Mudge

I no longer have my 94 but have used Jason many times.

Link #2 works for me currently, must have been down because of bandwidth.

Smaller engine that gets worse MPG and an older EFI setup is somehow better? I would agree the ignition is better than the Optipuke but no way do I think a virtually unprogrammable EFI setup that is older, is somehow "better." I dont think the horrible aero of the Mustang was completely responsbile for the gas mileage disparity, and the fox body was certainly lighter to boot. The intake on the 5.0 should also be replaced, where the LT1 intake does not need replacement. Either one could benefit eventually from a larger TB. I still want the 5.0 but I dont believe at all that the EFI is "better." If you are allergic to computers then you can get a timing adjuster and larger injectors along with a "re-tuned" MAF for the 5.0, in which case for someone non-techy then yes its "better" because there are bandaids for you if you scream when you look at timing and fuel tables.

That is pretty impressive for a stock cam car, no question. I would rather avoid the carburation though.

That is some bigtime suck right there, ouch.

Somehow I dont think you've ever driven anything fast, my car was lighter and made around 470 HP at the crank. It pulled quite nicely on the freeway, launching into the horizon? I wonder what kind of drugs one would have to be on to make such a claim, I think its the drug called "driving 17 second cars my whole life"

Yes peds have the right of way by law, but I think he made the right choice. In a court however, since cars have crash ratings and "peds" dont I think you would have been screwed.

I see you switched to the LS1, I bet its nice

Wow, a ZL1 cam is just about a collectors item.

You need to close your URL tag with a /

Better ignition, better EFI? I disagree.

To stay legal you need to carry over any and all smog equipment, and the catalytic converter(s) must be in the same general location as do the O2 sensors. This also means carrying over the carbon canister for the fuel. You also must re-register the vehicle with DMV, it is not legal to drive a V8 (example) if it is listed as a V6 with your insurance company.

If you look at the text file on classic240Z, they are all virtually identical, lift is the same except I believe intake side on the turbo car.

You would also of course want to have the correct valve springs for it. Not sure what you mean by 'race prepped' but if someone did the work and they didn't tell you, you sure should be able to get the information somewhere on a receipt.

You dont want to totally cheap out anyway, i.e. I would not put a $50 V8 in my car. The 5.0 swap has been done for under a grand, I would not personally expect to do it under $1500.

Should be possible, dont know that anyone has done it. The firewall I believe is 3" further forward than the early Z cars.

It is almost PERFECTLY sealed, the early design has a huge gaping hole in the back where the splined shaft goes, the 95 is nearly immune to damage from moisture. I had oil and coolant in my 94 Optipuke.

By heavily modified I assume you mean heads/cam etc, I waited till I had all the 95 Opti swap parts before doing this, its not worth doing over and over again because of the POS 92-94 setup.

Only 200 HP? Turbo rotary, or mayhaps a stock 5.0 Ford.

Strange, I always heard they were pig weight. I had a 400 that failed, oil starvation I believe.

It would be one way to shut up people who say V8s are anti-Japanese.

150 is a bit ridiculous, I've done 150 in my Z28 but it has a good deal of suspension work, I wouldn't feel safe in a stock car doing that. Anything goes wrong on a public road and good chance you may not walk away from it, if you do maybe not in one big blob like you are now. Track is significantly safer, 36 foot wide of clean sticky track in broad daylight, hopefully paramedics on hand just incase. I have heard of incidents needing people to be airlifted out, it happens.

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The idea is to put an NA ZX distributor on, if and when I can find one for under a million bucks. Is this correct? The older distributors I have seen are SIGNIFICANTLY longer in the shaft than my 82 turbo dis was.

This was a turbo engine, so yep - I see the point about the shaft now because the 280Z distributor shaft is much longer than the ZXT. Does the ZX distributor plug right in? I am having a beach of a time finding one without spending $75 though.