Blown77Z

What 60ft time did you cut on your 8.3 run? I'm afraid my axle(s) will do the same thing...

I like how everything turned out Top notch stuff like always. Now if my interior looked as good as yours did...

Welcome to the board ! Not sure on that combo, but it'll be a good foundation to start with BTW, where is Orange Park, FL?

EXACTLY the plan I took

Wow, you did a very good job on it ! Where did you pick it up at?

BuZy: The rack seems fine, I replaced all the old worn out rubber bushings with poly bushings before I dropped the engine in. I'm going to check the little ball bearings around the steering shaft like I found in other posts and go from there.......

My alternator only has 2 wires coming from it. My alternator has 1 black plug with a single red wire coming from it that plugs into the top of the alternator. Then on the back of the alternator is where the power wire is run from staright to the battery. That's it.

LOL, sounds EXACTLY like my first start up ! Scared the crap out of me when it fired up in the garage with the open headers Congrats !

Not since I've had the car. I won't bother with it until I get my new wheels/tires in the next month or so that way I KNOW that isn't the issue.

The gauge in the air vent is the volt meter, but same idea hehe. I saw a picture of 1tuffz's interior and got the idea from him:wink: You can see the road if you watch more of the video ! But yeah, I need to take a passenger along for the ride to videotape me. It sucks to have to break in the clutch for another 490 miles or so... I have 2 questions for anybody that may have the answers. 1. What should I look for to fix the shaking of the wheel when I turn it a little to the left? A friend of mine told me to look for any play in the tie rod... 2. It seems like my tach's signal may be weak. Did you guys run the tach signal from the plug on the LS1 harness or from the wire before it entered the PCM??? Thanks, Tim

Finally got around to getting my first video uploaded of the car! It's not Big Phil quality but shows a lot of the car and me driving it BTW, the car needs an alignment BAD!!! The steering wheel shakes violently in the video at one point if you watch closely. Enjoy:

Indeed......mine will stay off for the time being

Anyone else have fitment issues with the U joint being large and hitting the rear sway bar??? I finally got around to reinstalling my rear sway bar today and noticed when I turned the driveshaft it hit the bar !!! Glad I found out before I took it for a drive Maybe an aftermarket one is in order, hehe.

Yeah, it's a Sony Handycam............

I need to find some video software to rip the DVD format off the disk and put on my HDD, then I can upload it to the internet !

The bulbs are good, I hooked the same bulbs up to my brake lights and both of them work. I will test out the reverse switch on the tranny to see if it actually works............ BTW, my fuel gauge works, hehe. The problem is the fuel level sender is kinda funky. It has some play on the floater rod where it's connected to the upper metal support. I tried to bend it a little so there's no play and it seems to "work" atm, but it's a little off. I'll probably get me a new fuel level sending unit down the road.

Mike, I tried wiring up the reverse light wires from the LS1 harness using the wires from the white plug on the LS1 harness (which have continuity from the reverse switch to the plug) to the reverse light wires on my 280z. The reverse light wires on my 280z have good continuity from the wires back to the bulbs. I'm thinking that somehow the bulbs are bad.......Going to buy some new bulbs and go from there. BTW, not sure if this is relevant but last night I found a small white plug under the dash which has 1 dark GRN wire and 1 BLK wire coming from it. The GRN wire on the plug has continuity from it to the GRN wires that ran to the old Z reverse switch. This plug is just hanging there not attached to anything and I couldn't find a bare plugin for it anywhere ! Is this plug suppose to be attached to the inhibitor switch or something else? Tim

I only had to cut off the ears as well.

UPDATE: Took the Z for another spin just now. Oh man it feels GREAT to get it out on the highway ! 1. I got my Speedo to work, WOOT ! I had to use the VSS high signal coming into the PCM - PPL/WHT wire. 2. Now I can't figure out how to wire up the reverse lights... You hook the BRN and GRN wires from the LS1 harness to the 2 dark GRN wires from the 280z????? I got good continuity from the dark GRN wires to the bulbs. I might go buy some new bulbs to see if the old bulbs (which look good btw) are somehow bad.... BTW, Clive did you add the resistors to your fuel gauge like in this link, http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=127605&referrerid=15552 Wish mine would work, so I can tell if it is accurate, LOL. Did your oil pressure gauge come with a sending unit???

Top notch stuff Looking very good.

Update on the Z. I plugged the O2 sensors in and zip tied them up and took the Z for another spin. The car runs A LOT better with them plugged in, not perfect, but better. Pros: 1. Overheating problem fixed. One of the problems was lack of coolant...I took off the upper radiator hose and poured Coolant/Water down it until it came to the top, WOW it took a lot of fluid Let it sit there for a while, temp got around 210 degrees or so, the fan kicked on and the temp dropped. 2. Oil pressure gauge fixed. Cons: 1. Fuel gauge still don't work. Clive ? 2. Speedo don't work. I tried to program it earlier and it seems like it's not getting a strong signal. I used the GRN/WHT wire from the small white plug from the LS1 harness..... But I think I should use the wire from the VSS itself. Anyone know which wire it is? The VSS has 2 wires: YEL is High signal, PPL is Low signal ..

Thanks for the help guys. I will try that on Sunday, going to Biloxi tomorrow for my anniversary BTW, here are some pics I took soon after I got the dash back in the car. I also installed a Pro Comp volt gauge in the drivers air vent, you can barely see it in the first pic, hehe. I took a small video earlier of the gauges coming on and me starting the car, but for some reason the camera won't connect to my computer..........ugh.

First impressions, SWEET ! On my way back to the house some guy was standing at the end of his driveway, flagged me down and asked a TON of questions about the swap. He even told his son to come over and look at the car, hehe. A couple of things I need some advice on... 1. Overheating problems. The lower radiator hose was cool to the touch leading me to believe the thermostat is stuck. Will buy a new one this weekend. 2. The nipple under the Throttle Body is suppose to be Tee'd into the upper radiator hose using the pressure relief fitting from JTR...correct? 3. Car runs a little rough, probably due to not having my O2 sensors hooked up yet since I still have my open headers, hehe. 4. Oil pressure gauge (AutoMeter Procomp) reads 90-100psi. Probably due to me using the stock 280 sending unit instead of the one that came with the gauge . I will swap that out this weekend. 5. Fuel gauge (AutoMeter Procomp) not working. Need to probe some wires there. 6. Speedo seems kinda funky, need to program it. Any advice on the above is GREATLY appreciated ! Thanks