Guest CaNaVaDeR Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Without looking at the engine bay how else can you differ the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelToad Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 1. Turn key 2. Depress accelerator The hood on the turbo has the elongated scoop area with the triangular leading edge. But thats no guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 And the more obvious: 1) Says 280ZX_Turbo on the fenders emblems instead of 280ZX 2) It has an Turbo emblem on the rear hatch above the lights 3) The turbo will have a factory boost gage in the center pod 4) They came with 15" snowflake rims (I belive all turbo years came that way) 5) Has to be an '81-'83 and the '81's were all A/T 6) Only the Turbos in '81 had the Naca duct on the hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil280zxt Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 The 15" snowflakes were only on the 81 turbo's...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well assuming the car is stock. you have the 15" snowflakes, or the 15" Swatiska rims the "turbo hood" was used on all 82-83 (?) S130s regardless of NA/Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 My 83 2+2 had the snowflake/swatiska rims nbesheer is reffering too. All turbo cars indeed had them unless the owner changed them. The boost guage in the console is the dead giveaway imo, though the car has to be standing still in order to see it. Also note that the turbo had a dual oil temp/pressure guage, the NA cars only read oil pressure. The 81 turbos are EASY to spot since they have the naca hood duct and the earlier 79-81 rubber bumpers. The 81 will most likely also have the earlier tail lights, I think. I've seen the later tail lights on all year S130 cars so it's hard to know what was actually factory, what options where there, or how many people modified them. The fact I see quite a few 79-81 cars with the later tail lights makes me think that when people cracked/broke them and brought them to the dealers nissan only had the later style, so they installed those as replacements. Just a guess though. Oh yea, don't forget about the emblem on the center console, if that hadn't been mentioned yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil280zxt Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 FYI. Snowflake and swatiska rims are two different style wheels...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ok, so I definately know which rims are the swatiska rims are... which are the snow flakes? Are those these: Or these?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggyZ Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Snowflakes... I miss mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenonxiii Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 http://www.xenons130.com/wheeldifferences.html All the s130 wheels Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 watching the tailights dissappear in front of you as you vainly try to keep up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83zed owner Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 if it's all stock the exhaust has dual tips and the n/a only have 1 tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest duckyz Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Unless the exhaust was modified, the n/a exited on the passenger side and the turbo on the driver's side (US and left hand drive models). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I thought the exhaust change went with the years? Passanger side 79-81 Driver side 82-83. Maybe 81' was passanger side, I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenonxiii Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I thought the exhaust change went with the years? Passanger side 79-81 Driver side 82-83. Maybe 81' was passanger side, I'm not sure. No that was Turbo/non turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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