Rb25 swap in old Zcars

[Silver280zx]

I run an electromotive stand-alone EMS, so I didnt have to worry about any old electronics. I got tired of dealing with 1980's wiring harnesses
BTW, Ive got a Jim Wolf MAF-converted ECU and Cobra MAF setup for it, along with a lot of other stuff for a turbo conversion car, if you end up doing an L28...

I apreciate it man, but i think i am going to just go rb25. But if i dont ill contact you. This place i was looking at, has already done the swap on a 240z. And its pretty much the same swap. With exception to the wireing, fuel pump and drive shaft, i just have a little more room in my engine bay than a 240z. I was also wandering about rear ends, should i go with and s130 turbo limited slip, or a z31 turbo limited slip?

[thursdaybuff]

my buddy had an rb20 put in his 280z and the swap worked out just fine for him.

[lightspeed]

my buddy had an rb20 put in his 280z and the swap worked out just fine for him.

Cool, is he local? Does he want to get-in some runs with an old-school L28 with a bone-stock longblock and literally 250k+ miles on it? I havent run any other turbo-converted old z's.

[thursdaybuff]

Cool, is he local? Does he want to get-in some runs with an old-school L28 with a bone-stock longblock and literally 250k+ miles on it? I havent run any other turbo-converted old z's.

he would if he hadn't snapped the rear end on it a little while ago. unfortunately he never changed it out during the swap so he left the stock one so now he's in the process of switching it out.

[Silver280zx]

Do the r180's use cv axels.

[lightspeed]

I apreciate it man, but i think i am going to just go rb25. But if i dont ill contact you. This place i was looking at, has already done the swap on a 240z. And its pretty much the same swap. With exception to the wireing, fuel pump and drive shaft, i just have a little more room in my engine bay than a 240z. I was also wandering about rear ends, should i go with and s130 turbo limited slip, or a z31 turbo limited slip?

The rb25 would be a cool setup, so I hope it works out for you. Iive got a non-LSD R200 in my car, but its converted to use CV axles instead of U-joints (=no more breaking ) I actually bought an LSD from a z31 that was fully rebuilt, but my car has some modifications back there and it wasnt going to go in without some effort (more than I wanted to deal with.) I honestly dont know if my issue was "normal," but I know a lot of people use z31 setups. I do think it would be better than what I have, but it wasnt worth the effort.