turbo kit for 280z

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skatermatt180
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anyone know of a turbo kit for a 77 datsun 280z anywhere. I cant seem to find one on the internet


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nsrZ32
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might want to look into the turbo L28 that is found in the later 280ZX

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evildky
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I don't think there are amy in produstion anymore, there have been a coupla of companies to offer aftermarket kits but they havn't made any in years

most people just use a 81-83 280ZX donor, it's a pretty simple swap, and the donors don't seem to hard to find, depending on your skills and knowledge you could go ground up making your own manifold and piping, you'd have to make your own piping to intercool it anyhow, the basic 81-83 donor is by far the fastest easiest and with the shortest learning curve, heck I started with the simple 83 turbo swap, and I'm still running the 183k junkyard motor, only it's now recieving a bit more boost

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skatermatt180
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thanks a lot, ill look into the z club here in town, they have tons of those turbo engines! By the way....how many psi does the stock run, like 5 or 6?

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sharjt
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Stock is seven and rich as hell. With a electronic or manual boost controller you can turn it up to 9 or 10 easy without any changes. With a basic fuel management system (like a SAFC or something like that) and tuning you can turn your boost up much higher.

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evildky
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the stock setting is like 6psi, but without an intercooler 10 psi is the limit, if it's intercooled you can get up to about 13 and at that point you need an adjustable fuel pressure regulator or larger injectors, I ran 20 psi on mine with megasquirt the stock system is kinda limited to aobut 300 whp, the stock block is goot to about 400 whp

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sharjt
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My 83 is stock at 7 and with my electronic boost controler I have low set at 9 and with no fuel map changes and according to my wide band o2 i'm still rich. But with the intercooler and injectors I will be putting on I hope to run 13 on high and still be able to dial it up to 15.


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