zeight Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Ok, so I am an old school hot rod guy and I've got a chance to buy a '83 280zx. The current owner has spent a lot of money on the car over the past three years including a re-built '82 turbo engine. About 12,000 miles on the re-rebuild and when he started it recently it it made a loud noise and then began knocking. He shut it down and hasn't tried to turn it over since. Sounds like he just wants to bail on the car. I have no idea what's up with the turbo 6 (connecting rod? crank? turbo fail?) and not sure I want to dig into it (like I said, I am old school). Thinking about a V8 swap. Been looking on the inter web and it seems like the LSx is the favored swap. But, I am not much of a Chevy guy and not sure I want to go EFI with the computer and all. Thinking 302 with carb, nothing crazy, just nice street car. So, I can't haven't found much on the 280zx Ford swap. Are there motor/trans mounts available anywhere? Any good build threads here? Or, would I be better off to just hold my nose and do a 350 SBC? Just looking for some input. Be gentle, I am Z virgin..... Note: my current daily driver is a '53 Ford F-100 Panel truck with a 360 Mopar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 http://forums.hybridz.org/forum/30-v8-z-forums/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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