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I bought this 1976 Datsun 280Z about 5 years ago. I found it in my neighbor’s barn. It had been parked for over 10 years and
hadn’t run in that time. My brother had just bought an 83 280ZX and my neighbor saw it and told me he had one in the barn.
I asked if he would sell it and he said I could look at it once he dug it out. A week later he was finally able to get it out
and it was beautiful a bone stock untouched 280Z. He said once I got it running we would talk about price. It took me 3 days
to figure out how to get it running. The first thing I found wrong was the fuel pump had frozen up. The fuel tarnished so
badly that it had frozen the pump. After replacing it still would run by it’s self, it had no power to it. He had put a new
battery in it about 5 years earlier and he hooked up the main computer wires wrong. After beating my head against the wall I
finally got a wiring diagram and found the wire that was hooked up wrong. With-in minutes of hooking it up I had it running.
I bought the car for $2000.
My first mod to the car was the suspension. From there I did the turbo motor swap. I bought a 82 280ZX donor car from Ohio
for $500. I did the swap and drove the car that way for sometime. I did little stuff like the aero bumper and and side skirts
to keep me busy. My next major project was the Mega-squirt computer. Man what a difference it made. For any of the NICO guys
that have seen her you now that I’m not afraid to open her up.
ONEWAY 1976 Datsun 280Z 2+2. Mods: 82 L28ET (turbo) swap Engine bored 1/2mm over Side mount, remote oil cooler Garrett T3/T04B 50 trim Open waste gate 3in exhaust from turbo back, with flow master muffler HKS blow-off valve Front mount intercooler (conquest) Mega-Squirt and spark fuel injection computer. Stand alone, fully programmable Blitz SBC boost controller 450cc injectors Electric fan 60mm throttle body and JSK adaptor plate Upgraded clutch 5 speed transmission swap (was 4 speed) KYB gas struts Motorsport auto performance lowering springs 4 piston (Toyota 4-runner) front calipers 84 Z31 vented front rotors 15X8 mesh wheels painted to match color of car Dunlap Qualifers 225/50-R15 all the way around MSA front aero bumper MSA side skirts MSA tinted headlight covers Shaved rear bumper |
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