rooster287

Hi, I've upgraded by early 74 260z from the 2.6L to a 2.8L. Part of the upgrade was to also switch from an auto to manual trans. I bought a 2.8L from a guy with an existing distributor. Unfortunately it has a "rectangular" plug while I have the round plug (three wire). The new distributor has two black and one white wires. My old plug off the harness is Green Red, Green White and Yellow. I've already determined that the yellow wire can go (compared the auto vs manual wiring diagrams). Not really sure how to mate the harness wires to the distributor. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks

Hi, Hopefully someone can help me out with a question. I have a 260z automatic that will soon be getting a 2.8L engine and manual trans. As part of the deal i'm getting a new coil and the dizzy on the 2.8. According to the seller it's a points distributor that has a Pertronix conversion kit so no more points. I'm a little bit in over my head on this but can I bypass the stock ignition module completely in the Z to make it all work? I'm in the process of removing the interior so I can do the pedal conversion and i'd like to get rid of as much extraneous wiring as I can while i've got everything apart. Thanks!

Purchased a very stock 260z (auto trans, flat tops). Was not getting fuel to carbs so I replaced the mechanical pump, new fuel filter and fixed electric pump. Was getting gas to carbs but car would still not run. Checked compression and got good numbers across the board. Checked timing and discovered it was not showing up on my gun. Turns out the PO had the plug wires in the wrong positions. Corrected that. Car now turns over runs for about 10 seconds and dies out. Decided i'd dump the flat tops and replaced them with some early model round tops. Also removed all the extraneous smog stuff. With the new carbs i'm having a very similar problem. Crank the car over, it starts and runs (poorly) for about 10 seconds. Throttle is totally unresponsive. Any ideas? Thanks!