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280zx, 350, 700r4, 85, cable, corvette, engage, move, setting, shift, transmission, turbo, tv, v8, wont

700r4 wont engage

littlevin91 on 03-27-2013

03-29-2013 05:22 PM
by littlevin91

8

1,456

Transmissions and Drivetrain

280zx, 350, 82, arm, ratio, rocker, vortec

Lift and rocker ratio question

RWO3 on 03-15-2013

03-16-2013 06:05 PM
by AlkyIROC

7

808

Tech / General Engine

rear seatbelts stuck

jdawg1276 on 02-24-2013

03-03-2013 04:59 PM
by Nonni

8

556

Interior

1983, 1987, 280zx, 350, 83, 84, badley, blown, camaro, coupe, gasket, head, repair, replacement, replacing, smokes, sport

Head gasket replacement

hdis2002 on 01-11-2013

01-12-2013 08:20 AM
by Edwardgp

12

1,119

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 87, camaro, car, cars, cloud, hot, large, makes, smoke, smokes, start, startup, warm, whatmakecarssmoke

What makes this car sometimes "Smoke on startup" hot or cold?

84CAMARO28inFL on 02-17-2011

02-17-2011 09:51 AM
by NufNuffZ28

2

1,482

V6

1982, 280zx, effects, ground, parts, trans

WTB:1982-1983 Trans am Rear Ground Effects

AtlantaTA on 08-23-2010

10-16-2010 12:30 AM
by Bobby Suth

9

578

Exterior Parts Wanted

280zx, 83, acts, bleed, car, clutch, driving, engaged, feels, fine, hours, slip, slipping, start, thirdgen, transmission, wont

Clutch Issue...possibly slipping?

skullcandy365 on 08-31-2010

08-31-2010 05:57 AM
by skirkland1980

1

663

Tech / General Engine

280zx, car, gen, headlight, headlights, intermittent, intermittently, minutes, outage, outages, problems, s10, suddenly, work

Intermittent Headlight Outage

sylentnite on 05-26-2010

05-27-2010 02:12 PM
by NINÅ

8

982

Electronics

134a, 1992, 28, 280zx, conversion, convert, gen, r134, r134a, s10, sbc

R134a conversion

skirkland1980 on 05-25-2010

05-25-2010 11:33 PM
by skirkland1980

2

1,113

Tech / General Engine

1982, 280zx, 305, 405, 83, 91chevy, adjustment, engine, hesitation, lifters, low, output, problems, procedure, roller, trans

engine has low output

383Bandit on 05-11-2010

05-13-2010 11:57 PM
by gsmarcano

21

1,241

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 82, body, camaro, drivetrain, driving, gen, issues, support, t5, transmission, vibration, vibrations

Need help with vibration issue

Zeke7 on 05-10-2010

05-11-2010 05:07 AM
by Zeke7

6

736

Transmissions and Drivetrain

280zx, 85, bad, drops, fuel, gen, misses, pressure, stalls, throttle, z28

Help stalls and misses under throttle

Corey.g on 05-10-2010

05-10-2010 06:53 PM
by Corey.g

2

508

Tech / General Engine

28, 280zx, camaro, header, injector, install, pulse

header install, no start now

rx8camaro on 05-06-2010

05-06-2010 07:53 PM
by rx8camaro

5

639

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 3rd, 91, abody, bushing, bushings, camero, chassis, cross, crossmember, gen, member, mount, s10, thirdgen

crossmember bushing???????

88fastgta on 04-24-2010

04-25-2010 12:27 PM
by JamesC

6

2,333

Suspension and Chassis

280zx, cam, camshafts, flat, followers, lifter, lifters, ls1, roller, run, stock, tapper, tappet, tappets, v6

Why can't Roller Lifters be used on a Flat Tappet cam?

tater on 04-22-2010

04-23-2010 08:23 PM
by RED_DRAGON_85

9

2,214

Tech / General Engine

1406, 280zx, adjustable, cap, car, causing, clockwise, edelbrock, engine, firing, missbackfire, modulator, motor, order, position, problem, start, th350

Issues with new motor, doesnt want to run.

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1 2 3)

bradley23150 on 03-07-2010

04-09-2010 08:27 AM
by BASSETT IROC 85

109

4,172

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 82, 89, car, coasting, died, dies, downhill, engine, firebird, nutral, problems, s10, start, womt

Engine died while coasting

DistanceRunner on 04-08-2010

04-08-2010 07:04 PM
by DistanceRunner

6

726

Tech / General Engine

2010, 2701, 280zx, 600, big, block, camaro, car, craigslist, edelbrock, flat, holley, spot, spots, wot

car has flat spot in upper rpms??!!

jcline07 on 03-30-2010

04-07-2010 08:31 AM
by jcline07

16

1,300

Carburetors

1980, 280zx, 305, 350, heads, high, low, rpm, shaking, torque

found a 350!!!

PT3BOOMER on 03-30-2010

04-03-2010 07:30 PM
by PT3BOOMER

26

770

Tech / General Engine

1983, 280zx, 305, 85, 86, camaro, diagram, firebird, fuel, generation, hei, ignition, module, spark, start, troubleshoot, troubleshooting, turbo, v8, wiring

Help with diagnosing a no start issue

charliemccraney on 03-18-2010

04-02-2010 05:49 AM
by mjk1210

28

1,453

Tech / General Engine

280z, 280zx, 3rd, 83, 93, car, dieseling, diesling, engine, gas, gen, high, idling, lt1, makes, moms, put, sound, start, taorg, trans

My TA keeps dieseling. Some help please.

Mikes86transam on 03-28-2010

03-30-2010 11:43 PM
by Air_Adam

7

1,306

Tech / General Engine

1987, 28, 280zx, 82, air, alternator, bracket, mounting, pump, s10, tighten, v6

anyone using this style alternator bracket

skirkland1980 on 03-25-2010

03-25-2010 08:39 PM
by skirkland1980

4

820

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 350, 43, astro, engine, engines, interchangeable, parts, swap, van

thinking about going 4.3 V6

skirkland1980 on 03-22-2010

03-22-2010 03:10 PM
by skirkland1980

3

603

Engine Swap

280zx, 305, battery, k10, loosing, power, voltage

loosing battery power

houseumbrella on 03-14-2010

03-19-2010 10:22 PM
by chas0218

9

633

Tech / General Engine

1986, 280zx, 83, 86, bore, brake, cap, cylinder, cylinders, master, screw, size, top, trans, transmission, twist

Screw Cap Master Cylinder

1986lt1boy on 03-08-2010

03-09-2010 06:30 AM
by JamesC

3

709

Brakes

280z, 280zx, 3rd, 84, automatic, bolt, camaro, cmaro, flywheel, gen, impact, remove, removing, s10, stop, th350

troubles removing Flywheel

wabbitslayer on 03-03-2010

03-04-2010 09:27 PM
by Dustytrix

4

667

Transmissions and Drivetrain

1989, 1992, 2000, 280zx, 350, 82, camaro, carbed, creating, est, misfire, misfiring, missfire, plug, rpm, wire

89 RS, part throttle misfire

fonty493 on 02-26-2010

02-28-2010 09:17 PM
by fonty493

4

1,204

Electronics

Weight?

Timinsk on 02-16-2010

02-17-2010 07:45 PM
by Air_Adam

9

484

Tech / General Engine

New to TPI...

cool87gn on 02-12-2010

02-12-2010 04:24 PM
by skirkland1980

3

485

TPI

280zx, 3rd, adjustable, bleeding, body, brakes, camaro, gen, install, installing, location, porpostion, prop, proportioning, s10, valve

how do i install my adjustable prop valve?

skirkland1980 on 02-01-2010

02-01-2010 11:25 PM
by skirkland1980

5

1,583

Brakes

280zx, drops, engine, fuel, pressure, turned

Please help me get my car running!

trueburton on 12-13-2009

01-16-2010 01:06 PM
by rgarcia63

15

534

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 82, car, coolant, easy, fix, problem, running, sensor, temp, water

Coolant Problem-Easy Fix

Allamericantc on 01-03-2010

01-06-2010 01:38 PM
by Allamericantc

9

565

Tech / General Engine

2012926, 280zx, 355, 560580, 620, cam, cams, iskenderian, lift, lifter, lifters, performance, roller, sbc, specs

How would these cams compare?

Primetime91 on 11-18-2009

11-22-2009 04:11 PM
by Primetime91

13

759

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 305, 92, dohc, fumes, mazda, protege, rich, running, runs, smoke, start, tbi, veryrich, white

305 running very very rich

ThreeOhFive on 11-05-2009

11-07-2009 03:32 PM
by SiCkRs

5

1,002

TBI

280zx, 85, camaro, car, corvette, intake, long, longtubes, motor, oregon, pictures, remove, sound, t56, thirdgen, tpi, tubes

Pics of Longtubes/true dual with Spohn t56 x-member

BiGgE on 05-06-2009

05-13-2009 07:58 PM
by BiGgE

6

2,715

Exhaust

1984, 280zx, auto, camaro, car, striping, stripping, strippng, strips, thirdgen, top, ttop, vaseline, weather, weatherstripping

t top weather stripping

rad russ on 10-01-2008

03-06-2009 11:32 PM
by VRROOMmaster

8

1,635

Body

280zx, 89, car, cold, firebird, fluid, ignition, iroc, module, older, runs, start, starter, starting, starts, tpi, useing

start only with starter fluid

dan68rs on 02-11-2009

02-20-2009 07:51 PM
by dan68rs

13

5,606

TPI

1982, 280zx, advance, advanced, advances, bad, car, coil, electronic, fine, good, run, runs, spark, starts, timing, unplugged, wire

car only runs far advanced

c1983 on 04-25-2008

08-04-2008 07:22 PM
by wall-ee

10

1,619

Electronics

280zx, arc, gross, polluter, sacramento, uti, wyotec, wyotech

UTI or Wyotech

DBLTKE on 11-22-2007

07-16-2008 05:31 AM
by HELLYEAH88

26

1,236

Northern California

GTA 305 TPI stock times

smithtc on 05-29-2007

03-03-2008 11:48 AM
by z28freak84

29

1,127

Organized Drag Racing and Autocross

14329, 280zx, 40, 83, cherrybomb, datsun, delta, flow, flowmaster, l28, loud, magnaflow, mg, muffler, tube

Muffler reccomendation

85Iroc-Z on 10-01-2007

12-11-2007 05:54 PM
by myvmax1

36

2,172

Exhaust

1981, 280zx, 61, belts, camaro, engine, hemi, oiling, problem, screech, squeal, squealing, weird

Identify this weird squeal?

tjcannon on 11-18-2007

11-20-2007 03:12 PM
by tjcannon

8

641

Tech / General Engine

280zx, 3rd, 80s, 975, camaro, code, delorean, deloreans, deloreon, gen, headers, hooker, island, l28, long, olds, rim, sale, ss, toronto

Anyone ever race a DeLoreon??

freestylzz on 08-22-2007

09-06-2007 01:09 PM
by rockit

16

17,604

Theoretical and Street Racing

1983, 231, 280zx, 38, 500, chassis, drive, grand, indiana, national, rolling, stall, swap, turbo, v6, zcar

wasn't sure wher to post this...grand National vs 280zx turbo

Calico on 02-18-2007

02-22-2007 05:27 PM
by Calico

23

1,501

Theoretical and Street Racing

240sx, 280zx, 76, bar, camaro, chassis, end, endlink, link, specs, sway, torque

End Link torque specs

MJH91RS on 05-03-2006

05-04-2006 08:11 AM
by TTOP350

3

806

Suspension and Chassis

1981, 280zx, 454, 89, click, datsun, firebird, heat, heatsoak, ignition, key, shimming, soak, solution, starter, turn

What starter to avoid heat soak?

tjcannon on 03-13-2006

03-14-2006 05:43 PM
by Mkos1980

14

3,203

Tech / General Engine

Dirty Coolant??????

MJH91RS on 11-29-2005

11-29-2005 11:47 AM
by MJH91RS

0

544

Cooling

280zx, 300zx, 89, datsun, iroc, ls1, turbo

89 LS1 vs datsun Z car

89rsragtop on 09-02-2004

09-14-2004 09:07 AM
by Mesix

19

1,306

Theoretical and Street Racing

List of bolts

tjcannon on 10-14-2003

10-15-2003 05:27 AM
by ede

5

524

Tech / General Engine

280zx, big, bigger, causing, engine, filter, flood, fuel, happen, impreza, large, mustang, powerful, problem, pump, rich

Such a thing as too big of a fuel pump?

xmind2006 on 08-12-2002

08-13-2002 05:21 PM
by TomP

4

1,183

Tech / General Engine

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