This project started with this:
My 280zx turbo. Poik (turbobricks and ls1tech) and I drove from Edmonds, Washington, to Grant's Pass, Oregon, to get a Turbocharged 280zx with T Tops, because there were like two in Washington for sale, both of them being rust buckets.
Note: long. f*cking. Drive.
Next, I purchased a fuel rail from Pallnet (Great guy, hell of a product), along with a set of 311 cc\min N\A Supra Injectors. I did not do any tuning. I simply bumped my boost up.
After deciding my car was considerably slower than before I did my little "upgrayedd" (note: with two d's, for a double dose of this fuel), I decided to embark on a journey towards Megasquirt. A journey which would make my family question my sanity, and eventually hold me as brilliant for "Boeing-ing my car, rather than pimping it out".
Turns out the '81 l28et is the only one of the L series motors which can not simply be modified to trigger megasquirt. Believe me. It was a bitch. It has an optical crank angle sensor, which sucks. I ended up just pulling the crank pulley off, drilling three holes in it, gluing magnets into it, and running a hall effect sensor. AMAZING how simple it was to get running. It took like six months to finally just do this simple, $60 triggering system.
Here are a couple pics of the first iteration of my megasquirt harness:
So, I decided a year after installing MS (and two years after buying the car), that I'd like to buy a 240z. I like the lines better, it's lighter, has about the same space in the engine bay, and the interior is WAY cooler looking. More round instead of boxy edges. From now On I'll be referring to the 240z as the S30 and the 280zx as the S130.
Here's a pic which fully encapsulates the condition of the exterior:
^not me. my girlfriend.
And here's one which fully encapsulates the condition of the interior:
The dash, is frickin perfect. I saw the dash, and knew this was the car for me. I've never seen an interior in as good of shape (without restoration) as this car. I decided that was a good indicator and bought it.
Shortly after, I realized that the Holley 4 Barrel carb on the L24 (inline 2.4 liter) was a piece of crap. It only ran nice about 4k+ rpm wise, and a buddy of mine who knows about things such as carbs (knows a 4 bbl up and down), could not help me tune it at all.
^setup that came with the car
I bought a brand new Holley 390, as well as the 4 barrel intake from www.arizonazcar.com. I powdercoated the manifold black:
I did not get a pic when it was all done (like having the carb installed), but you've seen what it looks like. Imagine the first pic without carbon buildup.
My 280zx turbo. Poik (turbobricks and ls1tech) and I drove from Edmonds, Washington, to Grant's Pass, Oregon, to get a Turbocharged 280zx with T Tops, because there were like two in Washington for sale, both of them being rust buckets.
Note: long. f*cking. Drive.
Next, I purchased a fuel rail from Pallnet (Great guy, hell of a product), along with a set of 311 cc\min N\A Supra Injectors. I did not do any tuning. I simply bumped my boost up.
After deciding my car was considerably slower than before I did my little "upgrayedd" (note: with two d's, for a double dose of this fuel), I decided to embark on a journey towards Megasquirt. A journey which would make my family question my sanity, and eventually hold me as brilliant for "Boeing-ing my car, rather than pimping it out".
Turns out the '81 l28et is the only one of the L series motors which can not simply be modified to trigger megasquirt. Believe me. It was a bitch. It has an optical crank angle sensor, which sucks. I ended up just pulling the crank pulley off, drilling three holes in it, gluing magnets into it, and running a hall effect sensor. AMAZING how simple it was to get running. It took like six months to finally just do this simple, $60 triggering system.
Here are a couple pics of the first iteration of my megasquirt harness:
So, I decided a year after installing MS (and two years after buying the car), that I'd like to buy a 240z. I like the lines better, it's lighter, has about the same space in the engine bay, and the interior is WAY cooler looking. More round instead of boxy edges. From now On I'll be referring to the 240z as the S30 and the 280zx as the S130.
Here's a pic which fully encapsulates the condition of the exterior:
^not me. my girlfriend.
And here's one which fully encapsulates the condition of the interior:
The dash, is frickin perfect. I saw the dash, and knew this was the car for me. I've never seen an interior in as good of shape (without restoration) as this car. I decided that was a good indicator and bought it.
Shortly after, I realized that the Holley 4 Barrel carb on the L24 (inline 2.4 liter) was a piece of crap. It only ran nice about 4k+ rpm wise, and a buddy of mine who knows about things such as carbs (knows a 4 bbl up and down), could not help me tune it at all.
^setup that came with the car
I bought a brand new Holley 390, as well as the 4 barrel intake from www.arizonazcar.com. I powdercoated the manifold black:
I did not get a pic when it was all done (like having the carb installed), but you've seen what it looks like. Imagine the first pic without carbon buildup.
Pics of the 7mgte swap coming soon!
