roger.svoboda Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Can anyone help identifying these turbos. The one on the left in pieces came out of an 83. It sheared the bucket wheel shaft. The center one I bought from Craig's List. The one on the right I got from a guy who replaced his with a larger one. The left hand one appears to be a mix and match with a z31 turbo as the waste gate is integral with the pipe whereas the others have the waste gate as a separate unit bolted to the exhaust volute. Question is did the 280 turbos all have the separate wastegate or did some come with the wastegate as part of the exhaust pipe as did the z31 but did not include the water cooling feature. Thanks for any information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenji Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Are there any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 (edited) Here are the pics. Thought I tagged em in there the first time. apparently I haven't figured out how to post pics with the new system. i think it took that time Edited March 2, 2010 by roger.svoboda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcontrol Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Here are the pics. Thought I tagged em in there the first time. apparently I haven't figured out how to post pics with the new system. i think it took that time They all look the same to me but they are clocked differently. All ZX turbos came with internal waste gate. 81-83 280zx and 84 300zx were oil cooled only.What are the numbers on the compressor and the turbine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 I'm thinking someone put an 84 turbo on the car or Nissan started using those turbos on late production 83's. Seems like it was late in the model year. Scrapped it a year ago so can't verify. When I acquired the other turbos I just looked at them and they had a hot end and a cold end with fans on either side. As I gathered parts together for a swap I said huh! these turbos are different. To mystify me even more I also had two z31 water cooled turbos. Any way that explains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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