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Thanks, 280Zone. I am in Tucson. I have not done anything to the car, beside drove it a few times before I got "busy" with my STI, and work. I am going to find the service manual, and "study". Hope I can figure the problem out.

I never work on a car before, and got myself a 280Z few months ago hoping to learn how to work/fix car. The Z was driving fine for awhile. Now, the car is hard to start(takes 3 or more time to start the engine). After the engine starts, it will die again soon. Where should I start checking? The fuel pump? Fuel pump relay? What tools do I need? Any good website, or books I can learn more about car stuff? Thanks.

This looks interesting. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/15/gm-announces-clean-diesel-v8-for-pickups-and-the-hummer-h2/ Quote: The new oil burner is expected to produce at least 310 horsepower and 520 ft-lbs. of torque. It features dual-overhead cams, four valves per cylinder, a variable-vane turbocharger and aluminum cylinder heads with integrated manifolding that helps keep the overall package small enough to fit in the same space as the automaker's small-block gas V8s.

Found a few pictures of V8 350Z

There is a 350Z drift car with the V8 from Titan. It was on G4 TV the other day.

damn...too bad i am broke. if i win the lotter tomorrow, i will call you right away.

I want the blue one...

The way I feel about price and value is always if you thik it's worht the price, than who care about what other people thing. It's just me, and probably I don't have a lot of money in the bank now....

I am guess 13B can handle/make more power than the renisis engine. JIC magic has a 500+HP RX8, but it uses the 13B engine. I have not seen any RX8 with Renisis engine make more than 350HP yet.

Hope you are selling after april, after I get my bonus, gift from my boss, and the raise. I wanted to build a SR/RB or LS powerd Z for so long. For a newbie like me(never work on a car before except oil change and replace the door handle), it probably eaiser to "mod" instead of build.

Any idea how much you will be asking?

LS1240Z, Love your cars, and your garage/shop. Wish I have a garage like yours.

You mean drive-by-wire, right? I know LS* Z is fast(I really want one), but don't think it can fly yet.

Not feeling the wing and wheels. Otherwise, it's very cool car.

Why not SR20DET? It's a lot lighter than RB or V8. It's shorter, so the weight is shifted toward the center of the car more. It can make decent power(300~400HP), and it revs quite happy. Oh, and the parts are easier to find than the RB

Isn't that how every body is doing the RB26dett swap into the Z or 240sx?

It looks more like an octopus to me than spider. Is your car going to be a show car? If not, why do you care about the look of engine. It's under the hood, as long as it's making "enough" power, not many people is going to see it anyway.

Why not put the Honda S2000 motor(F series) in it? Since you want to make it a road racer, I think that engine is build to do that.

Hi SR24, Do you do RB25DET swap? I still have not decided what I am going to do with my Z(selling and get STI/EVO/GTO, do LS1/SR20DET/RB25DET, L28ET swap...etc) How much more expensive is it compare to the SR20DET swap(both stock swap)? Thanks.

I am guessing around arond 15~17K.

Thanks guys. Will check after work.

Hi, I am an newbie to work on car, and I got myself a 76 280Z to learn how to fix/mod car. I started driving the car to work lately, and the hood pops up by itself a few times. Any idea where I should check first? Thanks.

For me, I need to go on diet and lose 20~30 LBs, than I will start worring my Z's weight.

I think most of 1.8 L engines are for FWD. Not sure how easy to swap the FWD engine into RWD Z. I think most powerfull stock NA 1.8L engine are the one from Celica GTS, Integra Type R, and turbo engines VW's 1.8T(Golf GTI, Audi 1.8T), or JDM CA18DET(not 100% sure about the code. It's the one from 180SX).