I'm a new z owner, a 1979 280zx 2+2 is my current restoration project. Being in ireland it was by pure chance i saw a program on z cars and saw the 280zx. I said i"ll have me one of those so i began looking on ebay for a few weeks. I was in college as part of my automotive trainig and the guy next to me commented on the car i was checking out ( 280zx ) and said, " i work with a guy who has one of them for sale for 500 euros. I couldn't believe it. I bought the next day and have been scouting for parts since. It was garaged for the last 15 years. Its fully running and driving perfectly with 40000 miles on clock. Parts i need are as follows, original radio, left hand outer chrome trim with rubber seal that seals door frame against window. Everything else i can get or have got but can't seem to find one for 2+2. Any suggestions? I also plan on fittinging a 280zx turbo engine later in its and swapping for 440c injectors and small ball bearing turbo. stainless steel exhaust system. any advice welcome and appreciated.

 

w00t! Welcome to ZDriver! The "luck of the Irish" does exist! Sounds like you know what you're doing. Post some pics.

 

neato welcome to the site pictures are mandatory or you get banned 4-evah! jk, but it should be a rule. haha. also those are nice mods and a BB turbo is only so beneficial, you'll sool like no tommorow if you go small but its efficiency will be CRAP! id spend teh same money and just go t3/t4 hybrid maybe even less money and have a larger turbo that i can up the boost and tune for because if your running the car for power, its not going to ever drop before 4k between shifts so a fast spooling turbo isnt really a big deal. annd also you'r going to want to do a ecu upgrade, either to a 300zx one like a few around here and many all over the world have or to a stand alone. i for one, think i want to jump back on the band wagon and start my megasquirt build.

 

dont listen too hard to snowy----ya gots to do something fairly stooooooooooooooopit to be bqanned forevah, like snowy is-----you will like us---we only beat on snowy and certain other few souls .....ireland, eh???? awesome---any egans left in county cork or did the last of'em come over in 1850 or so?????( those are my irish.....some of 'em).......welcome to our world-----is all good......oh---some things snowy is smarts with......like the Zs, pretty much and getting banned for life......and that kind of stuff...mebbe flying.......

 

irish sounds like u gota nice build coming up. if your doing the 440cc injectors i would suggest getting your fuel rail from pallnet. he is a good friend and does great work on z stuff.

 

welcome to the site, when i come to ireland for my honeymoon ill come take a look at your car!! there is a franks280zx on here from the netherlands, he is prolly the closest to you for parts on this site, hit him up, hes got tons of neat stuff in his garage!

 

Welcome aboard! I've got first cousins still living in Ireland. Galley's, McFarland's, Donnelly's, Connelly's, etc.