Calgary280ZT

I'm with Tony. We swapped the L28ET in my 77 a few years back and I made many runs between Calgary and Bakersfield, CA (3,000 miles round trip) for work, putting 5,000+ miles on each trip. Only trouble I ever had was the heater core blowing up. My own fault for not changing it out sooner. But there were all kinds of little issues to sort out during the shakedown period. Are you planning a BOV? My car had surge so bad, made it difficult to drive. What about an intercooler? If you use one, make sure you install good quality clamps so your couplers don't leak. IMO you are asking for trouble swapping in the turbo engine and shortly afterward going cross country. I'm very spoiled, JimCanuck did my swap and all the little upgrades that make the car reliable (getting rid of your fusible links?), and he's very very thorough. So I have a lot of confidence in my car because of that. Without a month or two to shakedown the car, driving 3,000 miles is a big gamble. I liked the suggestion of making a list of Z clubs along the way and maybe get some of the members here who are willing to help if you break down to provide their contact info. You're rolling the dice, but, but maybe that's just my middle-aged caution kicking in...LOL

Thanks Hugh...of course I posted wrong info in the first place...turns out I have LW2 not 3 Doh!! But your tips sound like they will work, I'll give it a try.

Hi guys Well, the car is running again. It has a very rough tune, time to do some logging and tuning. Unfortunately, I am having trouble figuring out Logworks (I don't feel bad, the guy helping me is a software engineer and he was cursing it too!). Basic problem is setting it up so that the X and Y axis conform to the Wolf V500 fuel map. The way Bo set it up is that the we have load in percentages on the vertical axis and rpm on the horizontal axis. It's been over a year since the install, but I seem to recall Bo had his Logworks set up so that it was identical. Is this possible? FYI, I'm only running 2 psi boost until I become more familiar with tuning. So far I've been driving and checking the Logworks AFR gauge and I'm lean at the top of the map, so have been gradually enriching those cells, which has brought the lean spikes down to the 13.5-14 range. Anyway, any help is much appreciated. Markham

Hey Bo...not sure I still have your correct email, so will try here and hybridz. Jim and I couldn't figure out how to create a log file with the correct axis parameters in LogWorks. Is there a good time I can call you Monday to discuss? Or you can email me, whatever works. FYI, the top of the fuel map is really lean under any kind of load. We enriched it by 15% across all RPMs, but didn't make much difference...nice 11-12 afr under no or little load, but as soon as I put my foot into at all there are spikes 15-16. That's at 2 psi boost!! Clearly I need to log and not just read the AFR read out. But I think we've got the hang of tuning Wolf, as soon as we can create a proper log I feel confident we can adjust the AFRs.

Well, it appears that after a year without TMZ, the beast is back. Here's the sad story. April 2008 ktm installed a Wolf V500 EMS in TMZ. Ran rich, but no problem driving back to Calgary from Los Angeles. Drove the car for a couple of months, then it went into the shop for engine mods. The mechanic is an old Nissan tech who now runs his own shop and he used to race 1st gen Zs in Jamaica. The idea was for me to do the work and he would supervise, like I was an apprentice. Here's what we did: Rebello race ported and polished P90 head, big SS intake valves, Isky cam Pallnet fuel rail Supra 440 cc injectors T3/T4 ball bearing, ceramic coated turbo (brand new) Custom stainless steel downpipe to existing 3" exhaust Custom SS intercooler piping 60 mm TB Polished and ported Lone Wolf intake manifold I followed TonyD's advice and opened up everything from the intake to the exhaust. The only part that isn't bigger or polished/ported is the exhaust manifold. The goal is to make 400 rwhp at 10 psi boost with a stock bottom end. That's all the good stuff. After we got everything in, the car would never start. The mechanic and I spent months (literally!) trying to get a spark. The closest we got was starting an engine bay fire! Finally, in November we gave up. TMZ sat in the shop's yard all winter until I pulled it home last month. A couple of weeks ago it was towed over to JimCanuck's. Jim is both an electric engineer and a part-time Z mechanic, and he has worked on almost every aspect of my car, including the turbo swap. Well, Jim diagnosed his way through the entire ignition system. We knew the ECU was good because I had sent it to Australia to be checked at the factory. Finally, it came down to the coil ignitor. I won't bore you with the details, but after much head scratching, Jim figured out that the ECU didn't like the stock Nissan ignitor. Tonight he installed a GM ignitor and the car started up and purred like a kitten...a very bad a$$ kitty!! First thing he did is phone me on my cell and let me listen to my baby run...I was so freakin' excited!! Tomorrow or this weekend I'll post some video and pics. Next job will be some rough tuning...Jim says it's running rich. Neither of us has tuned before, so should be an adventure. Stay tuned....

I'm driving in Montana two years ago, on my home from Bakersfield, CA to Calgary, doing 88 in a 75. Cop comes over the hill, hits the lights, screams across the meridian to my side of the highway. I pull over right away. Big beefy farm boy gets out of the cruiser. My sphincter is convulsing at the thought of a night in a Montana jail cell. Cops come up to the window. "I see you're from Canada. We like our Canadian visitors. That'll be $40 cash." Then he leans in the window, right in my face. "Payable right NOW." Whipped out a couple of twenties and spent the next five minutes telling him about all the mods in my car. Did I mention how much I like driving in Montana?

1982 turbo engine, lost rotor and need one quick so we can get The Mighty Zed out of JimCanuck's garage! Canadian suppliers say 7-10 days for a $10 rotor but I need it sooner than that. Any of my fellow Canucks able to help me out? Email me at markham@patch-marketing or call at 403-660-4041.

Hey Bo, I notice in your first post you didn't mention your meth injection setup...are you still running it? If so, any chance a malfunction was responsible for the detonation? Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Comments about reliability vs. hp were a bit of a wake up call for me.

I know, and they look better, but....after making number of 10,000 kilometre runs to CA and back, I found they were actually harder on my old back than the rebuilt stockers. Go figure. I don't know what i'm going to do...

The rear of the seatwell in your 280 is 17.5" wide, vs. 20" in the 240. That limits the seats you can use (ask me how I know...LOL). I've got early 90s Miata seats in mine and they fit fine, but I'm not crazy about the fit and comfort. There is a great seat thread on this forum, probably one of the links above, but remember, most of those posts are about 240s, not your 280.

Hey's guys, here's the latest episode. http://www.secalgarynews.com/?p=2919&preview=true If I can get the video to look right, the next episode will feature a 7,500 hp biodiesel race truck!

Hey guys, hot off the editing computer, the next episode of Markham's Garage. Enjoy! http://www.secalgarynews.com/auto/video-1928-model-a-truck-hotrod/#more-2619

New episode of Markham's Garage [www.secalgarynews.com] I may was well mention it now, because everyone is going to post on it...the dyno sheet I posted with the story is from runs prior to their latest tuning efforts. I've asked Steve for the most recent dyno sheets and will post them as soon as I get them.

goldfish, car came without an engine as it turns out...sorry.

I can ask....

Check it out guys http://www.secalgarynews.com/auto/video-1989-lamborghini-countach-supercharged-lt1/#more-2287

Daeron, yes, Lambo is owned by an oil exec here in Calgary, spent about $200k on it so far. Nice looking car, but I would have gone a different route. Only makes about 500 hp, which doesn't seem like much for all that money. This episode should be up by Wednesday, watch for it. Now, the episode after that is something to watch....a 900 hp twin turbo 2008 Vette! We couldn't take it for a ride because there is still snow and ice on Calgary streets, but we will get it out in April!!

The videographer is JimCanuck, who sometimes posts on here, and we both caught the throttlebody mistake and discussed it with him, but he was sure it was 80 mm, so I left it in. What the heck, it's his car, he can say whatever he wants about it...LOL

Silver and in primo condition...check it out http://www.secalgarynews.com

Well, what I was really asking is, Where the heck do you live that you NEED a shotgun for home defense? The idea of NEEDING a gun for home defense is just...foreign...I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it. Does your neighborhood have a lot of break ins, home invasions, etc.?

Well, sir, you are the mythical customer, like Moby Dick or the unicorn. You apparently know everything about everything or think you can Google it. You're not an engineer by any chance? (with the appropriate apologies to ktm) I work in technical sales in the oil patch and talk to engineers all day, every day. The reason sales people ask questions so much, and sometimes answer questions with a question, is the need to draw out information from the customer so that we can respond with the proper information. My customers rely on me to be accurate and provide the correct recommendation. To do that, I need THEM to talk, not me. Once I have what I need, then it's time to respond. Good customers understand the need for good technical sales people. It's a symbiotic relationship and both parties benefit. Try having a symbiotic relationship with Google someday and see where that gets ya...LOL

This gun is not really for self defense, just mainly to have fun with. I have a shotgun for home defense and I don't carry, so it's really just a toy. I wasn't going to post, but...a shotgun for home defense? Is Seattle that rough? Wow, my home defense consists of a key and an alarm system...LOL

Putting Rustoleum on with a roller is not easy...at least not easy to get a nice looking job. I did it and it was ok...but a LOT of work and still way too much orange peel. Next spring I'm going to use auto paint and the Preval system for most of it. We'll see how that works.

I've spent $14k over the past 2.5 years. I'll be spending another $5k on a suspenson next year. By the time it's all done I'll have $25k or $30k into the car...but it's my daily driver and I drive from Calgary to the States all the time, 30k to 40k miles a year, so the car pays for itself and then some. There are plenty of guys on this forum who have spent way more than me....and lots of have spent way less. The Z cars are great that way. You can have a nice sports car for cheap or you can go all out and have a nicer sports car for $$$$$$$.