icice9 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 just wondering if its worth even to use the origional 280ZXT ECU in my 81 280ZX non Turbo.. i just bought a 83 280ZX turbo and planning on doing an engine swap... just wanted to know if theres anyone out there that swapped the wiring harness from a turbo to a non turbo 280ZX... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 You need the EFI portion of the harness, since the number of connectors on the ECU is more on the turbo car. I am confused with your 81/83 stuff though, the 81 turbo car has the CPS and the 82-83 cars have it in the distributor, and the wiring is slightly different. The 81 also has a dropping resistor which doesn't exist in the 82-83 car. If you mean use a turbo computer on a non-turbo car that will never see a turbo, it would only serve to decrease power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icice9 Posted April 8, 2003 Author Share Posted April 8, 2003 at the moment i have a 81 non turbo... im planning on dropping a turbo engine from a 83 280zx... i just want to know what im looking forwards to when i swap engines... and how hard its going to be when i swap the ECU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Alot easier for you than it is for me, so far as I know you only need the mini portion of the harness, even the things I knew or didn't know that I needed though I kept anyway. I am sure someone else will chime in for you. If you dont get enough of an answer here, ZCar.com has alot of helpfull people who have done these kind of swaps also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 you can swap the harness and turbo manifold on and get to boostin real fast, then put the L28et in later, that will get the party started a lot faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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