1976 Datsun 280Z: NICOclub Ride of the Month | oneway

1976 Datsun 280Z – Owned by : oneway

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 andhadn’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 outand it was beautiful a bone stock untouched 280Z. He said once I got it running we would talk about price. It took me 3 daysto figure out how to get it running. The first thing I found wrong was the fuel pump had frozen up. The fuel tarnished sobadly 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 newbattery in it about 5 years earlier and he hooked up the main computer wires wrong. After beating my head against the wall Ifinally 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