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Check my page below to see how I handled the mounting in my ZX. It was quite simple.
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I just switched to a 100 amp one wire alternator. The extra wire is not used. I just tucked it back into the harness. Use the heavy gauge wire to the battery, only. I hope this helps.
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For my speedo cable I used the Datsun cable housing and went to the local auto parts store and got a universal speedo cable core. I replaced the Datsun core with the universal core. This makes the cable compatible with the Chevy trans. Oh, on the Datsun cable housing, the trans end thread is very close to the Chevy thread. Its tight but does mate.
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I'm not sure if your shifter is the same as mine, but my shifter's switch had six wires off it. The top two are large gauge, I used those for my neutral safety.They have continuity in Park and Neutral. The middle two wires have continuity when in reverse, guess what I used those for, and the bottom two wires also have continuity in Park and Neutral, I did not use these. I hope this helps.
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The four prong connector on the drivers side is for the lock up converter. I used the Bowtie Overdrive lockup kit, along with their TV Made Easy TV cable, and their 2200 stall converter. They work great.
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I'll check tonight to see if mine has a connector on the pass. side. My trans also came from a 87 Van.
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I don't remember my trans having a plug in on the passenger side. My backup light switch and neutral safety switch are built into the Camaro shifter that I used (94 Camaro).
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I used the dipstick and tube from the van that my motor came from. I just removed the top portion from the tube and shortened the dipstick a corresponding amount. For marking the full line on the dipstick I followed Bowtie Overdrives suggestion and installed the dipstick with the trans pan off and marked the stick at the mounting surface for the pan. For the shifter, I used a shifter from a Camaro. I had to change the lever (where the shifter cable/linkage attaches) on the trans to the Camaro lever.
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Many of the dirt sprint cars are running a reverse rotation engine. Because these cars are so small and have so much torque the counter rotating engine negates the tendency of the engine torque to try to flip the car on the tight turns. I can see the advantage if you were racing on a short oval track.
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Nick,
Glad to see another HybridZX on the road.
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The motor mounts are for a late 60's, early 70's Chevy pickup. The spacers are homemade.
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Last night returning home from our cottage, I had some road rage directed towards me. I was driving down the x-way doing about 70-75, moving with the flow when I came up on a beater Taurus wagon with not a straight panel on the car. His speed is varying between 50 and 65 in the left lane (speed limit is 70). I followed him for a few miles (I hate passing on the right). Finally he moves over to the right lane. As I pass him a scraggly guy with a scruffy beard, long hair in a pony tail, and half his teeth missing (according to my daughter) is hanging out the window calling me an a**hole. What the...? Our response to this kind of demonstration is to have everybody in the car smile and wave. His response was more yelling a******. Some people.
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Check with Bowtie Overdrive. http://www.700r4.com They have much info, as well as the correct parts to set up your 700R4. They are also very helpful in answering your questions. They helped me with mine.
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I'm using a 7qt. Moroso pan in my ZX. I also am running slightly lowered suspension. The pan sits slightly lower than a stock pan. With caution, it should work all right (no speed bumps). You should be able to see it in the pic of the trans mount on my page below.
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I fired up the 350 for the first time, last night. I put the new battery in, and turned the key. The motor spun two revolutions and imediately fired up. It runs and sounds great even with no exhaust. I didn't run it very long, maybe 30 or 40 seconds. All that's left to do is wire the Taurus fan, install air cleaner, and exhaust.
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I was in the army, enlisted during Vietnam. I never went there but would have, if called. I fought the war on ski patrol in the German Alps, instead. My son is presently a Marine Combat Engineer in Iraq.
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I also used Ross' adapters on my ZX. They work great. I just went to the local parts house and purchased the lugnuts. Check my page below for pics.
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Scotty, I did not receive any replies from Andy to the last couple of e-mails I sent. I think Davy is right.
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Mitch,
I have seats from a 94 Eagle Talon, same as Eclipse, They went in quite easily. They sit slightly higher, but not as much as in an earlier Z. Check out my page below for a picture.
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Nice pics, thanks. an awful lot of pictures of Berger Camaros. Berger is just 2 miles down the road from where I work. Berger Camaros are plentiful around here.
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Guy, those valve covers look like the same ones I have on my 350. They are just chrome plated stock type covers from Summit.
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http://hybridz.org/nuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=2&cat=0&pos=276 This is my other favorite activity, inline speed skating. This pic was taken at one of the US Cup, pro race series.
Mine should be there in another month.
v8 conversion question in 81 280zx
in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board
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For dimensions, follow the JTR manual (HybridZ Bible) for the spacer thickness, remember to add thickness of setback plates to thickness of spacers. I fabricated spacers and used mounts specified by JTR. For trans mount I used ZX crossmember, mounted to trans with Chevy mount and fabricated brackets to lower crossmember appropriate amount to give proper geometry/ driveshaft angle. I hope this helps.