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Thanks for the comments guys! renatodato i actually got the rims from a friend of mine who had them laying around (early birthday presents FTW) i'll ask him tomorrow but im pretty sure they came pre-painted, BTW i've seen a few people on the boards with the same wheel you could ask them

Hey guys i joined the forum a few months back and have really been inactive since then but i have some great news. Tomorrow i'll be looking at purchasing a 1982 280zx with 115k original miles, that has been completely restored interior wise (which is what i would hate to restore the most). My question is are there any problems that are recurrent with these models I should look out for to save myself some headaches down the road (pun intended)

everything you just said about the 5.0 and 5.0 HO differences is true except i'm pretty sure that the pistons in the HO engines are forged and that the intake on both engines is ABOUT the same but i could always get an intake from a cobra if i'm gonna be that despartate for HP. also you said that you did this swap and made it run, any advice?

Hi guys i'm new here (just registered like 5 minutes ago) anyway i've searched through google and these forums and i have yet to see a full write up on a 5.0 swap. I REALLY want to do this because i have an 82 280z with no engine and a newly acquired 86 mercury cougar with a low mileage 5.0 engine in it (sadly not HO but that can be changed). My main question is this, would it even be worth the time/effort/money to drop this particular engine in my car or should i just wait around and save my money for a HO engine and if it is worth it will i need to buy anything drastic or can i just transfer parts from the cougar (i'm tight on money at the moment) also i'm sure there has to be a writeup someplace but i'm terrible at digging through large forums like this so if this whole thing is redundant than admins are welcome to delete it