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Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo |
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Salvaged from certain death, this 1990 Z32 2+0 coupe was in much better condition than originally thought. 1 fried turbo and the bulk of the engine was rebuilt. This is good news for me, because all that needs to be done to the engine now is adapt the new turbos onto the car. This was easier said than done. |
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The Nissan Z32TT: As it was bought |
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The front sits high because the engine is not in the car |
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A little bit of rust on the quarter panels |
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Soon to be full of speakers C/O Direct Audio |
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Fitting the side skirt for trimming |
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Where the engine should be |
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3.0 Liter, 24 Valve DOHC, dual Intercooled twin turbo engine |
Date: 02/29/04
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Figuring out the old turbos |
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Interior: T-Tops off |
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Shot of the interior: Fabric will be replaced with blue vinyl |
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The 2 new Garrett T-28 turbo chargers from a Skyline R32 GTR V-Spec |
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Site Designed by Tyler Borrowman Copyright 2004 |
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Week 1 |
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Sunday was the first day we actually worked on the Z. It saw it’s first heated garage in over 7 months and got thawed out quite nicely. With the engine on a stand, we bolted on the old turbos to see how everything hooked up. The turbos are fairly close, but gaskets and adapter plates for the pre-cats will have to be made. The Veilside body kit is from a 2+2, so the side skirts are about 4 inches too long in the back. They will have to be trimmed a bit to fit on the car, but that will come later. The rest of the kit should fit fine. |
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Incoming Parts |
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I love you, replacement ECU chip! This little baby removes the speed cap (now up to 275 KPH top speed) as well as ups the rev limiter to 7300. The timing for the higher PSI turbos is tweaked as well. This one was made for me by GMS Racing, Inc. and should be here soon. They are also providing me with replacement boost jets to match. |
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Comments or questions? Let me know: tyler@corruptmind.com Site hosted by: Bob Borrowman Auto Appraisals and Repair |
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03/14/04—This update is dedicated to Mike, who is probably the only person actually checking this website on a regular basis. Added some pictures, as well as updated the “Incoming Parts” section. 02/29/04—Haven’t updated in awhile, as there wasn’t really much new to show. Mostly been working on adapting the new turbo chargers. Did some painting yesterday as well. 02/11/04—The site has been moved to a faster host, and the pictures actually work now! |
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The engine compartment, cleaned and ready for paint |
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One of the painted turbo intake hoses |
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The EL Glow gauges arrived last week |
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Chrome 300ZX license plate frame |
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Fabricating turbo manifold spacer |
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The old clutch was in really poor condition |
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Vinyl pieces for the interior: Precut and ready to install |
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Various engine pieces drying |
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Week 3 |
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Finally got some paint on Friday, and we’ve begun prepping the engine compartment to be painted. Some of the engine components were sandblasted and painted as well. The water line and turbo intake hoses were all done. More will probably be painted later as well. |
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Week 2 |
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Nothing to show this week. We discovered that the new turbo chargers are too large to fit flush on the manifolds. This means that spacers are going to have to be made. Miscellaneous parts are starting to arrive in the mail. Not a lot of them can actually be used yet, but it’s good to have them at least. |
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GReddy fully automatic turbo timer. Basically, it detects how hard the engine had been running, then keeps it idling after you park so that the turbo chargers get a chance to cool down, greatly increasing their lifespan. |
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Gauge pod is on back-order, so it may be awhile before it actually shows up. Not a lot we can do with the new gauges until it gets here. |
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APEX’i AVC-R Electronic Boost Controller “The Super AVC-R is the premium closed-loop electronic boost controller on the market. The AVC-R allows flexible control over virtually every aspect of boost control and adds new innovative functions such as injector pulse monitoring and gear specific boost control. Some key functions include: RPM-based boost and solenoid duty cycle control, scramble boost, self learning mode, 2D ghost map trace mode, analog display mode, real time replay and peak hold data modes. The AVC-R utilizes an ultra-fast microprocessor and a high quality solenoid valve to control boost. The result is ultra-fast response and accurate, stable boost control. “ |
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Week 4 |
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Painted the engine compartment this weekend. The exterior of the car may not be painted for awhile, but now was really the only time the engine compartment could be painted, as the engine is going in soon. We masked off everything and painted it, let it sit for 24 hours, and put everything back on. I’m very happy with the results. Streetglow light kit came in this week. More parts I can’t install yet. The kit will probably be the very last thing to go on the exterior of the car, most importantly after the body kit is installed and painted. |
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Engine compartment painted |
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Most of it will be covered by the engine anyway |
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I love that blue color when the sun hits it |
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Week 5 |
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Mostly work on the engine done this week. As of writing this, both turbo chargers have been bolted onto the manifolds, and everything is getting hooked up. We are expecting to be able to start dropping the engine back into the car in the next few days. My EL Glow gauges came in this week, and the sensors are going to be placed into the engine soon. The oil temperature probe will have to sit inside the oil in the pan at the bottom of the engine. |
