my l28e

[kelloggman]

hopefully in a couple months will be a massive l28etcant wait to tear it apart

does anyone know what kinda tranmission it is. i know its a 5 speed but is it a t5

how can you tell the difference between a na wiring harness and turbo harness. can i use the na harness on the turbo?? i know some things wont fit but properly???

for background info i plan on using a megasquirt ecu

[ravera]

It's not a T5, it's an FS5W71B which is the non turbo box. Seeing the two tabs on the back makes me believe that it's the wider ratio 280Z box. Sell it and re-coup the cash for a T5. You can tell because the T5 has a removable bell housing, has 4 bolts that hold the shifter, and has borg-warner plastered over everything.

If you're not running the stock ecu, I wouldn't worry about the stock wiring harness. There's no sense in using a 30 year old bit of electronics to make a new motor and ecu talk to each other. As much as you'll splice in and out for various things you may or may not use, Just make a new one with the new plug.

[kelloggman]

how does someone make there own harness

[evildky]

if you pklan to run megasquirt, you place the ecu or relay board where you want it and runt he wires from the injectors, iat, chts, tps etc to the ecu, or relay board depending on what setup you run

[kelloggman]

ok so im new to thiscan u share your knowledge on your abbreviationsthank you guys

[ravera]

IAT=Intake Air TempCHTS= Cylinder head temp sensorTPS=Throttle position sensor

You're also going to need MAP (manifold absolute pressure)InjectorsCoil drivers for whatever you're runningTrigger wheel, or wire the ZXT dizzy for the same purposeUEGO (Universal Exhaust Gas Oxygen) which is a wide band O2, or you'll need a narrow band O2, with the WB02 you'll need a driver to run it...

And whatever other things you plan to run (electric fan, fuel pump, boost control, etc.)

[kelloggman]

you guys rock i appreciate it

[evildky]

the map is on die form megasquirt, or you can still run the afm or convert to a maf but the map is superior and much easier to deal with

coils can be driven by add on transistors or trigered remotely via msd, edis, hei or any randown ignitor

you can triggern megasquirt with the stock n/a distributor

and a wideband makes tunign a breeze

[kelloggman]

sounds do able and alot of stuff to learn. hahah thanks again for all the help

so as of right now i have the l24 still in right nowi know the transmission i have now will bolt on but will i have to custom fabricate my driveshaft at all???

[ravera]

for a different trans or for the stock 4 speed?

Every L 6 cylinder is externally the same demensions. The LD28 is different in deck height but that's it.

With a different trans or a different diff, you'll probably have to shorten it.

[evildky]

the LD looks a LTO differetn,t he deck height is so much taller it's obvious, and the timing cover si radically different as well as the head

[kelloggman]

i currently have the 4 spd i would want to upgrade to the 5 speed that i have now but not if i have to shorten the drive shaft

[evildky]

you don't ahve to shorten the shaft but you might need to swap it, depending on what diff you are running, I IRC the stock 280z shaft fits with the 280zx 5 speed

[kelloggman]

what does IIRC mean

[ravera]

If I Recall Correctly.

[kelloggman]

hahahah i feel pretty dumb

[evildky]

hahahah i feel pretty dumb

maybe you just didn't recal correctly

[kelloggman]

haha i guess so

[kelloggman]

im pretty excitednext weekend i get to take apart my engineso if anyone needs na s*** me upill have a list up next week

[kelloggman]

update...just bought my n42 head and should arrive sometime next week next step is stripping it down bare and finding a machine shopi emailed rebello to see how much for everything and the said 225 buckshopefully get my exhaust manifold in two weeks. when i can afford it.ill try to post more pics on friday.

oil pan questionis it possible to turn the na pan to a turbo oil pani know it would require weldingcause the only oil pan ive found is from azc is like 450
Modified by kelloggman at 12:55 AM 9/3/2009

[evildky]

yes you can weld a bung ontot he stock pan if you like

if you want a turbo pan I'm sure I still have one laying around

[kelloggman]

if you do let me knowsave me alot of time

[hbpignosePA]

so quick question:

is the t5 the only one with a removable bellhousing?

sorry for the partial threadjack

[evildky]

basically yes, the early 4 speed on the series 1 chassis 140z had a removable bellhousing and an even worse shifter than the later S30 chassis cars

[NSR_s30]

Good info in this thread.

[kelloggman]

evildky is s30 encyclopedia