Need lots and lots of help with a 280zx turbo
Need lots and lots of help with a 280zx turbo
Me and my buddy are taking a nose dive into rebuilding a 280 zx turbo. We dont know much about cars or working on them but his dad does and were gonna kind of mess around with it and refer to him if we have any questions. Boy is this gonna be fun Its also AWESOME because we got this car for free from his dads friend. I have not even seen it yet all i know is its a 280zx turbo t top. Anyways let me have it. Any advice? things to keep in mind? Also im looking for some good literature on this car and how to restore it along with any other books you think might be helpful to me. Thanks guys i cant wait to get my hands on this car this weekend and start looking at it and figuring everything out (We probally wont even touch the car for another month or two we have to study first) last question what engine is in it? Only thing i can find is its an L28ET but i dont see that in the engine forums section.
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evildky
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welcome to nico and congrats on the z
we don't have an L6 series engine forum as the L6 was found only in the 70-83 z cars and the 810 and first gen maxima, so the classic Z section is the place for all your L6 needs
just to be clear the L6 is the engine family and the L28ET specifies it as the 2.8 liter fuel injected turbo engine, this was available only fomr 81-83 in the 280zx, in 81 it was available only on automatic equipped cars and used an unique crank mounted trigger, the 82-83 model is far more common and uses the distributor based cas
the turbo 82-83 models that had a manual trans was equipped with a beefy and very desirable T5 trans
the 280 was the only z car sold in the US that was offered with the turbo option, al other generations of z's that had available turbo's were not offered wiht the 2+2 option, oddly it seems the majority of the S130 turbo's were 2+2's (S130 is the chassis designation for the 79-83 280zx)
also all turbo S130's came wiht T tops
the stock turbo is a garret T3 with a unique downpipe flange
the fuel injection is a bosche L jetronic, most issues wiht these cme form the cas in the distributor, the ignitor mounted to the side of the ignition coil, the AFM, or simply wiring issues usually hardened and broken at the injector connectors
oh and the digital dash models tend to have issues wiht the power supply or display unit
we don't have an L6 series engine forum as the L6 was found only in the 70-83 z cars and the 810 and first gen maxima, so the classic Z section is the place for all your L6 needs
just to be clear the L6 is the engine family and the L28ET specifies it as the 2.8 liter fuel injected turbo engine, this was available only fomr 81-83 in the 280zx, in 81 it was available only on automatic equipped cars and used an unique crank mounted trigger, the 82-83 model is far more common and uses the distributor based cas
the turbo 82-83 models that had a manual trans was equipped with a beefy and very desirable T5 trans
the 280 was the only z car sold in the US that was offered with the turbo option, al other generations of z's that had available turbo's were not offered wiht the 2+2 option, oddly it seems the majority of the S130 turbo's were 2+2's (S130 is the chassis designation for the 79-83 280zx)
also all turbo S130's came wiht T tops
the stock turbo is a garret T3 with a unique downpipe flange
the fuel injection is a bosche L jetronic, most issues wiht these cme form the cas in the distributor, the ignitor mounted to the side of the ignition coil, the AFM, or simply wiring issues usually hardened and broken at the injector connectors
oh and the digital dash models tend to have issues wiht the power supply or display unit
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Re: (evildky)
evildky, did the turbo models also come with the r-200 diffs? i know mine has one. oh and thanks for describing my 83, all except the rust of course...lol