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If you were to go to the groupz meeting in buena park on the second thursday of each month, you would see a couple of v8z conversions.

Ok, if thats the case, is it safe to say that the swap would be as simple as making custom motor/tranny mounts and driveshaft? basically the same fabrication it would take to do a v8 rb or sr20?

I contemplated this swap a few years back and decided to go with the setup I have now after seeing the white car that datsun restore did, and after hearing that it took a year long to be completed. OK I get the part about the motor being too wide because of where the turbo sits, but if you were to go single turbo up front would this not make the clearence issues the same if not less than a v8? Or is the motor itself really wide?

Chris I'm pretty sure the maps will be compatible. I'm using nearly the same setup as you with a full t4 but i'm using the 83 dizzy z31 cas setup as well. If you could email me those maps it would be awesome. I use photoshop to resize my photos, but there should be some type of microsoft software for pictures. Just go to the top, hit file-open, and open your picture, then click on image-resize image and that should do the job.

Hey I just had a haltech e6x installed and was wondering if anyone could email me a map to get started. My mods are in my sig. Thanks

Whats the stock output of an LS1?

RB: Rotsa Boost Which is japanese for lots of boost I guess race breed kinda makes sense as well.

Hey bartman, how long did the shipment take from the time you ordered it? I'm thinking of ordering the kvr brake pads if I can get'em quick enough

I don't know if its a stupid question but the shop working on my z has some 240sx half cuts lying around. Right now they're installing my haltech but my MC has gone bad and will have to be replaced before I can drive it home and a new one's gonna cost me $200.

Well my Z was sitting for a year and when I tried to drive it out of the parking lot from the shop, it went straight to the floor. The brakes were bled and its still the same. Owner said he thinks the master cylinder is broke. Any other options? If it is, would the JY be a bad idea or should I bite the bullet and get a brand new one?

You guys will love this! Well in an attempt to get my brake pads quick, because I thought my car would be running next week, I ordered some porterfield R4S's from TEP against my good conscious only because I needed to talk to someone on the phone to make sure I was getting the right pads and because they said it would be at my door in two days. That was two wednesdays ago. I called them yesterday, and they said my order hadn't even been put through! I said "what happened?" "I don't know it must've been filed" in the most nonchalant voice I had ever heard. So I said don't bother, I'm getting them elswhere. BTW MSA has cost me $$$ in bad advice and wrong parts. They don't even know their own products sometime. But their 20 mins. away and my fast food attitude gets me burnt every time as with TEP.

I have been reading up on those of you using MS and quite frankly it scares me a little...ok a lot. Anyway, I will be paying someone else to install it if I do purchase it. Few questions though I have not seen on the site. From what I read, the maps can only be tuned to 18 psi max? is this correct? I have not seen anyone in here running high boost on MS. I would like to run 21-24lbs. on the track and 15-16 on the street. Will MS software support these goals? Also can I set and save both a street and race map and switch between the two? If so, how many maps can be saved? Also, is a wideband 02 and absolute necessity just to get a conservative running tune, and could I bring my car to a dyno and have it tuned by a pro or am I on my own for tuning for the most part? I suppose I can call local tuners and ask the last one. Would you all recommend against me going MS if I was not a good tuner?

The thing with the MS is that I'm not looking for a challenge. It would be a great project on another car that I can take a long time assembling, but I need this car to be reliable, since I dont have a second car anymore as a daily driver. However, it may be cheaper to buy a pre-assembled harness and pay the shop to install it than getting one of the more costly units. Furthermore, I'd prefer an ems that the local shop can tune, as I don't want to be learning on a car that I need to run. But again, I haven't ruled MS out. I will be researching it more diligently this week to see if it may work out, as it might be my only option at this point.

I thought about that but the lack of customer support would kill me. And its a lot harder to tune. The microtech comes with a base tune that will start the car right up, plus I can get customer support. But I'm not ruling out MS completely yet, its just a definite last choice if I can't find a good deal on the others quick enough. I suppose it will depend on what my lawyers tell me. If he says it will take too long then I'll probably go MS. I'm going to search the net for group buys and see what I can find.

Ok, I tried with multiple mechanical friends to wire the car, have paid another guy who couldn't do it right and finally a shop to wire it and it still won't run right. The shop says theres too much to trouble shoot and its a waste of time, not to mention my money. So I know the only end all fix to my woes is a stand alone ems. I had planned on getting either a microtech or haltech, and was leaning toward microtech. I got $700 right now that I can spend to get the car running. Got a couple questions. I've been doing research now for the last month and it seems like all stand alone's SDS, Haltech, and Microtech will cost $1200-1500 once all the sensors and hand programmers etc.. are to be had. Should I search the net for a used system? Is that safe? Or should I just try and scrape up another $800 and know what I'm getting. I have a settlement pending from getting rearended so I'm calling my lawyer Monday and will talk about settling early and that should get me the balance hopefully. Anyone know of any group buys going on any other boards in the meanwhile for an ems?

Hmmm, I never thought of that as a variable. The guys at the shop are working on the wate temp sensor as we speak. I didn't know the water temp would affect that. As a matter of fact I was going to bypass the stock sensor and just use my greddy one but the fan won't turn on, so we're guessing thats the problem and now we're trying to fix the stock one.