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  1. I will go read the inlet manifold thread. I think I read a thread here that says no Zcar came with naps , saw 2 280zs other day, both had naps badges but not cast into manifold like my engine does. My engine is N42 head and block. Just back from maiden voyage, have big grin on face. I put new plugs in and tuned dizzy in by ear, way better response than were I first had guesstimated it. Runs very smoothly, again very pleasing as was $150 Trademe buy. Only took it up to around 4/4500 rpm. at 3/3.5k it really starts pullin, I am impressed. Guy I was tlking to the other day has 2 78 280zx, he said both will pull 200kph, and do it easy. Will be takin it easy for a while to make sure no leaks etc. A kiwi was on holiday in Austrailia. he came across an Aussie standin behind a sheep caught in a fence. the Kiwi asks the bloke, " hey mate, are you gunna shear that sheep?" the Aussie answers "share it, get ya bloody own" cheers
  2. Got home from work, str8 to the job at hand. Pulled both the filter and sensor off, found my gearbox filler, it prbably has a techo name, its like an oversized bike pump. pumped oil into galleries till it started coming back out, 3/4ths filled the filter and replaced along with sensor. cranked for awhile, the light still no go out. my dad came up and said to put plugs back in and fire it up, and whataya know, light went out almost str8 away. I am wrapped, engine runs quite smoothly . just a new set of plugs and the dizzy adjustment to do 2morrow, and I,l be on the first test drive. I would how ever like to know how many of the vacum hoses I can saftely block off without adversley affecting performance.The L28 (naps) manifold that came with the engine is alittle different than the L20, I might change back to the L20, what do you think? Anyways, Im greatfull for the helpfull advise I have recieved on this site. Thankyou.
  3. succsess, installed h32 pump and drive unit off the L20 into the L28. Bit of playin round with tang position ( which was 180 degrees out at first) and also the lead postions seemed different on the L20 dizzy. I have a datsun rebuild book, a reprint of quite an older manual, it has firing order for L20A which apparently was not sold in the states, it did not however have anything on the L20E or L20et engines. Im wondering if they are slightly different setup. Anyways, as the oil had been drained for shipping, I had changed to new filter and filled with oil , I cranked for about 30 seconds without power lead to coil, the oil light didnot go out, I put coil lead in and the engine fired up, no rattles smoking or anything, Im pleased about that as it was a $150 engine off trademe. I only ran the engine for about 10 to 15 seconds, but the oil light remains on. Should I be worried, or does it take some time for oil to circulate from acompletely drained engine? thanks again for help with the dizzy /drive swap.
  4. cool, more info. have got pump and spindle off the L20.Am doing job out in the open and its gettin dark so completing the swap tommorrow weather permitting, will keep you posted. Im looking forward to gettin the 28 running. Ive never driven or even been in one, but from what Ive seen read and been told, theyre quite torquey and fun to drive, specially with 5spd man which the r30 has. ok ,next day. wethers fine so have just swapped pump and all over. hope this is alright. The pump in the L28 was an H30? The one out of the L20 is H32, being as its Turbo drive and dizzy Im hoping the pump is also turbo which I presume will be higher flowing/pressure? Job was easier than I thought, didnt need to drop the swaybar, cool. anyways abit sidetracked now, my son has just txtd wanting me to suss some mags out for him on trademe.Hopefully get the engine fired a little later on this evening. thankfully its daylight savings. cheers
  5. thanks folks. my L20 dizzy does look like an L20/L28et pcitured in a thread on this site. I think the L20 engine I took out was from a wrecker (numbers painted on side of block) then they must have bought a dizzy to suit seperately from wreckers , it also has painted numbers, letters look to read L20E but some are smudged so it could be L20E T, they have accessed the ecu also, so maybe it has been adjusted to use the ET dizzy on the n/a mtr? The L28E has the slotted drive while the L20 has spline and half circle drive. I had thought of swapping the main drives oil pump over, just wasnt sure the L20 dizzy would work on the L28 being longer stroke, sounds like its not a biggie.Awesome things done for conversion so far have put L20 sump on (frnt sump), altered oil pickup and relocated dipstck with the help of my 70 yo dad. hes been an engineer all his life and has been a big help with advise /welding etc. the engine is in car and all ready to fireup apart from dizzy. so thanks again for the help peeps.
  6. Howdy. I have 1982 L20E powered vehicle which I have swapped for an L28E out of 78 280zx . The L20 Dizzy has 4 wires coming out of it converging into a round socket type plug. The L28 however only has two wire tags coming off it. Im new to L series engines ,wiring, engine swaps etc and need help as to hooking up the L28 dizzy. the car in question is an 82 Skyline, and I have searched for hours trying to find wiring diagram to no avail.so any help would be appreciated. thanks.
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