Stealth-Z Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 While looking through ebay I came across this listing http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1975-Datsun-280Z-2-2-Local-Pickup_W0QQitemZ250061194658QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6187QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Anyone ever see this kind of intake system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Let's see...it's a 280, with SU manifolds, with some kind of mcgillicutty to join them together that looks like it may have two fuel injectors in it, but the fuel lines are just kind of dangling there...Is that made of fiberglass? Kind of looks like it to me...Is that black thing on the end of the whatever you want to call that thing a throttle body, or is it designed to use a single carb? If so, then the carb being below the level of the intake manifold doesn't make much sense to me...so no, I guess I don't know what that thing is supposed to be. I'm voting for home made, never finished because it wasn't really working out like they planned...anybody else have any ideas? *edit* that header looks a lot like MY ugly header... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 It has a boost gauge too... Interesting... Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Maybe this was some sort of supercharger project? Interesting concept indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orangebeast Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 well it doesnt look like it would be too effiecent, but a good idea i guess in a way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Well you know the SU manifold only flows like 2000% better than the EFI type manifolds...just weld some injector bungs on and you are ready to go... You could even mount a BOV on the balance tube... I am NOT going to use the better flowing SU manifolds I have and weld injector bungs on the bottom. That would just be dumb. And hanging some SU shells there would be even dumber...and then some fake fuel lines and heat shields so that you can't see the shiny fuel rail underneath. really dumb LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Even dumber than that would be to hide your fuel rail in your stock air box, and have two side feed injectors spraying down the throat of your gimmicked up SU carbs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evildky Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I saw pic's of one like that, it's a single SU carb mounted up front for a draw through turbo set up, I seem to recall they guy made big power with it, I am prettu sure it was on hybrid, just years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapiper Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I suspect thats one of John D'Armond's fabrications. He was into FRP manifolds there for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30TRBO Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 It has a boost gauge too... Interesting... Mario and a Turbo badge on the hatch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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