Tony D

Actually, that is partially incorrect. ALL 280ZXT's in Europe had oil coolers, slushbox and standard. They also had radiators of larger capacity than in the USA. The USA cars were partially decontented and as a result they used the Oil Cooler only on the Autobox cars here---while true the Autobox caused more work in the radiator, it was the smaller radiator that coupled with lower horsepower that made the decision to get the aux oil cooler implemented. In Europe where serious speeds were encountered (and the engine was rated 20bhp higher due to fuel mapping and a .82 A/R housing) they ALL had them. Which tells me, if you are running a 200BHP 280ZXT with a Manual, you should consider an oil cooler as Nissan started making them standard on the chassis at that power level. This is seen on most Nissan components, take the R200 for example---see which Torque-HP was available to the axle, and you will quickly see the breakpoint at which Nissan used the R200 as opposed to the R180. Then look over to Subaru and the R160/R180/R200 and see the exact same kind of Breakpoints with their utilization of Fuji Heavy Industry Componentry! Engineering is engineering...

I'll add another 'bump' in the same week, as the guy with the controller is due back from China soon, and has still not responded to me which control system it is. Unbeknownst to him, though, I was in the corporate office and have SAVAGED his cubicle. He will be opening drawers and finding yellow stickies that say 'Contact Tony D on your Z32 Wastegate Controller Setup'... They are all over his cubie now at eye level, under things, in drawers, I even upturned his 'Wheel Man' (a figure made of turbine wheels) and stuck several on his rump... When you go for training, you have 'spare time' for once in your life. I simply chose to use it to bug the hell out of him remotely to buck up details on his controller system. I will probably be in Malaysia or Indonesia when he returns, or gets irritated enough (gets the idea) to give me the information. He doesn't want me to have to come over to his house...

No check valve! Simple port on the manifold will work, turbo may initially overspeed due to the plenum volume getting filled, but it results in quicker spool as the wastegate is held closed slightly longer. On drop-throttle if the plenum goes into vacuum, this will also slam the puck on the wastegate closed helping keep exhaust flowing through the turbine and keep turbine shaft speed up compared to a torus-mounted pressure sensing point. I would not alter the casting of the turbo, simply from a 'what if warranty' standpoint. Heck, the only thing I use those ports for on the STOCK turbo is as a source for Idle Air Bypass! The other one (if it's there) gets plugged. My stock wastegate is plumbed off the manifold.

comp fan doesn't fit on a ZX without modification, either!

Oh, Tony is a HAPPY MAN TODAY! That drawing....the information contained... "PT. Koyo Jaya Indonesia" Not only will I be in Indonesia within a couple of weeks, I'm already well on the way towards asking my local distributor in Indonesia to check into local pricing for Indonesian Delivery. I'm not a fan of Aluminum Radiators, but when I have Business Baggage allowance and one carry on....I can see two or three of these coming home with me on this trip! THANKS FOR THAT! I would have gone through Koyo Singapore from what was written thus far, but knowing they do the work there in Indonesia, I will simply go direct in-country and skip even that marginal markup and buy form PT. Koyo Jaya. I'm wondering where their facility is, and if we have a supplier/service interaction with them already. If so, even more discounting may be possible. More things to check..... Not paying for shipping makes this particularly attractive, as I'm sure you know! <EDIT>Ohhh, found them, Cibitung. This looks doable on the next visit. Will have Suhadi or Usahadi do some groundwork for pricing locally. Again thanks for the heads-up!

z-ya beat me to the comment, that is how we have done it on Mustangs for a while when the RPM probe got run over going on the dyno...D'OH!

Non-North American Models were available from the beginning of the model run with a five speed. They were also available through Nissan Comp (Z or Roadster Box). It is possible a 70 has a five speed, either from it's non-US origin, or a previous swap with available Nissan Factory Components. Many dealers would install the Nissan Comp Parts before you took delivery. Obviously there was a five speed in '70, you just had to work a bit to get one in a car here in the USA. Not so elsewhere.

Bosch did that all the time... I don't have time to dig out my stuff, believe what you want. You didn't answer my actual parts substitution question, you just insisted you were right. Like I said, believe what you want.

Never saw the logic for a Spork, got a fork, got a spoon, why on earth combine them? Yet the unholy merger happened, and it's out there to this day. I remember the day the spork was introduced at school. Indeed it was a black day for the old-school Fork and Spoon Maker's Guild... And like Kodachrome, many never thought it would go away, but they stopped production. If you have it, shoot it, and send it in. There are only two labs left processing it, and when the last commercial production is ended, they won't be keeping that process going. "So the Maples formed a union, and demanded equal rights... they said the oaks are much to greedy, we will MAKE them give us light!"

IF the L20E Injectors are the same as an L28 AND the ECU 'varies the pulsewidth' for the smaller engine size THEN an L28 installed with an L20E ECU will run lean in OPEN LOOP due to the preprogrammed pulsewidths. WHY is this not the case? WHY does an L28 with L28 injectors run RICH (noticably, like 10:1 AFR's) in this case? If the injectors are the 'same' (regardless of color or numbers on them) this should be an identical swap with no change. You're saying the S130 Fairlady 280Z with L28 has the same injectors as the L20E powered car? (And that an L20E and L20ET have therefore, THE SAME injectors---which is NOT the case!) This was not the case when new, they were different part number (NISSAN part numbers, not injector part numbers.) JECS part numbers may be the same, but internal differences change things.

/Channels Ted Nugent Wango Tango/ verification of instrumentation is critical to the investigation of the possible viscosification of your lubrication...BABY!

Reading the post or thread sometimes answers questions you may have: "I store my tank full of air using a block valve on the outlet port, I can drain out condensate the next day after it all drops out of solution. Lets me start work while the initial fill starts, as well as fill a tire or three without turning on the compressor. Smaller tanks (like 30 gallon) usually work well being blown down at days end and being started with the drain open for a while." Just an example... BTW, AIR is not what will damage the tank. Condensed water is what will cause an issue. Draining water out is what you want to do. As I said, leave the air in there overnight so all the water drops out, drain the water and leave the air. You will be fine. Wet air is bad, dry air is fine...

Z31 had limiter, their 500 hp box for the S130 employs a Z31 box, so removing that feature would be nice for employment in the earlier chassis.

I got my 14X10's and 14X9.5 Wats... No need for 17's. Good luck, this is a tall order in the world of bottom-feeders.

And afterwards, they start craving a cigarette... Who am I to deny their request?

they like it... they want it... they know when to step baaa aaa aaack on command!

They know what's coming, trust me. It's loudly announced immediately beforehand...

Yeah, nobody paid anybody for Kodachrome. /Channeling Dennis Hopper/ That was, like, pure man! Pure!

They took my Kodachrome away. Never say never Markham!

I have urges every day. I am weak, I can't quit. Problem is I don't have enough time in the day, or opportunity to indulge to the point where I might think I should quit. And if I quit, then those urges...oh those urges will be overwhelming, I would be consumed. My lanolin fetish would then probably get really bad...

For the longest time I had an "Abled" sticker in my window hung from the rearview mirror. Looked like the handicap sticker, but was the same stickdude running with 'fast' lines behind him. "ABLED PARKING" is what it said. I got so much grief from the Customs guys in Otay Mesa, they just didn't get it. One was all serious "which one of you is Handicapped?" Really on the ball with his reading, eh? I even let him READ it and it took him much longer than it should have to 'get' that it was NOT a handicap sticker, but really something that entitled me to park anywhere else because I didn't have hangnails, rump rash, etc... and 'needed' to park close to the dog grooming salon's entrance.

E.D. you have L20ET injectors, the L20E injectors are not green, and are a different P.N than the L28....unless they are on an L28E, then they are the same. This was already posted. Unless you have Nissan Documentation to back up your contention, I'd remove it E.D., it's fallicious.

Michael, are you in any way related to me by blood....As I read this, it was "yeah, that about sums it all up!" My house is 80 feet from the road, because that's as far as I could get a free 250A feeder to the meter. It also makes a nice block of the rest of the back of the property (all 580' deep, in back of the house!) Keeps out prying governmental monkey eyes! I am upgrading the interior of my house, simply because it's a 1975 Doublewide....but 1400 sq ft is still 1400 sq ft, and as long as it's simply decent when I sell, I get the premium of a house of that size, with all utilities connected and present on site, and very little expense whilst doing so! "Nice" houses are very misleading. Exteriors lie. My house is very different inside than you would expect from the outside. But that's not a bad thing. The neighbors may have to worry about someone breaking in to take their stuff, but my dogs on the old rattan furniture on the front porch kind of stop those thoughts. Besides 'what could be good in a doublewide when we got this nice 3400 sq-ft mansion next door with columns and a pool, and a dually parked out back connected to a big boat?'

Pride goeth before the fall. Plenty of 'proud' HOA owners walked from their obligations when the times turned down. How your yard looks doesn't have jack sh*t to do with 'pride of ownership', it does though, show that you put far more value on other human beings thinking nice things about you than you should. I purposely took a place in the 'borderline' because it was the furthest out I could go and still have a reasonable commute to the airport. All the infrastructure is now coming in, and new HOA owners are taxed to the hilt to pay for it. I'm Prop-13'd from those extortive fees and taxes. Bummer, huh? And I don't worry about Code Enforcement becasue there are PLENTY of people around me with FAR WORSE looking places than mine. What do I care what their yard looks like, it's none of my business! I guess I grew up in an era or a place where there were more pressing priorities than displaying status via hemmoraged cash for yard work and lawn care. I am not Hank Hill in that respect. Not by a longshot. Nor am I 'Malcolm in the Middle' dead-grass and weeds bad. Though my neighbor is....and I don't care. It's his business.

I got 6 in one of my storage container. In California. Sorry, I'm a hoarder.