i started working on my car almost two years ago now ..it was sitting next to a shop almost headed to a junk yard .when i got her she was red had a blown head nothing had been done to her all stock..sence that time i have petty much gone over the whole car twice .upper end rebuild ,new head,paint ,int goodies ,msa header ,body kit .removed under bummpers,rims, seats i could go on and on .i do all the work myself so i try to do things cheap but right.
so now its turbo time also iam going to be swaping to five speed .painting my bay .mabe taken care of some paint clips from the paint job i did last year.iam making this post so others can see what iam doing while i search though other posts .also i mite need some help from some forum members along the way ...mostly about the wiring harness .
when i get to that point i will post ....
my car up to this point ...81 280zx l28e
81 turbo car i picked up for $108.00 at the junkyard last week.
only 106044 miles on the Od.
pulled motor,ecu,wiring harness .still removing things ..
you know extras so old black will live a long life ..
Turbo is blowen so iam looking for one
motor at this piont seems in good shape .
fixed broken stud drilled and tapped..
pulled oil pan spun her to top dead .checked it over .
motor is in better shape then my motor was when i rebuilt
it last year:p.
lots of parts to clean ..i have a brown 79 na parts car also
along with shed full of parts that i have been saving for this ..
cleaned out block guts and head. old oil was old but not any metal or bad things in it. painted block and manifold in high temp 1200 undercoated oil pan for long life. sent valve cover off to the powder coaters yesturday along with heat shelds ..he is powder coating my j tube with a crome finish .should look pretty good when its done and put back together .
i need a distributor ,and turbo .mabe a turbo fuel pump ?
not sure if i can get away with useing the stock na fuel pump for a bit ..
i was told you can use the na distributor ? but iam unsure of what mods that will take ?
i still need a clutch for my trany swap .pedals are already installed.
flywheel is in the shop drive line has new u joints and is in the waiting .
I have not made up my mind if iam going to swap the rear ends .
mabe mabe not .i will post back after i go get some more work done witch reminds me .i need to go do it any ideas on turbo size or brands would be good info for me at this point ?