bloxman

To all who contrubuted on this thread; O.K, so the jist of this is : I will need a "electronic Ignition Control Unit" It will be located above the fuse box. It will be required reqardless whether or not I replace the distributer and alternater. It will likely not be shiny as in the picture it may be black . I should read slower and jump to less conclusions thanks guys Blox Later ,got work at 6.am its 11:15 here now

SBlake 01 Brilliant thanks I will have a look tommorrow and see if there is on of those there. I am looking at replacing the distributer ,on my Z to that of a early 280zx. It has the E12-80 ignition "matchbox" circuit integrated. "Two wires from this connect directly to the coil without needing a ballast resistor. This results in a more powerful spark as a full 12V (14.7V) is applied to the coil's primary vs. 6V to 8V when a current limiting ballast is used." The quoted bit was from the atlantic z car page. My reasoning being as I have the triple webers on the cannon manifold ,,Redline Webers recomends the better spark for tuning the carbs in some of their tech articles. So will I need this black box thing if I do this as suggested? I am also planning on getting the zx external voltage reguted alternater to do away with the voltage regulator Thoughts? Blox

O.K. thats kinda frightening, as the add (did you open the link) says and I Copy mean Quote "for most 74-83 Z car models". I nearly got scammed ! So I will not need one of these, thanks Enigma.

I probably won't make it as its now 4000 miles to Hamilton . I split Sarnia and moved to Grenada in the Caribbean about Fifteen years ago. My Brother still lives in T.O. How is your club for parts swapping, selling, hanging out ? Bloxman

Aargh you are so right! I have a 1975 280Z it used to have a fuel injected engine, its actually lying around the garage someplace.But I am in the midst of converting it to a triple weber setup on I beleive came from a 240 z. I purchased the car /gto body kit about a month and a half ago .The sale included:3 gearboxes, two diffs, two engines, various rims, two headers, misc boxes of parts (the car was possatively full), but seems far from complete. Electrical is not my strong suit I am not bad , but not brillant. Help? Blox

Hi there I have been working on my project a lot this week, I have managed to get the clutch slave, clutch master, brake booster, brake master installed . I am currently working on the throttle likage to the triple webers . I was taking a break and surfing the web and came across this web page: "Zparts.com", and followed this link to Electrical bits and found this item: http://www.zparts.com/ads/electrical/600w/DCP_9842rw600s.jpg What is this ?where does it go? and where should i look to see if I have one? There is also many pinned white socket looking kinda empty just above the hood release lever on the drivers side , what goes in here?

I can have a gallery?! Woohoo! I gotta go to work in the morning, maybe tommorrow night! Thanks Mike

Tomohawk That is quite possible. I was actually trying to sort the member list by country but couldn't find a way to do it. Mostly to kinda see who was in the neighborhood. I'm orignally from Ontario ,Canada ,but I have traded in my snow shovel for ever! Bloxman

Enigma Great Stuff those links! So i reviewed all the articles and formulated a plan 1)I will find a inernally regulated Alternater in Grenada and do the required changes to the harness. 2)I will plead and post untill I can find a distributer from an early 280zx this is apparently very important as my set up has 3 webers. 3)I will need to lay my hands on that fuse block holder to replace my non existant fusible links. 4)I will get from somewherea ignition cylander with key. Thanks for the help, Bloxman

like the marines? Naw the only other z car I know of here is maybe a late eighties with T tops Blox

Hey great pictures of the fiddly bits, I need some of those. Got any sources? I specifically am looking for a clear front turn signal lamp (complete), a lens for the rear park /brake light assembly. Ah my car seems to have no provisions for a reverse light, what gives? That legal in any country? Blox

Budget what is that this is a lifestyle choice . If I didn't fuss with cars I'd probably divorced or in Jail. Which ever you perceive to be worse! Blox. Thanks for replying, sorry it took a while to answer, but i'm good with metal things not so great with computers.

Hi there I think I may have similar three in a row carbs. When you say 151 is that stamped on them anywhere cause mine are marked Tipo 42 dcoe No 6D The reason I ask is I'm looking too purchase some carb kits from Redline as this engine has been sitting for fifteen years. Any help would be appreciated Lawrence

O. Thanks CCC77, I'll have a look at the FI engine and see if I can figure out where they went

Hey Southie, Greetings from the Spice Isle. I am Lawrence , 1975 280Z. Small Planet Big internet Later Bloxman Almost forgot, go Warriors! or is that officially over yet?

Evening Everyone I just joined a few moments ago and I am already hitting you guys up for answers and advice; sorry! I am installing what I beleive to be a 240 Z engine( triple webers) in my 1975 280Z ( I still have the FI engine ). The engine bay wiring harness is coiled up on the passenger side floor ( that's where it was when I bought the car). I sent the starter and alternator from both engines to rebuild. There seem to be a whole lot of quick clips on this harness.I don't see any where to connect these too. I'm hoping they are for the lights. That would certainly explain why there is so many. I have a couple of haynes wiring diagram for both cars/ engines.Though I may need to buy a magnifying glass. Any obvious wiring differences I should know about ? I figure I would start with the battery leads, alternater connection, starter connection, neg and pos to coil, I have a thing that looks like an external voltage regulator.(found it in the trunk) kinda gold in colour. I have heard that I might want to use the distributer fron the FI engine. So who's up for sage advice..I like lots of pictures and links. Thanks Guys Lawrence

Hi everyone I am Lawrence and I just aquired a 1975 280Z with an Alpa GTO body kit mounted on it. I bought the Car in Pennsylvania and shipped her home to Grenada ...so I am as serious as a heart attack about this project. I suspect I will be posting periodically for some help . This is not my first "project car ". I recently completed a four year resto on a 1973 Jensen Healey. I had lots of great help from the Jensen Healey Forum. I am hoping same from Classic Z car Forum members. Please:smoke: I chose this guy 'cause he looks exactly like me!