What engine do I have?

[Michael.Reitsma]

14 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Drive it without the turbo first, then balance the cost of the turbo system against your perceived gain in performance/enjoyment.

I will for a bit my main goal is to get it running. I just going to get the internals for now that can handle the boost later on. 

[Michael.Reitsma]

2 minutes ago, Patcon said:

A normally aspirated motor is more forgiving when it comes to getting the tune right. Turbos don't tolerate lean-ness very well. A nice torquey motor in an S30 chassis is a lot of fun. These chassis are really only suitable for so much power with out a lot of work and extra metal

Oh yes absolutely I agree. Here in a few years I'm going to be opening a performance shop with a dyno so I'll be doing all my own tuning and what not to include metal working. 

[Patcon]

If you build the engine for boost now, it will be a dog normally aspirated. You will need to keep your compression low to accept boost later. A 10:1 compression NA motor with a lighter flywheel can bring just as many grins

[Patcon]

1 minute ago, Michael.Reitsma said:

Oh yes absolutely I agree. Here in a few years I'm going to be opening a performance shop with a dyno so I'll be doing all my own tuning and what not to include metal working. 

Best of luck

[Michael.Reitsma]

On 10/25/2019 at 5:31 PM, Patcon said:

Best of luck

By chance do you know roughly what the L28 is rated to horsepower wise? 

[siteunseen]

Read the Datsun Z wikipedia page. It will tell you all kinds of information, timeline etc.

[Michael.Reitsma]

41 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

Read the Datsun Z wikipedia page. It will tell you all kinds of information, timeline etc.

Thank you. I definitely will. 

[cgsheen1]

16 hours ago, Michael.Reitsma said:

By chance do you know roughly what the L28 is rated to horsepower wise? 

We've seen stock L28E 280Z's on the dyno running from in the 90's RWHP to 110 RWHP - depending on condition. (don't be dismayed, a Z doesn't need much to make it fun to drive...)

[Patcon]

That's Rear Wheel Horse Power. That's very different than the advertised horsepower for new cars and such. Those are all taken at the flywheel and are significantly higher numbers

[Michael.Reitsma]

8 hours ago, cgsheen1 said:

We've seen stock L28E 280Z's on the dyno running from in the 90's RWHP to 110 RWHP - depending on condition. (don't be dismayed, a Z doesn't need much to make it fun to drive...)

 

8 hours ago, Patcon said:

That's Rear Wheel Horse Power. That's very different than the advertised horsepower for new cars and such. Those are all taken at the flywheel and are significantly higher numbers

I'm honestly lookin at getting around the 500 mark to the ground. Overkill? Yes absolutely I'm sure, but it's also going to be a face of a tune shop. 

[wheee!]

So you want to swap in an RB 25/26 then. Stop now if you want to keep your L28. Max out put with a turbo won’t hit 500...

[cgsheen1]

And you'll need to strengthen the frame considerably! 500 RWHP will twist a stock body to pieces.