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THIS GOES OUT TO ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE BUILDING MOTORS AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT A MECHANICALLY-CHALLENGED SPEED FREAK...

 

i had plans to rent a storage space and build the beast's soul myself, but, i think it would be easier and take less time (and $) if i could recruit someone else to do it. there's no rush in when it should be done by (hopefully by spring) and i'd supply all the parts, so all i'd need is the vast knowledge and technical skills of someone.

 

i'm looking to build a 280zxt/FI motor with a t3/t4 that is reliable (as much as it can be) while running somewhere around 16-18 psi. i have some zx parts already (alternator, electric starter, 5-speed, blah blah blah) i'm planning on doing the r200 myself. i'd like to follow the write up davyz and some others have. they all estimate about a $3500 price tag, but that is building it yourself. i'm willing to negotiate compensation, somewhere between a case of beer and what a mechanic would cost me here. if you want more details about the build-up, i'll advise as much as i can, but whoever builds it would MOST DEFINITELY know more than i.

 

when it gets done, i'd drive down for a weekend and install it. i plan on selling the engine i have in it currently (a '80 280zx n/a motor, recently rebuilt and VERY healthy) or maybe trade it to whoever builds the new one as part-payment, it's up to the builder.

 

hope to hear from someone!

 

THIS GOES OUT TO ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE BUILDING MOTORS AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT A MECHANICALLY-CHALLENGED SPEED FREAK...

 

i had plans to rent a storage space and build the beast's soul myself, but, i think it would be easier and take less time (and $) if i could recruit someone else to do it. there's no rush in when it should be done by (hopefully by spring) and i'd supply all the parts, so all i'd need is the vast knowledge and technical skills of someone.

 

i'm looking to build a 280zxt/FI motor with a t3/t4 that is reliable (as much as it can be) while running somewhere around 16-18 psi. i have some zx parts already (alternator, electric starter, 5-speed, blah blah blah) i'm planning on doing the r200 myself. i'd like to follow the write up davyz and some others have. they all estimate about a $3500 price tag, but that is building it yourself. i'm willing to negotiate compensation, somewhere between a case of beer and what a mechanic would cost me here. if you want more details about the build-up, i'll advise as much as i can, but whoever builds it would MOST DEFINITELY know more than i.

 

when it gets done, i'd drive down for a weekend and install it. i plan on selling the engine i have in it currently (a '80 280zx n/a motor, recently rebuilt and VERY healthy) or maybe trade it to whoever builds the new one as part-payment, it's up to the builder.

 

hope to hear from someone!

 

THIS GOES OUT TO ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE BUILDING MOTORS AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT A MECHANICALLY-CHALLENGED SPEED FREAK...

 

i had plans to rent a storage space and build the beast's soul myself, but, i think it would be easier and take less time (and $) if i could recruit someone else to do it. there's no rush in when it should be done by (hopefully by spring) and i'd supply all the parts, so all i'd need is the vast knowledge and technical skills of someone.

 

i'm looking to build a 280zxt/FI motor with a t3/t4 that is reliable (as much as it can be) while running somewhere around 16-18 psi. i have some zx parts already (alternator, electric starter, 5-speed, blah blah blah) i'm planning on doing the r200 myself. i'd like to follow the write up davyz and some others have. they all estimate about a $3500 price tag, but that is building it yourself. i'm willing to negotiate compensation, somewhere between a case of beer and what a mechanic would cost me here. if you want more details about the build-up, i'll advise as much as i can, but whoever builds it would MOST DEFINITELY know more than i.

 

when it gets done, i'd drive down for a weekend and install it. i plan on selling the engine i have in it currently (a '80 280zx n/a motor, recently rebuilt and VERY healthy) or maybe trade it to whoever builds the new one as part-payment, it's up to the builder.

 

hope to hear from someone!

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Guest BadKarmaCreepin

the car is a 240 with the 180 in it. i'd like to switch in the lsd r200, but whatever...

 

i'm still searching for someone to put together the engine, i just don't have the room to operate and paying a mechanic would be insanely expensive. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

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Guest Paul Felker

hey bad carma, I live in wisconsin and i have a l28et that im selling the motor is apart and the head is done. I have a complete fuel in jection system and all the other fun stuff. i m not really intrested in building the motor up i have too much other stuff to work on. im also parting out a 76 that would also have your r200 3:54 rear and the mustach bar youd need so let me know soon cause i am activly trying to sell this stuff. so the one here with the cash gets the stuff

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Guest BadKarmaCreepin

oh dude you rock!! did the engine run before it was dismantled? are all the parts there to put it back together again? and did you rebuild it, or is it a project never really started? are all the parts stock? what did you do to the head? a little porting and polishing maybe? email me at daniel.j.harms@rssmb.com if ya want, or you can just post it here. that's my addy at work. feel free to add any details you feel pertain to this. this could be a great starting place for the new soul of the yellow beast...let me know!

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  • 2 weeks later...

if you were closer i would have done made you turbo by now! i mean the drop in and the efi part though, cant really trust myself rebuilding the whole motor. could do the head and timing chain though, no bottom end. R200 is pretty easy too. i havent thought of the storage space idea-thats a good one.

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i'm looking for a basic rebild of a 280zx turbo engine, that i plan on strapping a t3/t04 to with a massive i/c, eventually a sds, possibly a 240sx tb, i'm not sure...something where i don't need to be radical on the internals, and it won't tear up the engine too quickly. i welcome all suggestions...people seem to be running 18 psi with no prblem, and i hear the biggest thing i need to look out for is detonation, so anything i can do to prevent that is definitely in the picture. i think drax had a $3500 write-up for building this engine...i suppose it would follow kinda close to that. harvard can't be that far, i'd probably drive out and watch and participate as much as i can. and i'd definitely pay for parts and labor (and beer!!) thanks!

 

edit: if it's easier, you can email at daniel.j.harms@rssmb.com

 

or call at 847-504-2931

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  • 6 months later...

On 300ZXT LSD's...make sure you don't get a viscous one unless you're making custom axles anyway. The early Z R200 halfshafts will pop into a clutch-pack LSD but supposedly not the viscous one, when I found I'd gotten one I returned it immediately (lucky). Viscous LSD's were found in the 300ZX special editions, I think they were all pearl white when stock (though the car I found mine in was burgundy, which is why I thought it would be a clutch-pack type), they came with white wheels too. Good luck!

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I think the viscous diffs were usually in 3.70 rearends as well, making it difficult to tell without pulling the cover off and looking at the differential unit (the viscous center section looks somewhat different from the clutch-pack type).

Below, the first pic is a viscous diff, the second one is a clutch-pack diff.

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clutchpk.jpg

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