speedstylez78

Hi Looks really good in the pics. let me know how the turbo works out im tring to put together a t3/t04e kit for my 280z right now. Noticed you are in greensboro, im down here in asheboro working for LNA Enterprises. we bulid scca road race cars.(one of our cars just took the national title in G Production, watch the race Dec. 19 @ noon) If you ever want a cage, engine, or some suspension work done give us a call at (336)-824-1605. love to come check out your car sometime. give me a halor @ (828)-489-6662.

hi Im working on a 79 zx with a stock computer for an SCCA car. It runs with the stock ingnition module but doesnt when i wire up the MSD with the green and red wires. Got spark not injector pulse. So i talked to MSD and wired it up with the white wire the way they told me to and still nothing. From there I bought a tach adapter (#8920), still nothing. Then i wired a 10 ohm resister into the power feed(red wire) for the 8920. bam it runs. find out that the ECU is very picky about its RPM signal. but it will not rev past about 2000 RPMs. Anyone run into this before, or have a trick to get a MSD to run a stock 79 ECU. Thanks Justin

Im curious as to what kind of performance piston options are avalible for the ka24. i found this on nissan parts The KA24E cylinder head has an uncut (surface to surface) thickness of 90mm/3.898 inches. Piston dome and combustion chamber must be modified to achieve desired compresion ratio.http://www.nissanparts.cc/catalog/?section=324 my question is would modifing these piston's tops be better than decking the head .080.

ok had it running fine the other day but now it has a dead miss in it so I went through all the connections on the motor and tune-up greased them. that didn’t help at all the miss is still there. I threw the noid light back on to every injector plug and got a good light on all of them. then I threw a timing light on every plug wire and it flashed on every one except sometimes it will through a double flash almost like the spark inside the cap is splitting two ways from the rotor button to the cap. so I know I am getting decent spark and good fuel(unless my injectors have trash in them) but other than that could it be timing some how. does the msd advance the timing for you or does it still use the advance components inside the stock dizzy(vacuum and centrifugal). also is the tach out-put on the msd compatible with the stock tach input for a 76 ecu or do I need one of the msd tach/fuel adapters.

hell yes this block is going to to help my cam out alot. i am only running 8.5:1 now. thanks

i have aquired a f54 block for free and i think someone a long time ago may have gone through it and put high compression pistons in it. Does a stock '81 f54 comes with flat-top piston. i mic'ed the pistons and they average 3.386. havent measured stroke but the pistons come flush the the top of the block at tdc. the crank has the casting p30 on it and the rods look stock. assuming these are high compression pistons can anyone give a guess at what kind of compression i would be running if i throw a stock n42 head on it

ok finally got it running. it ended up being the dropping resister for the injectors. but now its is not running right. the damn thing has no power and back-fires alot. sometimes it will run fine for a split sec while im driving it but then you can feel it go into the misfiring.i got around to putting on my msd 6aL, blaster coil, and accel superstock wires, so i know that it is getting good spark. i put a noid light on all of the injectors and reved up the motor and they all keep a good light going. i think it is either the pick-up in my dissy or my maf. either that or Im overlooking something please help!!!

yeah im sure the injectors aren't bad the whole setup was running in my old car that got wreaked about 4 months ago. and i hooked a noid light to the harnesses and it didnt flash on any of them

ok i am about to pull my hair out with this thing. I have got a 76 280z and i am tring to put a 78 wiring harness and ecu in to it. everything is in a hooked up but i am not getting any of the injectors to fire. i can put 12 v. to the feed wire for the injectors but the grounds are still not pulsing. everything on the spark side is working fine. i am getting a good healthy spark to each plug. has anyone done this and run into this problem, if please fill me in on what to do to get the damn thing running. took the car to a shop and told to just make it run. they fixed alot of my problems but not all of them. The engine starts to cut out as the car warms up. anything over 1/4 throttle going down the road and it cuts out but if you stay into the throlttle the engine will cut back in for a second the cut back off. sitting at a stop light or with the clutch pushed in going down the road the car will rev almost perfect. i have replaced the tps, the air flow meter, the fuel pump, the alternator, the coil, and the connectors for the injectors, the coolant temp sensor, and the thermotime switch. but i have not chaged the coolant themp or thermotime sensors themselfs(they are the only thing i dont have 3 or 4 of) could it be in on of these sensorsand if not there then where.

Hi, Well it has been a while since i posted last because some @$$hole t-boned me ruining my chasis. But the good news is the everything in my 78 chasis is still good. I found a 76 chasis with no engine, ecu, and engine wiring harness. So i swaped the drivetrain and everything from my wreaked car into it. But i ran into some problems last night. I got everything in and it turned over but didnt start so looking around the four pin connector under the dash that is really close to the ecu when sparks suddenly flew. i though i had everything hooked up right but i found the wire that cause them and it was a white and red wire that comes from the fuel injection relay. when i secured the wire and tried to turn the key agian i found that nothing had power. upon further inspection i realized that the the 76 chasis has 5 wires that come of the ecu and the 78 wireing harness only has 4. what do i need to do to get the darn thing running. when i get back home i will try and post some pic of what i'm talking about. thanks

Hi i tried to install a 6al on my 78 280z that i just bought and im having some problems getting the car to start after i hooked it up. We were getting a spark out of the coil but the car just wouldnt turn over. i know for the crane ignitions i need a trigger, do i also need a trigger for the msd. Thanks

I have just finished my bw t5 swap in my 280z, only to figure out that 3rd and 4th syncro's are completely shot. i tryed to find a thread out this but i have a couple of questions that where not answered. Where would be the best place to buy a rebulid kit for one? and are there different kinds of kits that include different things such as gears and other things. also i have here that mustang internals work in the nissan case would this help at all or would it be to much trouble to mess with. any help would be awsome. thanks Justin

if you dont already have one an r-200 diff does real nice and the t-5 drive shaft bolts up to it, which it wont with a r-180 .

thanks for the help i got it in today. the B&M short throw is really nice i would recomend it. i had to buy on for an 83-00 mustang but it fits like a glove with alittle cutting on the transmission tunnel to get it to fit. thanks alot

Hi i am doing a 83 zxt T-5 tranny swap in my 78 280z and i was wondering if i need to get a different tranny mount because when i tried putting the tranny in today the mount was about 2 inches back from the mount holders in the car. do i need to but a zxt mount or do i just need to jiggle it up in there. Also does anyone have a T-5 drive shaft they feel like selling. thanks

One of my friends has a bone stock 76 280z and it is runnin really rich. it shoots flames out of the tail pipe in between almost every shift. and he says that it just doesnt have the power it did. hey helpful hints on what to start replacing. thanks

try MSA part # 10-4090 they are forged flat tops.

ok i think i am going to do both, the cam sproket and the rods. if anyone out there is selling the hks sprokets and/or some late 72 on L24 rods i would like to find soon. kinda of subject but went to the strip yesterday(the car was runing good enough for a couple of runs) and ran a 9.71 at 71.2 mph in the 1/8 its not to bad but think once i get all this stuff taken care of i will be alittle quicker thanks for all your help

hey daw so the L24 rods will bolt up with my crank? if i did this what kind of h.p. and torque would i be pushing. could i have the head shaved a little for some more c.r. and get some better fuel delivery for more power or would that be unsafe with my few mods. thanks alot justin morrow speedstylez78@yahoo.com see my car at http://www.geocities.com/speedstylez78

the car is daytona blue the blue of the 350z's. thanks i am starting to build a turbo kit which should increase my 8.7 to 1 compreesion, i am not going to run much boost maybe 6 or 7 pounds. also with the turbo kit i am going to get bigger injectors and an adjustible f.m.u. i talked to a couple of guys and they said it would be ok to run with this cam how much do the cam gears run? that may be be my next thing i am running 15 degrees at idle should i increase the timing more? Thanks alot Justin Morrow speedstylez78@yahoo.com see my car at http://www.geocities/speedstylez78

hey i have a 78 280z and got a new cam for xmas. the . the cam i got for motorsport the specs on it are 460 lift with 270 intake duration and 280 exhaust duration . i put the new springs and everything in and adjusted the lash to 8 intake 10 exhaust and advanced the timing a little. but the car seems to be slugish and slower. i have a few air flow upgrades like cold air intake 60mm throttle body MSA 6-2-1 headers full exhaust with 2.5 in. piping and a magnaflow muffler and the pistons are bore .03 over other than that the car is stock. i was wondering if any of you had and tunning tips to get the power and acceleration back out of the car. thanks Justin Morrow speedstylez78@yahoo.com see my car at http://www.geocities.com/speedstylez78

hey Went to the drag strip for the first time last night and had a f&^%ing blast . It was only an !/8 mile track but it was a $5 entry fee with unlimited runs. I was in heaven for about 3 hours. The best part is that the adrenaline is leagal . My best time was a 9.85 at 71mph. I dont know if thats any good but considering the few mods i have i was one of the quickest imports out there(the other imports that were quicker were two other z cars and a civic hatchback). Just want to share the new found addiction. Thanks Justin Morrow Check out my car at http://www.geocites.com/speedstylez78

hey i was wondering if a 280zx turbo air flow meter would do anything for a 78 280z non-turbo. and if it does add anything does it require any modification to put in. Thanks Justin Morrow speedstylez78@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/speedstylez78

the scoops are universal lund scoops made for trucks. i just turned them around backwards and cut them out. Justin Morrow speedstylez78@yahoo.com

Hey Just wanted to thank all of you that replied to my post on a manual swap a couple months back. I finaly got up the balls to do it and all youre advice paid off. Its working great and its a hell of alot faster. check out my car at http://www.geocities.com/speedstylez78/mp Thanks again Justin Morrow speedstylez78@yahoo.com