after paint just holdin me over til i get some new ones

i'm putting the 3.90 in mine today too. I only know that i was getting about 22mpg on the trip to grand rapids since i have to odometer i cant keep track of my mpg unless i had the gps I definately want to go to the track next weekend cuz this weekend is getting the car ready. I want to tune a bit more if i can and make sure my trigger angle is where i usually set it at. It was stumbling last night in second gear at about 3k to 4 k after that she ran like a raped ape. I noticed something the last few days that it didn't do until i got back from grand rapids. Now the car lites the tires up in first when the boost hits full, i either didn't realize it before or maybe the clutch is finally breaking in

looking good cant wait to see it done

lol i could do that just let me know

it lists as nissan/ datsun 65-67 411 67-69 spl 311

well guys the napa starter does work here are the pics i took : so we have another source for starters, part number is 2444514 and is about 60 bucks