78 Datsun 280z-------------> 5.3 Build
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Just got off the phone with Nasty Performance. Great guys to deal with. We discussed my fuel system requirements and capabilities.
Here's what my fuel system is going to entail:
-Stock 280z tank (has internal baffles)
-Corvette FPR / Filter, located near the tank.
-Walbro 255 inline pump
-I'm going to get some sort of pre filter (brand undecided)
- -6 AN line throughout ( likely a combination of hard stainless, and braided stainless / teflon lined)
This should be PLENTY for anything I intend to do with the car for a long time, and is quite affordable.
-walbro pump ~$100
-corvetter fpr w/ fittings ~80
-Stainless hard line - 2.95 /ft
-stainless braided - ~$5/ ft
-pre filter ~$25
-misc fittings - ~ +- $100
Hopefully have it done for < $350, and it should support well north of 600HP.
Here's what my fuel system is going to entail:
-Stock 280z tank (has internal baffles)
-Corvette FPR / Filter, located near the tank.
-Walbro 255 inline pump
-I'm going to get some sort of pre filter (brand undecided)
- -6 AN line throughout ( likely a combination of hard stainless, and braided stainless / teflon lined)
This should be PLENTY for anything I intend to do with the car for a long time, and is quite affordable.
-walbro pump ~$100
-corvetter fpr w/ fittings ~80
-Stainless hard line - 2.95 /ft
-stainless braided - ~$5/ ft
-pre filter ~$25
-misc fittings - ~ +- $100
Hopefully have it done for < $350, and it should support well north of 600HP.
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UPDATE
I took the stand alone harness out of the box that I received it in, only to find that it was wrapped head to toe in black electrical tape. This is a serious NO-NO. It was built at least a couple years ago, and the tape decided to deteriorate, and get gummy. So I stripped it all off ( HUGE PITA )
Here's the aftermath
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Now I'm left with a gummy harness, so I've been using adhesive remover to get all that **** off.
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It was a good thing I did this, as I found some shoddy connections held together by the ol "twist, tape, and hope" method![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
I went to work on the engine bay, sanding it with 220, and taking all the unnecessary crap off the fender wells and firewall. I intend to weld up all the holes, and make it a nice smooth final product
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Then I went through the car harness, and trimmed out everything I won't be using. Leaving basically the horn, and headlights / side markers. All these will be run together, through the frame rail to the front, so they'll be completely hidden, and out of harm's way.
I took the stand alone harness out of the box that I received it in, only to find that it was wrapped head to toe in black electrical tape. This is a serious NO-NO. It was built at least a couple years ago, and the tape decided to deteriorate, and get gummy. So I stripped it all off ( HUGE PITA )
Here's the aftermath
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Now I'm left with a gummy harness, so I've been using adhesive remover to get all that **** off.
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It was a good thing I did this, as I found some shoddy connections held together by the ol "twist, tape, and hope" method
![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
I went to work on the engine bay, sanding it with 220, and taking all the unnecessary crap off the fender wells and firewall. I intend to weld up all the holes, and make it a nice smooth final product
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Then I went through the car harness, and trimmed out everything I won't be using. Leaving basically the horn, and headlights / side markers. All these will be run together, through the frame rail to the front, so they'll be completely hidden, and out of harm's way.
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Not much to update, but here goes.
This weekend, I hardly got anything done, due to the Kansas State Wildcats whoopin that longhorn ***, and of course, I had to celebrate in rockstar fashion
However, I did get some done on the z. Welded up a couple holes, (HUGE PITA btw). This sheet metal is the bane of my existence. It's incredibly thin. After some slow tacking, i was able to get a couple holes filled, and ground down. Then I masked off the engine bay, and have been getting it ready for paint.
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I've decided I'm going to use all SS braided , teflon lined, line. This will eliminate the headache of the hard line bending / flaring issues. I'm going to be placing the corvette FPR near the back of the car, to eliminate the need for unnecessary plumbing and clutter in the engine bay.
I plan on ordering the mounts probably tomorrow, or shortly thereafter. Thats and thats all. For today
This weekend, I hardly got anything done, due to the Kansas State Wildcats whoopin that longhorn ***, and of course, I had to celebrate in rockstar fashion
However, I did get some done on the z. Welded up a couple holes, (HUGE PITA btw). This sheet metal is the bane of my existence. It's incredibly thin. After some slow tacking, i was able to get a couple holes filled, and ground down. Then I masked off the engine bay, and have been getting it ready for paint.
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I've decided I'm going to use all SS braided , teflon lined, line. This will eliminate the headache of the hard line bending / flaring issues. I'm going to be placing the corvette FPR near the back of the car, to eliminate the need for unnecessary plumbing and clutter in the engine bay.
I plan on ordering the mounts probably tomorrow, or shortly thereafter. Thats and thats all. For today
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welcome to the datsun ls1 club, I have never met any one else with one before. here are some inspiration photos for you of mine.
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i noticed you was talking about the fuel system here is mine, its a sumped factory tank with twin 255s
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any questions fee free to ask, i must warn you if you plan on going stick and running slicks you will need to do allot of work in the rear end, i did the modern motor sports billet stubs and cv adapters and zxt cv shafts and r200 conversion and custom drive shaft shop axles and stuff still broke and moved around i ended up putting a solid rear in it. mines a 71 and was absolutely rust free when i got it, it was a west coast car all its life, and i dont drive it in the snow much.
here is a older walk around video of it before the rear end conversion
http://www.youtube.com/user/PROJusti.../7/2hgyBPZ3z8g
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i noticed you was talking about the fuel system here is mine, its a sumped factory tank with twin 255s
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any questions fee free to ask, i must warn you if you plan on going stick and running slicks you will need to do allot of work in the rear end, i did the modern motor sports billet stubs and cv adapters and zxt cv shafts and r200 conversion and custom drive shaft shop axles and stuff still broke and moved around i ended up putting a solid rear in it. mines a 71 and was absolutely rust free when i got it, it was a west coast car all its life, and i dont drive it in the snow much.
here is a older walk around video of it before the rear end conversion
http://www.youtube.com/user/PROJusti.../7/2hgyBPZ3z8g
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well the ls1 is a high miles junk yard take out and the compression test told me it was very tired and it burned oil like a furnace, however the plan was to just run it until it popped, but it never popped, the oil pump did die the other day so i am finally going to yank it and put in a ls6 crate motor. it made 508 whp and 545 tq on 9.5-10 psi its also a 6 speed so its very fun as a daily driver, here is the dyno video and a 10.3 pass with the independent rear and a 10.2 pass with the solid rear, i hope to be in the 9s with the ls6 .
dyno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cMTiFGg_M
independent pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY29w7WWj2Q
solid axle pass
http://vimeo.com/16073595
dyno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cMTiFGg_M
independent pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY29w7WWj2Q
solid axle pass
http://vimeo.com/16073595
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Small update:
I ordered the engine mount from John's Cars ( i plan on making my own tranny mount), and about $260 worth of fuel plumbing supplies. I went with -6 TFE lined, SS flex line. I'm going to be using a plastic Camaro tank, with either a stock pump, or a walbro in its place.
Now to get to work cutting out my spare tire well to fit the tank!
I ordered the engine mount from John's Cars ( i plan on making my own tranny mount), and about $260 worth of fuel plumbing supplies. I went with -6 TFE lined, SS flex line. I'm going to be using a plastic Camaro tank, with either a stock pump, or a walbro in its place.
Now to get to work cutting out my spare tire well to fit the tank!
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Well, the UPS man delivered this little bundle of joy yesterday.... (fuel system stuff)
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and within moments of opening the box, of course i had to play with my new toys
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Here is how the engine bay currently looks. Ready to do some final filling / smoothing and then paint!
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Here's the current pile of crap i've removed. Well at least 75% of it.
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I started taping my harness up, and beautifying it. Of course using vinyl, non adhesive tape.
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Also picked this up last weekend, from a friend's parts car. Its out of a V6, so the pump will have to be changed. Not sure on what i'm gonna put in it yet.
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I then started the hacking of my spare tire well, to fit the F-body gas tank. Here it is, Pre-Op
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Annnnnd more harness work
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Post-op. I cut the braces with a cutoff wheel, and the rest with a sawzall. Note the half a cutoff wheel blade in the opening in the picture. That is why you ALWAYS wear safety glasses when using this kind of thing. It split while I was using it and hit me in the eye. I did have my safety glasses on, (thankfully) and it just put a deep gouge in the lens. WEAR your PPE!
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A view from the bottom showing the supports that must be cut.
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And the tub. I got a little off my trajectory in one spot, but I'll have a cover over it, so it'll still be pretty.
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I hope to mount the tank, and get the fuel system plumbed this weekend!
I plan on making a specific thread (hybridz) on how to do this swap, when I get it all done.
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and within moments of opening the box, of course i had to play with my new toys
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Here is how the engine bay currently looks. Ready to do some final filling / smoothing and then paint!
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Here's the current pile of crap i've removed. Well at least 75% of it.
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I started taping my harness up, and beautifying it. Of course using vinyl, non adhesive tape.
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Also picked this up last weekend, from a friend's parts car. Its out of a V6, so the pump will have to be changed. Not sure on what i'm gonna put in it yet.
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I then started the hacking of my spare tire well, to fit the F-body gas tank. Here it is, Pre-Op
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Annnnnd more harness work
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Post-op. I cut the braces with a cutoff wheel, and the rest with a sawzall. Note the half a cutoff wheel blade in the opening in the picture. That is why you ALWAYS wear safety glasses when using this kind of thing. It split while I was using it and hit me in the eye. I did have my safety glasses on, (thankfully) and it just put a deep gouge in the lens. WEAR your PPE!
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A view from the bottom showing the supports that must be cut.
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And the tub. I got a little off my trajectory in one spot, but I'll have a cover over it, so it'll still be pretty.
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I hope to mount the tank, and get the fuel system plumbed this weekend!
I plan on making a specific thread (hybridz) on how to do this swap, when I get it all done.
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Looking good, I've wanted to do this for awhile but got a crazy deal on an S2000 shell. Heres my buddies LS2 for some inspiration, soon to be rear mount turbo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GR1GPh6-DQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GR1GPh6-DQ
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Well I made a little more progress this weekend. I worked on getting the f body tank mounted. It was a real PITA to do this by myself. Here's some of the ghetto fabb'n that took place.
Just a hood-rich way of holding it up so i could measure it.
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I went ahead and used some 1.5" square tubing, rather than the 2" that a lot of people have. I did this only because it's what I had laying around, and is PLENTY thick enough to get the job done.
Here is the first support
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And then the tank, with both supports welded to the frame rails, front and back.
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I then started mocking up the FPR/ filter. It's gonna be all in stainless, the blue line is just for a template.
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The FPR will be mounted to the rail, as shown
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I then started bending up tank straps, out of some 1.5" strap that i had.
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Here is a picture of the car, as it sits. With my buddy doin a cam swap on his 07 KFX 450 in the background.
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Then a friend brought over a pony keg of a microbrew, and needless to say, that was where productivity ceased for the evening. haha.![Chug! Chug! Chug!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_chug.gif)
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Just a hood-rich way of holding it up so i could measure it.
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I went ahead and used some 1.5" square tubing, rather than the 2" that a lot of people have. I did this only because it's what I had laying around, and is PLENTY thick enough to get the job done.
Here is the first support
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And then the tank, with both supports welded to the frame rails, front and back.
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I then started mocking up the FPR/ filter. It's gonna be all in stainless, the blue line is just for a template.
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The FPR will be mounted to the rail, as shown
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I then started bending up tank straps, out of some 1.5" strap that i had.
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Here is a picture of the car, as it sits. With my buddy doin a cam swap on his 07 KFX 450 in the background.
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Then a friend brought over a pony keg of a microbrew, and needless to say, that was where productivity ceased for the evening. haha.
![Chug! Chug! Chug!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_chug.gif)
![Chug! Chug! Chug!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_chug.gif)
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Small update for now. I found an engine from a local guy on a message board. He currently has it installed in a '71 El Camino, which he was doing a turbo build on. He changed directions, before even firing the engine, so I'm getting a STEAL.
The motor is a 2000 5.3 with 100k.
-232/240 .595/.608 115 cam (From Exotic Performance Plus (EPP) For boost
)
-Comp 918 beehive springs rated to .625 LIft
-ARP rod bolts (~$100)
-Autokraft oil pan ($400)
-All front accessories
-Edelbrock Pro Flo Intake ($400+)
-Edelbrock Fuel rails (~$150)
-RC racing sl4-750 injectors (75lb) ($500+)
All new aftermarket stuff, never fired. I'll be picking it up for $1200
The motor is a 2000 5.3 with 100k.
-232/240 .595/.608 115 cam (From Exotic Performance Plus (EPP) For boost
![Tongue](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_tongue.gif)
-Comp 918 beehive springs rated to .625 LIft
-ARP rod bolts (~$100)
-Autokraft oil pan ($400)
-All front accessories
-Edelbrock Pro Flo Intake ($400+)
-Edelbrock Fuel rails (~$150)
-RC racing sl4-750 injectors (75lb) ($500+)
All new aftermarket stuff, never fired. I'll be picking it up for $1200
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Yeah I change my mind too much. Hope it works out for you. I'm sure you'll get it going way sooner than I would have!
I would've loved to see it run, but after the project evolved from more driver to more race, I decided it'd be easier and cheaper to go BBC with lots of juice.
I would've loved to see it run, but after the project evolved from more driver to more race, I decided it'd be easier and cheaper to go BBC with lots of juice.
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Yeah I change my mind too much. Hope it works out for you. I'm sure you'll get it going way sooner than I would have!
I would've loved to see it run, but after the project evolved from more driver to more race, I decided it'd be easier and cheaper to go BBC with lots of juice.
I would've loved to see it run, but after the project evolved from more driver to more race, I decided it'd be easier and cheaper to go BBC with lots of juice.
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PROGRESS
Quick shot of the brackets I build for the rear of the fuel tank mount straps. 2.5" angle iron, 1.5" wide. drilled a 3/8" hole, tapped it to M10x15, threaded the rod into it, welded the back side. I then welded these to the 1.5" square stock above the tank. Came out really nice. More pics to follow later
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And then I FINALLY finished the body work in the engine bay. Ended up smoothing most of the welded areas over with bondo, to get just the finish i wanted. Here it is after 1 coat of primer.
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Quick shot of the brackets I build for the rear of the fuel tank mount straps. 2.5" angle iron, 1.5" wide. drilled a 3/8" hole, tapped it to M10x15, threaded the rod into it, welded the back side. I then welded these to the 1.5" square stock above the tank. Came out really nice. More pics to follow later
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And then I FINALLY finished the body work in the engine bay. Ended up smoothing most of the welded areas over with bondo, to get just the finish i wanted. Here it is after 1 coat of primer.
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