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So, went out to the shop with my roommate tonight. Nothing changed, but somehow the Z gods are not looking on me kindly. I once again have no spark past the coil wire. It sparks with a purplish flame when I put a spark plug on it, but once again nothing at the cylinders. Can anyone help me? I am not to the point of moving on to HEI or EDIS yet. I want to make this work. I have a Z31 turbo dizzy available if that matters. I saw a Big Phil video and he swapped the internals into the 83 dizzy housing. I'm not sure if that will help though. I get a RPM reading in MegaTune, and spark off the coil. I can't figure out if this is a mechanical issue or MegaSquirt issue. Why won't this work??? Can someone give me a MSQ running an 83 Dizzy on MSI V3 Extra? Do I have my wiring harness hooked up wrong? If so, how am I getting RPM in MegaTune? I tried uploading the data logs and it won't let me...

I think that colour will look awesome with some matte black accents.

BRAAP's banhammer is one to be feared... Say Josh remember a certain front diff mount that was designed by a member here?

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Please read this entire thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=151302 Most of the time, people don't swap L28ET's into Z's and keep them stock. There is a much higher potential for a Turbo motor that you do not have with a N/A L28E with thinner ringlands as jeffer said. You need to read up on the problems that the L28s have under boost.

Honestly haven't looked too much into it but TrumpetRhapsody sent me a link to this and it looks really good if it's in the budget. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=151529&highlight=connectors I wonder if they'll sell them 'a la carte'

I really hope someone got sacked for that.

#1 Yes Good call on #2, I was unsure on what trigger angle I need. Thanks Mike, I'm going back out tomorrow. I spent this evening spending more of my income on Z parts :/

I'm agreeing with everyone else on that. Any way you can just take a cut-off wheel to that tip?

I made it out to the shop last night. I had to reset the dizzy shaft. It is now facing in the proper direction. I had other people tell me that there was no spark hitting the spark plug wires, but I never confirmed this. There is now spark getting to the plugs. I had an extra plug hooked up to cyl 1 and cyl 6 wires and they were both sparking. I could have sworn that I heard it fire in two cylinders the first time I tried to crank it, but I didn't smell any exhaust gas [open DP currently] and it could have all been in my head. I ran down my battery again trying to adjust random settings and get it to start. Never did get it to run though. I need someone out there to help me, hopefully I can get Chris out there later this week. I guess it's all an issue of timing now, so I'm going to have someone physically rotate the dizzy head around while trying to crank it, hopefully that will help? There are two possible ways that you can mount the distributor, I didn't see a directional key. I'll try to find a picture of a stock setup. I wonder if I have the dizzy head mounted 180* off. The motor was on TDC compression stroke when I reset the dizzy shaft, so that should be good. The LED was flashing the whole time I was cranking it, and I saw the spark from the plug wires. Chris suggested I might have "weak" spark, could this be a possibility? Thanks for the input.

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"Why don't they speak English?" "Because they're Spanish"

Chris = best friend Haha thanks buddy. I know I've been a slacker but Katie is leaving tonight so it's back to the Z! Going to stop by HF to pick up a impact set, do you need anything?

Thanks for the reply Mr. Cramer - I've had company in town for a few days so I won't make it out to the shop until tonight. Will reply tonight or tomorrow morning. Cheers!

Time to start a new thread please - I kept getting excited when I see Mike's thread bumped then get real dissapointed when I read about someone 'planning' to run a 10:1 Turbo L28. Having a debate on my local forum, fueled by this thread: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=1048335 Basically you can have a fully built setup with an IC meth and a stand alone and still blow it up easy. I'd advise you to start with a 7.4 Junkyard turbo block [l28ET]. Like Mike said, it will be easier and possibly cheaper. I pulled my N/A motor to install the tapped oil pan anyways, so it's the same amount of work. Go read these and other threads in the turbo forum, they are full of info.

I recall that it was blinking, Trumpet says he can't remember if it was a solid light or if it was blinking. I'll go check it out after work. I lined up the dizzy shaft notch with the oil shaft notch according to the "How to rebuild your Nissan OHC motor" book, but I wonder if there is a possibility that the rotor is off so much that it can't spark to the point on the cap.

Haha no. That's a stock photo of a Malibu Wakesetter. I ride with my friend Will up at Beaver lake. I've driven/rode behind Air Nautiques, Malibus, Supras, and Tige's, but I still don't know which boat I'd buy. The Malibu's wake is really smooth though. I just haven't warmed up 100% to the 'Wedge.' http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/boat-design/6173d1146001831-wake-size-malibu_powerwedgesystem.jpg

The bullet connector on the red wire [Headlights] that connects the combo switch to the steering column harness got unplugged one time and that's why my headlights were out. Can't hurt to check that.

Riding on a wakeboard for two hours behind one of these:

There are bolts in the hatch 'floor' as well so you have to unbolt it from under the car as well as from inside the hatch IIRC http://www.zcar.com/forums/read/1/2065688 Forgot about that, you'll need to drop the tank, and I'm pretty sure I mutilated the brackets with a cut off wheel to get them out of those tiny bracket holes. I eventually just cut the whole rear out to shave it proper. More pictures: http://www.datsunspirit.com/disassemble.html Did a google search for ya

So is the point of Hagerty just to get your invested money back, but not to save the car? That is unfortunate, I hope everything works out.

Drain the coolant, pull the 90* fitting and just match it at the store.

I posted this on MSExtra, needing some help getting my 78 280Z Turbo swap to run. I got my map from mikeatrpi, he is running a modified VR dizzy off his N/A motor. Here is the map I am running: http://forums.hybridz.org/showpost.php?p=1044528&postcount=112 After hooking up the IGBT circuit according to the DIYAutotune writeup: http://www.diyautotune.com/tech_articles/how_to_megasquirt_your_280zx_turbo.htm I am getting RPM in Megatune, when the car is cranking over, and with the stim board. The dizzy is hooked up to the relay board according to the DIYAT diagram. The D2 diode was wired in backwards by the previous owner, so I jumpered it as the megamanual suggested: When the wire from the coil to the distributor is taken off and 'jumped' to metal on the car or a spark plug is hooked up, it will fire, but seems to be 'weak' spark. I bought a brand new cap and rotor for my distributor, and after trying to get it to fire today we took the cap back off and there are no 'fire' marks on the points or the rotor. When cranking the car, no spark is getting to the plugs when the plugs are out of the motor. I'm not sure if the problem is in the wiring in the board or the wiring harness [not getting enough power or something like that], or wrong settings of my msq. Any advice for me? This is a MS1 V3.0 Extra Code board with the IGBT circuit wired up to trigger spark, I'm using the 029y4 Version of MegaTune, when I go to the configuration setting and select "extra.ini" it says the code is 029y3.

Take it out and plug it, Put in a Blow Off Valve before the throttle body and you'll be fine.

Haha Here are some pictures of my T3: The wastegate opens at a certain PSI to stop over boosting/boost spikes/whatever you want to call it. It needs vacuum reference to do this. Once the WG hits a certain boost level, it will open a valve to let the exhaust gas bypass the turbine Does your turbo have those vacuum hoses?