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turboZ31
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Car: 88 z31 turbo, 84 z31 turbo

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just wanted to show you guys my z (finally) she is goin under the knife in the next few weeks. i'm gonna rebuild the motor using the bottom end out of my 84T. wish her luck







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evildky
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but doesn't your car already have the more desirable "W" series block? clean body btw

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turboZ31
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evildky wrote:but doesn't your car already have the more desirable "W" series block? clean body btw
yeah, but i'd rather have the 2 key crank. plus i'm having an issue with oil smoke.

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turboZ31 wrote:yeah, but i'd rather have the 2 key crank. plus i'm having an issue with oil smoke.
The crank of the W series is the two key variety. The crank of the A/B series is only a single key.

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turboZ31
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NissanSportMag(Z31) wrote:The crank of the W series is the two key variety. The crank of the A/B series is only a single key.
what years did the W series come in? my 88 has the single key crank, while my 84 has the double key crank. in either case i wanna use the double key crank

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AZ-ZBum
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turboZ31 wrote:what years did the W series come in? my 88 has the single key crank, while my 84 has the double key crank. in either case i wanna use the double key crank
Sounds backwards to me.

Read:http://moredhel.net/radare/wserieschanges.html


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