280z/300zx

Well I don't think I'll need that strong of a clutch. The stock one I'm using now has held up for quite a long time considering how much abuse it's taken. Also I don't really plan on doing much, if anything, to my car at this point. It's basicly at the point where the next step, internal head work, would cost me more money than I can afford right now. Thats why I think the turbo/2+2 clutch should be fine for a long time. As for the parts they will all be brand new. I'm not much for using used parts unless I have to. Thanks for the help

Well I'm already putting out roughly 170hp to the rear wheels. Not a whole lot but it's enough. The stock clutch is actually holding up fine with about 30k on it. The problem is the rear main seal is leaking pretty bad causing a good amount of oil loss. So far everyone I've talked to just says to wait to fix the leak for the next time I need a clutch. Well it's been about 4 years on this clutch and I'll probably get another 1-2 years easy and I don't want to wait that long to fix this leak. So I figured while everything was torn apart I'll upgrade the clutch and flywheel. The reason I'm looking at the turbo/2+2 clutch is becuase I heard it's stronger than my non turbo coupe clutch but becuase it's a stock part doesn't cost nearly as much as an aftermarket clutch. Basicly I can get a whole stock clutch kit for much cheaper than I can get just the after market clutch. As for future mods as of right now I don't have much else planned. Just the lighter flywheel and 280zx distributor swap. However a guy on zcar.com may be making custom performance intake manifolds pretty soon and if he does I'll want to get one of those and go with a megasquirt fuel system. At this point the stock clutch I have now probably won't hold but a turbo/2+2 should. Anyway are you sure on the clutch collar? I've read in pasts post it was needed for the 240z and 260z but couldn't find anything for people doing the swap in the 280z. I've talked to two other guys and they said they think the collar is the same for the 280z so my current collar should work. The thing of it is I'm not going to be doing the work, my mechanic is. So basicly I need to have all the parts and understand how it works so I can just tell him what to do. Thanks

I've heard of people upgrading to the 280zx turbo or 280z/280zx 2+2 clutch becuase it's stronger. This will be going on my 77 280z with early 5-speed. Is it worth it to do the swap and what is needed to make the swap work. I already know I would need a flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, and three extra bolts as the 280z n/a coupe is a 6 mount while the turbo and 2+2 are 9. Do I need the matching clutch collar, any other parts, any fabing of parts to make it work? Should I just stick with a stock 77 n/a clutch even though I plan on using the 13.5lbs flywheel? Would an aftermarket clutch be better? Thanks

It's the same engine so it shouldn't matter if it's in a 240z, 280z, or 280zx. As for the turbo swap I've been thinking about doing the same thing on my 77. Both the 280z and 79-80 280zx had low compression stock so adding a turbo to it should be possible without doing damage. If I find any other solid proof from more experienced people I'll let you know but for now I would hold off until you found how much boost you could run. Personaly I would like to make 250-300hp and if I can do that using my current engine and low boost I'll probably do that rather than swap in a whole 280zx turbo engine.

I was wondering what happened to you and then I find out today that you got banned from zcar.com. Anyway I guess your post got pulled before you could answer but I wanted to know what the elevation was at the track you raced. 15.0 is pretty impressive for your set up but not unbelievable IF you are at sea level. I'm not sure you'll hit your goal of mid 14's but I do see high 14's in your future with good tires, tunning, and practice. Personaly I've given up on trying to hit my best times. I know what she can do and I don't need to be going to the track every week to try and accomplish it. Not to mention this high altitude I'm at just discourages me anyway as it slows my times down a lot. One of these days I'll need to hit Fontana to do some lower elevation testing, even that track is still at 1000ft. I think the closest sea level track to me is Ca speedway but that is only a 1/8 mile track which I'm not interested in at all. Anyway if you ever need some help or just want to chat hit me up. I'll be visiting here more often now, as always on zcar.com and z31.com, and I visit hybridz.org sometimes. See you around.