Engine removel/Rebuild

[Marcle5]

Hey guys im new to this site and don't know my way around yet. I bought a 1990 300zx twin turbo about the end of the summer. after purchasing I found a bunch of things wrong with it including a turbo leak on the passenger turbo. iv decided to pull the eng to replace the stock one with the t28 turbos. im also planning on doing injectors a tune I already have a stage 2 racing, clutch custom down pipes ect. but so far I attempted to pull the eng and after the whole weekend of working on it its basically out just got to unhook the oil cooler line that I could not get to considering im doing this in my garage on jack stands.

[2_Liter_Turbo]

Welcome to NICO! Sounds like a good amount of work, those engine bays are not very forgiving! Ha ha

[Marcle5]

ya it was tight all right this is my first engine removel as well so with the tight engine bag and the tight space I have in my garage im surprised I got it out in 3 days

[2_Liter_Turbo]

ya it was tight all right this is my first engine removel as well so with the tight engine bag and the tight space I have in my garage im surprised I got it out in 3 days

That's not bad at all for your first time, especially on a Z32!

[Marcle5]

thanks once its out im doing twin t28 turbos im doing 750cc injectors nismo tune debating if I should do the intercoolers and change the front pumper out and if I do the intercoolers ill prob do the twin intake instead of the single the exhust is 3 inch and I have a stage 2 clutch

[Ziggy1621]

Cool deal, post up some pics, and welcome to Nico!

[Marcle5]

kinda seems like a dumb question but how do I post pics

[t.mcginley.jr]

You have to upload them to a different website first, like PhotoBucket, Flickr, facebook, etc. and then use the [img]url[/img] tag/button to post pics

[Ziggy1621]

Here ya go! how-to-post-pictures-using-photobucket-t521110.html

[Marcle5]

thanks



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[Ziggy1621]

cool deal! And she's out!

[Marcle5]

ya got her out now I got to rebuild and investigate I notised once my car was warm I started blowing smoke out one side of the exhust and I found oil in the intake manifold so im thinking turbo forsure. I did a compression test befor pulling the eng and it was between 140 and 150 psi each cyilinder

[Ziggy1621]

compression should be good. As far as the turbo, just get new CHRAs for both while you have it out. ConceptZPerformance is the best price that I've found. Go OEM, no rebuilds as they are too risky, you get some saying they've been ok, and others who blow quickly. Not worth the risk IMO

[Marcle5]

does anyone happen to know what a holset equivalent is to the Gt28r garett turbos?

[Marcle5]

ok guys so heres a little update I got the turbos off and inspected them deff the passenger turbo is leaking found nothing but oil inside so going to bring both to be repaired and I got the intake manifold off and exposed the timeing belt heres some pics

[Ziggy1621]

Cool deal! My $.02, save up and buy new CHRAs for the turbos. Rebuilt ones never last. It will run you about $800 for both, but you will have new turbos!

[Marcle5]

i work for cummins disel so im having a professional rebuild my turbos and properly measure them and all that jazz

[Marcle5]

ok iv been looking into getting new chras but how do I know what one to order they are garrett t28 turbos and the only part numbers on the exsisting chra have this... Eg D176J, 14411-69F00, 466541-7001

[NolimitZ32]

Search the FSM, it should have the part number.

[Marcle5]

ok guys I found what chra I need on ConceptZPerformance now when I was on the phone with the guy I asked him why my t 28 turbos could have failed...he asked me if I was running the original oil lines to the turbos which I was ... he said that is bad for the t28 ball bearing turbos because the stock lines on the car will over oil the turbos and cause them to fail over time and recommended buying the breaded line kit on there site so I just wanted to let you all know if u have stock lines but upgraded turbos to be aware

[Marcle5]

alright guys been awile heres an update but still not done yet ps bought brand new turbos got 2060r gtx turbos but heres a pic of the engine [img][/img]