icice9 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 ive got a 81 280ZX and just purchased a 83 280ZX turbo... the engine needs to be rebuilt and maybe a turbo upgrade... i just wanted to get some advice on what ill need to do to convert my 81 280ZX to a ZXT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayAreaZT Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Wassup ice. I would start by reading through the turbo forum archieves. Plenty of info there. Start from 20 or 30 pages back and work your way forward. whoooooosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Getting a donor vehicle or just ripping out an entire turbo engine, would probably save you money over a rebuild unless your doing the refresh yourself, even then it would be $500 pretty easily if not more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icice9 Posted April 8, 2003 Author Share Posted April 8, 2003 well what i intend on doing is rebuilding the motor and try to get it to at least 300HP.. ive already figured im willing to spend at least $2500 to get the job done... ill most likely have someone rebuild the engine and ill do most of the install myself... ive got everything i need for the swap just time and money and more info on what i need to do and how to do it... i jsut want to get as much info before i go ahead with this project... the engine i have now is fairly brand new.. i prolly have less then 10,000 miles on the engine i have in my car now and i dont want to just drop a worn our turbo engine in to replace the engine i have now... so any advice on what i need to do and how to do it is much welcome.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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