tec280zx

Loving the swap man. I've been mulling over a vh45 swap into my 280zx for quite some time. I think this summer I might actually begin to tackle it. How difficult was it to graft the vh harness to the z31?

Looks great. Not normally a "wing" guy but that looks nice and subtle. They dont sell one specifically for the zx?

Yea the red one does look good. Already got ZG flares on my list.

Everything you need should be in the link you posted. Its been quite a few years since I swaped my na to turbo, but that was the only wiring diagrams I followed. I know its not as simple as plugging in the ecu though. I believe I grafted my na harness to the turbo fi harness. Most of the splicing was done with the relays by the battery. Only took me one afternoon to do the splicing after looking over the diagrams the night before. Hopefully someone can help you out, good luck.

Looks good, is that the classic fiberglass air dam from MSA?

Loving it. Almost makes me want to replace my air dam with the one you have and leave off the bumper. Do you always roll around without the hood? Hows it look with it on?

Yep, I did the same thing. Not using coilovers in the rear yet (money) but the 280zx top hat fit nicely on the s14 rear strut. When I finally drop the money for coilovers I may redrill the strut mount to accommodate for two holes.

Ah yes, for got about that.

Very nice!! I loved my titan before it was stolen. If only that swap was legal in ca. Im seriously contemplating a vh45 swap though. Sold my engine so the wheels are turning in my head.

Taking a break from painting the house. My lil grease monkey finished shining the tires up.

Oh yea, I doubt they have much of those around. If they do he probably wont let them go cheap. Once I start working again im gonna start gathering parts for the front, sway bar, control arms and tension rods. Wow, now that I think of it, my list is still pretty long. Still need aftermarket traction rods, rear calipers, re-work the e-brakes, custom driveshaft (maybe) axles, diff.... ugh. I still have my 5list lug setup for sale if anybody wants it, for the original rear crossmember.

The rear suspension. Looks like things are sitting fairly level despite the horrible camera angle.

Moved into a new house this week and just got the Z over here. Here's a pic of the Z32 wheels mounted. Didn't realize high offset they till I got them on. Notice how sunken in the fronts are compared to the rear. The s13 wider track actually made the rear still pretty flush. Still can't wait to get different wheels.

This shop I found probably has some r30 stuff lying around. What engine came in those? Rb20? They had quite a few rb and 1/2jz motors in stacks.

Good to know, I heard they were a bit too wide. That might not be a problem though. Do you have both control arms to compare length? I've heard s14 arm are longer than s13, but ill have to check it out first.

Yup, mine went bye bye a long time ago.

Using the s130 control arm/ball joint with the s13 knuckle creates a severe angle on the ball joint. I don't have a pic handy, think there's one on my cardomain, but joint looks maxed out in one direction. The s13 control arm has a slight curve at the end where as the s130 is flat. Im not a suspension guru by any means so I don't know if this will be an issue. I know another member here made an adapter for some other ball joint. Not sure how that's working out.

Yea next im gonna try and adapt the s14 front control arm to address the ball joint issue. I need to see if the sway bar and tension rods will play nice together first. Found a shop locally that is practically throwing away little suspension bits. I think their main revenue is front engine cuts so ill be hanging there more often. Sold me two rear s13 control arms a couple z32 rotors for 10 bucks.

Nice, I did the same thing minus the rear brakes.

A little bit. My company laid me off last month so I've been on a tight budget lately. Got another job lined up here in the next week or so though. Have to access the site through my phone so it'd hard to update right now. I ended up selling rims and picked up some z32's on the cheap. They fit but the offset is a bit too high.

Not much. Busy at work and my air compressor went out on me just before I was gonna start prepping the underbody. Check valve went out. Just have to grind down the frame rail and then I can start welding the rear mounts up. All in all it looks like it will go in no problem. Have to re-route the fuel pump and lines a little. Mostly little stuff.

half inch or 5 inches?

You need to pull the diff cover to tell for sure. A number will be stamped on the ring gear. 39:11= 3.54 39:10= 3.90 37:10 =3.70 37:11 = 3.36

My 81 na coupe came with an r200. Somewhere in the archives lists which models had certain diffs.

You can bump it up to 10psi safely, just need to buy a threaded plug to replace the stock relief valve. That with a better downpipe will make it a new beast.