Here's my daily Z..

[sirkus]

Nope, you can make that thing quiet as a mouse if you want, you will sacrifice some power, but you can do it.

A 383 is overkill, but suprisingly, it hooked up pretty decently. You of course could get the rear end loose as a goose, but if you wanted control, you could get it very easily.

I would do the RB25 and i'll tell you why. A. It's Nissan, B. it's decent in stock config (as you said), C. it's pretty common and D. it's mostly stock. You can go with a Neo6, but why? Stick with a 25 with a decent turbo and use the computer. It's balls simple to install and since it's stock, it's plug and play. Install and drive. No tuning, no tweaking...nothing. The hardest thing will be the driveshaft and that is as easy as measuring and taking it to the driveshaft shop.

The A/C is the biggest downfall of most swaps. When I was young, I took A/C off of everything simply because I was stupid and thought that the minute savings I received would somehow translate to blistering speed on the street. Now, I don't want a car without it. The Galant I just got is on it's way to getting the A/C back on it. Rerouting the intercooler piping if need be, whatever it takes to get it back on there, that is if I keep it. So for me, any swap needs to have it. To do a swap on a factory A/C car and not hook it up is fucking stupid. Pay the little bit extra and get it hooked up.

You have a great start.

Thanks man.. A/C will def be in this cars future. I will be going with the rb25 swap. Considering it's support and power specs it seems to be the best candidate for the 280.

I was wondering.. all of the bushings and stuff for the front/rear end are shot is this car. Next time I jack it up I will get a photo to express how I mean "SHOT". I do not understand how this car keeps the steering straight as I'm going down the road. I believe every bit from the shock/springs/bushings and even rear diff oil has NEVER been changed. I'm going to check around for master bushing kits for it.. considering Nissan quoted me 431.81 for just all of the rear bushings (I got a quote when we took the cube for it's exploding fuel tank recall) which I though was ridiculous. I bought a set for an 82 camaro z28 and it run me around the 100$ range about 8 years ago lol. It needs them bad. Has a small clunk in the rear when you push on the throttle. It has lead me to believe it's either tranny mounts or rear mounts.. but after looking at them all.. GOOD GOD they all need to be changed. I might be tackling this issue before paint.

I also noticed I have a small coolant leak starting. It's most likely a dry rotted hose.. but I shall further investigate.