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hey all i had some more bad luck with the old girl,the dizzy craped itself so im after new one. does any one have one the can give or sell to me cheap. cheers pauly

yeh it is complete it does need some new valve stem seals i think but have a new set sitting in my shed. as for the head it would require a tune up. cheers pauly

im not too sure what the P90 come from, as for telling the difference heres a pic i have a spare early E88 but not to sure of the condition, if you cant get one let me know and ill get it checked for you as i have a mate that works in a machine shop. and with the compression a early E88 has the same compression as a E31 or very close to it should give you a comp of about 9.1, a standed E88 will give you a comp of 8.4 and a P90 dont quote me on this would be about 7.5 i would amgine. hope this helps. cheers pauly

yeh i was insured but just cars and gio are the only 2 who will insure me. i gave shannons a call and the said they would not insure me unless i raced my car or had previous history in kart racing etc. no idea why but just cars is far too much and also all 260z 2+2 are turbo according to one of there employees, it took me 30min and a chat to one of there managers to covince them otherewise. cheers pauly

yes you can use a early E88 on a L26. as for power difference you will find that the early E88 will produce more power and rev more freely due to the cam. as for the P90 it will fit but not too sure how it will effect your car you may find you will acctuly loose power due to such a loss in compression. go for the early E88 cheers pauly

hey Daryl i was wondering what type of dizzys u have cause i may be in need of another one due to it failing i think. cheers pauly

hey darrel can u post some pic or possibly pm me with some cheers pauly

maybe we should start a s30 club on the 360 for forza 2, any one interested ? :-\ cheers pauly

ok i finaly got my zd o start after 2 weeks it worked out to be a combo of things. i ended up replacing my points, plugs again and one lead i thort was a but suss ,turned out to be fine though. now all i have to do is change the needle in my holley and should be running sweet again. thanks for all the input. cheers pauly

no but when u find out let me know as i also need them. cheers pauly

i was wondering if any one new exactly how many 260 2+2 were made cause my chassis number is 20534 and its a late 77has any one got a 2+2 with i higher chassis number on here. cheers pauly

i can tell u one thing the 260 2+2 go to atleast 20500 cause my chasis 20500 and somthing which makes mine the youngest so far lol cheers pauly

ok i think ive narrowed it down to the coil or carbie but my bets on the coil ill c how things go tomorow cheers pauly

lol i love my na engine when its running makes fools of those stupid vn commy drivers man do they hate that. as for the turbo im starting to think i may be able to turn a old su manifold into a efi manifold usung the injectors etc from a 280zx efi. the advantage over the 280zx manifold would be duel throttle bodies but time will tell if it ever happerns. as for you gill, you could always shave a small amount off your head you could attain 9.5 comprssion by doing this also the only thing u need to remember is its very hard to put it back on. cheers pauly

i only have the one eart wire coming from my valve cover, im about to go check to make sure no bolts have come loose off my manifolds then comes the carbie only time will tell thanks for the help and ill let u know how it went cheers pauly

thats just the thing the only thing i have done is removed the dash before that it was running sweet. the fuel pump is fine, im starting to think it may be the coil. is there anything under the dash which could cause this problem. i also know what its like to be down a cylender as i had a lead come off a couple of weeks back. as for the starting problem a few months back i had my cam timing out but soon realised what went wrong. cheers pauly

the sucking noise sounds like its coming from the front of my engine alos i have a 350 holley not twin sus, as for the eletrics they all work. but the z just wont start and cant figure out y. its as if it has no spark but it did start just ran like a dog backfired then died. i thortit may be fuel so i put more in but the problem is still there hope this helps the diognossis cheers pauly

hey im currently having trouble with my z. my z will not fire over and is makeing this awfull sucking noise. about 3 days ago it was running perfectly fine had no problems what so ever then i removed dash to fix my heater and now it just wont turn over. ive pluged in all the gauges etc the dash itself is not in the car though due to this problem. my L26 has always been very strong and never realy had a problem starting before. in the past 6 months i have replaced the head, plugs, leads, all parts of dizzy, and alternator with a reco from a L28. can some one please help as i cant figure it out ist a if its not sparking but sometimes kicks over then dies. cheers pauly

hey fuzzy you should go na and sell me your turbo setup lol cheers pauly

i currently have a L26 with excellent comp, it has a early E88 high comp head that has about 0.2mm to 0.5mm shaved off. the head has 280zx valves and not too sure if it has racing valve springs or just standed. the head was also in excellent condition i think the comp is about 9.1.1 or so. it also has standed pistons and a lowsy 350 holley . in the near future im planing on turboing it. cheers pauly

thanks for the write up. as for the cam did it make a large difference as mine also has loads of touque down low but also struggles at 5600rpm like u said its like a rev limiter and can get quite anoying. cheers pauly

befor replaceing the engine i would run a compression test first if it come up ok just do a full overhawl. change the plugs, points, dizzy cap, rotor button, leads, and give it good tune u may find that the engine u thort was crap is actuly quite ballsy as i did. cheeers pauly

i will prob get crusified for this but i use 10w 30 / 15w30 usualy in penzoil and havent had a issue other the oil spraying everywhere (makes u fix leaks fast ). this made a huge difference in how freely the engine runs, the old owner had put 20w50 and it was like malasis. cheers pauly

I think he means that your compression will become high in high 9 or mid 10 and with bad fuels you will hear quite a lot of pinning. Cheers pauly

funny enough i was in st andrews one day at my aunts and i saw this car and i have to say man was it tidy. cheers pauly