jeffer949 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Hi everyone. Im currently in the process of building a 1984 maxima wagon. I am turbo‐ing the stock l24e for now till I can find and machine a turbo engine to fit a from sump. I know the l24e crank is weaker but I'm not looking for 400hp. 180-200will be fine for now. Below is my set up and curious if I'm missing something. Stock L24e. Mn47 head. Compression is 170psi across all cylinders Ecu is a speeduino stand alone runing batch fire fuel and wasted spark on 6 individual LS truck coils. 14point7 wideband 52lb high z 14mm injectors. Billet dash 8 rail. Aeromotive adjustable FPR Running the stock 5/16 feed and return lines which should be fine for my hp goals I think New 280zx turbo fuel pump Stock l28et turbo manifold, turbo, and down pipe. I have the oil feed sorted out. Just need to have a line made. Stock intake which is the same as a late 280zx small plenum intake(curious if this will be an issue) Stock auto transmission till I can manual swap it. Things I think I probably should change but have not addressed yet are switching to a turbo oil pump. And I need to switch to a colder spark plug. I know this is a high compression engine but it is the mn47 head which is a high quench head which helps with detonation. I can wire in a flex fuel sensor if I need to run e85 or e30. Both are everywhere around me. Any thing Im missing or words of advice i would appreciate it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Well Here is hoping I havent missed anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dat73z Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I think you have it pretty well covered. Hopefully someone can chime in on the EFI side. If you're going to push more power in the future I'd uprate the fuel lines to at least 3/8 or -6. For the turbo make sure you look real close for any cracks. I think I've had bad luck with the two OE 280zxt Garrett air research turbos I had, both showed significant cracking on the hot side after removing the wastegate housings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Your description already seemed "advanced level". Kind of seemed like you had everything covered. I do notice though that there's nothing there about crank or cam sensors or distributor. How are you controlling ignition timing and injection? Batch injection and wasted spark don't need to know #1 compression, but you still need a trigger to control ignition timing. Not familiar with Speeduino. https://speeduino.com/home/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 use a 36-1 crank trigger wheel. (rather than small and sloppy distributor wheel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Not my first go around. Just been 10ish years since ive messed with a turbo L-series. Or any L-series. Or any project car for that matter. My old 260z was L28et swapped with MS and a holset HE351cw. Big injectors, Big intercooler, ZG flared. 240sx transmission swapped, z31 lsd diff. 280zxt cv axles. 12.8 at 110mpg on street tires at 14psi because my clutch was slipping(normally ran 20psi) You know, how you built a fast car cheap 15 years ago...... Cam and crank signal are through a Nissan Optical CAS from a Ka24e out of a D21 truck that I modified to use the stock NA oil pump shaft. The car is running currently but not well due to 2 pretty clogged up injectors. So that part is taken care of. I just wanted another set of eyes on what I'm doing to double check. Speeduino is similar to MegaSquirt but its all open source and is being currently developed. I understand why DIYautotune needs to charge so much to stay in business. The price point has gotten so high that your getting close to more robust standalones. Haltec, Maxxecu, fast, Holley etc. My speeduino was under 200 bucks. another 100 for the wideband from 14point7. It uses tunerstudios as an tuning interface just like MS does. Thanks for looking it over. Ill post a follow up once its up and going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Sorry I did switch to the AEM trigger wheel away from the stock 360 slot wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Has anybody that has added a turbo to a late model 280zx with the small plenumed intake manifold seen any severe adverse effects? I'm going to be milling the injector pockets on the intake to accept 14mm injectors and if there is a major drawback id rather find a 75-80 intake and mill that rather than do it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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