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Can any old machining shop regrind them?

I didn't know that I needed to be so particular with the rocker arms, so no, I didn't separate them. They're all mixed together. How do I figure out which ones go where? I had the chain wedged well, but I had a friend helping me because of a finger injury that made working on cars difficult, and they pulled the wedge of wood out thinking it wasn't doing anything. However, I had also marked the chain and sprocket with a marker in relation to one another, so i know where they meet up. I'm learning as I go, and I've never had to do any serious headwork to my car, so I didn't set the timing to zero. I followed this tutorial: http://www.zdriver.com/forums/240z-280zxt-s30-s130-tech-tips-275/aftermarket-cams-cam-removal-installation-pics-19939/ From the sounds of things, my whole setup is pretty messed up. What do I have to do in order to get everything back on track?

The hydraulic lifter heads only came on the '83 Turbo models, didn't they?

The one in my car is not the one that was in there originally - I didn't start to notice the distinct differences until after I had put the replacement one back in. It's good to hear that the Japan marked one is heavy-duty, but I don't know if it will work with the valves. My car is a 1983 280ZX n/a, and it has had an unknown amount of previous owners, so I'm not sure if there's any headwork done to it. The junkyard 280ZX was a 1981 n/a, with what appeared to be the original valve cover gasket, because I had to wrench the thing off using quite a bit of force. (Oddly enough, the one at the junkyard had a sunroof.) With only two years of difference, I wouldn't expect the differences to make the cam unusable. tl;dr: Is it safe to use the cam and rocker arms from a 1981 on a 1983? The two different kinds of rocker arms my car was equipped with (and the damaged rocker arm on the far left.) Part of the set of seemingly identical rocker arms that came off of the 1981 junker.

Picture of Original Cam: Pictures of Replacement Cam (I couldn't get many, I already put it back in the car.): I'll post some pictures of rocker arms later, when I have some time.

Hey, so I drive a 1983 280ZX N/A, and recently, the camshaft was damaged by a poorly-adjusted rocker arm. I went to the junkyard a couple of days later, and pulled the cam out of a different 280ZX (unsure of the year.) At first, I didn't see any problems, but upon getting it home, I realized a couple of problems: -The cam I had pulled had a different number than my original. (Original was a D2, this one is an E30.) -The rocker arms I had pulled were all identical, while the original arms had some differences between the exhaust and intake arms. -The rocker arms I pulled were differently shaped. However, the cam lobes angles are the same on each camshaft, with the only distinct difference being the location of the breather holes in the lobes. Basically, can I use the E30 camshaft on a 280ZX that came with a D2 cam? Will that cam work with my original valves? Should I replace the only damaged rocker arm with one of the ones I pulled, or should I use all of the cams that I pulled off of the car I got the cam from? I can't afford to get a cam kit from MSZ, so this is the best I can do at the moment. What should I do?

Thanks, that's really helpful!

Hey, my shifter bushings are shot, and so I figured I might as well upgrade to a short throw. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any official short shifters, and I was wondering if anyone here knew of any good ones. I've got a 1983 ZX naturally aspirated with the Nissan 5-speed (not Borg Warner.)