[Starter issues]

Your negative to the body is not kosher.

[L28 ET Exhaust Manifold Issues]

Most L28 manifolds warp because someone drives them 25,000 miles with broken bolts/studs.

[What is the most power achievable on 87 octane?]

Our standing mile ford GT surely will never make it's 2000+hp on 87 octane....ever.

[I have a rod knock, what are my options?]

If you have enough piston slap or part of the skirt is missing to make that kind of noise, then the piston may be tilting enough to show lower compression on that cylinder.........which is easy to check.

 

As far as inspection, I would start with the easiest things first like inspecting under the valve cover.

 

If you don't find anything there, pulling the pan is a bit labor intensive but you can check both the lower side of the pistons and the rod bearings.

[mn47 head, l28 with dished pistons and su carbs?]

I ran a L24e with 280zx turbo stuff at 5psi for about 20,000 miles where it laid down mid 15 second quarter miles.......even after changing to a 3.54 from a 3.7

 

I ran the stock L24e system and injectors.

[VG30E distributor cap options]

I was wondering if there are distributor caps available for the Z31 and maxima distributors from 1984 to 1989 that have conventional upward pointing terminals instead of the compensated side terminals?

 

Distributor diameter needs to be kept to the minimum so I can't go with a later pathfinder or quest distributor.

[What stall to use]

Does a TH700r4 default to 2nd or 3rd gear when a sensor or switch input is missing?

 

Many transmissions do.

 

Definately count your gearshifts.

 

What is the rear end ratio?

[mn47 head, l28 with dished pistons and su carbs?]

The whole benefit to the MN47 is the quench that resists detonation......but only with flat top pistons.

 

Now putting that head on a l28 with flat tops might be higher compression than the design works best with.........not sure.

[Oil Cooling Jets for Pistons Anyone?]

Don't the stock rods squirt oil on the bottom of the pistons.

[Can anyone ID this? L series?]

RB20 maybe?

[Brass Plugs for Intake]

The aladdin came out in 1929.

 

I can actually cover holes up to 1/4 inch without filling them using the aluminum brazing rod from harbor freight........which is a probably a chinese copy......but it works fine.

 

Just make sure the surface is clean.

 

I've also repaired nicks in props with it.

[Can anyone ID this? L series?]

That dent in the front for sway bar clearance is in the exact same place as where the sway bar sits on a R30 or R31......maybe some other cars as well.

[Brass Plugs for Intake]

Any of you guys tried the aluminum brazing rod(aladdin rod)?

 

I will try it later this week.

[What happened to my diff]

That's from the oil and it was probably pretty new oil.

[260Z Track Car Build(Recreation of My Dad's GT2 Race Car)]

You'll be pleased to know that I'm quite positive there is no drive train part that is equally or more complicated than the STi.

 

I raise you a Mitsubishi 3000gt vr-4

 

 

I wonder if Bob Lentz still has his GT2 inline 6s now that he went to a VQ in his GT2 car.

 

The guys who used to run Datsun Dynamics might have a line on engines already built or can build a gt2 engine.

 

Thier current enterprise is auto expectations in sterling, VA.

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Auto-Expectations/10150113583150347?sk=wall&filter=12

[Stall / Dying While turning or launching]

Maybe the positive terminal of the battery is momentarily contacting the body during launches or a corner.

[Honda v6 mated to GM transmission]

At our local U-pull yesterday, I saw 2 acura 3.5tl engines, 2x H22s, 1x L-26, 5x vg32de, 4x vh45de, 2x lincoln markVIII engines, a billion vg30s, 3 2jzge, 5 LS400 engines, and about 11 northstar motors that looked untouched.

 

Engines are now $250.00 complete rather than the lower price of just the long block.

 

Not a single LSx engine has even been spotted at these yards but tons of LT-1 are there.

 

Of course condition means almost more than the engine type.

[MORE CALIFORNIA SMOG INFO]

What would california say to a 1991 Infiniti M30 with a L28et?.........if it passes the sniffer?

 

Engine management is currently the 1991 system the car came with.

[Magnaflow LT1 too loud]

Nobody specifying whether single chamber or dual chamber mufflers?

 

One is more than twice as loud than the other.

[MORE CALIFORNIA SMOG INFO]

I'm pretty sure getting rid of all chevy luminas would do more toward cleaning up the air than most anything else.

 

I see more luminas running around on 5 or less cylinders than any other car.

[How does a 1987 supra turbo compare to a 1984 300zx turbo?]

In GTU trim, the 7m made 300hp which is what we made at z shop of miami for our GTU car.........with a L28 based engine.

 

In GTP and GTO, toyota went with 4 cylinder engines.

[Honda v6 mated to GM transmission]

All engines here are $150 and I got a L28e from a 83zx with alternator, flywheel, pressure plate, a/c compressor.

[Honda v6 mated to GM transmission]

260hp acura TL and CL engines are all over the u-pull yards here in west palm beach.

[Farthest driven,Longest road trip anyone's done?]

I pulled a u-haul trailer from front royal virginia to Orlando.....then back up to virginia empty for another trip down to orlando in 3 days..........paying only the one way trip from front royal to orlando.

 

Good thing I was in front royal where they were too lazy to even watch me hook up or Uhaul would never have allowed a 280zx to connect up a trailer this size.

 

 

I built a large receiver type hitch which used the bumper shock bolts in addition to bumper mounting but was short enough such that I didn't worry about something pushing the assembly into the fuel tank if I got hit or hit something.

 

I packed a few rubber dogbones in the rear springs to limit the down travel of the suspension and carefully loaded the trailer to keep tongue weights managable and the car drove perfectly level and smooth.

 

Of course, the turbo seized only 200 miles into the trip so I cut a thin piece of stainless from a floppy disc, undid the two bolts on the turbo drain, slid the metal in to block the turbo drain, replaced the "T" on the oil supply with the gauge sender, and disconnected the wastegate actuator to keep the gate open.

 

Then I drove around a large tire tread from a truck on the highway and it clipped one of the long tire valve stems and cracked it such that centrifugal force would only cause leaking when the car was going fast.

 

I noticed it when I was filling the tire and found a very short flat head wood screw and used it as a buttress to keep the valve from being pulled by the forces at speed......but not before using ultra black to seal it.

 

10 miles later, I got my second flat tire in 23 years but I happened to have a zx turbo swastica wheel and tire I was transporting so I used that as the spare congratulating myself on fixing the other tire instead of swapping the spare at that time.

 

I drove on that tire and seized turbo for 6 months.

 

I later towed a 1984 maxima with a car dolly using the 280zx.

 

Great car for towing as long as you only brake in a straight line and don't even attempt it if the zx has bad rear shocks.

[Please post ECU pin output pictures]

Battery connected backwards fusing the injector driver/s.

 

Only takes a second.