280ZX car/300ZX turbo engine-swap

Sep 1st, 2002, 04:45 AM

How hard is this?
My friend has a 1987 300ZX Turbo, it has a bad differential and a rusted frame.

And there is a 1983 280ZX for $1400 in the neighborhood.

Is it a simple swap?

Nismo Skyline · Sep 1st, 2002, 09:37 AM

I have never heard of anyone doing it. I have seen Greg Dupree's 280ZX with a VG30DETT from a '92 300ZX and it runs very well.

I suppose it's possible to do the swap, but there may be an easier way like finding a 280ZX Turbo engine. That would be a straight drop in.

javierb14 · Sep 1st, 2002, 06:20 PM

u can find turbo'd 280zx's for less than $1K...and im pretty sure that almost all of the NA parts bolt up with the turbo parts.

myoung · Sep 1st, 2002, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Meat Curtain
How hard is this?
My friend has a 1987 300ZX Turbo, it has a bad differential and a rusted frame.

And there is a 1983 280ZX for $1400 in the neighborhood.

Is it a simple swap?

Please post this in the Z section of the forum...