Zeerari

Progress! Did you ground that green/blue wire that was going to the 8 pin connector? In case you don't have these already, they helped me a lot during my 82 swap: http://www.xenons130.com/reference.html

Looks like that's the connector to the fuel pump control modulator so I don't think it would cause the problems you're seeing... I don't have one either. Saw some good diagnostic procedures in the manual you might want to try since we all know it's something simple

Lol, I certainly can't leave a crying baby on the internet. I'll take a look at my diagrams when I get home. I'm fairly certain I have that T connector just dangling. If you haven't already done it I would turn the key on and back probe the ECU connectors to make sure you're getting power to the pins that are supposed to have power... use a ground on the connector instead of a body ground just in case you have a bad ground to the harness. You might first want to do a quick probe of the EFI relay connector to make sure it's giving the harness power when the key is turned on.

Terrorizing Reid Hall... I like it

The fuel relay is from the 82 so you should have this in your donor car. If you can't find it, you can tap into the blue/red to fire your own generic relay for the fuel pump. You do need to at least find the connector on the other end of the fuel pump relay harness because there's a black/white wire that has to be run to key switched 12V for the EFI relay to turn on (seen on the left side of the last pic of post #35).

i need an icon for "this thread is useless without videos"

Could be from an oilpan replacement. Does the oil not go through the filter before going out to the turbo? I've never looked at it that closely. Sorry man

Just hold out a bit longer... s130's are likely to start flocking to the junkyards as soon as Obama signs this cash for clunkers bill into law

Hmm, I wonder how thoroughly the alignment tech was "testing" your car Oh well, component failure is just a reason to upgrade!

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost! Ya gotta love that whistle What's your exhaust plan? Do yourself a favor and leave the muffler on the shelf... 2.5" straight sounds amazing.

Yeah, I just got done doing this and it worked! I turned my MIG way down and ran a couple passes to build up the area where the door first hits then ground the top and face flush. Works surprisingly well. I put more on than I expected to... probably added 3/16" on the driver side! Only added about 1/8" on the passenger side and it works but has a very slight rattle so I need to either add more or replace the weatherstripping.

Here's my "temporary" setup. I turned the AFM upside down and ran a couple bolts through the inner fender that attach to the rubber isolators of the AFM. Ugly, but works. The filter and flex duct are from autozone and I just zip tied the filter to the hood torsion bars. Still in place after 1000 miles and probably will be till I add an intercooler

Any long term results on this? Both my doors are now rattling badly and I like cheap fixes (if they work)

I was able to bolt my BW T5 right in to my early 260z using the curved auto tranny xmember from my 82 280zxt parts car. Even used the same bolts. Fishing it in there with the engine already in place was tricky but I made it happen. I used a brand new 240z tranny mount I got from MSA. I didn't notice the mount orientation so I can't tell you if it's rotated or not but I can get some pics this weekend if that would help solve this mystery.