79 280zx l28e conversion to l28et

[chris51608]

hey guys im new to the forum i bought this car 3 days ago and it has a l28e engine with a 5 speed transmission.i was wondering wat parts will i need to convert it to turbo ,,for example its a simple bolt on of a turbo exhaust manifold,turbo,turbo oil line and tubo management or dos the l28e motor needs to get special pistons and valves,or maybe a new head plz reply

[S130Z]

Dude I found a L28ET engine for sale for like 500 bucks...I could get you the website if you would rather do that...prolly be close to the same price as converting the L28e

[evildky]

well on a 79 you have the same dished pistons as the turbo but you have the P79 head, same volume as the turbo head but with the sleaved exhaust runners and the CHTS is located int he wrong spot, so you'd have to relocate some wiring, and of course the cam profiles are different but not a huge deal otherwise to convert your engine you need:oil pandistributor driveshaftdistributorwire harnessecuinjectorsexhaust manifoldturbodownpipe"J" pipethe intake manifold can be made to work but it's easier to just use the whole manifoldAFMOil"T"Oil hardline

so yes you cna convert but it's generally easier to just get the complete swap, I've bought 3 wrecked 280ZX TUrbo's anywhere form $3-500, that gives you everything you need plus extra parts you can sell to offset the cost

if you know what yiu are doing and plan to upgrade then you only really need th eexhaust manifold, then add your shoice of turbo, custom piping and plumbing, engine managment custom harness crank trigger etc, the manifold and the distributor are the only origional parts I still use and I recently added a crank trigger so the distributor can go once i convert to edis