QLD: Bris north EOI 2 x 83 280ZX's

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Hey guys

 

A few of you may of seen my post a week or so ago regarding my EFI to Carb dilemma and how the car is just generally running like a pig. So for those that didn't ill lay it out. It's a 83 280zx 5spd Man in black and original blue (paints flaking).

 

December last year I ripped my spare motor out and took it to a shop and got them to rebuild it for me. upon inspection of the engine it had been rebuilt not only 20-30K ago (according to the shop) so they just stripped the engine down and honed all the bores, new rings, bearings, Shaved .010 off the head to up the compression and put it all back together.

 

Since getting it back into the car (Feb) I had nothing but issues with fueling and spark and all sorts of things, so once i got it down to an EFI issue i replaced the injectors and it made a little difference but still would not fire on the cylinders that were causing me issues on the last engine (used the same manifold). That's when the Carb idea popped up, I had access to a full Carburetor setup off a C210 Skyline (L24) so in it went. now it runs... but barley. It misses and the only thing left that i have not changed over is the Fuel pump. Now i have 2 that i found. one is the mechanical pump and the other is an electric pump. I have not tried fitting either but that is my next step. the electric one is what i want in there because its pretty easily just plug and play.

 

So the 2nd Z is a parts car that I bought off a guy that overheard my convo on the train one day. 83 280zx 5spd man in silver and rust 2-tone. It was running fine and was driven on the farm once a week to ensure that it still worked. Body wise you may be able to scavenge some parts off it from the outside but it does have a bit of rust, it's been a few months since I looked at it last. Interior tho is in good condition, its currently all pulled out of the car but is stored inside the car. Dash has i think 1 little crack in it, Seats may have a bit of dust dirt on em, but that's nothing a good clean can't fix. I still have 90% of the mechanical gear for it (Peter T has the old engine) but other than that i have it.

 

So now the fun part. I'm hoping (key word there) to get around $3500 for the both (i can throw in 2 sets of 260-280 wheels with a pair of 3 piece mesh 15's and sold mesh 15's) As it all sits. The daily has rego until November but I doubt as it sits now it won't pass a road worthy.

 

I can be contacted on here but the best bet is my mobile : 0407 317 807

 

Sorry for the long post, ill upload pics when i get a spare moment.

 

Cheers

Nic