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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: celouden on May 01, 2008, 06:29:14 PM
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I am doing a job at a house that has a 79' Datsun 280zx. It has the nissan L28 (2.8 liter straight 6) engine. It is rear wheel drive, electronic fuel injected, and has a turbo option. the base hp for this car is 170hp. the car is complete and was running when parked, |removethispart|@ 2 years ago. It has a 5-speed. The car was offered to me, and I need to know if it would be a possible swap into one of my Samis. I need to know quick as this job is almost over, and I wont take the car if I can not swap it.
thanks.
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Yes, I am an IDIOT. As soon as I re-read my post, I answered my own question.......straight six.......too long. I guess I was just overcome with the excitement of possible power. thanks
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Run cooling lines and throw the rad in the back... I have no idea if a sammi case will take 170hp though.
Kelly
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Nothing is ever to long! Just depends how much fabing you want to do to make it work!LOL!
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Where's it at, I'll Take IT!
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how much????? ;D ;D
it is in memphis area, the customer has not said whether it was free or not, but I imagine if we did have to pay for it, it would be VERY VERY cheap....like $200.00 ish.
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My friend has a Datsun 1982 280z with L28et motor (yes turboed), from what I remember, the tranny is longer than the Sami Tranny. And I think somewhere on izook.com It has an article on swapping in rotary 12A motor in the Sami. So, I would think that the swap would be very similar with 280z with some modifications. The width would fit just fine, but its the Length.... would be a tight fit. But, if you have this chance to pick up this car for less to free, I say go for it. Just have some patience and it ll be done. Welder and Torch on hand. You're good to go.
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There are two versions of the the Nissan/Datsun 5-speed gearbox, a short and a long output shaft option the short version is about 6 inches shorter. I'm not sure which is in the Z car, my skyline of the same era had the short version (until I broke it).
A L28 is waaaaay longer than a 12A, I reckon with the water pump hard against the grill you'd still have to cut the firewall, they are also quite tall due to the valve/cam setup and weigh heaps.
On the plus side: they also used the L28 in the MQ Nissan Patrol, so you could buy a bolt up gearbox/transfer case combo.
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chevy vortec 4.3 200hp stock :) and there are kits out there already for this one.
just my .02 for a v6 engine swap.
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Nissan in a Zuke? The Car Gods will frown on you!
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chevy vortec 4.3 200hp stock :) and there are kits out there already for this one.
just my .02 for a v6 engine swap.
with the kit. *shakes head* its ridicilous expensive. The way I see it, dollar against the kit. Its cheaper to fab motor mounts etc than getting the kit for the price. 4.3 Vortec motor is a very nice engine. I would definitely get one if i had the chance.
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Run cooling lines and throw the rad in the back... I have no idea if a sammi case will take 170hp though.
Kelly
My friend has a 4.3 in his (200 hp) , The case almost lasted 20 minutes ;D
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Here is what we were / are in the future going to do chevy 4.3 with carb t18 transmission and dana 20 t-case it should be short enough and toyota axles.
Fab up motor mounts and transmission,t-case mounts cut out the channel and re fab up the channel.