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I like dethtrp lol

It's time to renewyou registration and I want to get custom plates. Does anyone have any neat suggestions? I thought of a few so already. Let me know what you think. Fairlady is already taken. LADYZ 280LADY KAMIKAZ That's all I got lol. Seven letters or numbers is the most that can fit.

I ordered 3 inch intercooler piping by mistake but I still installed it. Boost builds up fine but the problem is with running the massive pipes in the engine bay.

Looks nice

Lmfao! So I tapped them maybe 5x with the handle end of a screwdriver and now they fire just fine. I guess some brute force can solve problems. Thanks Chris

Ok thanks. I'm gonna try that tomorrow

I bought used brown body injectors from the classifieds and the 2 5 and 6 injectors aren't firing. No clicks and dry plugs. I already check for power and it's all there. Is there any tricks to unstick them or do they need to go out for service? Thanks.

Keep us posted. I hope you figure it out

I'm from NJ. I'll check the sites to help out.

Subscribed. Good luck with the project.

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Just a thought, has this been done before? I'm about to do flares on my car and some of my searching led to some jeep websites. They use plastic anchors for their flares. Some guy said the the metal of the rivet can cause premature rusting in the area they are installed in. Im not sure how true that is but what do you guys think?

Fixed the problem. I got a new afm harness because apparently the vibration at higher rpms would rattle the connection just enough to cut fuel. I bought a new 7 pin connector on ebay and now the car runs, idles and boosts much better. Fuel pump is still going in soon. I didn't want to just throw parts at it lol

What did you do with the 302? Did you put it in something else?

Thanks Tim. I'm going to order a walbro and then take it for spin once it's in.

That's on the intake manifold,right?

Every winter I do something new to the 280z. First was the auto to manual conversion. Second was doing the turbo with the n42 block and p79 head. This winter I want to do floors with rails along with fender flares. Megasquirt will be soon once I get the ba**s to do it.

I know it's a crude setup but some people here had some success with it.

I'll take a look at the tach next time to see what it's doing. My setup is stock l28et manifold with turbo, front mount intercooler, locked n/a distributor at 28 degrees. I also have a spa fmu with a adjustable range of 1:1 to 12:1. I have to double check to where I set it

Partial throttle or wot it doesn't matter.The rpms are around 4.5-5k and it's a complete loss of power. I usually set myself up on a dead road so when it turns off I won't affect traffic. The only way I can get the car to start again is to manually move the afm flap until the fuel pressure builds back up in the system. Once I do this the car is fine. There are no signs of sputtering or misfiring. It turns off abruptly.

Ok. Thanks Tony. I'm gonna fiddle around a little more to see what the issue could be. I plan on replacing the fuel pump because I think it's the original from 75. The car only has 90k and by the looks of the pump I would bet it was never replaced.

I've been driving my conversion for a few months now at 5 psi with no problems. My a/f stays around 11.1-11.6. I bumped the boost to 8psi and the car will turn off like it's not getting fuel. For me to be able to start it again I would pop the hood with the key on and manual prime the fuel lines by moving the flap by hand. Sometimes I can't hear the fuel coming in so I would have to do it twice or more. I have all stock l28e components. My initial thoughts is fuel pump but I don't see the a/f creeping up when it happens. Could be possible that I'm outflowing the afm? I do have the l28et afm handy and a spare l28e afm that I could try. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks

It turns out it was the corner of the oil pan gasket. I have a new gasket but should I use rtv as well?

Flywheel is completely dry along with the clutch. I'm going to check tomorrow but I'm going to bet its the oil pan gasket. I'll take a pic in the morning

Yeah it's definitely oil. I topped the oil to see if I can see it dripping