Can anyone tell me which other years would be compatible with a 1979 280ZX-R gas tank?

Kim

Mechanically there isn't anything special or different about a ZX-R.

Any tank that would regularly fit a 79 280ZX coupe would work.

I don't know if there are any differences at all between 79-83 coupe tanks, I would imagine the 2+2s have different tanks though, but I am not certain of this.

What exactly IS the difference between a ZX-R and a regular ZX? Just cosmetic differences?

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Muskogee, OK

1978 280z - Since I took the bumpers off everyone asks if it's a 240.
Soon to be turbocharged.

1979 280zx - Rusted out.

T3/T04e turbo
CX Racing intercooler
CX Racing intercooler piping
NSX manual boost controller
AutoMeter Carbon Fiber boost gauge
1983 280zxt exhaust manifold
Type RS blow off valve
N42 head, rebuilt and shaved
New gaskets
Braided oil sending and return lines
Electric fan
...all sitting in the garage, waiting to be put in.

I haven't been able to decipher the VIN....Here it is if anyone can! I catch questions at the DMV every year because the VIN is so short.

HS130132132

Two obvious differneces would be the racing stripes and the whale tail. My Dad bought this car new and gave it me a year or so ago.

The VIN really means nothing on these cars. The H means that it has the L28, as all north american cars did, and the S130 is the just the chassis designation for the 79 to 83 model years. The remaining numbers are just the order in which they rolled off the line, so yours was the 132,132nd ZX produced. A G in the VIN means it is a 2+2.

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'71 240z: Stock L24, Ztherapy SU carbs, MSA Twice Pipes, 6-1 Header, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Hawk Brake Pads
'06 Frontier: Stock
'34 Ford Coupe 5/8ths scale replica race car (Legends Car)

"Racing is life, everything that happens before and after is just waiting" Steve Mcqueen

http://xenons130.com/280zxr.html

The only difference between the normal 280ZX and the 280ZX-R is the decals, Rear Wing, and it has a full black interior with less sound deadening. All mechanical parts are the same as normal 280ZX 2 seat cars.

This is a window sticker for a 280ZX-R. Note the Limited edition package.

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XenonZcar.com All the info you need, For your Z

kimmiller68 Wrote:
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> I haven't been able to decipher the VIN....Here it
> is if anyone can! I catch questions at the DMV
> every year because the VIN is so short.
>
> HS130132132
>
> Two obvious differneces would be the racing
> stripes and the whale tail. My Dad bought this car
> new and gave it me a year or so ago.


Shouldn't that be HLS130132132? I don't think it's a right-hand drive. The "L" would mean left-hand drive.

EDIT: Strangely enough, Xenon's post also has a VIN without the "L" (HS130). Were all ZX-Rs like that, or is that a RHD?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit was february 08, 12:09pm.

For you VIN decoders, from a quick google search: VIN decoder

The list of known zx-r vins is linked to this page. Your number is on the list of known vins for the zx-r that this page includes.

[zhome.com]

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
My main areas of knowledge involve the ZX.

Grammar Saves Lives! IE: Lets eat Grampa or Lets eat, Grampa.

That's interesting.
I never knew a whale tail came stock on a 280

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Muskogee, OK

1978 280z - Since I took the bumpers off everyone asks if it's a 240.
Soon to be turbocharged.

1979 280zx - Rusted out.

T3/T04e turbo
CX Racing intercooler
CX Racing intercooler piping
NSX manual boost controller
AutoMeter Carbon Fiber boost gauge
1983 280zxt exhaust manifold
Type RS blow off valve
N42 head, rebuilt and shaved
New gaskets
Braided oil sending and return lines
Electric fan
...all sitting in the garage, waiting to be put in.

Well maybe I am using the wrong terminology...rear deck spoiler is the proper description, but we always called it whale tail....and I believe it only came on the one thousand and nine units made as 280ZX-R.

Yup the rubber whale tail weighs a ton though.

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LAS VEGAS NEVADA

1976 280ZT, MegaSquirt, Type 3 kit, Miata Seats, FMIC, MBC, 81 turbo rims, corvette tail light mod INW.
"Tony D is like a high school girl, innocent in front of authorities, but naughty with sheep"

HEI Ignitor swap info [www.zcar.com]
my own little local forum [zclv.forumotion.net]

I believe the gas tanks are the same on 79-83 280ZX

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80 280zx 10th Anniversary Edition Rust Free Sold 3-08
81 280ZX Blue+silver
4 previous z's
[www.cardomain.com]
Mpls Minnesota

oh and yes they are minius the 2+2 i believe

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LAS VEGAS NEVADA

1976 280ZT, MegaSquirt, Type 3 kit, Miata Seats, FMIC, MBC, 81 turbo rims, corvette tail light mod INW.
"Tony D is like a high school girl, innocent in front of authorities, but naughty with sheep"

HEI Ignitor swap info [www.zcar.com]
my own little local forum [zclv.forumotion.net]

I love how your dogs just chillin in front of the car like "Hey what you lookin at punk?"

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'71 240z: Stock L24, Ztherapy SU carbs, MSA Twice Pipes, 6-1 Header, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Hawk Brake Pads
'06 Frontier: Stock
'34 Ford Coupe 5/8ths scale replica race car (Legends Car)

"Racing is life, everything that happens before and after is just waiting" Steve Mcqueen

LOL...Yes...that would be Hashbrown...he wouldn't move.