been looking for some lowering springs or coilovers
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Nissan 280zx kid
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been looking for some lowering springs or coilovers
okay i had been looking for some lowering springs or coilovers for my 280zx buy i cant find them and also, can or could a five speed trany pulled from an 1980 280zx fit in a 1983 280zx ? cuz im going to try to make my a 5speed?
Re: been looking for some lowering springs or coilovers (Nissan 280zx kid)
Modern Motorsports makes the coilovers, IMO, they're a good product and you can get them here
http://www.modern-motorsports....id=70
As far as 280ZX 5 speeds, there are some differences between the non-turbo 5 speeds, as there are two basic ones you'll be looking for. There is one 5 speed with two tabs that sit between the speedo drive and the transmission mount. This is the wide ratio box with the .86 (IIRC) OD while the transmission with one tab that sticks out the right side (as viewed from the tailshaft end) that is the close ratio box but has a .74? OD which will give you better mileage. The Nissan 5 speed for the turbo ZX is actually a BW NWC t-5 transmission with 1-4 being very similar to the early 240Z 4 speed but with the .74 OD as well. This transmission is a bit stronger than the older Nissan 5 speed, though if you see much power above 350 and you 're hard on it, expect to give G-force a call for some uprated internals for the transmission or start looking for a 300ZXT box, which requires a $hit ton of work compared to the bolt in options above (note the T5 requires a bit more work, the diff is a little bigger and the flange on the R200 has larger bolts, so you'll need those bits for the swap.
Making it a 5 speed shouldn't be difficult, just getting the linkages set up correctly is the most time consuming part.
Hope this helps!Bob
http://www.modern-motorsports....id=70
As far as 280ZX 5 speeds, there are some differences between the non-turbo 5 speeds, as there are two basic ones you'll be looking for. There is one 5 speed with two tabs that sit between the speedo drive and the transmission mount. This is the wide ratio box with the .86 (IIRC) OD while the transmission with one tab that sticks out the right side (as viewed from the tailshaft end) that is the close ratio box but has a .74? OD which will give you better mileage. The Nissan 5 speed for the turbo ZX is actually a BW NWC t-5 transmission with 1-4 being very similar to the early 240Z 4 speed but with the .74 OD as well. This transmission is a bit stronger than the older Nissan 5 speed, though if you see much power above 350 and you 're hard on it, expect to give G-force a call for some uprated internals for the transmission or start looking for a 300ZXT box, which requires a $hit ton of work compared to the bolt in options above (note the T5 requires a bit more work, the diff is a little bigger and the flange on the R200 has larger bolts, so you'll need those bits for the swap.
Making it a 5 speed shouldn't be difficult, just getting the linkages set up correctly is the most time consuming part.
Hope this helps!Bob
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Nissan 280zx kid
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unless you feel like fabbing mounts your best bet is lowering springs, MSA has them, as for the trans, the 300ZX T5 is actually weaker than the 280ZX T5, but the 280 T5 can handle 400whp but if used for repeated drag racing on a strip with slicks it won't live long, the n/a 300zx box was thought to be stronger and I was one fo the people who converted, most broke them, they are weaker than the 280ZX T5, but there is a guy that sells an adapter plate to use a Z32 trans which is strongest of all