Well, long story but an old friend of mine called me up and asked if I could get an auto tranny for a 280z. I said let me make some phone calls. Come to find out, another friend of mine still had his Z parked out in the back pasture. He said he is moving and that the new owners of the house were asking if he would get rid of it before he moved. He said if I wanted it, its mine for free, the only reason he parked it was he had torn down the topend and lost some parts and didnt ever buy the parts to fix it. The tranny was still good when he parked it a couple of months ago so I was thinking I would sell the tranny out of it and install it in my other friends Z, he offered $350 for the whole job... So potentially, 350 bucks to swap out a tranny. Now I know I could sell the old L28 for pocket change but that leaves me a shell with decent interior... I have owned two 280z's before, one v8 conversion(307 or a 327, cant remember/th350) and one l28/5spd. My little cousin needs a car for high school and I have been contemplating either sr20det, rb25det, or possibly the 7mgte.... Knowing my little cous, I think the sr20 would be better on the gas, rb would be SICK but parts would be a pain, 7m is pretty common and can be gotten for cheap... Regardless, my cous is gonna have one sweet Z when Im finished.
