1978 Datsun 280z 6.0 Lsx Conversion on 2040-cars
Denver, Colorado, United States
1978 Dastun 280Z
This car is incredible. Stupid fast with approximately 450 brake horsepower and only 2720 pounds VERY solid 280z, floors and rails are in great shape, except for a few jack dents. All doors, locks, hatch and hood open and close nicely A couple of small bubbles in the paint in front of the passenger rear wheel. This is not a hack job conversion. Gets lots of compliments on how "clean" the swap is. Engine is an 6.0 LY6 engine out of a 2008 Silverado 2500HD Factory L92 heads LS3 intake manifold from a 2010 camaro Corvette throttle body PSI wire harness, keeps it looking tidy under the hood TSP 225/230 cam with hardened push rods and dual springs with titanium retainers Tuned for the cam using HP tuners and wide band O2 sensor. Starts, idles and runs like it should. T56 6 speed manual transmission Z06 clutch Taurus style fan, has not over heated on me Full length 1-3/4" stainless steel headers 3" single exhaust with turbo style muffler Sway bars Eibach springs Strut tower braces Runs and drives great, did a ~350 mile round trip road trip a few weeks ago, no problems. Got 25.4 mpg combined hwy/town mountain driving. Car ran 12.5@116 mph on normal street tires at Bandimere which is 5800 above sea level Easily a low 11 second 12X mph car at sea level with traction. Bad: Still has stock open diff r200 and axles, haven't given me any problems Brakes are still stock, fine for street, not fine for going fast Dash is cracked, aren't they all? Paint is showing its age, it still gets compliments, but I'm picky Heat and AC are not hooked up, will include 2500HD compressor if you can figure out how to mount it, will still need condenser, dryer and lines There are some holes in the floorboard and wheel wells from a roll cage No antenna for the stereo |
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