240Z, 260Z, 280Z Motor Swaps (non-V8) L28ET RB SR KA VG VQ 2JZ etc....

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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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Well as of next saturday i'm swapping in a L28ET with a mild turbo cam, t3/t4, lightened flywheel, and stage 2 clutch. So now comes the fun part.
Old Nov 30, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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whats the specs on the mild turbo cam and turbo?
Old Nov 30, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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into what? pics it up hoe bag!
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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into my 76 duhhh
Old Dec 7, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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hey snowey where do the ignitor wires connect to inside the car? I have everything hooked up and I'm not getting any spark from the coil..

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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Skittle... take pics and do a write up! I'm going to do an L28ET swap into my 76 during winter break.
Old Dec 7, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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ok will do, i was going to do pics yesterday but could not find my camera, so i was also going to use my vid cam but forgot to put the mem card back in... arghhh
Old Dec 7, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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hmmmm..... the two ignitor wires? how did you hook everything up? i did mine like this, oh what year efi harness are you using?


Ignitor

BW – Black/White: used BW wire from the harness 12v Switched
YW – Yellow/White: from plug #2 via LW wire


L=blue
W-white
B=black plug

this was for an 82 harness though thats what i used so basically the blue/white wire from the ignitor needs to be hooked to the signal wire from the ECU which in the 82 harness is a YW wire in the #2 harness plug and the BW wire goes to a switched poewr, by switched poewr i mean the ON position wire from your ignition key harness so that once the key is put in the ON or START position that wire will be getting positive power. but only in those positions. i cant find my diagram for some reason... it should be in my photobucket account but just cant find it!

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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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kool thnx its an 83 turbo but it might be the same setup. Just wish I had my Z at my house instead of my friends.
Old Dec 7, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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what write-up are you using? send meh dah link!
Old Dec 7, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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none just using common sense in the most part.
Old Dec 7, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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oh... well you might be doing it wrong then. good chance you are actually. i'll find you the proper way to do it before you screw it up. its pretty simple, but theres stuff in there you wouldnt expect thats it really.
Old Dec 11, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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Well after alot of trouble shooting we found out that the ignitor is shot, so where do i get another one thats not going to break my wallet.
Old Dec 11, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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The yard of junk?
Old Dec 11, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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yeah turbo ignitors are expensive so if your on a budget search j-yards or forums. but honestly, the ignitor can seem to be the problem if you dont have the wiring 100% correct i have been there. or if your connections are not perfect.
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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yeah we figured that out... i'm going to sell some parts off so I can afford Megasquirt...
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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So you're not going to install the L28ET ecu? I'm going w/ another Z31T ecu setup for my S30T swap.
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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figured what out? that if you screw something up it doesnt work lol. i told you to follow a write-up.
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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https://www.zdriver.com/forums/showt...ght=turbo+swap

sounds familiar.
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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yes! it does and theres my good pictures!!!!!
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 07:45 AM
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The Ignitor was bad, I'm going to pick up a working one from a club member today for free. To get the beast running
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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Skittle! Could you post about the wiring for the swap?
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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Yeah I'll take pics of everything for placement so you can use it as well as soon as I get it running.
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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Heck Nismo I'll even email you the pics directly if you want.
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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