m1ghtymaxXx Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 sorry to bring this thread back up, but i just started the exact same thing this weekend. However I'll be using the n/a shortlbock, with the turbo head and oil pan for response. My mechanical experience goes only as far as changing an alternator, t-stat and oil changes, so i feel a little over my head. I'm starting by disassembling the turbo doner car, and so far have the entire wiring harness ready to by pulled through the firewall. It seems fairly straight forward, since the connectors really only connect one way. However my buddy decided to go ahead and unplug all the fuel injectors without labeling them? Is there a way to find out which goes where? Anyways, thats the only question i have now. I assume i don't have to swap the other harness (one that runs on left side of the engine bay). I'm sure i will have many more questions once i get deeper into the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 The injectors are actually a BATCH injection, not sequential, so no worries. Just go by length to make sure they all plug in and you should be fine. (the wiring comes in between 3 and 4 cylinders and branches out. My project is finally gonna be finished soon (i hope) as I've fixed the fuse issue. I just need to get the engine started again and I'll be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 IT RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do I need to say it again? It RUNS!!!! Ok, so after me and rudypoochris fiddled with the starter for a couple of hours we got the starter working and the engine started nearly right away, no hesitation at all. Though it was running rough, on 3 cylinder. So I Changed the plugs out for my older NA ones in decent shape (they were brand new when I started all this, but they'd been left out for a while so they're probably not in the greatest shape now). After that we fired it up and noe 5 cylinders were working. We're getting signal to the plug, as it's arching just fine when the cable is unplugged, and we changed the spark plug, though i'm not sure the one I put in was in the greatest shape. Tonight I'm gonna double check all the wires to make sure they're hooked up right, and all firing. Then I'll check to see if the injector is working via 9V battery. If all checks out ok I'll be making a run to the store to get a set of new plugs. If it's the injector I'm not gonna be thrilled as they all worked fine before... grrr. Hopefully it's just water shorting the connection or something. It has been outside for the last year... At any rate IT RUNS!!! If I have time tonight I'll hook up the driveshaft and get it moved out of the backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I got pretty pissed last night. Got all my tools together. Trying to hurry up and get the driveshaft on while there's sunlight outside. Get under the car, get the driveshaft down there and start to mate it up to the transmission... ...doesn't want to go on. What? Hmm... pull it out, bring out my old driveshaft that was on the turbo donor car... differnent spline counts on the transmission yoke. Apparently the 2+2 turbo had a 26-2 (meaning 24 teeth with two blank areas for locating) and the 2 seater turbo had 24-2 (meaning 22 teeth with two blank areas for locating) It's quite obvious when you look at it. The opening on the 2+2 yoke is a good 1/4 inch larger in diameter. So I guess I've gotta call around and see if I can get the yoke changed. If I get the same BS from shops saying the yokes are irraplacable on that shaft then I might consider just craiglisting the whole project and buying something else. I'm pretty mad at this point that I'm getting help up by an issue as stupid as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben280zx Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 That gotta suck... just hold it together, you can get a driveshaft on cl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Well took the driveshaft to a local tranny shop I've had work done at in the past. Good honest guys with previous race experience. They really seem to know what they're talking about when I've delt with them in the past. Never felt they were feeding me BS. They said from the looks of it they can swap the yokes, and if there's any problems they'd give me a call today. No calls yet, so maybe things are going good. Price? $80. Not bad, probably charging me an hour labor. If it all works out I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben280zx Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 good to hear, did you get the ground wire you were talking about figure out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleachZee Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 on my project I'm not sure what type of turbo Z the T5 was from but I had slipped both the coupe and 2+2 driveshafts into it. I'm glad I didn't run into this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Do you remember what year yours was? My donor was a late 83', maybe nissan changed things in that year or late in production run. Shop called me today, they can't work on it, due to the yokes being a certain type they can't remove without destroying. Right now I'm wondering if it'd be cheaper to get a 2 seater turbo tranny instead of getting a custom driveshaft made. grrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben280zx Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I think it would be a little easier of you get a 2 seater turbo tran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleachZee Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I bought the tranny loose so it was not in a car. No idea what year the T5 was from. However I remember it came with a 2-seater driveshaft. I purchased a 2+2 turbo driveshaft online and it fit fine. Installed it all in my 280zx 2+2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Driving out to novato thursday to look at the turbo parts car out there that's been on craigslist for about a month. If the shaft is still the wrong spline count i'll talk to the guy about buying the tranny as well. I'm also considering buying the whol turbo motor since he doesn't want to sell me just the turbo + exhaust manifold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Well I finally get to say it. I was right all along. Nissan made 8 different driveshafts for the S130 cars.... EIGHT!!! Here's the list: Manual 2 seater NA Manual 2+2 NA Auto 2 seater NA Auto 2+2 NA Manual 2 seater Turbo Manual 2+2 Turbo Auto 2 seater Turbo Auto 2+2 Turbo The car I went and look at yesterday was an auto. The auto tranny was a completely different length than the manual, and also had a different sleave on it, but it WAS the right spline count, so I think the first shaft I bought must have been an NA shaft, and the guy thought he had a turbo tranny... doesn't know how to reconize a T5? So I'm back to square one. If I want to get this car running I'll probably have to swap the tranny out for the NA tranny. Though now that I've got a daily driver I might just spend my time throwing out all the spare crap I've got and just wait for another turbo car to pop up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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