[Unknown User]

I dropped an 83 280zx motor in my 78 280z and i have had nothing but problems.The zx motor ran perfect when i pulled it out and only has about 65k on it. i wired in the zx ignition swapped the old z ecu with the zx ecu.and went to start it .it started right up but ran awfull.the plugs were fouling the engine was misfiring when i took it out for atest drive. the fastest icould get the car going was 40mph. when i pulled it in the garage and shut it off i tried restarting it and it didnt start it didnt even sputer. then i let the car sit for about 2hours and it started up after it was cool,but still ran like **** .i have to give the car gas in order to keep it running. i let it run for about an hour and then all the missfirig and stumbling stopped and it ran smooth ,but when i revved it up it started running like **** again.and it did not start when i tried restarting it. im thinking it might be the mixture but that doesnt make any sense because the motor ran perfect when it was in the zx.I have raplaced the usual,wires,plugs,rotor ,cap,fuel filter, checked for vacum leaks,replaced all the gaskets throughout the motor. but i still cant figure out what the problem is. If anyone has any ideas to what the problem could be please contact me. Im dieing to get this sweet ride going.

 

[Unknown User]

> I dropped an 83 280zx motor in my 78 280z
> and i have had nothing but problems.The zx
> motor ran perfect when i pulled it out and
> only has about 65k on it. i wired in the zx
> ignition swapped the old z ecu with the zx
> ecu.and went to start it .it started right
> up but ran awfull.the plugs were fouling the
> engine was misfiring when i took it out for
> atest drive. the fastest icould get the car
> going was 40mph. when i pulled it in the
> garage and shut it off i tried restarting it
> and it didnt start it didnt even sputer.
> then i let the car sit for about 2hours and
> it started up after it was cool,but still
> ran like **** .i have to give the car gas in
> order to keep it running. i let it run for
> about an hour and then all the missfirig and
> stumbling stopped and it ran smooth ,but
> when i revved it up it started running like
> **** again.and it did not start when i tried
> restarting it. im thinking it might be the
> mixture but that doesnt make any sense
> because the motor ran perfect when it was in
> the zx.I have raplaced the
> usual,wires,plugs,rotor ,cap,fuel filter,
> checked for vacum leaks,replaced all the
> gaskets throughout the motor. but i still
> cant figure out what the problem is. If
> anyone has any ideas to what the problem
> could be please contact me. Im dieing to get
> this sweet ride going.
Dave, we have swapped many 83's into the 78's, but have never changed to a zx brain. The 78 one should make it run perfect, but I don't know what you did on the wiring. Joe

 

[zapp]

eng. temp sensor, propably

>check the resistance of the eng. temp. sensor located aft of the oil filter. if ok compare to the ecu harness. good luck.

 

[Unknown User]

> Dave, we have swapped many 83's into the
> 78's, but have never changed to a zx brain.
> The 78 one should make it run perfect, but I
> don't know what you did on the wiring. Joe
Joe, when you have done these swaps,did you use the old z efi harness?Did you also use the distributor from the older z or did you use the zx distributor?Because the zx distributor has wires which do connect up to the efi harness and what i did was transplant all the zx wireing for the efi and the ignition and connect them up to my ignition switch so everything would go on at the same time. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me any more information on the things that you did for these swaps. THANKS ALOT

 

[Unknown User]

Re: ALL Z EAST

> Dave, we have swapped many 83's into the
> 78's, but have never changed to a zx brain.
> The 78 one should make it run perfect, but I
> don't know what you did on the wiring. Joe
Joe, when you have done these swaps,did you use the old z efi harness?Did you also use the distributor from the older z or did you use the zx distributor?Because the zx distributor has wires which do connect up to the efi harness and what i did was transplant all the zx wireing for the efi and the ignition and connect them up to my ignition switch so everything would go on at the same time. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me any more information on the things that you did for these swaps. THANKS ALOT

 

[Unknown User]

Re: ALL Z EAST

> Joe, when you have done these swaps,did you
> use the old z efi harness?Did you also use
> the distributor from the older z or did you
> use the zx distributor?Because the zx
> distributor has wires which do connect up to
> the efi harness and what i did was
> transplant all the zx wireing for the efi
> and the ignition and connect them up to my
> ignition switch so everything would go on at
> the same time. I would really appreciate it
> if you could tell me any more information on
> the things that you did for these swaps.
> THANKS ALOT
Hi Dave, Sorry I've been gone all weekend at our ice hockey games.
We always just longblocked them, and used the original z harness. If you want to use the distributor,, you could, but if you just longblock it, it will run great, using all of the 78 stuff. Good luck, Joe