Not so classic no spark

[IdahoKidd]

So I roll my donor zx turbo into the garage to see if I can hear it run before I pull the motor to put in my 77. I hook up my remote starter to make life easier and no power anywhere. Classic corroded battery cables. Clean them up, power now to the dash, wiggle a few wires and the motor turns right over. But, no spark. I fool and fool with it and nothing. Read ten thousand threads on a half dozen z sites and chase every single lead I can find. Finally give up and admit defeat. Low and behold, the entire ecu was missing. :stupid: Who steals an ecu? I bet I have 10 hours into the thing to figure that out. I found an ecu at a local bone yard that has 84zx turbo written on it in a marking pen. The guy let me take it and try it. It plugged right in and after priming the intake manifold, it started right up. The gas is so old it will barely burn when thrown into the fire in the stove so I don't know how well it runs, but it runs. But, isn't the 84 turbo z a v6 motor? At any rate, no where to go but up from here. I'll start the conversion in the evenings and weekends. Looking forward to the project...........

Leonard

[Walter Moore]

Yes, 84 was the first year of the 300ZX, which uses a 3.0L V6 for both the turbo and NA motor.

[IdahoKidd]

It turns out that by the number on the ecu, it is an 83 ecu afterall, not an 84 as marked. My gut instinct was right. However, it is for an automatic. Still, someone steals your ecu? Could have been worse though I guess.