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

700r4 wont engage

littlevin91 on Mar 27, 2013

Mar 29, 2013 05:22 PM
by littlevin91

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1,602

Transmissions and Drivetrain

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

Lift and rocker ratio question

RWO3 on Mar 15, 2013

Mar 16, 2013 06:05 PM
by AlkyIROC

7

905

Tech / General Engine

rear seatbelts stuck

jdawg1276 on Feb 24, 2013

Mar 3, 2013 04:59 PM
by Nonni

8

624

Interior

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

Head gasket replacement

hdis2002 on Jan 11, 2013

Jan 12, 2013 08:20 AM
by Edwardgp

12

1,314

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 Feb 17, 2011

Feb 17, 2011 09:51 AM
by NufNuffZ28

2

1,650

V6

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

WTB:1982-1983 Trans am Rear Ground Effects

AtlantaTA on Aug 23, 2010

Oct 16, 2010 12:30 AM
by Bobby Suth

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627

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 Aug 31, 2010

Aug 31, 2010 05:57 AM
by skirkland1980

1

752

Tech / General Engine

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

Intermittent Headlight Outage

sylentnite on May 26, 2010

May 27, 2010 02:12 PM
by NINÅ

8

1,073

Electronics

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

R134a conversion

skirkland1980 on May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010 11:33 PM
by skirkland1980

2

1,204

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 May 11, 2010

May 13, 2010 11:57 PM
by gsmarcano

21

1,425

Tech / General Engine

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

Need help with vibration issue

Zeke7 on May 10, 2010

May 11, 2010 05:07 AM
by Zeke7

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813

Transmissions and Drivetrain

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

Help stalls and misses under throttle

Corey.g on May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010 06:53 PM
by Corey.g

2

573

Tech / General Engine

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

header install, no start now

rx8camaro on May 6, 2010

May 6, 2010 07:53 PM
by rx8camaro

5

916

Tech / General Engine

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

crossmember bushing???????

88fastgta on Apr 24, 2010

Apr 25, 2010 12:27 PM
by JamesC

6

2,809

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 Apr 22, 2010

Apr 23, 2010 08:23 PM
by RED_DRAGON_85

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2,287

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 Mar 7, 2010

Apr 9, 2010 08:27 AM
by BASSETT IROC 85

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4,991

Tech / General Engine

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

Engine died while coasting

DistanceRunner on Apr 8, 2010

Apr 8, 2010 07:04 PM
by DistanceRunner

6

800

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 Mar 30, 2010

Apr 7, 2010 08:31 AM
by jcline07

16

1,496

Carburetors

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

found a 350!!!

PT3BOOMER on Mar 30, 2010

Apr 3, 2010 07:30 PM
by PT3BOOMER

26

828

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 Mar 18, 2010

Apr 2, 2010 05:49 AM
by mjk1210

28

1,670

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 Mar 28, 2010

Mar 30, 2010 11:43 PM
by Air_Adam

7

1,394

Tech / General Engine

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

anyone using this style alternator bracket

skirkland1980 on Mar 25, 2010

Mar 25, 2010 08:39 PM
by skirkland1980

4

1,092

Tech / General Engine

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

thinking about going 4.3 V6

skirkland1980 on Mar 22, 2010

Mar 22, 2010 03:10 PM
by skirkland1980

3

657

Engine Swap

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

loosing battery power

houseumbrella on Mar 14, 2010

Mar 19, 2010 10:22 PM
by chas0218

9

719

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 Mar 8, 2010

Mar 9, 2010 06:30 AM
by JamesC

3

777

Brakes

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

troubles removing Flywheel

wabbitslayer on Mar 3, 2010

Mar 4, 2010 09:27 PM
by Dustytrix

4

772

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 Feb 26, 2010

Feb 28, 2010 09:17 PM
by fonty493

4

1,279

Electronics

Weight?

Timinsk on Feb 16, 2010

Feb 17, 2010 07:45 PM
by Air_Adam

9

531

Tech / General Engine

New to TPI...

cool87gn on Feb 12, 2010

Feb 12, 2010 04:24 PM
by skirkland1980

3

533

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 Feb 1, 2010

Feb 1, 2010 11:25 PM
by skirkland1980

5

1,752

Brakes

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

Please help me get my car running!

trueburton on Dec 13, 2009

Jan 16, 2010 01:06 PM
by rgarcia63

15

584

Tech / General Engine

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

Coolant Problem-Easy Fix

Allamericantc on Jan 3, 2010

Jan 6, 2010 01:38 PM
by Allamericantc

9

725

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 Nov 18, 2009

Nov 22, 2009 04:11 PM
by Primetime91

13

827

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 Nov 5, 2009

Nov 7, 2009 03:32 PM
by SiCkRs

5

1,176

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 May 6, 2009

May 13, 2009 07:58 PM
by BiGgE

6

3,302

Exhaust

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

t top weather stripping

rad russ on Oct 1, 2008

Mar 6, 2009 11:32 PM
by VRROOMmaster

8

1,701

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 Feb 11, 2009

Feb 20, 2009 07:51 PM
by dan68rs

13

7,341

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 Apr 25, 2008

Aug 4, 2008 07:22 PM
by wall-ee

10

2,255

Electronics

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

UTI or Wyotech

DBLTKE on Nov 22, 2007

Jul 16, 2008 05:31 AM
by HELLYEAH88

26

1,336

Northern California

GTA 305 TPI stock times

smithtc on May 29, 2007

Mar 3, 2008 11:48 AM
by z28freak84

29

1,179

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 Oct 1, 2007

Dec 11, 2007 05:54 PM
by myvmax1

36

2,265

Exhaust

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

Identify this weird squeal?

tjcannon on Nov 18, 2007

Nov 20, 2007 03:12 PM
by tjcannon

8

708

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 Aug 22, 2007

Sep 6, 2007 01:09 PM
by rockit

16

17,776

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 Feb 18, 2007

Feb 22, 2007 05:27 PM
by Calico

23

1,580

Theoretical and Street Racing

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

End Link torque specs

MJH91RS on May 3, 2006

May 4, 2006 08:11 AM
by TTOP350

3

954

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 Mar 13, 2006

Mar 14, 2006 05:43 PM
by Mkos1980

14

4,189

Tech / General Engine

Dirty Coolant??????

MJH91RS on Nov 29, 2005

Nov 29, 2005 11:47 AM
by MJH91RS

0

583

Cooling

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

89 LS1 vs datsun Z car

89rsragtop on Sep 2, 2004

Sep 14, 2004 09:07 AM
by Mesix

19

1,371

Theoretical and Street Racing

List of bolts

tjcannon on Oct 14, 2003

Oct 15, 2003 05:27 AM
by ede

5

580

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 Aug 12, 2002

Aug 13, 2002 05:21 PM
by TomP

4

1,329

Tech / General Engine

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