MWittie Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I have a '79 280ZX that has the exhaust routed on the driver side only to end up being moved all the way to the passenger side before leaving the car. I know on the '82-'83 cars it exits on the driver side instead. How hard is it to switch a '79 over to this? Is it just a matter of cutting a whole on teh lower valence to clear the pipes or is there a legitimate reason why the exhaust does an "L" shape to exit on the passenger side? Also does anyone know what body pieces are on this car? To me it looks like: - ZG Flares w/ konig rewinds (guess on sizes?) - BRE spoiler - Unknown front end - too dark for me to tell Thanks, matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdfMF Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I'm not usually a 280ZX fan, but this one looks really cool. The airdam and ZGs really give it a tough appearance. I hope some one can identify the airdam. I may have to start looking for a ZX! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 arnt those after market vents? blackdragon or somthing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversix Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 That front piece is the stock bumper with a lower air dam, similar can be had from motorsport auto. The grill area was custom molded/shaped, several members here have closed the front of their S130's off in the same way. The rear ZG's are the wider variety that 280Zforce may be making a run of from his originals. The rest is off the shelf, nothing special about those vents either... Looks tough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Also don't forget might be hard to find most of those parts state side. Those vents are stock early model 280ZX vents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver280zx Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I have a '79 280ZX that has the exhaust routed on the driver side only to end up being moved all the way to the passenger side before leaving the car. I know on the '82-'83 cars it exits on the driver side instead. How hard is it to switch a '79 over to this? Is it just a matter of cutting a whole on teh lower valence to clear the pipes or is there a legitimate reason why the exhaust does an "L" shape to exit on the passenger side? Also does anyone know what body pieces are on this car? To me it looks like: - ZG Flares w/ konig rewinds (guess on sizes?) - BRE spoiler - Unknown front end - too dark for me to tell Thanks, matt Those wheels are watanabes i believe, i dont6 think that texture of the spokes comes on rewinds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30TRBO Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I have a '79 280ZX that has the exhaust routed on the driver side only to end up being moved all the way to the passenger side before leaving the car. I know on the '82-'83 cars it exits on the driver side instead. How hard is it to switch a '79 over to this? Is it just a matter of cutting a whole on teh lower valence to clear the pipes or is there a legitimate reason why the exhaust does an "L" shape to exit on the passenger side? Matt, The N/A ZX exited on the right side and the Turbos exited on the left side. You can either change the rear valance or cut out another curve for the muffler tip on the left side. However, if you do that then you will have two exit points. If you can get your hands on a turbo rear valance it would look a lot cleaner, more work involved, but if your not worried about having two openings then just cut the left side. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWittie Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 I have access to another rear valence but its welded in so thats where Im at with it. I really like the look of the orange car so I'm hoping that I can do something similar to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I'm just going to throw this out there, I have a 1983 280ZX N/A and my exhaust exits on the left (driver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I believe after '80, they all were on the driver side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I've seen exhaust on the S130 done many different ways, but I believe all the chassis are identical in this regard. They all have the same mounting points from what I've seen. So it's just simply getting a rear vallance with a cut for that side, and then having the piping routed. The extra length was probably added because of nissan trying to get the exhaust resonance low enough. The stock exhaust is nearly silent, impressive for a "sports car"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Silent is right, i got myself a magnaflow muffler on stock system and its like a new car... quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Z Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 That front piece is the stock bumper with a lower air dam, similar can be had from motorsport auto. The grill area was custom molded/shaped, several members here have closed the front of their S130's off in the same way. The rear ZG's are the wider variety that 280Zforce may be making a run of from his originals. The rest is off the shelf, nothing special about those vents either... Looks tough! That looks like a completly stock bumper cover, I don't think it's been modded in any way. The front air dam is similiar to what MSA offers. The hood vents are stock for 79-81. This is my car with a kaminari eurathane air damn. MSA offers these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWittie Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 I've been looking at the same urethane front bumper from MSA. I would also like to find a nice spoiler to help finish the look on the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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