LS1 Z

I found this thread before it "fell off." Yes, my baby has a good home. Kind of a different transaction from the usual. You know, swap of money and paper work and each goes there seperate ways. This was more like adoption. Meet the the "parents", spend time with them and most importiant of all, my aproval. I'm vary happy she has gone to a good home. If not...... I'll be filing papers saying your an abusive person and will be coming to Texas to take her back!!!! Definitions of Non Abusive: Weekly trips to the track. (to race). Slipping the clutch at 6800. Your, soon to be, best 60' times! Doesn't like the clutch dropped. Burn outs, smokem. Walking away from autos (some that cost at least 10 times as much) that THINK they can take you. Keep your camera handy, facial expressions are priceless! Drive her hard, I built her not to break. Don't forget about a nice mellow cruise as the sun is going down! Definition of abusive: Short, Sweet and Simple..... Treating her like something you did not spend your hard earned money on!! I'll leave it at that. Enjoy! Joey p.s. Erik, p.m. me your address so I can send you lots of pictures of her growing up. I also have a dyno sheet for you (i'll do a post of the awesome numbers). Also, some odds and ends she left behind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY, and many many more!!! Joey

I would recommend staying with oem. Advance auto parts and Zoom don't sound good. The LS6-Z06 is a great set up and a bang for the buck. Grabs excellent, no chatter and a soft pedal. On top of that, you can't go wrong for the price! I ran a 10.94 @ 127.00 in my Z with that set up. Here is a link for you. http://www.sdparts.com/product/12570806/LS6Z06FlywheelClutchandPressurePlateAssembly.aspx Or you can step up to the LS7-Z06 set up. It can handle more h.p. and torque. Same feel as the LS6-Z06. Here are links to the kit and flywheel. http://www.sdparts.com/product/24238412/GMPerformanceLS7PressurePlateKit.aspx (plate and disc) and http://www.sdparts.com/product/12571611/GMPerformanceLS2Flywheel.aspx (flywheel) Joey

The lower hose is the stock camaro hose. The upper, I can't remember. I believe I posted the part numbers a while ago. Maybe search my posts or pm Mike Knell. I'm sure he knows. Joey p.s. Looks great!!!!

Hahahaha!!! Thats funny Mike! There is a story behind it.... I've always been a huge Michael Jackson fan. I dress, act and even try to dance like him. I've got the moon walk down!! JUST KIDDING!!! Real story! The pic is around 3-4 years old or so. The car was underconstruction. I called JTR to order the rad and mounting. I was talking to Mike's bro, telling him about my project. His responce was "My brother wants to talk to you." Mike Knell brought the rad kit out to my shop as well as the intake ducting. He installed it on my car as well as the one fuel rail cover (i guess so people would know what motor it is) and took alot of pix. I've known Mike for a few years now and he has been a big help with the 280z as well as my FD. O.K. To get back on track. The taurus fan you want is for a 3.8l (2 speed) from the 90's. 25.00 from a wrecking yard. Joey

Use the Ford Taurus fan. It mounts up real nice to JTR'S rad and mounting. Also, you might want to use the cold air intake ducting from them also. Here's a link to JTR's site with a pic of my 77 Z. https://shell7.tdl.com/~jags/Pages/Parts_DAT-Z_LS1-AirDucting.html. Joey

Hey Justin, Contact Mike Knell (JTR). He told me there are 2 companys making kits and they are very expensive. Joey

Glad you guys had a safe trip down. Best of luck on your new business adventure!!! MAS280 and I WILL be down to see ya!! I'm looking forward to it! Except for going to Tijuana a few times. I spent the day in Cozumel on a cruise a couple of years ago. Joey

Hey Cyrus! Kind of funny, I saw your old (smurf) blue Z last night! I believe the guy that has it is going LS2. Anyways, what about p.m.ing Darius or Justin Samberg. Joey

Update to this thread... First off ROSS ROCKS!!! Great person to deal with and got the stops to me very quickly!! The stops are the same as the pic. I installed 4 stops into Ulises's half shafts and..... No more problems!! The diff of before and after. Before I had around 3 inches of travel or movement of the axles. Now an inch at the most. Ross sent me 3 sets. I will be installing a set in my Z as well as my clean up kids Z (HEAVYZ's old Z). Joey

I figure I would do an update on the crappy luck I've been having. I've managed to wreck the motors in both my cars in a months time!! This is getting expensive! Heres the story's on the 2 cars and maybe someone can learn and avoid my mistakes. 95 RX7, LS2-402. I bought the long block used with probably 1500 miles. I put around another 500. The car is mainly road raced and driven on the street. The engine devloped tons of blow by. Like a small block chevy with 300k! Got the motor pulled and sent to my machine shop. The motor had 4 cracked pistons on the 2nd ring lands, Due to detonation. Friends, the machine shop and I came to some conclusions to aviod this again. The TEA stage 3 heads were cut down from 64cc to 56cc, Making my compression 12:1. A little on the high side for pump gas. I'm gonna put my AFR 205's off the Z, to bring compression down to 11:1. The factory Mazda wiring was only giving the Walbro 255 9.5 volts with the car running. I've switched out the pump for a TT Supra pump (280 gph). And corrected the wiring, now has charging system voltage. I'm adding catch cans to both sides of the pcv system. Sucking oil through the pcv system lowers the octane of fuel as well as raises the compression! Tuning... The car is speed dencity tuned w/o o2 sensors. I'm gonna go to a different tuner and add o2's. I believe the car could have been running lean under different conditions (road racing). The car will also now have a A/F ratio gauge. I was also told my plugs are the wrong heat range (t-55). I'll be going to a t-6 or 7 plug. I believe the combination of these things killed the motor! Now for the Datsun..... The Z is mainly drag raced and driven on the street. It has been the most reliable car the last 3 years!! A friend with a SRT-4, claiming 400 hp at the wheels and trapping at 130 wanted to do some pulls on the freeway. 40-120 or so. No! I'm not a fan of street racing! We went out very early last sunday. On our 6th pull (yes i was pulling on him) The Z devloped a very loud rod knock on hard accel. Pulled off the freeway, good oil pressure and temp. Oil was 1/2 qt low and clean. Idled fine but on even a light accel it was knocking!! I was 2 blocks from my house and the motor came apart! F*%K!! I talked to my tuner and he said it happens with the LS1 motors. I picked up a long block for 1k! From a friend and member here that I sold this motor to. I'm gonna put the TEA heads on the Z and have the car retuned. This is starting to get expensive!!!! Besides the luck I've had with ULISES's car, See thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=122139 . I cannot win!!! All of this will work out and I will have 3 beasts back on the road and better than ever!!! Joey

Welcome to Hybridz Justin!! I've been to Justins shop and Darius's car is a fine example of the type of work he does!! He has done work for me as well as a few members here. Keep it up Justin!! Joey

I've been trying to get ahold of Ross for his CNC end stops (q45 swap). I would really love to get ULISES his car back. See thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=122139. I've PMed as well as E-mail. Any help would be great. Thank You!!! Joey

I've e-mailed and pmed Ross. Waiting to here back from him. Or better yet does anybody have number for him? Yes Ulises!!! I'm on it!!! Joey

Hey Mark!!! I agree with you 100%!! I was approached with welding a spacer to the inside joint cover. Butt, Wouldn't the cover still crack? I'm with CAL POLY. I cannot find it on Ross's website. I have 3 Z's at my shop with all the same swap!!! Joey

I thought I would run this by you guys. Get your opinions and see if anybody else is having this problem. The car 280Z LS2 T-56. Q45 diff, Ross's Moser axles, LS1FD's mustache bar and adapters at the stub axles. Arizonia Z car rear mount and lower control arms. MAS280 front diff mount. Everything is tight and looks to be in alignment. The body does not look twisted in anyway. Infact this car is drop dead gorgious!! The Z has been on the road for 6k and runs 10.8s in the quarter!! I pretty much have the same set up in my Z. Pretty easy to guess who's car this is (ULISES). The car came to me for a clutch job. I took the car for a spin to feel the original clutch. I didn't abuse or romp on it at all!! I was making a left turn gave it a little gas (1/4 to 1/2) throttle, and a ton of noise came from the rear, like a broken axle! Limped the car back to the shop. What I found is the drivers outer C/V joint came out of the housing. Tore the axle down. The outer housing is broken and yes the retaining clip got pulled with the joint. Also noticed the cap on the inner joint also broken! I replaced the clutch, got another outer C/V. Go for a test drive and the same thing happens in the same part of the road. It was like a replay of the first time!!!! I'm gonna pull out both axles and inspect. It seems the axle (drivers) and c/v joints are moving too much in the housings and being pushed towards the diff. Has anyone else had this problem? Or any ideas? The car is beautiful, but I don't want to marry it! And I don't want Ulises to miss his baby too much!! Joey

I've met you more than a few times over the years. It's always been a pleasure. We are going to miss you!!! If your in the bay area,(again) please let us know!!!!! Joey

Something to remember with mileage on the LSX motors. The LSX motors with MAF's get better mileage than ones with a Speed Density tune. Both of my cars are SD tuned. My 402-RX-7 gets 27 on the highway and the Z is better, I'm thinking around 29. Around town (ofcourse) it drops. A day of road racing (RX-7), I start off with a full tank and then have to add another 5 gallons before the day is over! Then again the cars are toys. I didn't build them for mpg. On a positive note it is amazing the amount of power and mpg these motors get. Joey

I'll also be at the Dream Machines show on Sunday. Look for me and my green Z!!!

I've read quite abit over the years how some of the other Datsun sites are purist. MAS280 did a post of LSX-RX-7 vids over at RX7CLUB. Those guys are too much!! I like MAS280 calling them out on page 3! Enjoy the read!! http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=637267 JOEY

Looks like you guys hijacked my thread and turned it into LSX clutch options!! O.K. I'll join the band wagon.... Both of my cars are running LS7 clutches. I've heard good and bad. We'll see what happens. My Z had the Z06 cluch. It started to slip at top end of the track (1/4). It did take alot of abuse. My RX-7 had a LS7 clutch and got damaged when a dowl pin came out of my trans. It wrecked the self adjusting part of the pressure plate. I've heard good things about the CARTECH clutch. Last time I called them, they were on back order. I've also heard good things about the TEXTRILIA, except that it is expensive JOEY

Learning to drive the car is alot of it. I used to drop the clutch from anywhere from 2-5k. Things brake and not a good launch. The car will have an initial bog. What works great is get the r.p.m.s up to 6-6.8k and slip the clutch. The car grips (no tire spin) and goes. The result is 1.5's to 1.6 60ft times and the end result is 10's!! MAS280 and ULISES can vouch for this. The AFR heads I got for 2k shipped from a guy from LS1TECH. JOEY P.S. ULISES don't get me started on your motor We gotta go racing soon!!