zxjuiced

Here`s a look at my ZX without rear bumper!

And what it will look like without a rear bumper!!!

Look with out front bumper!

Hey Yasin, I got to admit your s130 look awesome! love the stance and wheel and tire combo. Great choice. It`s one of the biggest pains in the *ss to pull that look off, especially with the limited wheel options for the 280ZX.I`ve been there and back on wheels for my ZX and Im still not completely satisfied with my wheel and tire package. As for the front air damn I do beleive it to be a Bob Sharp Racing air dam. look just like the one on my ZX except for mine, I custom molded driving light into it.

Sorry! I`ll try to remember that next time....

thanks guy`s for all your input! Im going to take a step back and digest all your ideas and see which direction I may go. It`s looking like three maybe four possible options. 1. go triple weber carbs setup, hotter spark and head work and cam. 2.stay with EFI, get a good standalone EMS (fuel/spark), head work and cam and maybe just maybe 6 ITB`S. from extrudabody. 3. swap out the N/A L28 for a TURBO L28, thats if I can find a good doner car here in my area. and thats a big if.....I`ve only seen two Zcars in the junkyards around me and they were both N/A cars. oh the fourth option would be to do a V8 conversion, but thats not likely sinse I have a high output 1987 Camaro Z28 Iroc for my v8 cravings! Stay tuned, I`ll post more info when I have made my choice and I`ll post pics of the project when I get started!

Hey T-Bone I hear what your saying about the suggestions people throw at you regarding going turbo! I never mentioned turbo in the original thread, but it somehow always seems to be brought up. I would think if someone asked a question involving N/A thats what info their looking for. Why do people always think you never heard of going turbo and what to sway your mind! kills me everytime. what do they think? lol... Im sticking with changing the head and cam . just dont know if I should use my N74 or use something else. I`ll also have to do some research on upgrading the EFI and look into megsquirt or whatever.. Dont not sqat about megsquirt, heard about it but never investgated it.. guess Ill have to do a search on that too.but first I just need some good info on what head to use! Now back to the front bumper issue. I was going to and still plan on developing something else other tha the factory bumper but it stalled out so I just threw the factory one back on. I would really like to come up with a g-nose style, i think that would be a good look too. Ill figure something out. As for the rear wing, I do have a factory datson 280ZXR whale tail. I just need to get another hatch back to install it on. theres acouple around me just need to get time to go get one then I can mount the whale tail on it and have it all painted and then I can just change out the hatch back and I`ll have two different looks to use! Yes T-Bone money can be an issue for some, but spending a couple 2-3grand on head work is not all that pricy to me! Just need advice on choice of head to use. There seems to be alot of opinions on here about head choice that just gets all muddled up in my thinking! lol......

Heres a couple more quick pics. the 2nd pic is how I removed the rear bumper all 2gether. yeah I know, if I get hit hard from the rear Im screwed!!!!! lol...

Ok guy`s thanks for tuning in to my question. aslo wanna thank T-bone for the backwards compliment, I appriciate it anyhow! lol.. As you can see I can handle any work that has to do with maintaining the cars appearence but as for any major mechanical work well thats something different, Im can get around ok with tools and I can deal with N/A engines but Im an old dog and I dont understand or should I say been around turbo`s so when you say just swap in a turbo im sure its not as easy as that. I mean I dont have a clue how they work and what hardware is needed to complete the swap. My main concern would be the wiring harness and ecu and all the other stuff needed for the swap, as you know having the Z for 15 years i`ve spent my fair share of time looking for parts in junkyards here in western pa and you just dont run across very many Z`s in the boneyard with turbos and for that matter if you happen across one it`s already been stripped of the turbo engine and hardware.So now I have to go to the internet and now im dealing with someone thats says they know what their selling me and Im getting everything I need for the swap. but am I really???? plus then I`d still have to find someone in my area to perform the swap. ( Even if I could??) I dont think I know enough about turbos to do it myself.So its still going to cost me $$$$$$$. thats why Im leaning toward leaving it N/A and just changing out the head and cam. even if its just swapping out my N47 head for a better stock head and getting some mild machine work done adding new cam ,lifters, rockers and springs.Im sure even something like that would be better than what I got now as bone stock. Like I stated in my first post, Im not going to race it, just wanna get a lil more performance out of it.

Ok here goes. I have a 1980 280ZX N/A EFI 5-speed mostly stock other than header and 2.5 exhaust. It`s basicly a virgin engine, never been broken apart. Engine only has 65,000 miles on it.Im the second owner I`ve had this car now for 15 years and now I wanna add some performance to the engine. I`m not going to be racing it in any fashion other than taken it out on some back country roads here in pennsylvania and horsen it from time to time. Ok now to get to the question. The engine is the N42 and the head is the N47.From what I can tell from reading thru this forum is that the N47 head is not a very popular head to use,so with that said what head do I want to get my hands on and what type of headwork should I have done to it, (machine work on the chambers, port/polished, bigger valves, springs, etc etc ???) and also what cam grind would you recommend?? keeping inmind I want it to also be streetable. This is the first performance mod I would like to perform first then maybe later down the road rebuild the bottom end.I hear to make a Z run, first put your money in the cylinder head! I wanna make sure my money is well spent in the right place with the right parts. thanks guys, looking forward to your recommedations.. zxjuiced

Ok gotcha, 70`s 2wd truck motor mounts! Yes I`ll definately post pics when I get it mounted in! thanks again

Thanks John, So your saying: any year 2wd dodge truck mounts will work!

Just need to know if someone knows exactly what model and year motor mounts from a mopar truck are used to bolt a 340 into a 1980 280ZX. I`ve read somewhere on here about using the truck motor mounts but did`nt refer to what model and year to use! thanks