sblake01

I had a 3.889 rear end from a 1600 roadster, a 5 speed from a S10 200SX, and a J16 with a single Weber side draft in mine. It would cruise easily on the highway. I sold mine for $3500 which is about twice what I had in it.

Check your fusible links. The front one closest to the box. Should be a black 80 amp link. If it's bad, you won't get a charge signal.

So, let's see, that's an average of under 900 miles per year over the last 46 years. I'd have to call on that claim. As near as we can figure based on some records and discussions with three previous owners, my 64 L320 had over 600k miles and it could be over 700k.

My buddy let me drive this February last year (2009): Four months later I bought this: And I've driven both the 350Z and the 370Z. I'm not impressed with either, however.

Who, me?

That's pretty much how I ended up with the GTO....

Where would you get the pistons to make that combo work? There is a 5.3 mm difference in stroke as well as a 3 mm bore difference between the two engines. Jon is right...you need more research.

You did notice the name of the site? A stage by stage ZX modification isn't really inkeeping with the general gist of this site. You might try Hybridz.

Couldn't see the pictures but I copied and pasted their url's and now they show.

IIRC, he's from Colorado, right?

I'm not worried, my cars pass smog. The ones I had in the past and the ones I have now. I live in California that's just another one of the 'fun' parts of living here. I've seen the smog checks though I've never been through one. There was one a few months back set up in front of the park less than a block from me. Like they say, it is what it is.

Er, I believe that is the screen name....Darrel.

As I said earlier: Been there, done that. Hence my two quotes from above. Just insert whatever chain auto parts store name where I said 'Autozone'. They're all pretty much the same.

That number is for the right side.

Not trying to be obtuse but at 36+psi, I'm not sure it would just dribble. What I wonder is, let's say the injector is good, what effect does an essentially 'dead' cylinder, which is what it would become if unplugged, have on emissions readings?

The electrical test will tell you whether or not the injector is opening (and closing) by the 'click'. There still could be crud in it causing it to not close comeletely and it would leak. Best way is to pull it and pressure test it which requires a couple of tools that most people don't have. I have the tools but unless you plan to do a lot of work with injectors (which I have over the years) it would be cheaper to have them cleaned rather than buy the test/cleaning equipment.

I don't agree with that. If they're leaking, they're leaking. Even uplugged they're still under pressure. The plug just gives it a signal.

I answered that in post #5.

A 1978 280Z alternator is internally regulated. If you ran the test as outlined above, your 'new' alternator is no good. It does happen.

Welcome! You've come to the right place. I'm better with 280Zs but you'll find lots of help here. Got to love the Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheel) lyric in your signature!

Wouldn't that be FR?

Yep, I've cleaned them and had them work and I've cleaned them and had them be just as bad as they were. It all depends on what's causing the bad resistence, corrosion or wear. I don't actually use Deoxit but a similar product called 'Ideal Electronic Switch and Contact Cleaner'. But it stiil needs to be dry before you test it.

You might try removing the cover from the AFM and spraying the contact area of the potentiometer with a contact cleaner such as Deoxit or the like. And then re-check the readings. You might also see if running the tests with at fully charged battery changes the readings. (Obviously the voltage based readings will change but I'm referring to the resistence based readings)

I have scans of the pinouts, year by year, but I doubt if the ECU would have been changed. In California, the emissions control setup has to be what the car originally came with not what the engine came out of. (I hope that makes sense)