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hey everyone, Ive been trying to read up alot on my turbo swap and I am fixing to start this weekend. first off, I have basically everything from the old car, disassembled in my garage, im using the 83 harness for ecu and EFI.. is it just a simple remove your old and put in the 83? no wiring in/ splicing into old harness? basically i'm wondering if its just a plug and play for its ECU and connectors. I've typed up as many alternate seach queries i could think of for a similar question but i have not found any that give me that solid assurance of yes you have to, or no its just that simple! lol... I hope for this to be pretty simple, seeing how it will be my first "Swap" in a car, thanks for any help you can provide! ~Jordan.

ok thanks, how much shipped?

ok cool, send some pictures to that # if you want, or on here.. are they ceramic coated?

Looking to buy preferably an arizonazcar 4 bbl manifold, also 6-1 headers. my # is 256-468 -2790 text or call anytime or message me here, although im not on often. thanks! Jordan.

Yeah, I've decided a proper turbo set up using my current engine is above my comprehension and/or budget for the time being. I've decided its more in my skill range to just rebuild the motor, head work, flat tops, a good cam, and still tossing around the idea of triples.. still not sure yet sorry for not replying for awhile.. ive been busy the past few weeks I need to pull my motor for the winter to start on it, thanks for all the information you all gave me. wasn't the outcome I was expecting on my part, but I know for right now its just a pipe dream.. now to start gathering all my needed parts for the rebuild.

whats the degree of timing you have to set for around 11-12lbs of boost anyways?

thats what it was saying on summits web page atleast, all the thinking and reading has made me lose sleep, but its all for a good cause lmao.. back to reading

My 77, stock, 15x8 -10 offset wheels, I love her

yes thats it, not saying its the best of ways to go, but talking in theory, would this suffice for the retard of timing when a turbo is put on? or does it need to be more than the max 15 degrees that box will allow? or am i missing something in my logic?

Oh ok, my dad uses an MSD btm box on his turbo coupe T-bird, and he was pondering if that would work, i think the max retard timing setting on it is 15 degrees..

how is this?

wow, after reading megasquirt FAQs and manuals online at diytune.com I feel dumb, I want to do this myself to say i did it.. but some of the stuff is going over my head.. for megasquirt do you NEED an 02 sensor? and as far as my stock distrib. I replace that with a turbo one to set up for ignition control with MS? and as far as ignition control with MS goes, does that in a way take place of an MSD box for timing control? I need to step back and look at this from a different angle to comprehend some properties of a Megasquirt install

Ok awesome, so the 83 turbo injectors, is that something i will use or are the stock ones useable with a MS set up?

Hey everyone. ive been reading and trying to find some posts on how to turbo a motor with the N42 head, and i think ive been misled on some things and would like someone with experience to help me get my ducks in a row.. first off, I have a 1977 280Z, Bone stock motor, 4 speed manual, this is my toy, I autocross it but I baby the **** out of it, and ive been contemplating the choices on more power for the courses.. so I started looking and most people are telling me I NEED an p90 head to even start to turbo this engine. is the N42 head able to stand up to modest boost? 9-11 lbs for a goal.. with a few mods to stock components, is this feasible for an autocross car? or is it necessary to have many turbo ZX parts to fit on this engine? a list of what i have so far is.. : J pipe, 83zx injectors, an unknown ECU and Distrib. a turbo manifold, all this was given to me by the previous owner.. sorry for the loooong message, just wanted to give the most information i can, thanks for any help you can pass along! (I can post pictures of the distrib. and ECU if it helps identify them) Jordan.